Mrs. Grover Fauser (Anna Mae SCHRADER)

FAUSER, SCHRADER, LENZ, ERICKSON

Posted By: Ronald M Fauser (email)
Date: 8/22/2010 at 21:08:02

Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Friday, October 20, 1950, Page 8

Polio Takes Life of Mrs. Fauser, 21
IOWA CITY—Mrs. Grover Fauser, 21, of Strawberry Point died of polio Thursday at University hospitals. She was Clayton county's first polio fatality in 1950. Mrs. Fauser was taken to Iowa City last Friday. Survivors, besides her husband, include two children, Cathy, 3, and David, 2, and a sister in Germany. Funeral services are awaiting word from her sister, who is the wife of an occupation soldier in Germany.
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Fauser, Anna Mae (Schrader) 1929-1950
Funeral services for Mrs. Grover Fauser, 21, of Strawberry Point were held on Monday afternoon, Oct. 23, at the Lutheran church at Maynard. Mrs. Fauser died at University hospital at Iowa City on Thursday, having been ill a week with polio.

Anna Mae Schrader was born March 27, 1929 in Fayette county, the daughter of Charles and Erna (Lenz) Schrader. In May, 1946 she was married to Grover Fauser. To this union were born two children, Kathleen Ann, 3, and David Grover, 2, and they together with the husband survive.

Other survivors include the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schrader of Maynard and two sisters, Mrs. Ed Erickson of Westgate and Miss Harriet Marie Schrader of Berlin, Germany.

The Fausers have been living at the Harold MacKean farm, east of Strawberry Point where Mr. Fauser was employed. Mrs. Fauser was a member of the Lutheran church and the Women's Missionary Society.

~Clayton County Register, October 26, 1950
~Note: Anna is buried in Long Grove cemetery, Maynard, Fayette co., IA