Funeral arrangements have not been made, awaiting word from a son, Emil, of Culver City, California.

Mr. and Mrs. Ploen, Manning pioneers, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last November.<

Besides her husband, Mrs. Ploen leaves five children: Peter C. and William Ploen, Mrs. Fred Moeller (Metha) and Mrs. Fred Kienapfel (Caroline), all of Manning, and Emil of Culver City, California; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Ploen was born Dorothea Wiese February 14, 1854, in Stakendorf, Probstei, Holstein, Germany.

She married Mr. Ploen November 19, 1875, in the town of her birth.

In the spring of 1884 the couple emigrated to America with Mrs. Ploen's family, coming directly to Manning.

Mr. and Mrs. Ploen moved to a farm one mile west of Aspinwall in 1885. They lived on different farms in the vicinities of Aspinwall and Manning before purchasing a farm five and one-half miles south of Manning in 1899. This was their home until their retirement in 1915, when they moved into Manning.

Mrs. Ploen suffered an attack of flu in 1938 which caused her to lose her eyesight.

She was preceded in death by the following children: Jochim Henry, Emma, Herman Conrad, and Helena.

Mrs. Ploen was a member of the Daily Times Herald Three Quarter Century Club.