Chester (Chet) Hart Raube's Obituary
Chester (Chet) Hart Raube went home to be with the Lord on April 7, 2017. Chet was born in Trenton, NJ on July 1, 1918 to Harry and Julia Raube. He attended high school at Grover Cleveland High School in Caldwell, NJ and college at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL where he majored in physical education and participated in cross country, basketball, baseball, and table tennis.
In June, 1941, he married Ardath Betting, whom he met at Wheaton College, and moved to Schenectady, NY to work for General Electric as an accountant. During World War II, he joined the Navy as a Supply Corps officer and served at various locations in the northeastern United States. Chet separated from the Navy as a lieutenant in June 1946 and returned to General Electric in Schenectady.
Chet spent nearly his entire career as an accountant with General Electric. Assignment locations included Schenectady (1946 – 1956) and the San Francisco Bay Area with GE’s Nuclear Energy Division where he retired in 1982. During his adult years he was also very active in local churches as church treasurer, Bible class teacher, deacon, and coach/player on the church basketball and softball teams.
During Chet’s retirement years, he and Ardath traveled extensively, covering 49 states and 20 foreign countries. On those trips, he applied his photography hobby and accumulated more than 200,000 slides. He chose the most select of those slides and developed 36 slide shows arranged by topic and geographic location that he showed at many venues over the years.
Following Ardath’s death in 2011, Chet moved into The Crossings at Falls Run in Fredericksburg, VA. Chet is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Chet and Sue Raube of Springfield, OR; son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Margy Raube of Centreville, VA; six grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and sister and brother-in-law, Lois and Bob Popp, of Roanoke Virginia.
Chet will be buried with his wife at the Quantico National Cemetery in Triangle, VA. Found and Sons Funeral Chapel of Fredericksburg has been entrusted with burial arrangements. The family wishes to express appreciation to The Crossings at Falls Run and Mary Washington Hospice for the wonderful care Chet received during his final days. Memorial gifts may be made to Spotswood Baptist Church, Fredericksburg, VA.
Condolences to his family may be shared online at foundandsons.com.
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