Hometown: Lost Nation, Iowa March 21, 1922 - April 15, 2013

Lillian F. Brauer, 91, of Lost Nation, Iowa died Monday, April 15, 2013 at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, Iowa. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 18, 2013, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lost Nation. Family and friends may call from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lost Nation. A vigil service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Burial will be at Lost Nation Cemetery. Lahey Funeral and Cremation Services of Lost Nation is in charge of arrangements. Lillian Brauer was born March 21, 1922, in Oxford Junction, Iowa to Louis and Kathryn (Lasack) Buresh. She graduated from Oxford Junction High School in 1939. On January 9, 1940 she was united in marriage to Alvin Brauer, he died in 1986. Lillian was a homemaker and farmed with her husband. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lost Nation. Also, she was in the Altar and Rosary Society, and Mother's Club at church. She enjoyed bus trips and working at the polls. She loved spending time with her family. She is survived by her three children; Carol (Brad) Anderson of Dewitt, Mona (John) Sorenson of Dubuque. Bill (Beverly) Brauer of Maquoketa, six grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, a sister Marguerite Coon of Oxford Junction, and a brother Louis (Olive) Buresh of Houston, TX. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and an infant brother Arnold. Memorials may be given to the Lost Nation Fire Co. Burial: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Lost Nation, Iowa