Mary Hauer

MARY HAUER

West Union

Mary Hauer, 90, of West Union, formerly of St. Lucas, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at the Palmer Hospital in West Union. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at St. Luke's Catholic Church in St. Lucas with Rev. Joe Hauer celebrating the Mass. Interment will be in the church cemetery with Matt Hauer, Brady Moss, Dave Moss, John Maher, Jim Moss and Tom Sloan serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Roger Bulgren, Jack Riley and John Woods. Friends may greet the family at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the chapel. Hugeback Johnson Funeral Home of New Hampton is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences for Mary's family may be left at www.hugeback

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394-4334.

Mary Hauer was born Sept. 8, 1924, on the family farm near Waucoma, Iowa, the oldest daughter of Leo and Fidellis (Woods) Sloan. She graduated from Waucoma Public High School in 1941 and attended Upper Iowa University, where she received her teaching degree in 1943. She taught third and fourth grades in Garrison and in Decorah for five years. On Nov. 3, 1948, Mary Sloan and Edmund Hauer were married at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Waucoma. They lived in St. Lucas where they raised three girls and two boys and were members of St. Luke's Church. Mary was also active in the American Legion Auxiliary, the Catholic Daughters of America and the Catholic Order of Foresters.

In 1966, after updating her teaching certificate at Upper Iowa University, she returned to the teaching profession she loved. She taught kindergarten at Turkey Valley Community School first in Fort Atkinson and then in Jackson Junction for the next 20 years. She retired in 1986 and continued to enjoy traveling with her husband, visiting children and grandchildren, baking, canning, cooking and entertaining. In 1994, she was one of five community members who received the Governor's Volunteer Award. In 2006, a year after her husband died, she moved to Kensington Place, an assisted living facility in New Hampton, where she enjoyed playing cards and socializing. She moved to Traditions in West Union in 2010.

Mary is survived by children, Peg (John) Maher of Kansas City, John (Tina) Hauer of San Diego, Joyce (Jim) Moss of Lansing, Paul (Lynn) Hauer of Jewell and Donna Hauer of Minneapolis; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Jack (Maggie) Sloan, David (Bernie) Sloan, Geri Bodensteiner, Ruth (John) Neuzil and Jane (Leo) Huber; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a brother, Alan Sloan.