Heaster Lausch was born March 30, 1869 in Lititz, Pennsylvania. His wife, Regenna Lied, was born in Freeport, Illinois on March 30, 1868. They were married in Freeport, Illinois on October 11, 1894.

The Lausch family came to Dazey, North Dakota in March of 1906. They arrived at the farm, 2½ miles west of Dazey, on a bitterly cold day and found that their potatoes and other vegetables were frozen. A neighbor, Mrs. George Kelly, seeing children in the yard of the farm, came over to welcome the family to the community. She found them without food and as a good neighbor, she went home, only to return with food for the entire family.

During their stay on the farm just west of Dazey, Mr. Lausch purchased a threshing machine and was engaged in threshing for many of his neighbors.

In the fall of 1918 the family moved to the "Duff" farm, south of St. Mary's Church. Here Mrs. Lausch passed away in 1929. The family were members of the Methodist Church of Dazey and the Dazey Farmers Club.

To the above union there were born the following children: Helen (Mrs. Eugene), Edna (Hagenstone Stolz), Jennie (Archie Owens), Gertrude (John Weller). Two boys, Edwin and Ernest.

In 1935 Mr. Lausch married Ruth Skofstad and they made their home in Dazey until his death in 1958. Mrs. Ruth Lausch lives in Valley City.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 138