DON R. LAURITSEN, 80, of Hamlin, died Wed., May 20th, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for DON LAURITSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., May 27th, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is at 6-p.m. Tue., May 26th.

Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

DON LAURITSEN is survived by:

His wife – Joan Lauritsen, of Hamlin.

His sons – Scott Lauritsen, and Daren Lauritsen, both of Exira; Dean Lauritsen, of Audubon; and Steven (Sherri) Lauritsen, of Pella.

His daughter – Diane (Tom) Law, of Omaha.

His step-children: Cathy Crees, of Bondurant; Dan (Natalie) Crees, of Harlan; Lauri (Jeff) Bates, of Atlanta, GA., and Jeff (Staci) Crees, of Earlham.

His sister – Dorothy Ann (Arnold) Larsen, of Ft. Collins, CO.

12 grandchildren, 11 step-grandchildren, 2 step great-grandchildren, his brothers-in-law, other relatives, and friends.