Obituaries
Sam Wiese
Apr 6, 2013
Sam Edward, son of Lester D. and Helen (Spurrier) Wiese was born August 2, 1926 on the Wiese family farm one mile east of Manning, Iowa. Sam went to school in Manning and graduated from Manning High School in 1944. He was drafted into the army in 1945. Sam trained at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, with the last Mule Pack Unit...
Lavonne Gehlsen
Apr 5, 2013
LaVonne Anna Marie, daughter of Edward Albert Max and Bertha Kathrine (Grimm) Genzen, was born June 15, 1921, in Warren Township, Carroll County, Iowa. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith by Pastor J. M. Ansorge. LaVonne completed the first eight years of her education in the rural schools of Iowa Township, Crawford County, Iowa. On December 20, 1939, LaVonne...
Dorothea E. Musfeldt
Apr 4, 2013
Dorothea Elaine, daughter of Hugo and Adelaide (Weise) Schrum, was born April 8, 1924, at Manning, Carroll County, Iowa. She graduated from Manning High School among the top of her class in 1942. Dorothea became a grade school teacher at a country school in the Manning area. Dorothea was united in marriage to Harry Musfeldt, on September 7, 1944 in...
Phyllis Oswald
Mar 30, 2013
Phyllis Marie (Sapp) was born to Albert Sr. and Margaret (Neuerberg) Sapp on January 5, 1936. She was the youngest of four children. At the age of eight she moved with her family into the house where she currently lived. She attended SS. Peter and Paul Grade School and graduated from St. Angela's Academy in Carroll in 1954. Before her...
Corrine Gute
Mar 29, 2013
Corrine Mary, daughter of Patrick and Mayme (Sheets) Gleason, was born at Sioux Falls, SD, on September 3, 1922. The family moved to Carroll, Iowa, where Corrine attended St. Joseph's school and graduated early from St. Angela's Academy. Following her schooling she worked at Wittrock Motors as a secretary and for a local attorney. On December 26, 1940, Corrine was...
James Donald Goodwin
Mar 25, 2013
James Donald, the only child of Donald and Frances (Reil) Goodwin, was born March 3, 1943 on the family farm in Willow Township, Greene County, Iowa. He was raised on the farm and attended Willow #9 rural school through the fourth grade. He completed his education in the Bayard Community Schools, graduating with the Class of 1961. Jim worked with...
Mary Ann Olberding
Mar 19, 2013
Mary Ann, daughter of Clarence and Ida (Miller) Foxhoven, was born October 31, 1934 on a farm south of Manilla, Iowa. She lived with her family in Astor as a young girl and then they moved to Manilla where she attended school. Mary Ann graduated with the Manilla High School Class of 1952. She worked for E. R. Longnecker and...
Alex Ohl
Mar 18, 2013
Alex, son of Ed and JoAnn (Peters) Ohl was born November 17, 1977 at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City, NY. He started school at Alpine elementary School in Sparta, NJ. After attending several other schools he graduated from West Morris Central High School, Morris Plains, NJ in 1999. While in high school he earned a varsity letter in...
Sharon Grimm
Mar 12, 2013
Rev. Jonathan Conner, Officiating Congregational Music "What a Friend We Have In Jesus" "Amazing Grace" "How Great Thou Art" Dr. Tom Ulrickson, Accompanist Casketbearers Ray Hagedorn John Hagedorn Bruce Grimm Curt Grimm Mark Asmus Darrin Asmus Honorary Casketbearers The Grimm Grandkids Plaza Dietary Staff Sharon Matte, daughter of Edwin and Elsie (Fonken) Willesen, was born May 31, 1942 at Carroll,...
Linus Albert Eischeid
Mar 7, 2013
Linus Albert, son of Peter J. and Lena (Truhe) Eischeid, was born September 1, 1926 at Halbur, Iowa. He went to St. Augustine School in Halbur and then farmed with his family. On September 5, 1951, Linus was united in marriage with Joan Bernholtz at St. Mary's Church in Willey by Fr. H. J. Dries. They were the parents of...
Bethel J Doty
Mar 7, 2013
Bethel Jean, daughter of Floyd and Cecelia (Hupp) Sigler, was born October 11, 1938 in Carroll, Iowa. She lived with her family and grew up in Coon Rapids, graduating from Coon Rapids High School in 1956. On February 2, 1958 Bethel was united in marriage with Jerald Doty in Harlan. They settled in Coon Rapids and raised their large family...
Ray Lingle
Mar 6, 2013
Ramon Conrad, son of Alfred and Edith (Darling) Lingle, was born May 1, 1928 on the family farm near Deloit, Iowa. He attended rural school in the Deloit area and after completing his education, farmed at home with his father. He moved to Manilla and began farming on his own. Ray was united in marriage with Josephine Boeck on February...
Dale Frederiksen
Mar 6, 2013
Dale, son of Chris and Anna Pauline (Nielsen) Frederiksen, was born November 27, 1929, in rural Cass County, Iowa. He and his twin brother were baptized immediately following their birth. Dale's family lived near Exira and then Kimballton, and he attended rural schools. Dale and twin Darrell took a year off from high school to work on the family farm....
Roy Schilling
Mar 3, 2013
Roy Gene, son of John and Emma (Schroeder) Schilling, was born October 6, 1933 at the family home in Aspinwall, Iowa. He was the third of five sons born to that family. Roy attended Aspinwall School. Following his schooling he started working for Frank Ehrichs at the Aspinwall Store. He then started working with his father in the carpentry business....
Mary Lou Stangl
Mar 3, 2013
Mary Louise, daughter of Clement and Mayme (Niehaus Scherbring) Stangl, was born June 26, 1929 in Arcadia, Iowa. When Mary Lou was five years old she moved with her family to Dedham. She attended school in Dedham and in Coon Rapids. After finishing her schooling she remained at home in Coon Rapids and helped her family. She also assisted others...
Evelyn Olesen
Feb 28, 2013
Evelyn Irene, daughter of Harold Andrew and Lois Pauline (Shoesmith) Long, was born May 6, 1927 at home on the farm in Orange Township, south of Coon Rapids, Iowa. She grew up and attended rural school in Orange Township. After completing her schooling, she held various jobs including housekeeping for other families in the area, babysitting and working in Des...
Patsy Jo Lee
Feb 20, 2013
Patsy Jo, daughter of Aubrey and Goldie (Counts) French, was born May 10, 1939 at Regina, Kentucky. She grew up in Clincho, VA and graduated from nearby Ervington High School in 1958. After graduation she moved to Spokane, WA to live with her aunt and uncle and attend nursing school. However she met her future husband Keith Lee at an...
Duane Keith Johnson
Feb 19, 2013
Duane Keith, son of Henry Mason and Iva (Bean) Johnson, was born August 1, 1920, near Coon Rapids in rural Carroll County, Iowa. He attended rural and Coon Rapids schools and then enlisted into the United States Navy. Duane trained and served in Illinois, Texas, California, Virginia and Hawaii. He was honorably discharged in 1945 with the rank of Aviation...
Dorothy Walz
Feb 15, 2013
Dorothy Mary, daughter of Louis and Barbara (Heidenreich) Reising, was born June 19,1920 in rural Sac County, between Wall Lake and Breda, IA. She graduated from Breda High School in 1937, worked for a period of time and then completed St. Anthony School of Nursing in 1941. During the war she received a proposal of marriage over the phone and...
Martha Vetter
Feb 11, 2013
Martha Anna Wilhelmina, daughter of August and Minnie Noelck Vetter, was born September 20, 1912, in Washington Township, Carroll County, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Arcadia. Martha attended rural school near their home by Halbur. Following her schooling she worked at home before the family moved to Manning in 1942. Her first job in...