Rasch Gretchen

Gretchen Rasch (MSc, Auckland University, New Zealand) is a science editor at the Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand. She grew up in New York State near her grandmother Elinor Stapleton Rasch, who was born in Erzerum in 1903 to Robert and Ida Stapleton. Gretchen has a keen interest in history and genealogy, which led to her research on the lives of her great-grandparents and the other missionaries of the Eastern Turkey Mission, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

Gretchen Rasch (MSc, Auckland University, New Zealand) is a science editor at the Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand. She grew up in New York State near her grandmother Elinor Stapleton Rasch, who was born in Erzerum in 1903 to Robert and Ida Stapleton. Gretchen has a keen interest in history and genealogy, which led to her research on the lives of her great-grandparents and the other missionaries of the Eastern Turkey Mission, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. See less