OBITUARIES:  Norman AUER, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI

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Auer, Norman

Obituary of Normal Auer in Thursday, Dec. 23, 1948 Eau Claire Leader 
(Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, WI)

Norman Auer Dies Following Brief Illness

 Normal Albert Auer, 61, of 503 Forest st., died at the Sacred Heart 
hospital yesterday morning at 6:45 after an illness of eight days.

 Services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 at the Masonic Temple, the 
Very Rev. Gordon E. Brant, of Christ Church Cathedral, officiating. Masonic 
services will also be conducted at the temple.

 Interment will be at Forest Hill Cemetery.

 Friends may call at Lenmark's Thursday afternoon and evening and at the 
Masonic temple from Friday noon up to the time of services.

 Mr. Auer was born in Durand on July 4, 1887, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. 
J.J. Auer, coming to Eau Claire with his parents when a boy of five. He 
attended the public schools here and was a graduate of the Eau Claire high 
school. For some years he was associated with his father in the printing 
business and then joined the staff of the Gillette Rubber Co., and had 
remained with its successor, the Gillette tire plant of the U.S. Rubber Co., 
up to the time of his last illness. He was a member of the Gillette Tire 
company 20-year club.

 He is survived by his widow, Ida Stockbridge Auer, a brother, Frank C. 
Auer, of Eau Claire, and a sister, Mrs. Clara Ellis, of Maquoketa, Ia.

 He was a member of all the Masonic bodies, active in the Eau Claire 
consistory, and at the time of his death was eminent grand captain general 
of the Wisconsin grand lodge, Knights Templar, and was also a past eminent 
commander of the Eau Claire commandery; Knights Templar. He was the youngest 
commander serving the commandery. He was also a member of the Elks lodge here.

Father: John Jacob Auer
Mother: Louisa Kneer
Date of Birth: July 4, 1887 (Durand, WI)
Date of Death: Dec 22, 1948 (Eau Claire)


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