Obituary: Anita J. Raasch
Anita J. Raasch, 84, of Reedsburg passed away peacefully with her family at her side on June 7, 2023 at Meriter Hospital in Madison after complications from a brief illness. Anita was born to Henry and Edna (Tapani) Hinsa in Chicago on August 6, 1938. They moved to Prentice in northern Wisconsin when she was 5 years old. Anita completed 1 st through 8 th grade at Larkin School in Ogema. She graduated from Prentice High in 1956 and moved to Milwaukee where she met her husband Harvey. Together they raised their three daughters in Milwaukee and Muskego before settling in Reedsburg for retirement. Anita was a homemaker when her girls were growing up and she worked in clerical and reception at insurance agencies.
Family was the most important thing to Anita. She cherished time she could spend with everyone, whether on the phone or in person. She enjoyed a recent trip to visit her granddaughter in Arizona, going to her grandkids’ games and activities over the years, and loved when she could get “up north.” Her favorite hobby was shopping.
Anita is survived by her husband of nearly 64 years, Harvey, and their daughters, Alicia Mills, Stephanie (Curt) Heitl, and Michelle (Randy) Byom, twin granddaughters Brittany Mills (Phil Mueller) and Bethany Mills, and grandsons Sam Heitl, Ben and Zach Byom, and great-grandchildren Isaac and Ava. She is also survived by her siblings, Alice (Ronald) Nichols, Edward (Georgia) Hinsa and Russell (Wendy) Hinsa, sister-in-law Shirley (late Wesley) Becken, and her beloved nieces and their families.
She was preceded in death by her parents Henry and Edna Hinsa, brothers-in-law Wesley Becken and Richard Nelson, sister-in-law Florence Nelson, nephew Rick Nelson, and niece Krista Caley Hinsa.
On Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 11:00 A.M. there will be a graveside service at the Prentice Cemetery, N4449 Cemetery Road, Prentice, WI 54566. A Celebration of Life and luncheon for family and friends will be held at 12:00 Noon at the Palmquist Farm at N5136 River Road, Brantwood, WI 54513.
The Farber Funeral Home, Reedsburg, WI, is assisting the family.
