Alfred A. Laun Jr. --- no newspaper named --- November 4, 1964
Kiel – A prominent Kiel industrialist, Alfred A. Laun, who served eight years as state senator for Manitowoc, Door and Kewaunee counties, died suddenly Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at Sheboygan Memorial hospital a short time after he was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage at his home here.
Mr. Laun, 59, was associated with the A. A. Laun During his term in the State Senate, Mr. Laun served on the finance committee and was chairman of the committee in 1957. Interim activities included membership on the State Emergency Board, State Building Commission, Claims Commission division of Industrial Development and state Government Operation Committee. He was also chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor, Taxation Insurance and Banking in 1961.
He was born at New Holstein Feb. 14, 1905, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A Laun Sr. He attended public schools at New Holstein and Milwaukee and received his bachelor of arts degree from Harvard in 1927 and a master of business administration degree there in 1929.
Mr. Laun was married to Sue Burgess of Fort Worth, Texas on June 16, 1928. The couple lived in New Jersey for two years before moving to Milwaukee. They moved to Kiel in 1935.
Professionally, Mr. Laun was a member of the board of governors of the American Furniture Mart and a member and past president of the Furniture Club of America.
The Furniture Club named Mr. Laun "Man of the Year" in 1955 and the Kiel Kiwanis Club bestowed a similar honor on him in 1963, lauding his for "meritorious contributions" in advancing the cause of good government and promoting the welfare of his community. In addition to membership in the Kiel Kiwanis Club, he was affiliated with the Kiel Lodge F&AM 336, Kiel Eastern Star, Wisconsin Consistory and the Tripoli Shrine. He was a member of the Kiel Chamber of Commerce and served as president of the group in 1948. Mr. Laun was also a member of the executive board of the Kettle Moraine Boy Scout council and a member-at-large of the National Council Boy Scouts of America.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Alfred A Laun III, serving with the USIA in the Dominican Republic, and John, a student at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Afton, Palo Alto Calif.; and two brothers, Donald and John, both of Kiel.
Kiel – A prominent Kiel industrialist, Alfred A. Laun, who served eight years as state senator for Manitowoc, Door and Kewaunee counties, died suddenly Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at Sheboygan Memorial hospital a short time after he was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage at his home here.
Mr. Laun, 59, was associated with the A. A. Laun During his term in the State Senate, Mr. Laun served on the finance committee and was chairman of the committee in 1957. Interim activities included membership on the State Emergency Board, State Building Commission, Claims Commission division of Industrial Development and state Government Operation Committee. He was also chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor, Taxation Insurance and Banking in 1961.
He was born at New Holstein Feb. 14, 1905, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A Laun Sr. He attended public schools at New Holstein and Milwaukee and received his bachelor of arts degree from Harvard in 1927 and a master of business administration degree there in 1929.
Mr. Laun was married to Sue Burgess of Fort Worth, Texas on June 16, 1928. The couple lived in New Jersey for two years before moving to Milwaukee. They moved to Kiel in 1935.
Professionally, Mr. Laun was a member of the board of governors of the American Furniture Mart and a member and past president of the Furniture Club of America.
The Furniture Club named Mr. Laun "Man of the Year" in 1955 and the Kiel Kiwanis Club bestowed a similar honor on him in 1963, lauding his for "meritorious contributions" in advancing the cause of good government and promoting the welfare of his community. In addition to membership in the Kiel Kiwanis Club, he was affiliated with the Kiel Lodge F&AM 336, Kiel Eastern Star, Wisconsin Consistory and the Tripoli Shrine. He was a member of the Kiel Chamber of Commerce and served as president of the group in 1948. Mr. Laun was also a member of the executive board of the Kettle Moraine Boy Scout council and a member-at-large of the National Council Boy Scouts of America.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Alfred A Laun III, serving with the USIA in the Dominican Republic, and John, a student at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Afton, Palo Alto Calif.; and two brothers, Donald and John, both of Kiel.
Alfred A. Laun Jr. --- no newspaper named --- November 4, 1964
Kiel – A prominent Kiel industrialist, Alfred A. Laun, who served eight years as state senator for Manitowoc, Door and Kewaunee counties, died suddenly Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at Sheboygan Memorial hospital a short time after he was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage at his home here.
Mr. Laun, 59, was associated with the A. A. Laun During his term in the State Senate, Mr. Laun served on the finance committee and was chairman of the committee in 1957. Interim activities included membership on the State Emergency Board, State Building Commission, Claims Commission division of Industrial Development and state Government Operation Committee. He was also chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor, Taxation Insurance and Banking in 1961.
He was born at New Holstein Feb. 14, 1905, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A Laun Sr. He attended public schools at New Holstein and Milwaukee and received his bachelor of arts degree from Harvard in 1927 and a master of business administration degree there in 1929.
Mr. Laun was married to Sue Burgess of Fort Worth, Texas on June 16, 1928. The couple lived in New Jersey for two years before moving to Milwaukee. They moved to Kiel in 1935.
Professionally, Mr. Laun was a member of the board of governors of the American Furniture Mart and a member and past president of the Furniture Club of America.
The Furniture Club named Mr. Laun "Man of the Year" in 1955 and the Kiel Kiwanis Club bestowed a similar honor on him in 1963, lauding his for "meritorious contributions" in advancing the cause of good government and promoting the welfare of his community. In addition to membership in the Kiel Kiwanis Club, he was affiliated with the Kiel Lodge F&AM 336, Kiel Eastern Star, Wisconsin Consistory and the Tripoli Shrine. He was a member of the Kiel Chamber of Commerce and served as president of the group in 1948. Mr. Laun was also a member of the executive board of the Kettle Moraine Boy Scout council and a member-at-large of the National Council Boy Scouts of America.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Alfred A Laun III, serving with the USIA in the Dominican Republic, and John, a student at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Afton, Palo Alto Calif.; and two brothers, Donald and John, both of Kiel.
Kiel – A prominent Kiel industrialist, Alfred A. Laun, who served eight years as state senator for Manitowoc, Door and Kewaunee counties, died suddenly Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at Sheboygan Memorial hospital a short time after he was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage at his home here.
Mr. Laun, 59, was associated with the A. A. Laun During his term in the State Senate, Mr. Laun served on the finance committee and was chairman of the committee in 1957. Interim activities included membership on the State Emergency Board, State Building Commission, Claims Commission division of Industrial Development and state Government Operation Committee. He was also chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor, Taxation Insurance and Banking in 1961.
He was born at New Holstein Feb. 14, 1905, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A Laun Sr. He attended public schools at New Holstein and Milwaukee and received his bachelor of arts degree from Harvard in 1927 and a master of business administration degree there in 1929.
Mr. Laun was married to Sue Burgess of Fort Worth, Texas on June 16, 1928. The couple lived in New Jersey for two years before moving to Milwaukee. They moved to Kiel in 1935.
Professionally, Mr. Laun was a member of the board of governors of the American Furniture Mart and a member and past president of the Furniture Club of America.
The Furniture Club named Mr. Laun "Man of the Year" in 1955 and the Kiel Kiwanis Club bestowed a similar honor on him in 1963, lauding his for "meritorious contributions" in advancing the cause of good government and promoting the welfare of his community. In addition to membership in the Kiel Kiwanis Club, he was affiliated with the Kiel Lodge F&AM 336, Kiel Eastern Star, Wisconsin Consistory and the Tripoli Shrine. He was a member of the Kiel Chamber of Commerce and served as president of the group in 1948. Mr. Laun was also a member of the executive board of the Kettle Moraine Boy Scout council and a member-at-large of the National Council Boy Scouts of America.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Alfred A Laun III, serving with the USIA in the Dominican Republic, and John, a student at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Afton, Palo Alto Calif.; and two brothers, Donald and John, both of Kiel.
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