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Patsy Gorka
Aug 17, 2014
Patsy Ellen, daughter of Lanaous and Virginia (Zaricor) Childress, was born April 21, 1936 at Humboldt, TN. She graduated from Humboldt High School. She was married to John Hutchens in 1955 and they were the parents of two children. He died in 1960. Then in 1964 she was united in marriage with Roger Gorka, Sr. and they were the parents...
Dorothy Beck Reimer
Aug 16, 2014
Dorothy Luella, daughter of William G. and Elisabeth (Jurgens) Asmus, was born September 1, 1918, south of Manning in Douglas Township, Audubon County, Iowa. She was baptized November 10, 1918 and confirmed May 13, 1934 at Trinity Lutheran Church near Gray in Lincoln Township, Audubon County. Dorothy attended rural school near her home. On December 23, 1936, Dorothy was united...
Merle Winther
Aug 16, 2014
Merle Edwin, son of Ludwig and Nora (Rasmussen) Winther, was born June 29, 1923 on a farm in Audubon County, Iowa. He lived with his family on the farm and attended rural school. At a young age he started working out on area farms, wherever he could find a job. He then started working at Jessen Produce. In 1943 Merle...
Vernon Rohe
Aug 15, 2014
Vernon Rohe, son of Walter and Ella (Sibbel) Rohe, was born November 26, 1920 on a farm south of Templeton, Iowa. He attended rural school near Templeton through the 8th grade. He then worked for several area farmers until he was 19 years old and started farming on his own on his Uncle Bill Sibbel's farm north of Manning. At...
Leonard Fischer
Aug 14, 2014
Leonard Frank, son of Frank and Kate (Bierl) Fischer, was born February 3, 1924 on a farm near Templeton, Iowa. He grew up working on the farm and attended nearby rural school. As the youngest son, he remained home to help his dad farm and bootleg Templeton Rye. On June 5, 1951 Leonard was united in marriage with Lucille Broich....
Rose Ann Thomssen
Aug 12, 2014
Rose Ann, daughter of Bernard (Ben) and Hilda (Hamann) Stegemann, was born July 10, 1938 in Denison, Iowa. She made her home with her family in Manilla. After the death of her mother, when Rose Ann was 13 years old, she helped raise her siblings. Rose Ann graduated from Manilla High School in 1956. On June 28, 1959 Rose Ann...
Gretchen Vaughan
Jul 31, 2014
Sara Gretchen, daughter of Robert Haydn and Edna Pearl (Pierce) Kinnick, was born April 13, 1920, north of Coon Rapids in Carroll County, Iowa. She attended several elementary schools mostly near Bayard and then graduated from Glidden High School in 1938. On June 30, 1940 Gretchen was united in marriage with Marion Alfred Vaughan at Carroll. They farmed in Guthrie...
Arlene Heiman
Jul 31, 2014
Arlene Catherine, daughter of Fred and Mary (Eischeid) Dalhoff, was born December 3, 1920 at Carroll, IA. She grew up in Halbur and attended St Angela's Academy in Carroll, graduating in 1938. As the oldest of eleven children, Arlene helped out at home until moving to Carroll in her early 20's and working at Jung's Bakery and the Vogue dress...
Gilbert "Gib" Phillips
Jul 25, 2014
Gilbert Thomas "Gib" Phillips of West Des Moines, Iowa joined his heavenly father, on July 25, 2014 at Edgewater, West Des Moines. Gib was born June 10, 1930, to Gilbert and Fern Phillips in Ida Grove, Iowa. He graduated from Ida Grove High School. Gib married the love of his life, Joan Martin, on October 3, 1954 and they celebrated...
Richard Dale Wooster
Jul 15, 2014
Richard Dale, son of Charles and Anna (Fossel) Wooster was born March 20, 1921 at their farm home in Shelby County near Manning. He attended school at Jefferson Number 7 through 8th grade. Richard continued working on the family farm, always pursuing the latest in conservation methods. On February 7, 1960, Richard was united in marriage with Vivian Eloise Eddy...
Mike Wurr
Jul 12, 2014
Michael Dennis, son of Dennis and Sandra (Stangl) Wurr, was born August 20, 1969, at Carroll, Iowa. He grew up in the Coon Rapids area and graduated from Coon Rapids High School in 1988. Mike was united in marriage with Denise Kraft in 1990 and two sons were born to this union. Mike worked for the Garst-Greenwald ranch cattle operation...
Donald Eischeid
Jul 4, 2014
Donald Charles, son of George and Helen (Eich) Eischeid, was born March 24, 1947 in Carroll, Iowa. He grew up with his family on a farm. His father died at the age of 49 and Donnie took on the role of father to his younger siblings. After the death of his brother Tom, the family moved into Halbur. Donnie graduated...
Darlene W. Graner
Jun 28, 2014
Darlene Wilhelmenia (Holtz) Graner was born in Avoca, Iowa to Ernest and Bertha (Jacobsen) Holtz on November 23, 1921. She was one of a set of triplets and one of eleven children. Darlene was baptized as an infant and confirmed into the Lutheran faith in 1938. Darlene lived with her family on a farm near Walnut, Iowa. She graduated from...
Jacquelyn "Jacci" Thomas
Jun 21, 2014
Jacquelyn Marie, daughter of Dr. John R. and Helen "Lynn" (D'Arcy) Fisher, was born July 23, 1954 in Buffalo, New York. Her family later moved to Clinton, Iowa where Jacci graduated from Clinton High School in 1972. She continued her education at the University of Iowa, where she received her Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and met Mark Thomas. Jacci...
Marlene Anne Hargens
Jun 15, 2014
Marlene Anne, daughter of Henry and Viola (Stuhr) Otto, was born September 10, 1936 at Botna, Iowa. She attended rural school, Jefferson #2, followed by Manning High School graduating in 1955. Later that year on November 11, 1955, Marlene was united in marriage with Billie Hargens at Manning. Two daughters were born to this union. After four years in Manning...
Leroy Lingle
Jun 5, 2014
LeRoy Edson, son of Alfred T. and Edith (Darling) Lingle, was born October 3, 1940, in Denison, Iowa. He attended school in Manilla and graduated from Manilla High School in 1958. Growing up LeRoy helped his family farm near Manilla. LeRoy was united in marriage with Judy Thomssen on July 23, 1961, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Manilla where...
Kjer Christensen
Jun 1, 2014
Kjer, son of Marius and Johanna (Rasmussen) Christensen, was born January 12, 1926, at Kimballton, Iowa. He attended school in Kimballton until tenth grade when he went to Audubon High School and graduated in 1943. Kjer enlisted in the Navy in June of 1943 and was honorably discharged in 1946. Kjer was united in marriage with Loretta Nelsen on April...
Millie Eskov
May 30, 2014
Mildred Mathilda "Millie", daughter of Jens "Jim" and Hilda (Hansen) Andersen, was born January 16, 1923, near Walnut in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. When Millie was four years old, her family moved to Council Bluffs where she graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1941. She then worked at Gentlemen's Radio Crystal, grinding radio crystals for the U.S. Army. Coming home...
Douglas Wayne Jensen
May 27, 2014
Douglas Wayne, son of Duane and Marilyn (Petersen) Jensen, was born August 16, 1953 in Audubon County, Iowa. He was raised by his Petersen grandparents near Poplar, Iowa. Doug initially attended rural school near his home and then Elk Horn-Kimballton Schools. After completing his schooling he worked for a dairy by Manilla and then for Elmquist Elevator in Elk Horn....
Lucille M. Carstens
May 22, 2014
Beloved Mother, Mother-in-Law, Grandmother and Great Grandmother, Lucille Carstens left this earth peacefully on May 22, 2014 at the Manilla Manor in the presence of her daughters. Lucille M Carstens was born to Herman and Minnie Steckelberg Miller at their farm home west of Manilla on August 2, 1913. She had an older sister, Selma, and two younger brothers, Alvin...
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