Lester was born on October 30, 1960 to Thomas and Ann (Littell) Grau and he died on November 5, 1988
in a car accident by Cresent, IA. He and two other National Guard Members were on their way
to Camp Dodge, Des Moines.
He was buried with full Military Honors at the Manning Cemetery on his Grandfather Emil
and Grandmother Magda Grau's plot.
Lester was never married and had no children.
3 of his nephews are in the military; Matthew David Gore, Michael Thomas Gore & Nathan Grau.
Matthew & Michael are both in the Iowa Army National Guard in Carroll, IA. and are the sons
of David Gore and Barbara (Grau) Gore both of Manning.
Nathan is in the U.S. Navy and is stationed in Oak Harbor, Washington and is the son of
Bob Grau of Corning, IA.
Lester's uniform and US Flag Funeral services for Lester Lee Grau were held Tuesday, November 8, 1988 at 3:30 p.m. at Ohde Funeral Home in Manning, Iowa. Pastor Robert Riggert from Zion Lutheran Church in Manning and Chaplain Dwight E. Rengstorf of the Iowa Army National Guard officiated the service with Paula Weiss as organist and Margaret Backhaus as vocalist.
Interment was in Manning City cemetery. Casketbearers, members of the Iowa Army National Guard,
were SPC Sonny A. Groves, SPC Donald J. Ashenfelter, SPC Paul B. Outhier, SPC Gary
G. Snyder, SGT Neal E. McElwain, and SPC Kevin P. Braun.
Lester, son of Thomas and Ann Littell Grau, was born October 30, 1960 at Carroll, Iowa.
Lester was educated in the Manning schools and was graduated from Manning High
School in 1979.
Lester died early Saturday morning, November 5, 1988 in an auto accident west of
Creston, Iowa at the age of 28 years and 6 days. Lester is survived by his parents, Thomas and Ann Grau, of Manning; by the following brothers and sisters: Barbara and her husband, David Gore, of Manning; Dean Grau and his wife, Cindy, of Manning; Thomas Grau, Jr. and his wife, Carla, of Dallas Texas; Robert Gran and his wife, Andrea, of Corning; Nancy and her husband, Joe Anheier, of Pensacola, Florida; and Steve Grau and his fiancee, Melody Ross, of Des Moines; by his grandmother, Magda Grau, of Manning; by his grandfather, D. R. Littell and his wife, Ella, of Mesa, Arizona; by 7 nephews; by 4 nieces; and by aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends. |