SERVICES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1994, 10:00 AM FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MANNING, IOWA
OFFICIATING REVEREND MARSHALL BROWN
MUSIC "HOW GREAT THOU ART" "THE LORD'S PRAYER"
BRANDON VENNINK, VOCALIST
"MORNING HAS BROKEN" "I'LL WALK WITH GOD" PRESBYTERIAN CHOIR
"GOD BE WITH YOU TIL WE MEET AGAIN" CONGREGATION
CONNIE SIEPKER, ORGANIST
INTERMENT NISHNABOTNA CEMETERY, MANILLA
CASKETBEARERS: RANDALL SPIES, RICK SPIES, RODNEY SPIES, JON VENNINK, BYRON VENNINK, JEFFREY VENNINK
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BRANDON VENNINK, JAMES VENNINK, COREY WEGNER, CRAIG WEGNER, KENT PFANNKUCH, KURT PFANNKUCH, THOMAS VENNINK, NANCY MACKLIN, LORRI FELTON, CONNIE SIEPKER, JODI GEORGE, TAMI HOEPPNER, TIM LARSEN, TODD LARSEN, TYLER LARSEN

On December 31, 1932, Selma was united in marriage with Louis Henry Vennink at her parents' home near Manilla. They farmed all their lives in Crawford County. Selma had grown up on a dairy farm and continued milking all of her working life. After they retired they continued to live on their acreage near Aspinwall. Following the death of her husband in 1984 Selma continued to live there until January of 1990 when she moved into her home in Manning.

Selma was a member of the Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterian Women, and the Esther Circle, as well as the Tri County Social Club. Her family was of the utmost importance to her, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also enjoyed gardening and flowers.

When Selma's health began to fail she entered the Manning General Hospital where she died on Tuesday, December 13, 1994, at the age of 83 years, 1 month, and 22 days.

Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two sons, Marlin Edward, as an infant in 1945 and Wayne Wesley in 1972; one great-granddaughter; and a brother, Arno Miller.

Survivors include her children: Mildred and her husband, Russell Spies, of Gray; Allen Vennink and his wife Pat, of Manning; Lois and her husband, Ron Frahm, of Manning; Anna Belle and her husband, Errol Wegner, of Manning; Marvin Vennink and his wife, Sandy, of Manilla; and Marilyn and her husband, Keith Pfannkuch, of Manning; 21 grandchildren, and 23 great-grandchildren; a brother, Alvin Miller, of Manilla; a sister, Lucille and her husband, Melroy Carstens, of Manilla; three brothers-in-law: Edward Vennink and his wife, Fran of Houston, Missouri; Carol Vennink and his wife, Genevieve, of Manilla; and Clay Denton, of Manilla; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Services were held Friday, December 16, 1994, at 10:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, in Manning. The Reverend Marshall Brown, officiated the service. Connie Siepker provided the organ accompaniment for vocalist Brandon Vennink singing "How Great Thou Art" and "The Lord's Prayer," the Presbyterian Choir singing "Morning Has Broken" and "I'll Walk With God" and the congregation singing "God Be With You Till We Meet Again." Interment was in the Nishnabotna Cemetery in Manilla. Honorary bearers were Brandon Vennink, James Vennink, Corey Wegner, Craig Wegner, Kent Pfannkuch, Kurt Pfannkuch, Thomas Vennink, Nancy Macklin, Lorri Felton, Connie Siepker, Jodi George, Tami Hoeppner, Tim Larsen, Todd Larsen and Tyler Larsen. Casket bearers were Randall Spies, Rick Spies, Rodney Spies, Jon Vennink, Byron Vennink, and Jeffrey Vennink.