Cherokee County IA Archives Obituaries.....Lux, Floyd Peter May 9, 2007
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Sioux City Journal, May 11, 2007
Floyd Peter Lux, 88, of Cherokee died Wednesday, May 9, 2007, at his residence 
following a brief illness. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate 
Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, with the Revs. Armand Bertrand and 
Gene Sitzmann officiating. Burial will be in Maryhill Cemetery. Visitation 
will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. followed by a 
Knights of Columbus rosary, at Greenwood Funeral Home in Cherokee. Floyd was 
born Feb. 22, 1919, in Rock Township, rural Cherokee, to Maydar and Anna 
(Henke) Lux. He attended school at Maryhill in rural Cherokee, Iowa. Following 
his formal education, he stayed on the family farm to farm with his parents. 
On April 12, 1944, he married Mary Frances Lang in Remsen, Iowa. They returned 
to Cherokee, where they engaged in farming for many years, raising cattle, 
hogs, beans and corn. He retired from farming in 1990, but still kept active 
helping his sons, who were now farming. He enjoyed woodcarving, fishing, 
dancing, golfing and playing cards. He was a member of Immaculate Conception 
Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus and for many years, a member of the 
Pork Producers and Beef Producers. Survivors include his wife; sons, Michael 
Lux and his wife, Janet of Cherokee, James Lux and his wife, Cathy of Ames, 
Iowa, Mark Lux of Cherokee and Dale Lux of Meriden, Iowa; daughters and their 
husbands, Barbara and John Boersma of Kearney, Neb., and Theresa and Steve 
Conley of Cherokee; grandchildren, Tamara Lux, Bryan Lux, Kristin Lux, Shawn 
Schmaderer, Chad Boersma, Maria Lux, Thomas Lux, Peter Conley, Calvin Conley, 
Gabriel Conley, Abigail Lux, Brittany Lux and Jaden Lux.; great-grandchildren, 
Quinton, Naomi, Ashlynn and Garret; brothers and their wives, Paul and Nyla 
Lux of Cherokee and Joe and Janice Lux of Cherokee; and sisters, Frances Ann 
Rupp of Cherokee, Mary Lou and her husband, Joe Wiemold of Cherokee. He was 
preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Orman; and a brother-in-law, 
Richard "Dick" Rupp. 

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