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blouse

Catalog Number
2013.4.1b
Date of Origin
ca. 1943
Description
Red Cross uniform blouse, blue with a patch on the left front.  The patch reads "AMERICAN RED CROSS VOLUNTEER".
History
Worn by Lucille Covington Rauch, mother of the donor. Lucille was born in Holland, MI 0n 6-10-1922, remaining a resident her entire life.
She married her high school sweetheart, Gerrit W. Rauch. Together, they had five children.
Gerrit passed away in 1974, Lucille passed on 8-4-2012.

She was a charter member of Our Lady of the Lake Church and a Red Cross volunteer. Lucille volunteered with the Red Cross from about 1963 through 1967.
Gift of
De Koeyer, Marelene