Alice M. Lauer

Alice Mae Lauer, 98, of Marietta, passed away on Monday, February 16, 2009, at 11:30 am at Harmar Place.

She was born on March 24, 1910, the 4th of 11 children to the late Fred and Carrie Moody McInturf in a log cabin near Pennsville, OH.  She worked for Essex Wire in Zanesville, OH, for many years and cared for elderly people.  She had no children but cared very much for her brothers, sisters and their children.  She had a great sense of humor and liked to make people laugh.  She also liked to walk and work in her garden.  She was a Christian by faith, being baptized at a young age and was a member of the Sixth and Washington Streets Church of Christ.

In 1968 she married Elmer Lauer who preceded her in death in 1994.  Surviving is his daughter, Elaine Ogle of Whipple. Also surviving are her sisters:  Mary Niceswanger of Marietta and Ruby McPherson of Pataskala; special people in her life:  niece, Yvonne (Melvin) Barth of Ruskin, FL, great nephews Greg (Donna) Barth and Chris Barth of Newport, several sisters-in-law, cousins and other relatives.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by brothers:  Dwight, Frank, Eli, Raymond, Robert and William McInturf and sisters:  Ruth Townsend and Mae McCoy.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 10:00 am at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home with Randy Baker officiating. Burial will be in Pennsville Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday after 2:00 pm with family present from 2 – 4 and from 7 – 9.  On line condolences may be shared at:  www.mslfuneralhome.com.