Pauline Belle Rapp, 84, of LaFontaine, died at 5:08 p.m. Sunday, June 7, 2015, peacefully at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born March 9, 1931, in Waltz Township, Wabash County, Indiana to Elvert D. and Amanda (Sutton) Tinkel.

Pauline was a 1949 graduate of LaFontaine High School. She married Paul W. Rapp in Wabash, on June 15, 1952. She owned Pauline’s Bake Shop in LaFontaine for 38 years, until 2010. She enjoyed baking and baked over 3,400 cakes, including 2,200 wedding cakes, and made 6,000 pounds of mints, and over 1,000 pounds of noodles. She is best known in her family for homemade chicken and noodles, and homemade pies. Pauline was a member of the Woodland Hills Church of Christ in Marion and a member of the Riverside Home Ec Club for 60 plus years.

She is survived by her husband: Paul W. Rapp, LaFontaine; six children: Beverly (Dave) Howard, Swayzee; Kenneth (Angie) Rapp, Wabash; Gary (Kathlee) Rapp, Carmel; Daniel (Deborah) Rapp, Wabash; Douglas Rapp, LaFontaine; and Mary Jane (Tom) Finicle, Wabash; 13 grandchildren: Christopher (Megan) Rapp, Wabash; Lori (Jason) Cates, Swayzee; Stacey (Brian) Litwin, Longmont, Colo.; Vicki Howard, Nashville, Tenn.; Alecia Rapp, Wabash; Amanda Rapp, Carmel; Heather Rapp, Wabash; Erica Rapp, Carmel; Andrew Finicle; and Jeffrey Finicle, both of Wabash; Ashley (Aaron) Dague, Converse; Stephanie (Zachary) Hickman, Montpelier; and Winter Ward, LaFontaine; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister: Mildred Green.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, June 11, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash, with Bruce Everett officiating. Burial will be in the LaFontaine Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service on Thursday.

Preferred memorial is Woodland Hills Church of Christ.