Leo Richard Laue (1922 - 2016)

LAUE, JOHNSON, WHEELER, PETERSON, HOFFMAN

Posted By: Pamela Wagler (email)
Date: 4/5/2018 at 15:11:54

The Hawk Eye
Burlington, Iowa
December 23, 2016

Leo Richard Laue

Leo Richard Laue, 94, of Burlington, died at 9:20 AM Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at the Great River Medical Center.

Born August 18, 1922, in Mediapolis, IA, he was the son of George and Rose Johnson Laue. On August 6, 1949, he married Porteous "Joy" Wheeler in Burlington, Iowa. She died on January 9, 2013.

Leo was a spot welder at General Electric. He drove a school bus and was a mechanic at Sperry School for 23 years.

He was a graduate of Sperry High School

He was a U.S. Army Veteran, serving during WWII from August 11, 1944 until July 3, 1946.

He was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church.

Besides his wife he was preceded in death by his parents, one brother Duane, and three sisters, Helen Laue, Dorothy Peterson, and Virginia Hoffman.