Louis L. Dauenhauer

1887 - 1956  (69 years)

• Name	Louis L. Dauenhauer
  Born	26 May 1887	Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Jul 1956	Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	Hook and Ladder Cemetery, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I196478	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	John Baptiste Dauenhauer,   b. 0Dec 1854, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 6 Jul 1942, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Mother	Mary A. Falk,   b. 0Jan 1858, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 26 Jan 1927, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Family ID	F68462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Sprauer,   b. 23 Sep 1891, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 17 May 1978, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Children	1. Mary Margaret Dauenhauer,   b. 7 Oct 1910, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 21 Sep 1998, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 87 years)   2. Louis L. Dauenhauer,   b. 14 Sep 1912, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 23 Feb 1950, Louisiana, USA  (Age 37 years)   3. Elodie Dauenhauer,   b. 15 Sep 1914, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 28 Nov 1994, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 80 years)   4. Theda C. Dauenhauer,   b. 7 Oct 1916, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 28 Nov 2013, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 97 years)   5. Alvin Roland Dauenhauer,   b. 6 Oct 1919, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 30 Jan 1978, Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F74221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. 1956 Times-Picayune, July 19, 1956 p 2 c 6; Dauenhauer--Of Gretna, La., on Wednesday, July 18, 1956, at 1 o'clock p.m., Louis L. Dauenhauer, Sr., beloved husband of Mamie Sprauer; father of Mrs. Mary D. Erlinger, Mrs. George Johnson, Mrs. Stanley Ray, and Alvin Daunhauer and the late Louis L. Dauenhauer, Jr; brother of Thomas Dauenhauer, Mrs. Katherine Lytjen, Mrs. George Geiger and the late Casmier Dauenhauer and J. B. Dauenhauer Jr., also survived by 12 grandchildren; aged 69 years; a native and a resident of Gretna, La. Relatives and friends of the family, also officers and members of the Woodmen of the World Camp, 620 Louisiana, Exempt Society Hook and Ladder, employees of the Gretna Court House and Jefferson Parish Sheriff Offices, are invited to attend the funeral, which will take place from the Gretna Home of Leitz-Eagan, 919 Amelia avenue on Friday morning, July 20, 1956, at 9:30 o'clock, followed by requiem high mass at St. Joseph's church. Interment in Hook and Ladder cemetery. Parlors will be open at 11 a.m., Thursday, July 19, 1956. 1956 Times-Picayune, July 19, 1956 p 4 c 4; "Ex-Civil Deputy Succumbs at 67 -- Dauenhauer Served Under 3 Jeff Sheriffs," Louis L. Dauenhauer, 67, retired chief deputy civil sheriff of Jefferson Parish, died at his home Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. after an illness which confined him to his home for several weeks. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home of Leitz-Eagan, 919 Amelia, Gretna. Requiem high mass will follow at St. Joseph's church. Interment will be in Hook and Ladder cemetery. Mr. Dauenhauer resided with his wife and daughter at 726 Derbigny, Gretna. Mr. Dauenhauer served under the administrations of the late sheriff L. H. Marrero, and his brother, the late sheriff J. B. Dauenhauer and under former sheriff Frank J. Clancy. His survivors include his wife, the former Miss Celina Sprauer; a son, Alvin Dauenhauer; and three daughters, Mrs. Mary Erlinger, Mrs. Stanley Ray, and Mrs. George Johnson. He began his political career in his teens at the old Gretna courthouse, which is now the Knights of Columbus home, under the administration of the late Sheriff Marrero. He retired June 1.