Rebecca Elizabeth Gehringer

December 17, 1918 - February 20, 2018

Rebecca Elizabeth Gehringer (née Dragos) died at Litchford Falls Rehabilitation Center on February 20, 2018, due to complications from bacterial pneumonia. She was 99. Mrs. Gehringer was born in Detroit, MI on December 17, 1918, the second of three children to her parents Nickolas Dragos and Maria (Maxim) Dragos. She graduated from Detroit Mackenzie High School in 1936 and went on to Wayne University (now Wayne State), but dropped out to become a commercial artist. She married Edward J. Gehringer on February 18, 1943. They had two children together. She was divorced on September 30, 1971. She had a short career working for retail stores as a commercial artist, and later returned to her passion and became an amateur oil painter, and occasional sculptor. She hosted a one-woman show in 1977. She traveled the country from 1986 to 1991, then settled in Raleigh, where her son lives. Mrs. Gehringer is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Edward and Carol Gehringer, of Raleigh, and their three children, as well as her daughter MaryAnn Gehringer Roeglin and her son-in-law Hank Roeglin of Rochester Hills, MI. A memorial service will take place at Cary Alliance Church on Sunday, February 25 at 1 PM. All are welcome to attend. In lieu of flowers, please donate to Fountain House, which is working to better the lives of those living with mental illness.