March 2, 2020 at 6:15 p.m.
Luella Laux
Obituary
Luella A. Laux, age 93, a former Bryant and Portland resident, passed away Saturday morning Feb. 29, 2020, in Briarwood Nursing Home in Coldwater, Ohio.
She was born in Trinity on July 5, 1926, the daughter of Leo and Agnes (Braun) Muhlenkamp. She was married May 21, 1947, to Mark Anthony Laux and he died Jan. 21, 1988. She was a homemaker.
She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and later Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. She also was a member of Alter Rosary Society, Bryant Senior Citizens, Catholic Order of Foresters and American Legion Auxiliary in Portland.
Surviving are eight sons, David Laux (wife: Linda) of Coldwater, Kenneth Laux (wife: Betty) of Bryant, Donald Laux (wife: Dana) of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, Jerome Laux (wife: Kathy) of Coldwater, James Laux (wife: Marla) of Bryant, Patrick Laux (wife: Jackie) of Geneva, Edward Laux (wife: Valerie) of Bryant and Anthony Laux (wife: Kami) of Fishers; six daughters, Agnes Schoch (John) of Geneva, Alice Budde (husband: Jeff) of Portland, Marie Gross (husband: Rob) of Coldwater, Judith Gelhaus (husband: Ron) of St. Henry, Ohio, Jane Bruggeman (husband: Paul) of Coldwater and Marjorie Coldren (husband: Jade) of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; one brother, Jim Muhlenkamp (wife: Erma) of Portland; one sister, Martha Hilgeford (husband: Arnold) of Portland; 40 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by siblings Eileen Welsch (husband: Lewis), Louis Muhlenkamp (wife: Trudy), Norma Wallischeck (husband: Joe), JoAnn Brackman (husband: Ralph), Ruth Muhlenkamp, Rosemary Deitsch (husband: Bevan) and Virginia Muhlenkamp.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. in the Holy Trinity Catholic Church with Fr. Kenneth Alt presiding. Burial will follow in the Holy Trinity Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 2 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home in Portland.
Memorials can be made to State of the Heart Hospice, Briarwood Activities Fund or Masses.
Condolences may be expressed at bairdfreeman.com.
She was born in Trinity on July 5, 1926, the daughter of Leo and Agnes (Braun) Muhlenkamp. She was married May 21, 1947, to Mark Anthony Laux and he died Jan. 21, 1988. She was a homemaker.
She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and later Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. She also was a member of Alter Rosary Society, Bryant Senior Citizens, Catholic Order of Foresters and American Legion Auxiliary in Portland.
Surviving are eight sons, David Laux (wife: Linda) of Coldwater, Kenneth Laux (wife: Betty) of Bryant, Donald Laux (wife: Dana) of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, Jerome Laux (wife: Kathy) of Coldwater, James Laux (wife: Marla) of Bryant, Patrick Laux (wife: Jackie) of Geneva, Edward Laux (wife: Valerie) of Bryant and Anthony Laux (wife: Kami) of Fishers; six daughters, Agnes Schoch (John) of Geneva, Alice Budde (husband: Jeff) of Portland, Marie Gross (husband: Rob) of Coldwater, Judith Gelhaus (husband: Ron) of St. Henry, Ohio, Jane Bruggeman (husband: Paul) of Coldwater and Marjorie Coldren (husband: Jade) of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; one brother, Jim Muhlenkamp (wife: Erma) of Portland; one sister, Martha Hilgeford (husband: Arnold) of Portland; 40 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by siblings Eileen Welsch (husband: Lewis), Louis Muhlenkamp (wife: Trudy), Norma Wallischeck (husband: Joe), JoAnn Brackman (husband: Ralph), Ruth Muhlenkamp, Rosemary Deitsch (husband: Bevan) and Virginia Muhlenkamp.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. in the Holy Trinity Catholic Church with Fr. Kenneth Alt presiding. Burial will follow in the Holy Trinity Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 2 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home in Portland.
Memorials can be made to State of the Heart Hospice, Briarwood Activities Fund or Masses.
Condolences may be expressed at bairdfreeman.com.
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