In Memory Of GEORGE STRUVE

Born November 22, 1885 near Manning, Iowa
Entered Into Rest November 8, 1973 St. Anthony Hospital Carroll, Iowa
Age 87 years, 11 months, 17 days
Services Held At St. Paul Lutheran Church Carroll, Iowa Monday, November 12, 1973, 11 A.M.
Clergyman Pastor Timothy Koenig
Interment Manning Cemetery Manning, Iowa
Casketbearers: Galen Struve, Lonnie Jensen, Curtis Struve, Mark Jensen, Kevin Struve, Allan Doane

All friends and relatives are invited to the Fellowship Hall of Zion Lutheran Church, Manning, for luncheon following the committal services.

GEORGE STRUVE (11/22/1885 - 11/8/1973)
Carroll Daily Times Herald 11/13/1973
GEORGE STRUVE
Funeral services for George Struve, 87, of Carroll were held at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Carroll at 11 a.m. Monday. The Rev, Timothy Koenig officiated and also conducted graveside rites at the Manning Cemetery. "How Great Thou Art" and "Asleep in Jesus" were sung by Kenneth Suhr, accompanied by the organist, Mrs. Victor Jons. Pallbearers were grandsons, including Galen Struve, Kevin Struve, Curtis Struve, Mark Jensen, Lonnie Jensen and Allan Doane. The Ohde Funeral Home of Manning was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Struve died November 8 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital where he was taken after suffering a stroke that day. He was born November 22, 1885, near Manning, a son of Claus and Dorothea (Wunderlich) Struve. He attended rural and Manning schools and then farmed on the home place east of Manning. In 1901 he started a purebred Shorthorn cattle herd with his father and continued raising Shorthorns until 1948. He received the Builder of Breed award from the American Shorthorn Association.

On May 27, 1914, he married Dora Gruhn. They moved to their Carroll from the farm in 1949. From 1924 until 1930, Mr. Struve was a Carroll County supervisor. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Carroll. Surviving are his wife, four children, 17 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Two brothers, John and Herman Struve, preceded him in death.

George Struve is buried in the Manning City Cemetery.
Section D Row #22 south - north.