\t\t\tDonald M. Rauch \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Donald M. \u201cDon\u201d Rauch, 80, of Slatington, unexpectedly died Friday, April 17, 2026, at home. He and his wife, Beverly A. (Metzger) Fenstermaker Rauch, would have celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on May 10th. Born in Allentown, he was the son of the late Aletha M. (Snyder) and Elwood W. Rauch and was of the Evangelical faith. He was a proud Navy veteran who earned the rank of Postal Clerk Petty Officer 3rd Class and was stationed at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, NJ, and aboard the USS Little Rock (CLG-4), the flagship of the U. S. 6th Fleet stationed in Gaeta, Italy. Prior to retiring, Don was a mail carrier for 34 years for the USPS and enjoyed attending the mail carriers\u2019 yearly picnic. After retirement, his biggest joy was attending the Saylorsburg Flea Market every weekend during the summer and fall where he was also a vendor for ten years. He was interested in antiques and worked for Dotta Auction Co. for six years. He was an avid stamp and coin collector and was a member of the Allentown Philatelic Society Stamp Club where he served as past president. Don was a fan of the Phillies, Eagles, 76ers, Iron Pigs, and Penn State and was passionate about his yard and garden.<\/p>\n
\n Survivors: wife; sons; Thomas M., Craig Fenstermaker; daughters, Susan L. Howell, Debra Andrews (David); eight grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by sister, Phyllis Trenge.<\/p>\n
\n Services: 11 AM Friday, April 24th, at Heintzelman \u2013 Stephens Funeral Home, P. C., 274 N. Krocks Rd., Allentown. A viewing will be held 10 AM until service time Friday as well as 6 \u2013 7:30 PM Thursday, April 23rd. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. (www.heintzelmanstephens.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n \n Contributions: In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the American Heart Association or the Northern Valley EMS. Also, consider planting a flower in your garden in memory of Don.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald M. Rauch OBITUARY Donald M. \u201cDon\u201d Rauch, 80, of Slatington, unexpectedly died Friday, April 17, 2026, at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-172234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}