Kathleen M. (Ziller) Rauchut, 82, a resident of Harleysville, PA since 1984, passed away on Thursday night, May 21, 2026. She and her husband, Joseph C. Rauchut, were married May 12, 1984.

Born September 22, 1943, in Hazelton, PA, she was a daughter of the late Arthur Ziller and Marie (Krynock) Ziller Sbarra. She graduated from Lansdale Catholic High School in 1961 and attended the Wilfred Academy of Hair and Beauty of Philadelphia, PA.

Mrs. Rauchut was employed as a hairstylist for 18 years before becoming employed in quality control for A.E.L. Systems for another 28 years. After retirement, she worked as a receptionist and shampooed several days a week in her daughter's salon, Salon Supreme, of Souderton, PA.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by three children, Kimberly Gower and her husband, Dino, of Quakertown, PA, Jennifer Hughes and her husband, Bryan, of Quakertown, PA, and Douglas Rauchut and his wife, Jeian, of Harrisburg, PA. She is also survived by a brother, Arthur Ziller, Jr. and his wife, Lauren, of Acworth, GA; two sisters, Gabriella Christy (wife of the late Charles) of Egg Harbor Township, NJ, and Diane Kane and her husband, Dan, of Macungie, PA; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Family will receive friends from 6-8 pm on Thursday evening, May 28, 2026, at Williams-Bergey-Koffel Funeral Home, Inc., 667 Harleysville Pike, Telford, PA, and again on Friday from 9:30-10:15 am at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, 1601 Derstine Rd., Hatfield, PA. The Funeral Mass will then begin at the church at 10:30 am, with burial following at St. John Neumann Cemetery in Chalfont, PA. For those desiring, contributions may be made in her memory to Cancer Research Institute, 55 Broadway, Suite 1802, New York, NY 10006.