Elsie and William
August Hansen (who immigrated from Seestacht, Germany) married Emma Kusel. They had four children Ida (Mrs. Lawrence Stoelk-Glen Noe), Alma (Mrs. Otto Greteman), Elsie (Mrs. William A. Sibbel), and Verdis Peter Hansen. August and Emma farmed east of Manning and later moved to town. Verdis P. Hansen and his wife Ione (Kruse) then farmed his family farm.
William A. married Elsie Freda (Hansen) on December 30, 1924, and farmed the family farm near Templeton, Iowa. They had two children William Edward (known as Bill E) and Kenneth W. Kenneth was born in 1935 and died in 1936 at the age of three months from pneumonia. William A. and Elsie moved to Manning after retiring from farming in 1943. William E. went to Manning High School and graduated in 1947. He then went to Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, where he met Patricia Lightfoot. Pat is the daughter of Wilbur and Opal Lightfoot. William and Pat were married on December 30, 1950, and farmed north of Manning. They have three daughters. Connie married Robert Snyder of Breda and has three children Robert, Steven, and Debra. They also have two grandchildren and one step-grandchild. Diana married Robert Fagan of Adair and has two children William and Bettyjoe, and one grandchild. Peggy married Kenneth James (Jim, Jr.) Black of Lenox and has two children Christopher and Andrew.
William Antone was born in 1897 and died in 1974. Elsie was born in 1900 and died in 1965. William E. died in 1968 at age forty from diabetes. Pat Sibbel is living in Carroll. Bob and Connie are living in Manning, Bob and Diana are farming near Manning and Jim and Peggy are living in Polk City, Iowa.