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Walter F. Lau
1896 - 1963
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- Rites at Klemme for Walter F. Lau
Funeral services for Walter F. Lau, 67, were held Friday, Dec. 20, at the
Klemme Methodist Church with the Rev. J. E. Albertson officiating. Burial
was in the Klemme Cemetery with the Johnston Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Born at Klemme on August 4, 1896, he was the son of August and Anna Boehm
Lau. He was in the grain elevator business for many years, later working
for the Wilson Packing Company at Albert Lea, Minn., for 12 years. He
passed away December 17, at the hospital in Iowa City where he had been a
patient for four weeks.
Surviving are three children: Elyse Tippey, Fontana, Calif.; W. Jean
Sweett, Bakersfield, Calif., and Larry F. Lau, Santa Barbara, Calif. Two
brothers, Henry C. Lau, Tracy, Minn., and August G. Lau, Garner; and two
sisters, Mrs. Malinda Schuldt of Sacramento, Calif., and Minnie L. Lau,
Klemme, also survive.
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source: Leader & Signal, Garner, Iowa, 25 Dec 1963, page 8 column 5
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Walter Franklin Lau: born 4 Aug 1896, Klemme, Hancock
County, Iowa - died 17 Dec 1963, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
Grave marker at Calvary Cemetery, Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa - Block 1,
Lot 117
Son of Carl August Lau, born 1852 - died 1924 and Anna Boehm, born
1858 - died 1938
Father of:
Verna Elise Tippy (1918–2012)
Brother of:
Henry Christian Lau (1877–1967)
Ida Lau (1878–1893)
Frances Emma Lau Ridder (1880–1958)
Malinde Matilda Lau Schuldt (1882–1968)
August George Lau (1884–1972)
Benjamin Rudolph Lau (1889–1945)
Minnie Louise Lau (1889–1974)
Wesley Otto Lau (1894–1894)
source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 33906566
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