Memoriam
Dan Rathert – LBG #213
Dan Edward Rathert, age 70, entered into God’s eternal care on May 21, at home following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Dan was born. In. St Louis, Missouri, the sone of Robert E. and Shirley Rathert. He attended Concord Lutheran Schoolk and Ritenour HS in St Louis. Active in the Boy Scouts, he achieved the Eagle rank in 1964. Dan graduated from Cornell University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical ENgineering in 1972. He spent the next thirty-five years working for the du POnt in engineering operations, and supply chain management positions. uring his career Dan worked in Texas, West Virginia, Florida, New Jersey, Delaware plus other du Pont sites in. Latin Americ, Europe, Japan, China and Soviet Russia. Dan had an mmense passion for work history and the Civil War in particular. He became a licensed battlefield guide at Getyysburg National Military Park in 2005. Dan’s Civil War knowledge was so extensive and unique that he scored a perfect 100 on the toughGuide entrance exam. He spent the next fifteen years thoroughly enjoying helpong visitors understand what happened on this battlefield and during the Civil War. In retirement Dan became a Adams County Master Gardener and was well known for his blue ribbon zinnias winning at the South Mountain Fair and flower shows. He took up fly-fishing and taught himself by trying. A highlight of each year became trips to Colorado and Montana to fly fish with brother Terry Rathert and cousin Steve Trauth. Dan was married to wife Connie Holland for thirty-six years. Together they shared over throty years of working at various duPont sites retiring from corporate headquarters in Depaware and moving to Gettysburg. Funeral services took place May 29 at the Lord of Life Missouri Synod Lutheran Church, Chesterfield, Missouri with burial in Sunset Memorial Park, St. Louis. A Gettysburg Memorial will take place at a later date when Dan’s many friends may safely gather in his honor.
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