Obituaries
Mercedes Bowers
Sep 19, 2011
REVEREND JONATHAN CONNER, OFFICIATING MUSIC "HOW GREAT THOU ART" "AMAZING GRACE" "NEARER MY GOD TO THEE" CONGREGATION SUSAN LAMB, ACCOMPANIST URN BEARERS BILL STROSAHL GAIL MUMM HONORARY BEARERS BARY KIENAST TIM KIENAST PASTOR ROBERT RIGGERT STAN MUSFELDT DENNIS DAU RON HOUSTON RODNEY HINNERS GAYLIN RANNIGER Mercedes Wilhelmina Catherina, daughter of Claus and Margareta (Eckhoff) Strosahl, was born October 8, 1916...
Larry Joe Arrowsmith
Sep 18, 2011
Larry Joseph "Joe," son of Charles and Addie (Patterson) Arrowsmith, was born July 1, 1943, at home in Guthrie County, Iowa. He attended school in Bayard, area country schools and Coon Rapids, where he graduated from high school. Joe also attended Buena Vista and Kirkwood colleges. Joe entered the United States Army and was stationed in Germany for a time....
Clariss Jansen
Sep 16, 2011
Clariss Mae, daughter of Clay and Ollie (Hamann) Christian, was born February 1, 1927 in Manning, Iowa. She grew up in Manning and attended school there, graduating with the Class of 1945. Clariss passed a Civil Service Exam and went with her friend to Washington, D. C. to be a secretary. After returning to Manning, she taught school for a...
Janice D. Smith
Sep 10, 2011
Janice Darlene, daughter of Clifford Leroy and Mozelle Laura (Burns) Long was born on October 15, 1940 in Manning, Iowa. She grew up in the Coon Rapids area and attended Coon Rapids Schools. Janice was united in marriage with Ronald Smith on May 2, 1958 at the First Christian Church in Coon Rapids. They first lived in and around Coon...
Lena Beyerink
Sep 9, 2011
Mary Magdalena "Lena" Beyerink, daughter of Theodore and Caroline (Werner) Broich was born on May 1, 1909 north of Dedham in Carroll County, Iowa. The family later moved to Willey where Lena attended school. After her schooling, she remained working at the family's home and farm. On September 28, 1926 Lena was united in marriage to Albert John Beyerink at...
Ethel June Rowedder
Sep 7, 2011
Ethel June Wilhemina, daughter of John and Emma (Neuman) Brockman, was born on a farm south of Westside, Iowa on June 5, 1921. She was received into God's Kingdom of Grace through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism when she was an infant at Zion Lutheran Church in Arcadia, Iowa and confirmed in her Christian Faith there on April 14, 1935...
Billy Smith
Sep 4, 2011
William Lucas "Billy" Smith Jr., son of William Lucas Smith Sr. and Linda (Acker) Smith, was born November 9, 1982 at Pomona, California. The family moved to Greenfield, Iowa when Billy was a couple of months old. He attended school there and in Coon Rapids after the family moved there in 1994. Billy joined the National Guard and completed basic...
Malinda Dammann
Sep 2, 2011
Malinda Catherine Emma, daughter of Carl and Tena (Hass) Otto, was born May 10, 1923, at home near Aspinwall, in Crawford County Iowa. She was baptized on December 5, 1923, at the Lutheran Church in Denison, by Pastor Bill Frase. Malinda attended rural schools in Iowa Township, Crawford County. On April 2, 1939, she was confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church...
Louella E. Kohorst
Aug 29, 2011
Louella Elsie, daughter of Adolph and Anna (Grimsman) Hinz Jr. was born on February 12, 1921 at Arcadia, Iowa. She attended school in Arcadia. On July 22, 1942 Louella was united in marriage with Vincent Kohorst at St. Mary's Church in Mapleton by Rev. A. H. Ocken. They made their home in Arcadia where Louella was a homemaker and helped...
Bonnie Greenlief
Aug 29, 2011
Bonnie Jean Greenlief, age 83 , died August 29, 2011 at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 10 a.m. at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Bonnie Jean, daughter of Grover Cleveland and Jenny Ora (Freeman) Ploghoft was born on January 12, 1928 at Lewis, Iowa. After her schooling...
Genevieve Marie Handlos
Aug 25, 2011
Genevieve Marie, daughter of Boniface John and Bernadine Marie (Mersman) Kasperbauer, was born January 10, 1920 at home on a farm east of Dedham. When she was a young child Genevieve moved with her family to a farm east of Manning. She attended rural school east of Manning in Ewoldt Township. Her mother died when Genevieve was thirteen years old...
Catherine A. Irlmeier
Aug 21, 2011
Catherine Albertina, daughter of Anton and Ida (Zubrod) Williams, was born November 1, 1920, on the home place, near Halbur, northeast of Manning, Iowa. Catherine attended St. Augustine School in Halbur. After completing her education, she helped on the family farm and worked for other farm families in the area. On January 30, 1946, Catherine was united in marriage with...
Nicholas Halterman
Aug 19, 2011
Nicholas "Spanky" Halterman, son of Darwin Dee and Mary Jo (Park) Halterman, was born on August 15, 1975 at Guthrie Center, Iowa. He grew up in Bayard and attended Coon Rapids-Bayard Schools where he was active in the Boy Scouts and many sports. He graduated in 1994 and then began working for the Farmer's Coop and later for Garst Seed...
Elaine Meiners
Aug 18, 2011
Elaine Mildred, daughter of John and Anna (Kuhl) Foxhoven, was born May 24, 1930 in Defiance, Iowa. She attended school there until 1942 when she moved with her parents to Manilla. She graduated from Manilla High School in 1948. Elaine was united in marriage with Eddie Meiners on December 28, 1948 at the Sacred Heart Church in Manilla. Four sons...
Isabelle Mary Bengford
Aug 18, 2011
Isabelle Mary, daughter of Clarence and Margaret (Friedman) Bengford, was born December 16, 1918, in Templeton, Iowa. Isabelle attended country school near Templeton and received her diploma from SS. Peter and Paul School in Carroll in 1933. She then went to live with her aunt and uncle Mary and Louis Seyller and helped with the farming and later cared for...
Maurine Davis
Aug 14, 2011
Maurine, daughter of Fred and Blanche (Lewis) Eigler, was born July 2, 1928, in Harlan, Iowa. When she was a small child, she moved with her family to a farm near Bayard. Maurine received her education in Bayard and Jefferson and graduated with the Class of 1946. She then attended and graduated from Iowa Methodist School of Nursing with an...
Stanley E. Ewoldt
Aug 8, 2011
Stanley Edward, son of Hugo and Florence (Georgius) Ewoldt was born September 1, 1931 at Manning, Carroll County, Iowa. As children, Stan and his brother raised many ponies on the family farm between Manning and Manilla, where he grew up and attended country school. Stan farmed his entire life, his early years on the family farm, later for George James,...
Donna Claire Mullen
Aug 6, 2011
Donna Claire, daughter of Leo and Claire (Mullen) Terwilleger, was born May 10, 1925 at home in Defiance, Iowa. She attended school in Defiance, graduating from St. Peter's High School in Defiance. She started working at a bank in Denison immediately after graduation. She met her future husband while working in Denison. On April 13, 1953, Donna was united in...
Irene Norma Crosier
Jul 31, 2011
Irene Norma, daughter of Thomas and Doris (Cady) Lumsden, was born January 1, 1932 at Burke, SD. She moved with her family to places in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska before settling in Coon Rapids, Iowa. She graduated from Coon Rapids High School in 1949. Following her schooling she worked in a restaurant in Coon Rapids. On November...
Orville Kenneth Truitt
Jul 20, 2011
Orville Kenneth, son of Cecil Thomas and Pearl Mae (McKnabb) Truitt was born on June 6, 1926 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Orville's family later moved to a farm near Dunlap, Iowa where he graduated from Dunlap High School in 1942. From 1943 to 1945, Orville served in the United States Army Air Corps as a tail gunner. On July 9,...
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