Marian Louise Kerker
Marian Louise Kerker was the fourth and youngest child of
She was born in January, 1918, in St Paul, Minnesota.
Marian, or Mernie, as everyone knew her, attended Galtier Grade
School, Derham High School, and the College of St Catherine.
She married Albert Joseph Lauer, also from St Paul, in 1941,
at St Columba Church in St Paul,
just before Al went into the service in World War 2.
Albert was the son of John Lauer, who owned a construction company,
and Gertrude.
Mernie and Al had ten children.
Joseph Jerome Lauer, born May 16, 1942,
married Ann Kleiner; one daughter Sarah.
William John Lauer, born July 8, 1943;
died of cancer at age 13 in September, 1956.
Mary Ann Lauer, born 1943; married Theodore Moudry; several children
Catherine Jeanne Lauer, married Jerry Morczinski; several children
Jane Frances Lauer, married James Williams; several children;
live in Northfield, Minn.
Michael Thomas Lauer, not married; stained glass artist;
lives in St Cloud, Minn.
Edward James Lauer, married Cathy; several children;
lives on the Lauer farm in Rosemount
Martin Albert Lauer, married; several children;
a teacher; moved to Florida; worked in Saudi Arabia
Ruth Marie Lauer, married; lives in Europe
Dorothy Margaret Lauer, not married; lives in Milwaukee, Wis.
Al Lauer is the founder and owner of Lauer Greenhouses,
a company which builds aluminum greenhouses.
Mernie and Al lived for a while at 1250 Englewood Ave in St Paul,
in a house formerly owned by Mernie's parents. They moved about
1951 to a farm in Mendota Heights, attending St Peter's Church
in Mendota. In the mid 1960s, St Thomas Academy moved to a new
campus adjacent to their farm.
The farm was taken later by the state to make way for Interstate
35E, and Mernie and Al bought another farm south of Rosemount, Minn.
After a number of years, they also bought a winter home in Largo,
Florida, near St Petersburg, where they escape the cold Minnesota
winters.
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