WEST FRANKFORT – On Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, in the early morning hours, at home and surrounded by his loving family, our beloved husband, father and grandfather, Roger Carlton Raubach went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. After a life marked by faith, kindness, and quiet strength, he entered into the peace he so deeply trusted and often spoke of.
While our hearts grieve his absence, we rejoice in the promise he held fast; to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.
Roger was born in West Frankfort, Illinois on December 18th, 1941, to Leroy and Edna Broy Raubach. He had a childhood filled with love and laughter. He was the only boy in a family of four children. His sisters, Donna, Carol and Mary Ellen, were a constant source of his mischievous antics. He regaled his family with many humorous anecdotes from his early years. He spent many happy hours lost in boyhood adventures that involved hunting, fishing and baseball. He attended school in West Frankfort and graduated from Frankfort Community High School in 1959. After pursuing an engineering degree at SIU-C, he worked several years at Olin Mathieson Corporation in Herrin, before starting his own construction company in 1967.
Roger had a very intimate relationship with the Lord. His faith was even more evident as he faced many challenges in this life. He gained strength from both his relationships with God and his family. He impacted the lives of many people, most notably the young men and boys he coached in baseball and as a youth group leader at First Christian Church in West Frankfort. Roger was a faithful public servant, serving on the West Frankfort Public School Board from 1969 until 1979. He was also Frankfort Township Tax Assessor for 12 years and served on the West Frankfort Community Board and West Frankfort Recreation Association.
In 1967 he started Roger Raubach Construction Company. He continued his work in the housing industry, becoming a real estate broker and salesman and worked for several years at Karnes Real Estate in West Frankfort. In the early 1980’s, he became a certified real estate appraiser and later started his own business, Raubach Appraisal Service. He was blessed to have worked in this business with his son, Chris; daughter, Amy; and later his wife, Marcia, up until December 2024.
Roger had many interests that filled his busy life. He was an avid fisherman, loved hunting and was a master gardener. He especially loved sharing the bounty of his garden with his family, friends and neighbors.
The pride and joy of Roger’s life was his loving wife Marcia, with whom he shared over 61 years of marriage, their three children: Beth, Chris and Amy, who were known affectionately as the ABC children, and his sons-in-law: Dale and Dave; and daughter-in-law, Dawnette. He was also the proud grandfather to five beautiful grandchildren: Logan, Reed, Ashlan, Evan and Owen. Roger enjoyed many family vacations and happy hours spent with family playing baseball, card games, hunting and fishing with his children and grandchildren as well as attending many dance and piano recitals, baseball and basketball games. He was supportive of his family in every way.
Roger was preceded in death by his parents, Leroy and Edna Broy Raubach; sisters, Donna Krah (Bill Krah) and Carol Farley (Duane Farley); and grandson, Owen Carl McClerren. He is survived by his loving wife, Marcia Raubach; children, Beth and Dale McClerren and Chris and Dawnette Raubach of Thompsonville, and Dave and Amy Galli of West Frankfort; grandchildren: Logan and Ashlan Galli, Reed Raubach, and Evan McClerren; sister, Mary Ellen Smith of Murray, KY; and several beloved nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Life Service will be conducted by Pastor T.J. Gentry at Union Funeral Home on Friday, Feb. 13. Visitation will be held from noon to 2 p.m. with the service immediately following.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois in honor of Roger.
The Union Funeral Home in West Frankfort is in charge of arrangements.