Obituaries
Illa Mae Riesberg
Nov 18, 2015
Illa Mae, daughter of Joseph John and Caroline (Steinkamp) Reis was born May 21, 1936 in Carroll, Iowa. She attended Breda High School. On June 18, 1955 Illa Mae was united in marriage with Harold Riesberg. To this union seven children were born. Illa Mae was a homemaker and also provided in-home daycare. She was a...
Neil Lewis
Nov 16, 2015
Neil Ray, son of Cleo and Gladys (Kading) Lewis, was born July 18, 1949 at Jefferson, Iowa. The family lived south of Bayard on the farm. He attended Bayard Community High School, graduating in 1967. Neil was united in marriage with Marcia Kinnick on September 5, 1970, at the United Methodist Church in Bayard. Neil received a football scholarship...
Helen Schmitz
Nov 6, 2015
Helen Marie, daughter of John T. and Anna (Hackfort) Schmitz was born March 22, 1927 on the family farm near Willey, Iowa. She attended Webster Independent Country School across the road from her home and then graduated from St. Mary's School in Willey and St. Angela's Academy in Carroll. Helen was a lifelong member of St. Mary's Parish and Guild...
Irene M. Ertz
Nov 5, 2015
Irene Mary, daughter of Joseph and Josephine (Haberl) Steffes, was born May 7, 1920 in Roselle, Iowa. She was the third child of nine born into the family. Irene lived on a farm with her family near Roselle and attended Holy Angels School where she completed the 8th grade. She kept very busy after finishing school by working for area...
Lloyd Estel Middleton
Oct 27, 2015
Lloyd Estel, son of Estel and Doris (Searl) Middleton was born July 29, 1944 at Jefferson, Iowa. He attended Yale Jamaica Bagley (YJB) High School and graduated in 1962. On May 4, 1970 Lloyd and Darlene (Billmeier) were united in marriage in Elk Point, South Dakota. Lloyd worked as a bodyman and painter at Crouse Cartage Co. in Carroll for...
Maxine L. Handlos
Oct 24, 2015
Maxine Ann Lorene Joens, daughter of Ben and Anna Marie (Rostermundt) Joens, was born November 17, 1922 at home in Crawford County, Iowa. She attended rural school near her home and then completed her education at Manning High. On April 10, 1945 Maxine was united in marriage with Edward Handlos at Sacred Heart Church in Manning by Reverend A. Roder....
Betty L. Sinow
Oct 21, 2015
Betty Lou, daughter of Frank and Mabel (Sievertsen) Ehrichs, was born September 7, 1926 at Aspinwall, Iowa. She grew up in Aspinwall where the family operated a grocery store. Betty graduated from Manning High School in 1944 and then went to business school in Omaha and Des Moines. She worked at Wright Air Field base in Dayton, Ohio for a...
Terin (Bingham) Hart
Oct 21, 2015
Terin's family suggests that memorial donations be made to Nolan Hart's college fund at Iowa Savings Bank in Coon Rapids in lieu of flowers. Terin Christine, daughter of Stanley Bingham and Karla (Ruch) Halverson, was born November 7, 1985 at Des Moines, Iowa. She was very active in many sports, dance, gymnastics and choir as a girl. Terin graduated high...
Glen Kusel
Oct 19, 2015
Glen Allen Kusel was born Jan. 11, 1926 in Carroll, IA; the only child of Elsie (Kusel) and Otto Schroeder. He grew up in the Westside area and graduated from Westside High School where he loved to play basketball. In May 1944 he graduated and then reported to Ft. Leavenworth, KS, where he was inducted into the Army. He was...
Lily Goddard
Oct 11, 2015
Lily Edna, daughter of Henry and Rosa Evaline (Hass) Paulsen, was born September 24, 1921 in Viola Township in Audubon County, Iowa. She grew up in Viola Township until 13 years of age when the family moved to a farm nine miles south of Manning. She attended rural schools until she completed the 8th grade. Lily stayed on the farm...
Louise Kennebeck
Oct 11, 2015
Born on February 7, 1918 at Willey, Iowa, Louise Sophia was the daughter of John T. and Anna (Hackfort) Schmitz. She grew up in the Willey area where she attended St. Mary's School through the eighth grade. Louise went back to school taking night classes at Carroll Public School where she received her high school diploma in 1981. On May...
Harold Smouse
Oct 10, 2015
Harold Washington, son of Don and Emma (Rhubee) Smouse, was born February 23, 1918 at Buffalo Center, IA. At the age of two he moved with his family to a farm southwest of Coon Rapids. He attended Viola School and after completing his schooling started helping his father and neighboring farmers. In December of 1940 Harold started aircraft school in...
Doris Middleton
Oct 9, 2015
Doris Middleton, age 98 of Templeton, passed away peacefully at Manning Regional Healthcare Center on Friday, October 9, 2015. Private family services are planned for a later date.
Elinor Olsen
Oct 5, 2015
Elinor Christine, daughter of Henry and Eva (Marcusen) Mortensen was born November 13, 1934 in Elk Horn, Iowa. She graduated from Elk Horn-Kimballton High School in 1953. On June 24, 1955 Dick Olsen and Elinor were united in marriage at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton. They had three sons: Steven, Pat, and Darin. Elinor worked with Dick at Elk...
Darlene Warner
Oct 1, 2015
Darlene May, daughter of Morgan and Velma (Cotton) Decker, was born November 2, 1930 on the Decker home place northeast of Cambridge, NE. At age four, Darlene started rural school and then continued in town, graduating from Cambridge High School in 1947. She owned and operated a dress shop in Holbrook for a couple of years and then moved to...
Arlene Louise Kusel
Sep 22, 2015
Arlene Louise Subbert was born May 29, 1927 in Carroll, IA; one of seven children born to Chris and Marie (Hein) Subbert. She grew up in Lidderdale, was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and then attended school in Carroll. Arlene loved to dance, and at a dance in Carroll she met her husband, Glen Kusel, who was serving...
Alice Blom
Sep 12, 2015
Alice Mae, daughter of Alpha and Tempe Merle (McCann) Bundy, was born October 10, 1925, at Lake Fremont Township, near Huntington, MN. The family lived in rural Spirit Lake, IA, and Alice attended North Superior School until it closed. She graduated in 1943 following one year at Spirit Lake High School. On July 5, 1945, Alice was united in marriage...
Neva Clark
Sep 9, 2015
Neva Irene, daughter of Albert and Hazel (Barber) Deppman, was born June 27, 1916, on her family's farm northwest of Coon Rapids, IA. She attended country school and graduated from Coon Rapids High School in 1934. Neva worked at Armour's Creamery in Coon Rapids for five years following high school. On June 19, 1938, Neva was united in marriage with...
Annabell Pietig
Sep 8, 2015
Annabell Leota, daughter of Frank and Lena (Tegel) Sanders was born December 28, 1922 north of Roselle, Iowa. She grew up in Early and attended grade school there. Annabell graduated in 1941 from St. Bernard High School in Breda. She worked for Waters Brothers Department Store in Carroll as a clerk and bookkeeper until she was married. On April 30,...
Mark C. Thomas
Sep 6, 2015
Mark Charles, son of Wesley Lynk and Mary Elizabeth (Tumbleson) Thomas, was born August 23, 1951, in Carroll, Iowa. He spent his entire childhood in Coon Rapids, Iowa, graduating with the Coon Rapids High School Class of 1969. Following high school, Mark moved to Iowa City to attend the University of Iowa, where he majored in medieval history. After earning...
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