Bernard Leonard “Ben” Lano, age 88

Bernard Leonard “Ben” Lano, age 88 of Carver, MN, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2016 at Sunrise Care Center in Minnetonka, MN. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, July 6, 2016, 11:00 AM with family receiving friends 9:30-11:00 AM all at Guardian Angels Catholic Church, 218 West Second Street, Chaska. Father Fernando Ortega presided. The inurnment was at Guardian Angels Catholic Cemetery, Chaska. In lieu of flowers memorials preferred to Guardian Angels Church or the David Lano Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Ben was born February 15, 1928 in Chaska, MN, to Gerhard Sr. and Elizabeth (Peine) Lano, the youngest of nine children. He was baptized, confirmed and graduated from Guardian Angels Catholic Church and School. He furthered his education at the Minnesota School of Business. On September 10, 1949 Ben married Mercedes “Merc” Gerold at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in New Prague, MN. They had seven children. After brief stints at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange and Minneapolis- Moline, Ben joined his brothers as the Business Office Manager for Lano Equipment. He retired after 44 years. He was charter member of the Carver Lions and a lifelong member of the Waconia Knights of Columbus. He enjoyed his grandchildren, horses and all things farm related. The great-grandson of two of the Chaska area's early pioneers, Theodore Lano and Gerhard Deuhs, Ben's keen memory of what he saw and heard contributed greatly to the telling of the Lano Family history.

Ben was preceded in death by his wife, Merc, parents, Gerhard Sr. and Elizabeth, grandson, David, brothers, Joseph (Audrey), Leonard “Dick, Francis, Gerhard “Hauser”, sisters, Barbara (John) Doyle, Marie (Jerome “Dick”) Henk, sister-in-law, Celine.

Survivors include his seven children: Mark (Sam), Michael (Candace), Gregory (Evy), Timothy, Elizabeth (Andre) L’Heureux, Charles (Linanne) and Christine. In addition, he is survived by sixteen grandchildren, Christopher (Rebekah), Steven and Matthew, Daniel (Natalie), John (Abigail) and Thomas, Nicole (Nick) Bennett, Anthony, Katie and Timothy, Alexander and Theodore, and Annie, Tess and Marc L’Heureux; Great Grandchildren, Mikayla Bennett and Marcus Lano; brother, Clarence; sister, Cecelia (Ray) Maiser; sistersin- law, Delphine Lano and Rebecca Lano, Anyce Ditter and S. Benita Gerold, OSB; brother-in-law, Dennis (Betty) Gerold;

Evy’s son Miles, and Linanne’s son Kyle and daughter Lauren and her children Connor and Maggie; Many nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements were with the Bertas Funeral Home of Chaska, MN.

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