1963
Pamela
2023
Pamela Tauch
September 23, 1963 — December 19, 2023
Pamela Jean Tauch (Dahlin) peacefully went home to her Lord Jesus' loving arms on
December 19, 2023. She was surrounded by family and friends at her home in Oregon,
Illinois. Her brave battle with a very difficult cancer had ended. Pam was born in
Chicago, Illinois to Kenneth and Lois Dahlin (Kness) on September 23, 1963. She grew
up the eldest of their three daughters. As a very young girl, Pam was chased around the
kindergarten playground by a boy named Tom Tauch who would later become her
husband. After both had graduated from Luther North High School, Pam went on to
complete her bachelor's degree in nutrition and Tom built up his construction and
remodeling business. When the time was right, God brought them back into each other's
lives. They married on September 15,1991 and God blessed them with 32 beautiful years
of marriage, three children and five grandchildren.
Pam's life truly reflected the heart of Jesus to all those around her. Jesus described himself as "gentle and lowly in heart." At his core was the desire to love and serve others. Pam was never one to turn down an opportunity to serve, pouring endlessly into the lives of those around her. She worked hard at all she did: careers in dietetics, working at her dad's company, teaching piano, and most recently as a librarian who was beloved by her co-workers as well as patrons of the Oregon Public Library. It was her joy to serve at the church in children's ministry, planning family camps and other events that brought people together. She loved seeing people come together in community and always sought out those who most needed a friend. Pam saw value and beauty in every person. If you had asked her how she knew God was good, she would have simply said "creation." Everywhere she turned, she saw God's handprint. She loved hiking, camping and taking walks around the park admiring the complexity and beauty of creation. She enjoyed gardening, nurturing and watching as beauty unfolded even when it meant spending countless hours with her hands in the dirt repeatedly pulling out persistent weeds. But Pam saw God's best handiwork in people. Psalm 18:19 reads, "[God] led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me." God delights in his children, and if anything is true of Pam, it is that she delighted in her children. To know Pam was to know how deeply and sacrificially she loved her family. The last 32 years of Pam's life were wholly lived loving God, her husband, children and grandchildren. Pam stayed home to raise and homeschool her children. She was present in every high and every low. She sought to give them all she had, to raise them to know the love and compassion of Jesus. In her last days, Pam was more concerned with caring for the needs and hearts of her family than her own discomforts or pain, expressing her greatest desire was "to finish well". And that she did. It can be said with certainty by all who knew her, that on the night Pam walked through heaven's gates and Jesus wrapped his arms around her, she heard his words, "Well done, good and faithful servant...enter into the joy of your master." Matthew 25:21
Pam is survived by her husband, Thomas A. Tauch, children Trevor Thomas (Anna Marie Petri), Nathan Allan and Amanda Jean; grandchildren Dimitri, Everly, Sebastian, Xavier and Charlotte; her sisters Kristen (Pat) Mendicino and Karen Aranza; nephews Lucas and Brandon; nieces Alex and Gabi and many other family members and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at the Evangelical Free Church of Mt. Morris located at 102 S. Seminary in Mt. Morris, Illinois 61054. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m., the service at 11:00 a.m. and a luncheon immediately following. Please RSVP to (847) 420-8440 if planning to attend the luncheon.
Pam's life truly reflected the heart of Jesus to all those around her. Jesus described himself as "gentle and lowly in heart." At his core was the desire to love and serve others. Pam was never one to turn down an opportunity to serve, pouring endlessly into the lives of those around her. She worked hard at all she did: careers in dietetics, working at her dad's company, teaching piano, and most recently as a librarian who was beloved by her co-workers as well as patrons of the Oregon Public Library. It was her joy to serve at the church in children's ministry, planning family camps and other events that brought people together. She loved seeing people come together in community and always sought out those who most needed a friend. Pam saw value and beauty in every person. If you had asked her how she knew God was good, she would have simply said "creation." Everywhere she turned, she saw God's handprint. She loved hiking, camping and taking walks around the park admiring the complexity and beauty of creation. She enjoyed gardening, nurturing and watching as beauty unfolded even when it meant spending countless hours with her hands in the dirt repeatedly pulling out persistent weeds. But Pam saw God's best handiwork in people. Psalm 18:19 reads, "[God] led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me." God delights in his children, and if anything is true of Pam, it is that she delighted in her children. To know Pam was to know how deeply and sacrificially she loved her family. The last 32 years of Pam's life were wholly lived loving God, her husband, children and grandchildren. Pam stayed home to raise and homeschool her children. She was present in every high and every low. She sought to give them all she had, to raise them to know the love and compassion of Jesus. In her last days, Pam was more concerned with caring for the needs and hearts of her family than her own discomforts or pain, expressing her greatest desire was "to finish well". And that she did. It can be said with certainty by all who knew her, that on the night Pam walked through heaven's gates and Jesus wrapped his arms around her, she heard his words, "Well done, good and faithful servant...enter into the joy of your master." Matthew 25:21
Pam is survived by her husband, Thomas A. Tauch, children Trevor Thomas (Anna Marie Petri), Nathan Allan and Amanda Jean; grandchildren Dimitri, Everly, Sebastian, Xavier and Charlotte; her sisters Kristen (Pat) Mendicino and Karen Aranza; nephews Lucas and Brandon; nieces Alex and Gabi and many other family members and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at the Evangelical Free Church of Mt. Morris located at 102 S. Seminary in Mt. Morris, Illinois 61054. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m., the service at 11:00 a.m. and a luncheon immediately following. Please RSVP to (847) 420-8440 if planning to attend the luncheon.
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