Andrew H. LAUEN

LAUEN, STADTLANDER, STATLANDER, VIERKANT, JOSTEN, HAFERMANN, BECK, BOVENMEYER, DORENKAMP

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/27/2008 at 00:02:11

January 29, 2002

Andrew H. Lauen, 90, of Garner, formerly of Meservey, died on Thursday, January 17, 2002, at the Concord Care Center, Garner. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m., on Saturday, January 19, at the First Reformed Church of Meservey, with the Rev. Rodney Meester officiating. Burial was in the Meservey Cemetery. Visitation was held on Friday, January 18, at the Garry-Roberts-Murphy-Schaaf-Grarup Funeral Home in Meservey.

Andrew H. Lauen, was born on December 11, 1911, on the family farm in rural Meservey, the son of Herman B. and Ida (Statlander) Lauen. He attended country school and graduated from the Meservey High School in 1929. He attended the Milwaukee School of Engineering and returned to the Meservey area, where he worked as a carpenter. Andrew was united in marriage with Herma Vierkant on December 2, 1936, at the Parsonage of the First Reformed Church of Meservey, by the Rev. Kampman. The young couple moved to Sunnyvale, California, where he worked as an auto mechanic. They returned to Iowa after two years and he worked for United Motors in Marshalltown. After a couple of years there, they moved to a farmstead near Meservey. While on the farm Andrew built all the buildings that are on that farm today. He also began to do plumbing and electrical work. He eventually owned and operated Lauen Electric. He continued with the farming operation and the electrical business until he was 85 years old. He had resided at the Concord Care Center in Garner for the last two years. Andrew was a member of the First Reformed Church in Meservey. He served on the Meservey School Board and was a member of the Lions Club as well as a Saddle Club. An active member of his community, Andrew received a plaque recognizing many years of service to Meservey. He enjoyed fishing, swimming, ice-skating and other activities with his family. He also enjoyed time spent with his friends and frequently was found uptown having coffee with them.

He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Herma Lauen of Garner; three children, Dean Lauen and wife, Mary of Clear Lake, Dianne Josten and husband, Marv of Garner and Robert Lauen and wife, Sandy of Ventura; seven grandchildren, JoDeane Hafermann and husband, Scott of Goodell, Todd Lauen of Meservey, Anne Lauen of Clear Lake and her fiancée, Jeff Beck, Lynne Bovenmeyer and husband, Brian of Garwin, Eric Josten and wife, Staci of Ankeny, Kim Dorenkamp and husband, Erik of Norwalk and Nicholas Lauen of Ventura; three great-grandchildren, Lyndsay, Jeffrey and Samantha Hafermann; brother, Christopher Lauen of Garner; sister-in-law, Edna Lauen of Belmond; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers; one sister; and one great-grandchild.

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