Obituaries
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...
Richard "Dick" Smits
May 21, 2014
Richard "Dick" Carroll Smits, 82, of Heber Springs, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at Hospice Home Care in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born February 7, 1932 to Herman and Harriet Smits in Walcott, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Ted Smits and Herman Smits, Jr.; and one grandson, Joshua Smits. Dick is...
Leila Mae Nelsen
May 16, 2014
Leila Mae, daughter of Jens P. Andersen and Hilda (Hansen) Andersen, was born November 17, 1929 at Council Bluffs, Iowa. She grew up in Council Bluffs until 1941 when her family moved to Elk Horn. Leila Mae graduated from Elk Horn High School in 1948. Later that year, on December 12, 1948, she was united in marriage with Lloyd D....
Ernestine Maria Lappe
May 10, 2014
Ernestine Maria, daughter of George and Anna (Korbéli) Herbert, was born July 19, 1922 at Pécs, Hungary. She graduated from high school and then entered nurses training. In January of 1950 Ernestine emigrated to the United States of America, settling in Carroll, Iowa. She worked at Tryon Nursing Home for two years then St. Anthony Hospital for three years. Ernestine...
Wayne Halterman
May 5, 2014
Wayne Henry Halterman, son of Lewis and Clara (McClellan) Halterman, was born February 3, 1925 at Bayard, Iowa. He grew up in Bayard and graduated from Bayard High School in 1943. Wayne worked as a farm hand until he entered the United States Army at Camp Dodge in Des Moines in 1944. His service earned him a Purple Heart before...
Henry R. Schneider
May 4, 2014
Henry Rudolph, son of Joseph V. and Anna (Drees) Schneider, was born October 9, 1919 at Roselle, Iowa. He grew up on the farm and attended rural school. He worked with his father on the farm after completing his schooling. The family moved to Missouri when he was a teenager, however Henry moved back to Carroll County after a couple...
Howard Juel
May 3, 2014
Howard Marius Juel was born to Hans Nielsen Juel and Esther Andersen Juel on October 15, 1926. He attended country school at Oakfield Township #4 in Audubon County, Iowa. He graduated from Elk Horn High School in 1944 and Coyne Electrical College in Chicago. He served in the Army Pacific Theater 1777 Construction Engineering and Military Government Team in Japan....
Robert Lee Poldberg
May 2, 2014
Robert Lee, was born June 13, 1926 in rural Shelby County, Iowa. He was one of four children born to Chris and Elma (Christensen) Poldberg. Robert graduated from rural school Jackson No. 8 when he was 12 and in 1943 graduated from Elk Horn High School. Robert was drafted in 1945 into the United State Army and served his country...
Daryl Genzen
Apr 27, 2014
Daryl Lester, son of Lester and Irene (Meggers) Genzen, was born August 16, 1935, at Carroll, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. Daryl attended rural schools through the eighth grade and then graduated from Manning High School in 1953. On July 13, 1958, Daryl was united in marriage with Diane Dalgety at the Zion...
Joseph F. Schiltz
Apr 26, 2014
Joseph Francis, son of Joseph Martin and Kathryn (Blum) Schiltz, was born November 8, 1922 on a farm near Panama, Iowa. He lived with his family near Panama until the middle of his junior year in high school when they moved to Defiance. Joe graduated from Defiance High School in 1941 and then started farming with his father who had...
Bonnie Nielsen
Apr 24, 2014
Bonita "Bonnie" Alice, daughter of Anton August and Margaret (Murray) Hermeling, was born September 3, 1925 in Minnesota. She graduated from St. Boniface high School in Westphalia, Iowa when she was 16 years old and attended Duchesne Academy in Omaha. On March 28, 1958 Bonnie was united in marriage with Harley James Nielsen in Omaha, NE. Harley and Bonnie were...
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