FLANAGAN - Louis C. Rapp, 57, died at 5 a.m. Wednesday at the Mennonite hospital, Bloomington. He had been ill for the last 18 months.

Mr. Rapp was born Jan. 25, 1882, near Flanagan, son of John and Anna Rapp. He attended rural schools in that vicinity. He lived near Flanagan all his life and engaged in farming.

He married Miss Bessie Stepp, of Cornell, at Pontiac Oct. 20, 1915.

Surviving are his wife; three sons: Lloyd, Glenn and Edmund, all at home; three daughters: the Misses Dorothy, Lucille and Bernice, also at home; his mother, Mrs. John Rapp, Pontiac; five brothers: Edward, Fred, William and Henry, all of Pontiac, and George, Paton, Ia., and two sisters: Mrs. Elizabeth Weber, Pontiac, and Mrs. Mary Holzhauer, Dwight.

His father died in 1935.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the home and at 1:30 p.m. at Windtown Lutheran church. The Rev. E.V. Schroeder will officiate. Burial will be in Windtown cemetery.

Source: Bloomington Pantagraph Thur., 2 Feb 1939
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Louis was the eldest son of John and Anna Mae Boston Rapp.

He was the brother of Edward, George, Henry, Fred, William, and Otto Rapp, Elizabeth Rapp Weber and Mary Rapp Holzhauer; two brothers and a sister who died in infancy.

He married Bessie Mae Stepp, of Cornell, in Pontiac, Illinois on October 20, 1915.

Their children are: Lloyd Louis Rapp (Helen Bessie Bermes); Dorothy Mae (Freddie L. Franzen); Glenn LeRoy Rapp; Edmund Eugene Rapp (Mildred Lucille Hallam); Ruth Lucille (Albert George Roy); Bernice Louise Rapp.

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Livingston County, Illinois, Farmers Directory, 1917
Given Name: Louis, Surname: Rapp
Spouse: Bessie Stepp
Post Office: Flanagan
Section: 1, Twp Name: Long Point, Twp #: 27
Owner/Tenant: tenant
Acreage: 80
Owner of Farm (If Tenant): Mrs. E. Boston

1920 United States Federal Census
Birth Year: abt 1883 [25 Jan 1882] in Illinois
Home in 1920: Long Point, Livingston, Illinois
Married to Bessie M Rapp
Father's Birthplace: Illinois; Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Home Owned: Rent
Able to Read: Yes; Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Louis C Rapp (37) and Bessie M Rapp (30)
Lloyd L Rapp (1)

1920 United States Federal Census
Home in 1920: Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois
Household Members:
John Rapp (68) and Anna Rapp (68)
Louis Rapp (37) and Bessie Rapp (30)
Loyd Rapp (2 6/12)
Mary Rapp (24)
Fred Rapp (23)
William Rapp (21)
Henry Rapp (19)

1930 United States Federal Census
Home in 1930: Long Point, Livingston, Illinois
Neighbors: Allen and Caroline Jenkins and three children; John and Margaret Jenkins and four children; (Caroline and Bessie Stepp were sisters, John and Allen Jenkins were brothers. This author is particularly interested because my Gma Rapp's brothers were Allen and John Jenkins, and my Gpa Rapps's brother was Louis Rapp.)
Household Members:
Louis C Ropp (48) farmer and Bessie N Ropp (41)
Lloyd L Ropp (11)
Dorothy M Ropp (9)
Glen L Ropp [Glenn] (6)
Edmund E Ropp (5)
Ruth L Ropp (3 5/12) [Her obituary name is Lucille.] [All should be Rapp.] {There is no information on dau Bernice Rapp.)

Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: Louis C. Rapp
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1882 in Flanagan, Ill
Death Date: 1 Feb 1939 in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois
Burial Date: 3 Feb 1939
Burial: Nebraska Township, Livingston, Illinois
Cemetery: Windtown Cemetery
Death Age: 57
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Residence: Long Point, Long Point Township, McLean, IL
Father: John Rapp b. Bureau County, Illinois
Mother: Anna Boston b. Bloomington, Illinois
Spouse: Bessie N. Rapp