Mary Louise Strauch Hauser

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Mary Louise Strauch Hauser, 98, of Poland died Nov. 11, 2008 at 10:02 p.m. at Cloverleaf Healthcare Facility.

Ms. Strauch was born June 13, 1910 in Poland to Edward Franklin Strauch and Clara Margaret Kattman Strauch. She graduated from Bowling Green High School in 1928. She married Robert Lester Hauser on Feb. 26, 1936. He preceded her in death on Jan. 27, 1978.

She was a long time member of the Zion United Church of Christ in Poland and in earlier years she served on the Women's Guild and the Mothers Class at the church. She also was active in the Washington Township Circle Home Ec Club.

She will be missed by her loving children, daughter Martha Rose Hauser Neville and husband Joe of Colorado Springs, Colo. and son Kenneth Lee Hauser and wife Eleanor of Greencastle; granddaughter Mary Neville Roberts and husband Derek and two great-grandchildren, Grace Rose Roberts and Luke Joseph Roberts all of Palmer Lake, Colo.; nieces and nephews Harold Neal Keiser and wife Sue, Howard Norman Keiser and wife Carolyn, Forest Allan Keiser and wife Dorothy, Arlene May Long; Sharon Joan Strauch and Lucy Strauch; and other extended family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, nephew Herman Strauch and nephew by marriage Charles Long.

Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Schoppenhorst Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Poland Zion Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 5-8 p.m. and again Saturday prior to services.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Zion United Church of Christ. Post a heart of condolence at schoppenhorstfuneralhome.com