Obituaries
Teresa Marie Wanninger
Jul 5, 2010
Teresa Marie, daughter of Rafael and Teresa (Mayer) Sailer, was born October 5, 1916 at home in Audubon County, Iowa. She attended rural schools in the area and St. Augustine School in Halbur where her family moved in 1928. Her mother passed away at this time and she stayed at home to help with the cooking and cleaning. The family...
Hal Cadwell
Jul 3, 2010
Hal Laverne, son of Otis "Lew" and Blanch (Nellis) Cadwell, was born February 2, 1919 on a farm near Botna, Iowa. He attended country school near his home and then Hal graduated from Manilla High School in 1936. Following graduation he farmed with his family near Botna. Hal was drafted into the United States Army in 1942 and served in...
Catherine Vogl
Jul 3, 2010
Catherine Ann, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Bellinghausen) Riesberg, was born April 13, 1916 at Templeton, Iowa. She attended Country School in rural Templeton. Catherine was united in marriage with George Vogl on January 17, 1939 at Sacred Heart Church, Templeton. They resided on a farm south of Halbur prior to retiring in 1970 and moving to Halbur. She was...
Gene Rohe
Jul 3, 2010
Eugene Edward "Gene", son of Walter and Ella (Sibbel) Rohe, was born October 22, 1925, in Carroll County, near Templeton, Iowa. He attended Sacred Heart School in Templeton until he began farming with his family. Gene was drafted into the United States Army in February of 1951 at Omaha, NE. He served with the 91st TSU Depot #2 as a...
Myron Bogatzke
Jul 1, 2010
Myron Delton, son of Karl and Amanda (Dammann) Bogatzke, was born on December 22, 1933 in Carroll County, Iowa. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lincoln Township, Audubon County, south of Manning. Myron attended various country schools in the Manning area and was confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church on April 10, 1949. After Myron graduated from Manning High...
Mary R. Lux
Jul 1, 2010
Mary Rebecca, daughter of George M. and Mary (Mattes) Schumacher, was born on October 11, 1916 at Casey, Adair County, Iowa. In 1918 she moved with her family to a farm near Parkston, South Dakota. She attended Sacred Heart Church and graduated from Sacred Heart Grade School in Parkston. In 1938 the family moved to a farm in Carroll County,...
Arlene Kroman
Jun 27, 2010
Arlene, daughter of Herbert A. and Ella (Martin) Stearns, was born March 7, 1921 in the village of Hendley, NE. She grew up there, attended school and graduated with the Class of 1939. After graduation the family moved to Carson, IA, and Arlene worked in nearby Avoca at a dentist's office and Trout's Five and Dime Store. On March 7,...
Norman 'Gene' E. Crouch
Jun 27, 2010
Norman E. Gene', son of George L. and Leva Ora (McCracken) Crouch was born on August 18, 1929 at Bayard, Iowa. He attended school in Bayard and then began working for area farmers. In 1946 Gene enlisted in the U.S. Army and served at Fort Knox for two years. After his honorable discharge he returned to the Coon Rapids and...
Laroice Lorenzen
Jun 26, 2010
Recorded Music "OVER THE SUNSET MOUNTAIN" ~ THE STATLER BROTHERS "I CALL IT HOME" ~ MIKE PURKEY Casket Bearers DENNIS LORENZEN ROGER LORENZEN GAYLIN SCOFIELD JOSH RITCHEY JUSTIN LORENZEN DILLON LORNEZEN Interment NISHNABOTNA CEMETERY MANILLA, IOWA LaRoice Marilyn, daughter of Kenneth E. and Juna "Madge" (Bromen) Ritchey, was born December 24, 1935 at Manilla, Iowa. She attended school in Manilla...
Marvin Gaer
Jun 24, 2010
Marvin Delbert , son of Marvin M. and Dolly Malinda (Bolman) Gaer, was born June 12, 1926 on the family farm south of Irwin, near Kirkman, Iowa. He attended school in Kirkman and during his senior year enlisted in the United States Army. He was stationed at Ft. Leavenworth in Kansas and the Great Lakes area near Chicago before being...
Jeff Corson
Jun 24, 2010
Visitation and Prayers Sunday, June 27, 2010, after 4:00 p.m. Rosary & Prayer Service 6:30 p.m. Annunciation Church Coon Rapids, Iowa (Visitation resumes at Ohde Funeral Home, Coon Rapids, after 9 a.m. Monday morning before Mass at church.) Mass of Christian Burial Monday, June 28, 2010, 10:30 a.m. Annunciation Church, Coon Rapids, Iowa Rev. Anthony Pick & Deacon Louie Meiners...
Allan John Weitl
Jun 21, 2010
Allan John, son of Alfred Carl and Ella Regina (Riesberg) Weitl, was born April 18, 1953 at Carroll, Iowa. He attended Sacred Heart School in Templeton and worked on his family's farm. Al was baptized and received his first holy communion at Sacred Heart Church. In 1984 Al became a resident of the Glenwood Resource Center in Glenwood, Iowa, where...
Norman Raner
Jun 18, 2010
Norman Gale, son of Curtis and Nora (Ireland) Raner was born on November 7, 1917 in Guthrie Center, Iowa. He attended school in Guthrie County and then moved to California as a young man to work at his uncle's restaurant. After the Great Depression he returned to the Guthrie Center area where worked in several coal mines around Fansler. He...
Alvin Mikkelsen
Jun 5, 2010
Alvin Bertel, the eldest son of Mikael and Katie (Thygesen) Mikkelsen, was born July 26, 1918, on the family farm in Guthrie County, near Coon Rapids, Iowa. Alvin was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church south of Coon Rapids. He attended country school and then school in Coon Rapids for a year. After attending school in Guthrie Center for a short...
Chester B. Larsen
May 27, 2010
Chester Bernard, son of Claus and Ellen Marie (Lauritsen) Larsen was born April 4, 1910 in Audubon County, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church northeast of Kimballton. He grew up on the C.P. and Ann Marie Lauritsen home place near Kimballton and attended Sharon #4 rural school. Chester farmed with his father until moving to Los...
Adele Christensen
May 26, 2010
Adele Ruth, daughter of Alvin & Bernice (Frank) Gray, was born May 5, 1934 near Botna in Shelby County, Iowa. She attended rural school through the 8th grade and graduated from Manning High School in 1952. Adele was united in marriage with Raymond Christensen on October 24, 1952 and seven children were born to this union. Adele and Raymond made...
Lyle H. Joens
May 25, 2010
Lyle Henry, son of Henry and Louisa Lohmeier Joens, was born February 11, 1930 in Manning, Carroll County, Iowa. Lyle started country school near Botna where his parents farmed. Later the family moved to the Westside area where Lyle continued in country school graduating from the 8th grade. He then attended high school in Westside graduating with the Class of...
Steve Smouse
May 21, 2010
Steven Frank, son of Howard and La Von (Johnston) Smouse, was born August, 16, 1948, at St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll, Iowa. He attended school in Coon Rapids and graduated from Coon Rapids High School. Steve worked for the railroad for a couple years, until joining the Garst and Thomas Seed Company. He worked in many supervisory roles through the...
Effie Christensen
May 14, 2010
Effie Lena, daughter of Friedrich and Annamaria Agusta (Thomssen) Friedrichsen, was born May 29, 1911, southeast of Manning in Carroll County, Iowa. She lived with her parents and seven brothers and five sisters on the farm where she was born. Effie attended a one room school, White Bear School, near her home, played with her siblings and helped with the...
Norbert H. Hoffman
May 13, 2010
Norbert H., son of Joseph W. and Mary (Hackfort) Hoffman was born on July 24, 1934 in Carroll, Iowa. He grew up on the family farm south of Carroll and attended Holy Angels School in Roselle. Norbert later served in the United States Army Reserves. On May 10, 1958 Norbert was united in marriage with Mildred Steffes at Sacred Heart...