Ramona M. Raught

PORTAGE – Ramona M. Raught, age 91, of Portage, passed away on Monday, September 2, 2024, at Hamilton Park Place, surrounded by her loving family.

Ramona was born on January 21, 1933, in the Township of Moundville, the daughter of Elmer and Mary Elsie (Rood) Scholes. Ramona was a long-time member of Briggsville United Methodist Church.  She was married to Bob Weiss and had six children.  On April 29, 1989, Ramona married Jerry Raught, who preceded her in death in 2013.  She had worked at RayOVac and retired from AMPI.  Ramona had also been a crossing guard for the Portage School District for several years.  She had bowled for many years and loved to dance.

She is survived by her children, Dianne (Jim) Lawton, Donald (Lori) Weiss, Dennis (Lois) Weiss, Janice (Doug) Dittberner, Joyce Weiss, and Judy (Steve) Jacobs;  her sister, Barbara Cummings;  five step-children; fourteen grandchildren;  many great-grandchildren;  and her many step-grandchildren and step great-grandchildren;  other relatives and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jerry, her siblings, Marjorie Gray, Dorthey Murray, Mildred Wilcox, Helen Gray, and Lester Scholes, and the father of her children, Robert “Bob” Weiss.  

Memorial services will be at 12:30 p.m., on Sunday, September 15, 2024, at Pflanz Mendrala Funeral Home in Portage, with Chaplain Nancy Davis officiating. Inurnment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Briggsville United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 36, Briggsville, WI  53920.

The family would like to thank the staff at Hamilton Park Place and Heartland Hospice for their care and support.

Pflanz Mendrala Funeral Home in Portage is assisting the family.