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John H Laun

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John H Laun

Birth
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14 May 1976 (aged 61)
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Kiel, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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John H. Laun no newspaper named May 1976

Funeral services will be Tuesday for John H. Laun, 61, 215 Willow Bend, Kiel, a furniture manufacturer and businessman, who died Saturday night at St. Joseph Hospital, Milwaukee.
Mr. Laun was president of the A. A. Laun Furniture Co., a firm that manufactures tables, and president of the A. A. Laun Co. Building Supplies, Kiel and New Holstein. He was also vice-president of the State Bank of Kiel and was on the board of the American Mart in Chicago. Mr. Laun was president of the National Wholesale Furniture Salesmen and was past president of the Association of Furniture Manufacturers, a national organization, and past president of the Wisconsin Furniture Representative Association. He was the first vice-president and chairman of concessions of Road America, Elkhart Lake; president of the Kiel Municipal Band, one of the organizers of the Kiel Community Chest, member and the first commander of Tri-County VFW Post, co-chairman of the Kiel Centennial Committee in 1954, a member of Kiel Lodge No. 336, F & AM, the Calumet Shrine Club and the First Presbyterian Church, Kiel.
Mr. Laun was born in New Holstein on June 24, 1914, a son of the late Alfred A. and Bertha Rodenbaeck Laun. He moved with his family to Milwaukee at an early age. He was a graduate of Shorwood High School, the University of Michigan in 1935, a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor scholastic society. He served with the US Army from 1941-46 and was discharged with the rank of captain.
On May 28, 1942 he married Ruth Eckart in Milwaukee. The couple located in Kiel where he became affiliated with the A. A. Laun Furniture Co., which was operated by his father and a brother.
Survivors include his widow; a daughter, Rafic Khalil (Berta) Maalouf, Washinton, D. C.; two sons, Jonathan P., Kiel, and William H., Madison; three grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Afton, New York City. Three sons in infancy and two brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Joe V Anderson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Kiel Cemetery.


John H. Laun no newspaper named May 1976

Funeral services will be Tuesday for John H. Laun, 61, 215 Willow Bend, Kiel, a furniture manufacturer and businessman, who died Saturday night at St. Joseph Hospital, Milwaukee.
Mr. Laun was president of the A. A. Laun Furniture Co., a firm that manufactures tables, and president of the A. A. Laun Co. Building Supplies, Kiel and New Holstein. He was also vice-president of the State Bank of Kiel and was on the board of the American Mart in Chicago. Mr. Laun was president of the National Wholesale Furniture Salesmen and was past president of the Association of Furniture Manufacturers, a national organization, and past president of the Wisconsin Furniture Representative Association. He was the first vice-president and chairman of concessions of Road America, Elkhart Lake; president of the Kiel Municipal Band, one of the organizers of the Kiel Community Chest, member and the first commander of Tri-County VFW Post, co-chairman of the Kiel Centennial Committee in 1954, a member of Kiel Lodge No. 336, F & AM, the Calumet Shrine Club and the First Presbyterian Church, Kiel.
Mr. Laun was born in New Holstein on June 24, 1914, a son of the late Alfred A. and Bertha Rodenbaeck Laun. He moved with his family to Milwaukee at an early age. He was a graduate of Shorwood High School, the University of Michigan in 1935, a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor scholastic society. He served with the US Army from 1941-46 and was discharged with the rank of captain.
On May 28, 1942 he married Ruth Eckart in Milwaukee. The couple located in Kiel where he became affiliated with the A. A. Laun Furniture Co., which was operated by his father and a brother.
Survivors include his widow; a daughter, Rafic Khalil (Berta) Maalouf, Washinton, D. C.; two sons, Jonathan P., Kiel, and William H., Madison; three grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Afton, New York City. Three sons in infancy and two brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Joe V Anderson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Kiel Cemetery.




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