Obituaries
Kenton Gruhn
Jun 4, 2020
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Celebration of Life
Kent Gruhn
Thursday, June 25, 2020 4:00 PM ~ 7:30 PM
Manilla Memorial Hall, Manilla, Iowa
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Prayer Service
5:30 pm – Pastor Darrel Mohler & Phil Stracke
Toast
6:05 pm – Toast to Kent
Honorary Urn Bearers
Kent’s Grandchildren: Courtney Monson
Chris Monson Hayden Hulse
We greatly appreciate all your support during his illnesses.
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Madeleine Mary Kracht Hoover Forehand
Jun 3, 2020
Graveside funeral services will be held at 3 PM on Thursday, June 11, 2020, at the Arcadia Cemetery near Arcadia. Visitation will be from 1 PM to 2 PM on Thursday, at Ohde Funeral Home in Coon Rapids.
Madeleine Mary Hoover Forehand, neé Kracht, was born on December 24th, 1938 in Carroll, Iowa. Madeleine was the daughter of Clarence and Vera...
Leana M Kalkhoff
Jun 2, 2020
Visitation
Saturday, June 6, 2020 9:30 AM ~ 10:15 AM
Ohde Funeral Home,Manning, Iowa
Graveside Service
Saturday, June 6, 2020 10:30 AM
Sacred Heart Cemetery, Templeton, Iowa
Officiating
Reverend Timothy Pick
Casket Bearers
Sue Romey Georgia (Erps) Healy
Andrea (Sporrer) Haselhoff Larry Sporrer
John Irlmeier Dave Sporrer
Leana Mary, daughter of Edward G. and Margaret Pletchette Klocke was born March 23, 1933 at Dedham, in Carroll County, Iowa. She spent...
Marjorie Ann Stribe
Jun 2, 2020
Graveside Funeral Service
Friday, June 5, 2020 ~ 10:30 AM
Manning Cemetery, Manning, Iowa
Officiating
Reverend Vickie Steffes
Recorded Music
“How Great Thou Art” “Here I Am, Lord”
Casket Bearers
Marjorie’s Grandchildren
Marjorie Ann, daughter of Ruvilla and Verna (Stammer) Rowedder, was born August 16, 1932, in Hayes Township, Crawford County, Iowa. She was baptized on November 10, 1935 at the First Presbyterian...
Thomas Joseph Collins
May 22, 2020
Thomas “Tom” Joseph Collins, of Palo Alto, CA, died at Mission Hospice in Redwood City on May 22, 2020, after a short illness. Tom was a terrific dad, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, and, most of all, husband—he sorely missed his wife Marge every day of the ten years since her death. Tom had a robust appetite for life, food, wine, and...
Clarence Byron Nielsen
May 17, 2020
Mr. Clarence Byron Nielsen passed away on Sunday May 17, 2020 at the age of 95. He was born in Elk Horn, Iowa on January 11, 1925. He was known by his middle name, “Byron.“ His parents were Carl Bernhardt Nielsen and Anna Marie Henricksen. Byron was married on September 10, 1948 in Hutchinson Minnesota to Luceo Marie...
James Smith
May 9, 2020
Services will be held at a later date.
James Allen Smith, son of Levern “Pete” and Eileen (Kinnick) Smith, was born on April 20, 1944 in Carroll, Iowa. He grew up on the Smith farm northeast of Coon Rapids and graduated from Coon Rapids High School in 1962. He attended Simpson College but returned to Coon Rapids to farm with his...
Lowell Lewis Schroeder
May 8, 2020
Lowell Schroeder, age 76, of Manilla, passed away on Friday, May 8, 2020, at his home near Manilla, following a short illness. Private family services will be held the week of May 11. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning is in charge of arrangments.
Lowell Lewis, son of Lewis and Alma (Pfoltner) Schroeder was born January 28, 1944, in Carroll,...
Doris M. Greve
May 8, 2020
Visitation for Doris Greve, age 90, of Elk Horn will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2020 from 5 PM to 7 PM at Ohde Funeral Home in Kimballton. Doris’ family will not be present. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Doris Marie, daughter of Viggo A. and Anna D. (Walters) Jacobsen, was born March 21,...
Billy Sander
Apr 28, 2020
Billy Orlyn Sander, 90, of Cedar Falls, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. He was born October 17, 1929 in Manning, Iowa, son of Herbert and Erna (Wunder) Sander. Bill graduated from Manning High School with the Class of 1947, Drake University in 1952 with a B.A. and, again, in 1963 with an M.S. in...
Clara Anthofer
Apr 17, 2020
Clara Gertrude, daughter of George and Alice (Skalla) Anthofer, was born June 13, 1933, in Carroll County, Iowa. She grew up in Coon Rapids. Since 1977 Clara has lived at New Hope Village in Carroll, group homes and at Mallard View. In December of 2014, she became a resident of Thomas Rest Haven in Coon Rapids.
Clara had a good memory...
Leonard Sextro
Apr 12, 2020
Mass of the Christian Burial for Leonard Sextro will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, July 11, 2020, at Sacred Heart Church in Templeton. Please follow social distancing directions in the church. Masks will be required.
Private graveside services for 91 year-old Leonard Sextro of Manning were held on April 18, 2020. Public viewing was held from 9 AM to...
Gayle Mcclellan
Mar 25, 2020
Gayle McClellan, age 83, of Bayard, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Private family graveside services will be held soon. A Celebration of Life for the public will be held when circumstances allow. Ohde Funeral Home in Bayard is in charge of arrangements.
Gayle Jean, daughter of Virgil and Ruby (Warner)...
Thomas Macdonald-Williams
Mar 21, 2020
Thomas MacDonald-Williams, son of John and Margaret Asher (MacDonald) Williams, was born September 15, 1949, at Forres, Morayshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Tom spent his childhood in Elgin, Scotland, attending Elgin Academy. He continued his education at Elgin College of Further Education and at Technical Colleges in Inverness and Aberdeen, Scotland, graduating with distinction in Preservation and Restoration of...
Bob Henkelman
Mar 21, 2020
Lawrence “Bob” Thomas Henkelman, son of Catherine Marie Henkelman was born April 5, 1941 in Sioux City, Iowa. He attended grade school at St. Lawrence in Carroll then graduated from Wall Lake School in Wall Lake, Iowa.
Bob was inducted into the US Marines on December 31, 1958. He was honorably discharged on February 21, 1965.
On August 22,...
Gary Clipperton
Mar 17, 2020
Gary Clipperton, age 73, of Bayard, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at Thomas Rest Haven in Coon Rapids, Iowa. Graveside services are pending at Ohde Funeral Home in Bayard.
Gary Lee Clipperton, son of Dean and Diane (Imler) Clipperton, was born November 12, 1946 in Jefferson, Iowa. He grew up in Bayard and worked in construction with his father....
Ronald L. Hodne
Mar 9, 2020
Ronald (Ron) LaVerne, son of Arlo L. and Thelma A (Ramsey) Hodne was born on March 13, 1939 at the family farm southwest of Manning, Iowa. Ron grew up near Manning and attended rural schools until the eighth grade. He then attended Manning High School where he was a four year letter winner and excelled at football and track. ...
Merlin B. Sievers
Mar 9, 2020
Merlin Barnette, son of Herman Peter and Mary Esther (Barnes) Sievers, was born June 4, 1926, in Manning, Iowa. He grew up in Guthrie County near Coon Rapids and attended school near his home.
From December of 1950 to November of 1951, Merlin served with the U.S. Army. He earned the rank of Corporal and was a welder...
Grace Evelyn (Evie) Jones
Mar 8, 2020
Grace Evelyn (Evie), daughter of Charles and Verna May (Dally) Wright, was born May 26, 1932, in Greenbrier Township, near Jefferson, Iowa. She grew up at Jefferson and attended school there. Evie then worked in a factory in Des Moines.
On November 17, 1951, Evie was united in marriage with Leonard Everett Jones in Des Moines. Four children were...
James K. Boell
Mar 8, 2020
James Kenneth, son of Kenneth Duane and Cherryl (Anderson) Boell, was born December 1, 1969, at St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll, Iowa. He grew up on the family farm near Manilla and enjoyed working on the farm and 4H with his family. He attended school in Manilla and graduated from IKM-Manilla in 1989.
James then attended Western Iowa Tech...
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