MILFORD - Paul I. Hauer, of Milford, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at Milford Hospital. He was 80. Mr. Hauer was born Dec. 3, 1931, in Iona, Pa., to the late Virdis S. Hauer and Bertha E. Yiengst. He served over 20 years in the United States Air Force retiring in 1970. After his military career he became a corrections officer at the Delaware Corrections Center in Smyrna. He was a member of the Camden Wyoming Moose Lodge Post #203, American Legion Walter L. Fox Post #2, and Veterans of Foreign Wars #3238, the Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company in Myerstown, Pa. Mr. Hauer enjoyed various sports. He played soccer for Myerstown High School, he was an umpire for the Camden-Wyoming Little League from 1967-1977. He was an avid Phillies fan. He enjoyed American western movies and novels. He was very proud of his grandchildren and their endeavors with school and sports. Paul held his hometown friends and family close to his heart at all times. He still attended his school reunions in Myerstown and spoke of his classmates often with his children. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters, Helen M. Bordeaux, Iva R. Cederborg, Mable L. King, Clara I. Rahn; and brothers, Roy E. Miles V, Lloyd H, Harvey W., and Russell A. Hauer. Mr. Hauer is survived by his son, Kevin V. Hauer and his wife Susan of Florence, S.C.; his stepson, Richard A. Redman Jr. of Lincolnton, Ga.; daughters, Laura A. Hauer of Wanette, Okla., Kathleen M. Wilson and her husband Jeffrey of Rosamond, Calif., Paula A. Culhane and her husband Timothy of Rutland, Mass.; siblings, Earl W. Hauer, Virdis W. Hauer of Myerstown, Emerson W. Hauer of Bloomsburg, Pa., and Dorothy W. Houser of Annville, Pa.; 13 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. A viewing will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday evening Dec. 11, 2011, at Torbert Funeral Chapel, 1145 E. Lebanon Road (Rt.10), Dover. Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at Friedens Lutheran Church, W. Washington Avenue, Myerstown, Pa. Friends may call one hour prior. Interment will be 1 p.m., in the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, East Hanover Township, Pa. Letters of condolence may be sent, and guestbook signed at www.torbertfuneral.com.