February 11 2019: AUER, Arthur Ernest

ARTHUR ERNEST AUER (Age 88)

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Arthur Ernest Auer on February 9 at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland at age 88.  Art leaves his wife of 62 years, Lois (Konvicka) Auer; his daughter, Carol Auer and her husband Michael Green; and many close friends and relatives.

Art was born in Kingston, MA and grew up in New York City where he attended Stuyvesant High School. He graduated from Cornell University in 1954 with a degree in chemistry and agronomy. From 1955 to 1957 he served as a First Lieutenant in the USAF and was stationed at Randolph AFB in San Antonio, TX where he met Lois.

Lois and Art were married in 1956 in Runge, TX and they moved to New York City. In 1959 Art joined the US Food and Drug Administration, where he investigated the firm marketing thalidomide in the US. They moved to Maryland in 1965 when Art was transferred to the FDA offices in Washington D.C.  He worked on various drug and food safety issues until retiring in 1989.

Art and Lois enjoyed traveling in their retirement and loved to square dance with the Belair Square Cats. Art was a keen gardener and he volunteered for many years at the US National Arboretum and Smithsonian Museum. In 2015 he received an award for 25 years of service at the Smithsonian.

Art was predeceased by his parents Ernest and Adelaide, his brothers Walter, Alfred, and Erwin, his sister Evelyn Streaman, and his son Alan.

Visitation will be held at Church of the Resurrection at Riderwood Village, 3110 Gracefield Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904 on Saturday, February 16, from 10 to 11 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Interment Resurrection Cemetery on Monday, February 18 at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to SOME, 710 O Street NW, Washington, DC or www.some.org or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memorial Giving, 501 St. Jude Pl Memphis, TN 38105 or www.stjude.org.

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