SAUER, Robert L., Dr. 1936-2011
SAUER, PORTER, FAIRBAIRN, BANKS, DYRESON, HINSON, BRAY
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 11/17/2011 at 21:31:01
[Waterloo Courier, Tuesday, October 4, 2011]
Dr. Robert L. Sauer, age 75, of Preston, Minn., passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday morning, Oct. 1, 2011.
Dr. Sauer was born March 26, 1936, in Waterloo, the son of Clyde and Viola (Porter) Sauer.
He was a 1954 graduate of West High School, Waterloo. He attended the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, for two years, then served in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He then attended and graduated from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, with his medical degree with training as a surgeon, a family practice physician and was ER board-certified. He then practiced medicine in Marengo in the early '60s. In 1968 he started a solo practice in Preston with hospital privileges in Harmony, Minn., and Spring Valley, Minn., where he performed numerous surgeries and delivered "lots" of babies. During this time he was also the Fillmore County coroner. In 1972 the Root River Clinic was established where he practiced with Dr. John D. Nehring and Dr. J.E. Westrup. While in Preston he was asked by the Rural Physician Associate Program to be a preceptor for the University of Minnesota Medical School and Mayo Medical, was appointed president of the Zumbro Valley Medical Society, was medical director of the Preston Volunteer Ambulance and was a member of the Preston Volunteer Fire Department.
He married E. Frances Fairbairn on July 16, 1980, in Preston. In 1981 they moved to Cedar Falls, where he was director of the Allen Memorial Hospital ER. In 1983 they moved to St. Louis, Mo., where he was director of an organization that scheduled and provided emergency services to hospitals in the St. Louis area. The couple returned to Preston in 1986 where he started a solo practice, which he sold in 1998 to Gundersen Lutheran. Dr. Sauer retired in 2000.
Dr. Sauer was a member of the Preston City Council, a commentator for the Fillmore County Journal and a member of SEMEP, a regional environmental organization. He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren, fishing, woodworking, was an excellent chef and enjoyed writing and research.
He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Fran; four children, Steven (Jo) Sauer of Rochester, Minn., Linda (Doug) Banks of Plymouth, Minn., and Bob (Leanne) Sauer and Kirstin (Jeff) Dyreson, both of Preston; six grandchildren, Kelsey, Lee, Delton, Hannah, Logan and Lynndin; three siblings, Claudyne "Sue" Sauer of Arizona, Edward G. Sauer of Iowa and Sandra Jean (James) Hinson of Arizona.
He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Nadine Bray.
There will be a Celebration of Life at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, at the Eagle Bluff Environmental Center, rural Lanesboro, Minn. Friends may call at Eagle Bluff from 1 p.m. until the time of celebration on Sunday.
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