John James Auld, Jr.
John J. Auld, Jr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 22, 1929 and departed from this life March 24, 2014 at the age of 84. He was preceded in death by both his parents, John J. Auld, Sr. and Leota Auld Eschenroeder (nee Kottkamp) and step-father Edward Eschenroeder.
Loving husband of 51 years to Nancy Auld (nee Slomer); loving father of John J. III, Donna and Duncan Auld; loving grandfather of Sarah and Sophie, dear uncle of Richard (Joan) Schultz, Thomas (Jori) Schultz and LeeAnn Schultz Borcherding; and dear great grandfather, great uncle and friend to many.
At the age of 16 John graduated from Cleveland High School. He attended Princeton University and graduated from Westminster College. John was a member of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was a Korean War Veteran. With a strong work ethic, he had a successful career in computer sales management with various companies such as: IBM, Control Data and Sperry Univac.
John donated his remains to St. Louis University School of Medicine.
A memorial mass will be held Saturday, April 12th, 2014 at 11:00A.M., at Ascension Catholic Church 230 Santa Maria Dr. Chesterfield, MO 63005.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Cancer Society www.cancer.org or the Wounded Warrior Project www.woundedwarriorproject.org .
We extend our sincere sympathy to the entire Auldt family.
We worked with John in the Talent campaigns and more recently, enjoyed seeing him at Dierbergs.
Helen and Tom Etling
To my loving father… all the best of me as a dad I learned from you. Thank you for always giving us your best. I miss you, go with God and I will see you there. Love always your son,
John
Dad,
I am missing you every day. May you find more peace now that mom has joined you in heaven.
Love,
Donna