Obit: Lauersdorf, Sandra R. #2 (1936 - 2011)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt

Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Finnel, Freimuth, Huck, Lauersdorf, Moen, Thomas

----Source: The Tribune - Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wisconsin) Wednesday, July 27, 2011, page

Lauersdorf, Sandra R. (Thomas) (February 6, 1936 - July 20, 2011)

Sandra R. Lauersdorf, 75, of Curtiss passed away on July 20, 2011, in the emergency room at Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield.

Sandra was born February 6, 1936, in Waupun to George and Dorothy (Huck) Thomas.

She received her education at Oconomowoc schools and attended Oconomowoc High School. The former Sandra Thomas was united in marriage to Melvin Lauersdorf on February 12, 1955, at Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church in Lebanon, WI. Sandra worked as a switchboard operator at Neosho Telephone Company before moving to Curtiss in 1994, where she worked at McDonalds and Hardees in Abbotsford.

Sandra is lovingly survived by her husband, Melvin; and children, Randy Lauersdorf of Neosho, Cindy (Dave) Finnel of Watertown, and Tammy (Scott) Moen of Oconomowoc; grandchildren, Jared Schaefer, William Moen and Lacey Owen; brother, Charles Thomas; and sister, Judy Thomas.

She is preceded in death by her parents; and one daughter, Debra Lauersdorf.

Sandra was a member of the Curtiss Lions Club and Saint Peter Ladies Circle. She loved spending time with her family, playing cards and caring for their dog, Cookie.

Funeral Services were held on Saturday, July 23 at Saint Peter Lutheran Church in Dorchester. Reverend Jerome Freimuth officiated. Burial was in Saint Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery in Lebanon, Dodge County on Monday, July 25. Visitation was on Saturday at the church from 9 a.m. until time of services.

The Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home of Abbotsford is in charge of arrangements.