Memorial Service for Laura Marie Auen, 94, lifelong Mott, ND resident will be held at 10:00am Thursday, April 3, at the First Congregational Church in Mott with Pastor John Amundson, officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the First Congregational Church in Mott on Thursday morning.


Laura was born Oct.12, 1913 to Alfred & Jennie (Brady) Sloan in Mott. She was raised and educated in Mott. Laura married Claude Auen, Aug.15, 1932 in Mott. They lived on two different farmsteads north of Mott before purchasing the Emanuel Schmitt farmstead in Hettinger County SW of Mott. They raised their 5 sons together on this farm.


Laura was a member of the First Congregational Church in Mott, The Chilton Township Homemakers Club and The Order of Eastern Star.

Claude passed away in June of 1975, and Laura moved into the Messmer Trailer Court in west Mott. She loved to watch the wildlife she saw daily from her trailer, and loved planting flowers and finding pretty rocks to put around her flower beds. While living there she became good friends with Harvey and Sharron Mayer, who helped her in many ways.


Laura moved into the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in May of 2003. She loved all the special people who worked there and all the friends she visited each day. Laura died Friday, March 28,2008 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Mott.

Survivor family members include five sons, Arlen (companion Barb) Williston, Hugo, Sturgis SD, Rodger (Diane), Tioga, ND Robert, Grafton, ND and Lewis, Hot Springs SD; 12 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.


Laura was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Claude, three brothers and two sisters.