Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....RAU, EARL E. December 22, 1972
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Gladwin County Record dated 12-27/1972 Column - 3 Page - 2
Earl E. Rau, 71, of Wooden Shoe Village, died suddenly Friday, Dec. 22, in the 
Gladwin Area Hospital. Born in Continental, Ohio, on March 23, 1901, he came 
to Gladwin County in 1912. Mr. Rau farmed in Tobacco and Buckeye Townships 
until retiring in 1963. He was re-elected as county commissioner from District 
1 in the November election. Mr. Rau served as a Federal Land Bank director 
from 1946 to 1968 and was a member of the Farm Bureau and was first Farm 
Bureau insurance representive for Gladwin County. He was also a member of the 
Hay Senior Citizens Club and the Beaverton Church of The Brethren. Mr. Rau and 
the former Nellie Rupp were married on Oct. 11, 1930, in Beaverton.
   Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Jerry of Sanford; one 
daughter, Mrs. Winifred Dugan of Beaverton; five sisters, Mrs. Grace Ward and 
Miss Elma Rau of Beaverton, Mrs. Vida Arnold of Lakeland, Fla., Mrs. Faye 
Landphierd of Midladn, and Mrs. Pearl Ward of Coleman; one brother, George of 
Gladwin; and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, James, on 
Sept. 8, 1969, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Carpenter in 1968.
   Services were held Sunday, Dec. 24, at 2 p.m. from the Beaverton Church of 
The Brethren. the Rev. Henry List officiated and burial was in the Dale 
Cemetery. Arrangements were in charge of Mathews Funeral Home. 

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