Paul Vetter

Paul Vetter

Visitation

Sunday, May 6, 2007, 4 - 8 PM

Ohde Funeral Home, Manning, IA

Funeral Services

Monday, May 7, 2007, 2:00 PM

Zion Lutheran Church, Manning, IA

Officiating

Reverend Patrick R. Sparling

Music

Amazing Grace?     Beautiful Savior?

Im But a Stranger Here?

Congregation

Accompanist

Carlys Stribe

Casket Bearers

Brad Nobiling     Scott Nobiling 

Wayne Young     Bruce Young 

Dale Young     Ron Peters

Interment with Military Honors

Manning Cemetery, Manning, Iowa

American Legion Emil Ewoldt Post 22

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3517

  Paul Bernhard Emil, son of August and Minnie Noelck Vetter, was born March 27, 1910, near Halbur in Washington Township, Carroll County, Iowa.  He was baptized on May 15, 1910, and confirmed March 18, 1926, at Zion Lutheran Church in Arcadia.  Paul attended rural school at Washington Township District #1 near his home, after which he helped his father on the family farm.  In 1942, Paul moved into Manning with his family.

  In 1942, Paul enlisted with the United States Army and served with the Red Arrow Division in the Philippines during World War II.  He is a recipient of the Purple Heart, and attained the rank of Private First Class before receiving his honorable discharge in 1945.  Upon his return to Manning, Paul worked for Carroll County for one year and then began to work for Ohde Funeral Home until his retirement in about 1980.

  Paul stayed active in his retirement and enjoyed refinishing furniture, building wren houses, working on puzzles and visiting with family and friends.  He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Manning.  After a brief illness, Paul died on Friday, May 4, 2007, at Manning Regional Heathcare Center, at the age of 97 years, 1 month, and 7 days.

  Besides his parents, Paul was preceded in death by three brothers:  August Jr. in infancy; Louis Vetter and Frank Vetter; two sisters Alice and husband Francis Young and Esther and husband Henry P.F. Peters; a nephew Gary Young; a niece Mary Kay Young Douglas; and a great-nephew Matthew Douglas.

  He is survived by a sister Martha Vetter of Manning; nieces and nephews:  Ron Peters and wife Jen of Ames; Betty and husband Don Nobiling of Westside; Mark Vetter and wife Kim of Orange, California; Wayne Young and wife Shirley of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Bruce Young and wife Deb of Hopewell, Virginia; Colleen Musfeldt of Scranton; Dale Young of Westside; Beth and husband Tom Frazier of Denison; and many great nieces, great nephews, other relatives and friends.