Laux, Mark Anthony

Age 56 of Inver Grove Heights, MN

Passed away at home on May 22, 2017, after a two-year battle with cancer. Mark was born to Kenneth and Ethlyn (Guyette) Laux of Le Sueur. He attended St. Anne’s School in Le Sueur, graduated from Le Sueur High School in 1979 and from St. Cloud State University in 1989 with a major in music. Mark also studied art at Minneapolis College of Art and Design for a time during the 1980’s. In 1989 he started work for TISCO is St. Paul working as a Senior Accounting Clerk. Mark was an accomplished musician. He played piano, violin, synthesizer, and recorder and composed many original pieces of music. For many years he provided piano accompaniment for Masses and sometimes directed the choir at St. Michael’s Church in West Saint Paul. Mark was also a gifted artist who painted many portraits and other types of pictures. His style was true to life recording his subjects in precise detail. He also created many other types of imaginative and gorgeous artworks including jewelry and colorful Middle Eastern-style bottles. Preceded in death by his parents, Kenneth and Ethlyn Laux. Survived by, husband, Allen (Bates) Laux; siblings; Joe and Vicky (Boisen) Laux, John and Bonnie (Johnson) Laux, Jim Laux and Bill Phillips, Michael and Juan Ignacio (Gomez) Laux, Mary and Steve Truran, Anne Laux and David Hoit, mother-in-law, Maria Bates; also many other relatives. Mass of Christian Burial 10 am Friday, June 2^nd at the Church of St. Patrick, 3535 72^nd St., Inver Grove Heights. Visitation 4-8 pm Thursday, June 1^st at Roberts Funeral Home, 8108 Barbara Ave., Inver Grove Heights. Also 9-10 am prior to Mass at church. Interment Calvary Cemetery, Le Sueur. In lieu of flowers, donations to the St. Patrick’s food shelf would be appreciated.