Albert Lux, 83, Pasco, Wash., died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001 in his home after a long struggle with cancer. Alice Britz, Luverne, is his sister-in-law.
Inurnment with memorial services were Wednesday, Aug. 8, at City View Cemetery, Pasco. Father Daniel Barnett officiated.
Albert Lux was born to Andrew and Renata Lux on Sept. 15, 1917, in Havre, Mont. They were immigrant farmers. Later they moved to Lindstrom, Minn.
He married Clara Johnson on June 22, 1941, in Luverne. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1944 and served in the areas of Iwo Jima and Okinawa during World War II. He received his honorable discharge in Bremerton, Wash.
They moved to the Tri-cities area in 1947. He worked at construction and helped build the large trailer park in North Richland. In 1950 they moved to Pasco where he worked in construction and started his own construction company. He built several houses in Pasco. He joined forces with Hoopers Plumbing and Garrison Construction to develop Beverly Heights in Richland. He also worked with C.C. Mackner. In 1969 he went to Fairbanks, Alaska, to be a superintendent of building several apartment dwellings for the U.S. Air Force.
During the 1970s Mr. Lux was involved with building several restaurants and commercial building projects all over the U. S. In 1977 they retired to Santa, Idaho. They moved back to Pasco in 1990.
Mr. Lux was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Master, Pasco Masonic Lodge #34, F& A.M. Pasco Shrine Club, and the Pasco Senior Center where he enjoyed playing pool and cribbage and was very active in volunteer services for the Shriners and the Senior Center.
Survivors include his wife, Clara Lux, Pasco; two daughters and one son-in-law, Caryl and Joel Story, Pasco, and Sr. M. Clare Anne, MC (Cathy) of Mother Teresa of Calcutta's Missionaries of Charity, currently missioned in Piombino, Italy; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three sisters-in-law, Elaine Lux and Alice Vollman, both of California, and Alice Britz, Luverne; and several nieces and nephews.
Bruce Lee Memorial Chapel, Pasco, was in charge of arrangements.