Laurence Frederick RADLOFF

RADLOFF, BEHRENS, HANSEN, MAYER, QUINTUS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/16/2010 at 15:57:30

Mason City Globe Gazette, Iowa
January 13, 1997

GARNER, IA -- Laurence Radloff, 81, died Saturday (Jan. 11, 1997) at North Iowa Mercy Health Center East, Mason City. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul Lutheran Church with the Rev. Clyde Kieschnick as officiant. Burial will be in Concord Township Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel, 160 E. Fourth St.

Laurence Frederick Radloff, the son of Frederick and Minnie (Behrens) Radloff, was born July 29, 1915, on a farm near Klemme. He was baptized at a Lutheran church in Postville. Laurence attended the rural schools of Ell Township and then farmed with his parents. On Feb. 18, 1915, he married Evelyn Neva Hansen at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Nora Springs. They farmed southeast of Garner on the home farm all of their married life. Laurence loved his wife and his church. He encouraged young people and often asked how they were doing and what their future plans were. He also had a strong interest in community and school activities. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church where he had served as a Sunday school teacher for 51 years. He served as a soil
commissioner and was a member of the Beef Producers and Pork Producers.

He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Radloff of Garner; a sister, Gertrude Meyer of Mason City; a brother, Ray Radloff and his wife, Ann, of Garner; a sister-in-law, Ella Radloff of Lyle, Minn.; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Fred Radloff and Harold Radloff; and three sisters, Ruth Radloff, Frieda Radloff and Ruby Quintus.