Phillips County resident Loren H. Grau passed away Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 89.

Loren was born Nov. 27, 1928 in Phillips County to Theodore & Ida (Beyerlein) Grau. On April 26, 1964 he married Frances I. Keeten in Glade, KS. Loren was a career farmer.

He is survived by his wife, Frances, of their home in rural Phillipsburg; daughters, Linda Heersink of Stuttgart, KS and Sonja Jackson of Olathe, KS; grandson, Trent Heersink and granddaughter, Lauren Heersink.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 27, at 10:30 a.m. in the Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stuttgart, with Pastors Lee Bennight and Lorna Paulus officiating. Burial will follow in the Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery with military honors by Fort Riley.

Mr. Grau will lie in-state on Thurs. & Fri., Jan. 25 & 26, from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. at the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial gifts be given to the church or the Phillips County Retirement Center. Online condolences to: www.olliffboeve.com.

Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, is in charge of arrangements.