Claude A. Luekens
Marriages
Grace Remington - April 14, 1921
Burial Details
Obituaries
Steamboat Pilot - July 22, 1971
CLAUDE LUEKENS
Services for Claude LUEKENS, resident of Steamboat Springs for the past 58 years, were held at the Methodist Church at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, July 16, 1971. Officiating at the services were the Rev. Alfred Carlyon and the Rev. Riley Grant. Interment was in the Steamboat cemetery.
Linda Ryan, accompanied on the organ by Joann Grant, sang "The Sweet Bye and Bye" and "Abide With Me." The Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion were in charge of the military services.
Pallbearers were Robert NOYCE, Wayne LIGHT, Jack SPRENGLE, Delano SCOTT, Morton DISMUKE and Charles KUPILIK. Honorary pallbearers included J. Frank STETSON, William GREEN, C. W. LIGHT, Clay MONSON, Fred FOSTER, E. E. YOUNT, R. H. JENSEN, Dr. M. L. CRAWFORD, Millard SCHOLAR, J. A. NELSON, Cecil ROREX, George ALLEN, J. E. MEDILL and James CLIFTON.
Claude passed away at the Routt County Memorial Hospital on July 13, 1971. He was 78 years old at the time of his death.
Born in Bentonville, Arkansas on October 17, 1892, he came with his family to Steamboat Springs in the fall of 1913. He served in the armed forces during the first World War.
On April 14, 1921, he married Grace REMINGTON of Denver, Colorado. The couple made their home in Steamboat, where they have lived for more than a half century. He, along with his brother Auburn, had the Chrysler and Plymouth garage for many years before retiring several years ago.
Claude was the first of the LUEKENS brothers to arrive in Steamboat from Longmont, traveling over the mountains in 1913. During the next ten years he was employed in all 3 of the Steamboat's drug stores.
His interest in automobiles dates from 1923, when he had a Hupmobile agency. In the following year, he purchased the garage building and Dodge agency owned by Herb Williams. Brother Auburn arrived in 1929 and for 37 years was in partnership with his brother. Claude retired in 1967 and Auburn about a year later.
For 16 years, Claude was the mayor of Steamboat. He served for 24 years as County Commissioner. Other important offices he held included membership on the Colorado State Advertising and Publicity Committee, past president of the Colorado County Commissioners Association and chairman of the Colorado State Highway Advisory Board.
He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Leo Hill Post 44, American Legion, Steamboat Lion's Club, Steamboat Winter Sports Club, Chamber of Commerce and Steamboat Health and Recreation Association.
Surviving him are his wife, Grace; one son, Dr. Claude A. LUEKENS Jr. of El Paso, Texas; one brother, Auburn LUEKENS of Loveland, Colorado; one sister, Mrs. Grace BAUER of Longmont, Colorado; three grandchildren.
Steamboat Pilot page 1 - July 15, 1971
