Paulette Rapp, age 75 of Lima and formerly of Sidney, passed at 1:54 p.m., Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at St. Rita’s Mercy Health, Lima. She was born April 26, 1947, in Sidney, Ohio to the late Reinhard and L. Virginia Bower Wobus. On May 4, 1994, she married Garret G. Rapp, who survives.
Mrs. Rapp was a retired medical technologist from Wilson Memorial Hospital where she had worked from 1989 – 2011. Prior to working at Wilson Memorial, she had worked at St. Rita’s from 1977 – 1989. Paulette graduated from Sidney High School in 1965 and continued her education at the University of Toledo in Medical Technology. She was an avid reader, enjoyed baking and working on needle point.
Survivors also include a son Peter Scott (Jill Soha) Wyckoff of Durham, NC; a step son – Matthew Ian (Nathalie Hacken-Rapp) Rapp of Fair Haven, NJ; a grandson – Odin Willem Garret Rapp; and a sister – Ann Luther of Charlotte, NC.
There will be no public services or visitations. Her cremated remains will be placed at Graceland Cemetery, Sidney.
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