Clark County NV Archives Obituaries.....Laux, Michael J. December 25, 1975
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Las Vegas Review Journal 12/28/1975
PIONEER LAS VEGAN DIES IN CAR ACCIDENT

Funeral services for Michael J. Laux, 79, a longtime resident of Las Vegas 
will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Palm Chapel.  He died Thursday in a local hospital 
as a result of injuries received in an auto accident Wednesday.

The Boulder City Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons 37 will officiate at 
services and entombment will be in Palm Mausoleum.

Laux was born Sept. 26, 1896 at Phillip, Wis.  He moved to Las Vegas in 1931 
to work as an electrician for Six Companies Inc.  on the construction of 
Boulder Dam.  In 1935 he signed with Boulder Canyon Project and was employed 
as electrician foreman and electrician until retirement in 1961.

He founded Electricians Union Local 357 with nine other men in 1931.  He held 
every office in the local and served the longest in financial secretary and 
president.

Laux served as vice-president and was a member of the executive board of the 
Clark County Central Labor Council and secretary-treasurer of the Nevada State 
Federation for two years.  He served as commander of the Boulder City American 
Legion 31 and was a member of the F and AM Boulder City Lodge.

Survivors include his wife, Grace Nay and a brother, Eugene V. of Elmwood, Ill.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to the Diabetic 
Association.

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