Funeral Services Held at Manning For Mrs. Sonksen Funeral services for Mrs. Dorathea Anna Sonksen, who died February 2, 1947, were held at the Zion Lutheran Church in Manning at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Pastor Johann M. Ansorge officiated. Burial was in the Manning Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Alfred Kuhl, William Kruse, Emil Kuhn, Barney Neubaum, Jacob Fielweber, and John Reetz.

Mrs. Sonksen, the daughter of Detlef and Christina (Fischer) Asmus, was born November 17, 1879, in Lincoln Township in Audubon County.

She came to Carroll County in 1938 and has lived in her home in Manning for the last eight years.

She married Jens Sonksen March 2, 1904, in the Lutheran Church in Lincoln Township.

She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church here.

Survivors include her husband, five children, Mrs. Christina Mohr, Manning; Bernard Sonksen and Julius Sonksen, Audubon; Herman Sonksen, Manning, and Mrs. Jessie Pfannkuch, Oakland, California, a sister, Mrs. Julius Ahrendsen, and two brothers, William and Henry Asmus, all living in Audubon County, and 13 grandchildren.

Her parents and a sister, Minnie, preceded her in death.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, February 6, 1947

Mrs. Dorathea Anna Sonksen
Funeral services were held Thursday at the Zion Lutheran Church here for Mrs. Dorathea Anna Sonksen, 67, who died Sunday at her home here.

Pastor John M. Ansorge conducted rites, with burial in Manning Cemetery.

A native of Audubon County, Mrs. Sonksen had lived in Manning for eight years. She married Jens Sonksen on March 2, 1904. He survives with three sons, Bernard and Julius Sonksen of Audubon, and Herman of Manning; two daughters, Mrs. Christina Mohr of Manning and Mrs. Jessie Pfannkuch of Oakland, California; a sister, Mrs. Julius Ahrendsen and two brothers, William and Henry Asmus, all of Audubon County; and 13 grandchildren.
Carroll Daily Nonpareil, February 7, 1947