ROEHR, Loren August Herman 1897-1943

ROEHR, TUCKER, LOHR, HOWELL, BRANDAU

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Date: 7/29/2010 at 09:41:10

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Loren Roehr Dies Following Operation

OSAGE, IOWA -- Funeral services were held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the home and at 2 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran church, south of Osage, for Loren Roehr, 45, who died at his home Thursday evening. Burial was in the Osage cemetery. Services were under the direction of the Rev. I. G. Kitzmann.

Loren Roehr was born on December 10, 1897, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin G. Roehr*, in Cedar township, Mitchell county. He attended the rural schools and the Cedar Valley seminary in Osage.

In 1921, he married Irene Tucker, and to them were born four children: Duane, Kenneth, Audrey, and Gary. They lived south of Osage for several years, and recently moved to a farm three miles northwest of Rudd.

About two months ago, the deceased subitted to an operation at Rochester. He spent his remaining days at home.

Surviving are his four children; his wife, Irene Roehr; his step mother, Mrs. Alvin G. Roehr**, three sisters: Mrs. Avin Lohr of Rockford, Mrs. Floyd Howell of Rockford, and Mrs. Herman Brandau of Waterloo; four brothers: Leonard of Osage; Clyde of Lyle, Minnesota, Donald of Waterloo, and Dale of Osage; and one grandchild.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday, July 17, 1943]

NOTE: His wife was Irene Hazel Tucker.

*His mother was Katherine Erbe Roehr, who died when he was a child.

**His step mother was Emma M. Troge Roehr, his father's second wife.
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LOREN ROEHR DIES
AFTER ILLNESS OF
SEVERAL MONTHS

Loren Roehr, 45, died at his farm home near Rudd last Thursday after an illness of several months. Mr. Roehr became ill the early part of this year, and as his condition did not improve he was taken to Rochester two months ago. An operation there disclosed an incurable condition.

After ten days at the hospital he was taken back to his home where he was given tender care by his family. His pastor, Rev. I.G. Kitzmann, visited him frequently and stated that he made his last call there on the day of his death, at which time he was apparently able to receive the Word spoken to him.

Loren August Herman Roehr was born the son of Alvin G. Roehr and Katherine Roehr, nee Erbe, in West Cedar township, Mitchell county, Iowa, December 10, 1897. He was baptized in the Christian faith as a child by the Reverend Helbing, and was confirmed in St. John's Lutheran church near Osage, on Palm Sunday, march 16, 1913, by the Rev. J. Bertram.

He was nine years of age when his mother died.

He received his schooling in the rural school and the Cedar Valley Seminary. Completing his education he engaged in farming, helping his father, on the home place.

After his marriage he farmed for himself, spending the greater part of his life on farms in east Cedar township, excepting the past two years, during which he operated a farm three miles northeast of Rudd.

On August 24, 1921, he married Irene Tucker. To this union were born four children. Mr. Roehr proved himself a kind husband and father, an energetic worker and a congenial neighbor.

He leaves to mourn his passing, his devoted wife; his sons, Duane, Kenneth and Gary, and a daughter, Audrey; also his step mother, Mrs. Alvin Roehr, all of Osage; his brothers, Leonard of Osage; Clyde of near Lyle, Minnesota; Donald, Waterloo, and Dale of Osage; his sisters, Mrs. Alvin Lohr and Mrs. F. Howell, Rockford, and Mrs. Herman Brandau of Waterloo, as well as many other relatives and friends.

Funeral service was held at the Sheckler & Son funeral home at Nora Springs, conducted by the Rev. I.G. Kotzmann, and burial was in the Osage cemetery.

Source: Mitchell County Press-News, 22 July 1943
(Transcribed August 2015, K.Kittleson)
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Photo of Loren from MITCHELL COUNTY HISTORY, 1989

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