In Loving Memory EDNA K. SCHUMANN

Services MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1998, 10:30 AM ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH, MANNING, IOWA
Officiating PASTOR DANIEL VOGEL & PASTOR CURT DWYER
Music “WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS” “AMAZING GRACE” “HOW GREAT THOU ART” CARLYS STRIBE, ORGANIST
Interment MANNING CEMETERY
Casketbearers: JEFF SIEVERTSEN, GREG GASKILL, LARRY HANSEN, GLENN EHLERS, WALT LAGE, DON LUENSMANN
Honorary Casketbearers: TOM MUSFELDT, DARRELL SNYDER, JAY BAHNSEN, JOHN BAHNSEN, KENNETH KNUDSON, HAROLD SCHROEDER

THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR KINDNESS EVIDENCED IN THOUGHT, WORD, AND DEED, AND INVITES YOU TO JOIN THEM FOR LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP AT THE CHURCH FOLLOWING THE COMMITTAL SERVICE.
DRIVERS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION MUST TURN ON VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS, DRIVE IN A CLOSE FORMATION, AND BE ALERT.

Edna Katharina, daughter of August Jacob and Maria Magdalena (Ehlers) Plahn, was born June 26, 1906, in Aspinwall, Iowa. She was baptized on August 19, 1906, in Aspinwall and was confirmed on May 20, 1923, at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. Edna attended country schools near Manning, and then attended Snow's Dressmaking College in Manning. She then helped her father on the farm.

On October 12, 1927, Edna was united in marriage with LeRoy John Schumann at the Lutheran parsonage in Manning. They lived on LeRoy's home farm near Westside. In 1969 they moved to their new home in Manning. In November of 1994, Edna and LeRoy became residents of the Manning Plaza Nursing Home. Leroy died there in 1996.

Edna was a member of Zion Lutheran Church. She was a great cook and enjoyed collecting cookbooks. She also enjoyed sewing, crocheting, and knitting and won many ribbons for her handwork at the county and state fair. Edna was a leader of the Westside Girls 4-H for many years and was a 15-year member of the Manning Square Dance Club.

On Thursday, February 19, 1998, Edna died at the Manning Plaza Nursing Home following a short illness. She reached the age of 91 years, 7 months, and 23 days.

Besides her parents and husband, Edna was preceded in death by a sister, Olga Schultz.

She is survived by a sister, Mamie Sievertsen, of Manilla, and by nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.