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Show I Dies at Age of 96 96t , t t tI tr I r i ; S a ai t ta " 4 * a t yS : THOMAS RAUER Oldest Citizen CitizenPasses CitizenPasses CitizenPasses Passes AwaySon AwayThomas Away Thomas Rauer 96 Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Grandcounty county s oldest citizen diedSaturday died diedSaturday diedSaturday Saturday at 12 20 pm p m of m in mIflrmatIves infirmatives IflrmatIves firmatives due to age He had hadI hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been in failing fallmg health for the thepast thepast thepast I past monthFuneral monthFuneral month monthFuneral I monthI Funeral services were held held.Saturday heldSaturday heldSaturday .Saturday Saturday . afternoon from the theLDS theLDS theLDS LDS chapel and were attended attendedby attendedby attendedby by a large number of friendsThe friendsThe friends friendsThe The services were presided presidedover presidedover presidedover over by Bishop Howard Lance LanceThe LanceThe LanceThe The opening opemng number was a vo vocal vocal vocal cal solo The Rosary by Mrs MrsR MrsR MrsR R W Bradford and the mvoca invoca mvocatIon invocation mvocation tIon was offered by Rev Ester EsterHoover EsterHoover EsterHoover Hoover of Grand Junction A Aduet Aduet Aduet duet A Perfect Day was ren rendered rendered rendered dered b bi ; } ) Mrs J L Rauer of ofMoab ofMoab ofMoab Moab and Mrs R D Rauer of ofRidgeway ofRidgeway ofRidgeway Ridgeway Colo The speakers speakerswere speakerswere speakerswere were Bishop Lance Mrs J W WCorbm WCorbin WCorbin Corbm Corbin and Bert Dalton A solo soloLay soloLay soloLay Lay My Head Beneath a Rose Rose"as Rosewas Rose\\as Rose as "as as was \ " \ given by V P Walker and andthe andthe andthe the closing c10smg prayer was offered offeredb offeredbi b ) Loyd . PetersonAmong PetersonAmong Peterson Among the out of town rela relatIves relatives tIves m in attendance at the ser sex sexvices services services , R D DRauer DRauer vices were Mr and Mrs Rauer of Ridgeway Mr and andMrs andMrs IRauer Mrs Irs Richard Rauer and two twochildren twochildren twochildren children of Bingham Bmgham Utah and andIMr andMr andMr IMr Mr and Mrs Michael Rauer ofCortez of " 'Cortez Cortez ' Cortez ColoMr ColoMr Colo Mr Rauer was born in m Aus Austria Austria Austna tria Dec 21 1848 On Jan 27 271874 1874 he married Agnes Thesars ThesarsIn ThesarsIn ThesarsIn In 1886 he immigrated to the theUmted theUnited theUnited Umted United States locating locatmg at St StLoUIs StLouis StLouis LoUIs Mo He was joined jomed the thefollowmg thefollowing thefollowing followmg following year by Mrs Rauer Rauerand Rauerand Rauerand and family Mr and Mrs Ruer Rauer Ruermoved Rauermoved Rciuermoved " , moved onto a farm near Brook Brookfield Brookfield Brookfield field Mo where they reSlded resided reSldedfor residedfor residedfor for many years About 20 years yearsago yearsago yearsago ago they sold the farm and mov moved moved moved ed to Brookfield where they re resided resided resided sided until the death of Mrs MrsRauer MrsRauer MrsRauer Rauer in m early 1933 Mr Rauer Rauerthen Rauerthen Rauerthen then came west to make hIs hIshome hishome hishome home with his rus son John L LRauer LRauer LRauer Rauer at Montrose Colo He Hecame Hecame Hecame came to Moab about .five five live dive . years yearsago yearsago yearsago ago with Mr and Mrs John L LRauer LRauer LRauer Rauer when they erected the theMoab theMoab theMoab Moab hotelHe hotelHe hotel He is survived by seven sons |
