Charlotte Marion Rauffenbart

Charlotte Marion Rauffenbart, (O’Shaughnessy) nee Staub, died in Franklin, MA on Mar.31, 2022 at the age of 103. Until Dec. 2016 Marion had lived on Fairview Ave. for 63 years. She is survived by her five children, 13 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, and 3 great-great grandchildren. Marion was born at home on Main St. in Moorestown during the 1918 pandemic; graduated from Moorestown High School in 1936; and worked for Bell Telephone prior to WWII. While volunteering with other young women to attend dances at Ft. Dix, NJ, she met Wm. Patrick O’Shaughnessy of Minneapolis & they married on October 23, 1943 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Teresa was born while Pat was serving in Patton’s 3rd Army as a liaison pilot and Colleen in 1946. Pat died in 1947 while serving the US Army as a flight instructor in Fort Sill, OK. Marion returned to Moorestown where she married Joseph Rauffenbart in November 1953. The family soon added Pamela (Paul Hart), Christine (Arch Fisher), and Joseph, Jr. (Harriet) When Joe, Sr. died in 1965 Marion found work as the secretary of Moorestown’s Dept. of Recreation where she served for 16 years. She was a member of Moorestown Business & Professional Women for many years. She remained active playing bridge, volunteering at Virtua Hospital for 21 yrs. and knitting hats for infants. vibrant well into her eighties, traveling to Ireland, British Columbia, Yellowstone Park and the Grand Canyon, to New England and Maryland to visit her grandchildren. She spent vacations with family & friends in Cape May and Ocean City. Her home on Fairview Avenue in Moorestown hosted decades of reunions, including summer visits and Thanksgivings attended by her children, in-laws and grandchildren. “The Little Store” in the basement of her mother’s home also on Fairview was an anchor of the community until 1980 and Marion was the matriarch of the neighborhood until she fell ill and moved to Forge Hill Nursing Home near her son Joseph and his family. Funeral Mass will be held Tuesday 10:30 am at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church 42 W. Main St., Moorestown, NJ. Visitation Tues 9- 10 am at the Lewis Funeral, 78 E. Main St. Moorestown, NJ. 08057. In lieu of flowers please direct contributions to your local Salvation Army or Salmon VNA & Hospice, 37 Birch St., Milford, MA01757 in her name. Interment Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Moorestown, NJ

Charlotte Marion Rauffenbart

March 31, 2022