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LAU, Richard 1873-1959

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Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 3/1/2019 at 08:30:00

Services Saturday For Richard Lau

Services were held in the Methodist Church in Gladbrook Saturday afternoon for Richard Lau who died at Gladbrook last Wednesday at the age of 86. Burial was in the Sheller cemetery in Melrose township.

Richard Lau was born April 28, 1873, near Brandenburg, Germany. He came to this country at the age of 21 and spent most of his life in the Conrad and Whitten areas.

He and his wife moved near Gladbrook on the same farm as their son Ernest about five years ago.

Survivors include his wife Cora, Ernest of Gladbrook and another son Frank of Ottumwa, three daughters, Mrs. Elsie Carter of Hubbard, Mrs. Rosie Burke of San Gabriel, Calif., and Miss Verda Lau of Denver, Colorado, nine grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren and five brothers still living in Germany. One daughter preceded him in death.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 3 September 1959, pg 7


 

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