John Henry Auble IV

April 25, 1940 - May 13, 2017

Auble, John Henry IV, 77, died Saturday, May 13, 2017 at home after battling liver cancer. He leaves behind his wife of 18 years, Charmaine Auble (nee: Cassin); five children, John Henry Auble V (Katherine), Joanne Jozefik, Judy Myatt (Kyle), Amanda Bargainear (Bo), and Tommy Hambrough; a brother, Ronald Auble (Gale); seven grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, and many close friends. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, the son of John and Florence Auble, John attended The Ohio State University and was a career journalist, joining the US Navy and broadcasting news on the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid. He moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1969 and worked as a crime beat newspaper reporter for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and switched to television news at a time when it was looking to increase credibility by hiring newspaper journalists. He began gravitating to human interest stories and did a "Where Are They Now?" story on Olympic medalist Wilma Rudolph, becoming overwhelmed by the positive feedback from the story. It made him realize how important those kinds of stories were to people, so he started doing more of them. He was perhaps best known for his work on the locally produced news program Newsbeat with his colleague and good friend, Dick Ford, which featured his unique segments like antique swap, the coveted "Dumb Award" and his many human interest stories - such as the Nun who played her flute in a tree, the rock group Kiss without her makeup (he and Dick Ford interviewed the back of Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons' heads) and a special "expose" of a local nudist colony. The show was awarded several television Emmies and influenced many of today's morning news program formats as well as the national feature program, Real People. He was briefly involved with the Goldenrod Showboat, managing the dinner theater and writing and producing the musicals that were featured there. he finished the last 20+ years of his career as a reporter "at large" for KTVI Channel 2 news. Known and loved by many as a larger than life local TV personality with a Frank Sinatra swagger and his "Auble At Large" segments, he was also known by his family as a husband, son, father to five, brother and uncle with a very large, loving heart. John had a passion for people and a love for and deep devotion to family. He touched many lives and hearts and showed us all the beauty and frailty of being human. Services: Funeral Thursday, May 18, 9:30am from BUCHHOLZ Mortuary West, 2211 Clarkson Road (at Wilson), to Our Lady of Guadalupe, 1115 South Florissant Road for an 11am Mass. Interment National Cemetery at Jefferson Barracks. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider donations to Our Lady of Guadalupe. Online guestbook at buchholzmortuary.com. VISITATION WED., 3-9PM.