For a number of these Veterans I have no other family connected pictures or contacts which leaves me at a standstill. If family members don't come forward - what I have posted here is all that will be in the history book about those particular Veterans, which is not much.
I know it will take you time to go through this latest feature but I sure hope you will and if you are a relative of one of these Veterans - won't you please take some time to
help me out with any pictures and information you may have?
Even if you have nothing please e-mail me. I may have questions you can answer which will save me a lot of time doing research elsewhere.
If you can help with Veterans featured here please email David Kusel right away
By adding more family and other connected pictures and information to the Veterans below who paid the ultimate price...maybe it will help someone realize they are related to a Veteran which will hopefully encourage them to dig in their old pictures to see if they might have something I'm looking for.
The main idea in featuring these Veterans is to hopefully reach out to someone who will have pictures and information about them.
When something is lost/destroyed or a loved one has passed away, that is when we realize how important they were and how much we'll miss them.
If you listened to some of the interviews of the survivors of the Moore, Oklahoma, tornado the first thing that was brought up, after they said how fortunate they and their family members were to have survived the storm, was if they were able to find and save their PICTURES...even with most of the communications down they did not say how they missed their facebook/twitter accounts...it was the pictures that they probably seldom looked at but were a major concern in saving.
Formerly known as Decoration Day - Memorial Day originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in that war.
By the 20th century, Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who had died while in the military service.
For many years I have been asking for pictures and information about the 1000+ Manning Veterans to use in a future Manning Veterans' history book.
Sadly, not even a lot of family members are coming forward with that information about the deceased Veterans in their families.
Many people proudly attend the Memorial Day and Veterans' Day events...just 2 days out of the year this is done.
While these 2 National Holidays are very important...we need to do a much better job in preserving the memory and in honoring those who have served our country.
The Veterans who need to be honored at a higher level are those who died while serving their country.
One way to do that is to put their faces on the cover of the Manning Veterans' history book.
Unfortunately there are quite a few of those Veterans I have no picture or only a copy made from the 1981 Centennial book or a newspaper clipping.
The only way to get a good quality image of these Veterans is for friends and relatives to look for original photos of these and other Veterans and bring them forward
so I can scan them.
Below you'll see various images of most of the Veterans who paid the ultimate price...Most of these scans I have did NOT come from family members. If it wasn't for friends and neighbors who had these pictures and came forward I would not have as many as I do.
So if you are a relative or maybe someone whose parents or grandparents were friends of any of these Veterans please take a look in that old scrapbook or box of pictures...you may have exactly what I'm looking for.
Even if I have a good quality image for some of these Veterans you may have other poses and images of these Veterans...I'd like to scan them too.
PLEASE take some time to go through this list of names/pix below and see if you can help out with this small part of the Veterans' book project.
Thanks - Dave
This picture will need to be digitally cleaned up - which takes time
but it is a much better image to use in the Veterans' book
fortunately Russ & Linda (Meggers) Frank had this photo and let me scan it.
This was a picture-postcard sent to Amanda (Mundt) Puck - a friend of Emil
A scan I made from Orval Fink's collection...years ago he took a picture of the large portrait image made of Emil...The original image
was recently dug out of the Legion attic by Gary Knueven and is now on display in the Legion hall.
I have NO pictures of Albert - need original photos to scan
scan made from the 1981 book
WWI plaque of honor placed in the city park for Albert
scan from the 1981 history book
Photo from Jan Lahndorf
Back Row: Anna Petersen, Henry, August, Detlef, Catharina Arp
Front: Mary Schumann, Otto, Sophia, Minnie Hagedorn, Fred
Marian Knueven's mother was Catharina, a sister to Fred Passick.
Marian's brothers were Lyle & Norman Arp.
Marian & Joe Knueven had 4 children: Karen Price, Jan Lahndorf, Gary, & Deb Knueven
scan from the 1981 history book
They were the parents of six children: Gilbert, born in 1916, Berdine in 1919, LeRoy in 1924, Virgil in 1929 and Joan in 1933. One son, Leonard died in infancy.
John continued to help with farming after his retirement until his sudden death in January of 1965. Ella continued living in her Manning home until shortly before
her death in May of 1972.
Gilbert was married to Ethel Brockmann and they had two daughters, Diane and Patsy.
Gilbert died in April 1981
Berdine married Wilmer Ehrichs. They had nine children: Janet, Judy, Barbara, Beverly died in 1947, Bonnie, Deborah died in 1954, Randy, Sandy and Tom.
Berdine passed away in January 1997.
LeRoy married Winona Joachimsen and their two children are Douglas and Linda. Winona died in September 2000.
Virgil married Colene Gray and their children are Mark and Becky. Virgil died in April of 1984.
Joan married Russell Mohr and their children are James, Jay, Jeffrey, and Rhonda. Jay died suddenly in September of 1997.
As large a family this was I would think that someone out there would have a military picture of Arthur
Back: Ella, Lillie, Bill, Mary, Carolyn
Middle: Lydia, Margaret, Adam, Arthur, Augusta
Front: Florence
Margaret was Rozora (Kuhn) Schroeder's mother.
scan from the 1981 history book
Arthur's sister Ella & brother Bill
These 2 pix are scans from Lola (Hansen) Ahrendsen's collection
John & Ella (Stang) Schroeder
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Stang
scan from the 1981 history book
Claus, Bernhardt, Mildred, Emma
Claus came to America and first settled in Minden, Iowa, where he and his brother owned and operated Stuhr Brother's Hardware. They sold hardware, furniture, coffins, and agricultural implements. Claus later returned to Germany to bring Emma Juels (his wife to be), her brother Gustav, and his wife to be, Maria Bruhn, to America. They were married in Minden and settled there. Gus and Maria later moved to Avoca, Iowa, and raised ten children. Claus and Emma moved to the Manning area and purchased a farm three miles north and one and a half miles east of Manning. Vernon Rohe purchased this farm from Mildred (Stuhr) Lyden in 1951.
Bernhardt was born in 1895 at Minden, Iowa. He died in 1918 from the Spanish Influenza Epidemic while at Camp Dodge, Iowa, where he had served in the Army
for one month. He is buried in the Manning Cemetery.
Mildred was born in 1905 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She died in 1991 and is buried in the Manning Cemetery. Claus and Emma were Mildred's great-aunt and uncle.
She married Vincent Lyden, Sr., son of Charles E. Lyden who was a Manning photographer. Mildred and Vincent had three children. Vincent, Jr. lives in Turner,
Oregon. His wife, Lillian, is deceased. Marianne (deceased) married Harold Addington of Concordia, Missouri. They had one adopted son Dan who lives in
Chicago, Illinois. Jeanne and her husband Ronald Farley live in Aplington, Iowa. They have three children, Sherie, Ronald Jr., and Diane.
Mildred and Vincent Lyden owned an acreage where the present Lutheran church is located. During their younger years they had a large truck gardening business and sold their produce to local stores and the public. Vincent worked as a lineman for the Manning Electric Company.
Henry Juels came to America at the age of seventy after his wife died to live with his daughter Emma. Albert Juels came to America in 1902. He was a nephew of Emma. Albert married Minnie Petersen who was born in South Dakota. Minnie was a niece of Claus Stuhr and a sister to Mildred Stuhr's birth-mother Mary (Petersen) Klue. Albert and Minnie had six children: Hazel, Vera, Arnold, Harold, (all deceased), and Edna who lives in California.
Mildred Stuhr
Mildred Stuhr & Edna Vollstedt
A proclamation I found in the Manning Monitor microfilm
scan from the 1981 history book
Back: Arlene Friedrichsen, Pearl Bonnesen
Middle: Harry Hacker, Robert Bonnesen, Delmus Hacker
Front: Mardel (Bonnesen) Fuller, Bob Hacker
Robert Bonnesen - memorial
An amazing story behind a film that was preserved from several of Heinz's missions will be featured in the Veterans' book.
Heinz strafing train cars in Germany
Heinz & Elnor (Vannote) Detlefsen
Elnor taught at Manning schools.
Max & Marge Detlefsen - Max was a brother of Heinz
Max Detlefsen with his younger brother, Heinz
1937 BB team
Fortunately Max Detlefsen and his son, John, have a deep respect for the preservation of history and genealogy and have a lot of information and history about Heinz...plus they have always been willing to share their things with me to scan.
The Hoffmann family was not only prominent in Manning's history but many of them also served our country.
Dean Hoffmann has been the family member to proudly
carry on the family heritage and also preserving Manning's history.
Regilda (Hoffmann) Fraser, WWI - cousin of John
Herman Hoffmann, WWI - uncle of John
Lyle Hoffmann, WWII - cousin of John
Robert Hoffmann, WWII - brother of John
Robert Hoffmann & John Hoffmann fishing
John Hoffmann
John Hoffmann's group at boot camp horsing around
Robert Hoffmann
Harold Hoffmann - brother of Robert & John
Photo featured in the December 8, 1927 Monitor
Coon Valley football team
Photo from Michele (Mohr)
Memorial & burial service for Harry Keat & Leon Stoelk
I only have 1 Keat obituary and there is no Keat family history in the Centennial books so I don't know how these Keats below are connected to Harry.
Hopefully someone from these other Keat families will come forward and be able to help with pictures and information on Harry's service.
Donald Keat MHS 1958
Nellie Keat & Alice (Lohmeier) Grau
Leola Keat
Manning Monitor article 1944
Leola Keat Completes Basic
Leola Keat, 20, seaman second class, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Keat, Manning, has completed her basic training and indoctrination course at the
Naval Training school for WAVES, the Bronx, N. Y., and is proceeding to Naval Training School (yeoman), A & M college, Stillwater, Oklahoma, for further instruction.
Before she entered the Naval service, Seaman Keat was employed as stenographer and bookkeeper with the Daly General Agency, Inc., Denver, Colorado.
She is a 1941 graduate of Manning high school, and graduate of a business school in Omaha.
George Keat - MHS 1927
George Keat was born September 13, 1909, and died September 30, 1970.
He married Lenore Anita Lamp (1908-1998). They had three children.
I found this picture and information on a web page.
I contacted the web master but he did not know where he got the information from.
PAULINE ANNA DOROTHEA LAKE
Funeral services for Pauline Anna Dorothea take were held Wednesday, September
9, 1981, at 11:00 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning with Pastor Edward F.
Heinicke officiating. Organist was Dorothy Kusel. Interment was in Manning
Cemetery with Terry Lake, Randall Lake, Nathan Lake, Richard Tibben, Vernon
Ehlers and Paul Ehlers as casketbearers. The Ohde Funeral Home in Manning was
in charge of arrangements.
Pauline, daughter of Gustav and Anna (Fischer) Ress, was born September, 25,
1897, in Lincoln Township, Audubon County, Iowa. She was baptized on October
10, 1897 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lincoln Township, and on May 7, 1911,
she was confirmed in the Lutheran faith at that church. She attended the German
elementary school at Trinity Lutheran Church.
On December 5, 1923, she was united in marriage with Eustace Lee Lake at the
Lutheran Church in Manning. Pauline and Eustace made their home in Manning,
where Eustace was in the hatchery and feed business, and later owned and operated
Manning Heating and Sheet Metal. Eustace died on August 5, 1967, and a year
later Pauline moved to the Manning Plaza. She passed away at the Plaza on
Sunday, September 6, 1981, at the age of 83 years, 11 months and 11 days.
In addition to her husband, Pauline was preceded in death by two children,
Carl Leroy Lake in 1934, and Robert Lee Lake in 1945; also by a grandson,
Michael Jon Lake, and one brother and one sister.
She is survived by three children: Margaret Pauline, Mrs. Leroy Hansen of Bellingham,
Washington, Dorothy Anna, Mrs. Vernon Larsen, of Audubon, Eustace Roger
(Junior) Lake, of Story City, Iowa, and one stepson, George William Lake, of
Bellingham, Washington. Also surviving are 8 grandchildren and 4 great
grandchildren; 5 sisters and 2 brothers: Mrs. William (Ella) Asmus, Audubon,
Mrs. Herman (Ida) Joachimsen, Manning, Anna Holescher,
Perry, Mrs. William (Edna) Hansen, Manilla, Mrs. Rockley (Norma) Wenzel,
Frazee, Minnesota, Hugo and Emil Ress of Manning; as well as nieces, nephews,
cousins and other relatives and friends.
Pauline was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Manning and a member of the
Dorcas Society. Pauline was also a Gold Star Mother.
Eustace Roger Lake, Jr
Margaret (Lake) Hansen
March 20, 1941, Lake Hatchery ad in the Monitor
June 25, 1944
American Military Cemetery Brest, France
American Military Cemetery Brest, France
Back: Clarence Martens, Virtus Martens, Earl Martens
Front: Dorothy (Martens) Schrum, Irene (Martens) Meggers
Since I have featured the Mohr family on several occasions in the past, both on my web pages and in the Monitor articles, I won't show all of the pictures I have for this family right now. I have a lot of pictures thanks to Michele (Mohr) Olney and Ardith (David) Lage.
Dale Thomas Mohr, Donald Francis Mohr - in front of the Mohr home September 1946.
scan from the 1981 history book
Golden Wedding Anniversary, Katie & William Musfeldt February 29, 1958
Unfortunately these vague histories were written that way years ago, leaving off the wife's first name, many times her maiden name...even in obituaries. This is why we need to continue to collect and preserve our history and get the "proper" facts written down and not use the vague "Mr. & Mrs." or first initials "Mr. & Mrs. W. Musfeldt" type poor historical identifications.
When I find obituaries and other types of documents, or history books poorly written with these vague IDs I will try to find the full names and then change those original documents to the full information. Not doing so now will make it even more difficult in the future for genealogists and historians to figure out exactly who these "abbreviated" people are.
So to give you and idea of what I have do to "Sherlok Holmes" many of the pictures I work with, here are some pictures of Nissens that I know the names and connections
but will intentionally leave that information off for now.
See if you can figure out who they are and their family connections.
These pictures came from various sources, and not all were Nissen family members.
Back Henry Hass & Elvina Stammer
Front Henry Paulsen & Evalina Hass
Susan Paulsen 1953 Band contest
Susan was a former member of the MHS class of 1958
Picture from Wesley Cooper
Ann's Lunch - Bev Nielsen with her mother Bernice (Paulsen) Nielsen.
Picture from Bev (Nielsen) Smith
Adolph Paulsen & Bill Claussen - water wagon sprinkler to settle dust on city streets
Picture from Bev (Nielsen) Smith
Bernice & Vinton Paulsen
Picture from Bev (Nielsen) Smith
Goochs Best
Esther Paulsen, Ted Paulsen 1963
This was the annual pancake day that Bud McMahon put on.
Goochs Feed company provided the "Goochs" pancake batter.
Esther & Ted worked at this store for quite a few years - before Bud Mohr
Esther worked at the Golden Rule store on Main Street
Bud McMahon's wife was Elsie (Paulsen) and was related somehow to Ted Paulsen.
Picture from Orval Fink slides
November 9, 1939, Monitor Ad
1911 George Paulsen calendar
5 Generations
Back: Kim Mitchell, Beverly (Nielsen) (Mitchell) Smith
Front: Anna (Klindt) Paulsen, Brandi Mitchell, Bernice (Paulsen) Nielsen holding Heather Wannamaker
scan from the 1981 history book
Grace, Jennie, Ann Levan, Clara, Ida, Minnie, Charles Rocksien
Lee Rocksien in front
Older lady in middle Ann Levan (sister of Mary Parker & aunt to the Parker sisters in the picture)
Photo taken at 400 N East Street
Lee Rocksein 3rd from right
These could be all, or mostly, or no other Manning boys - nothing is known about this picture.
Lee Rocksien
Lee Rocksien with his wife, Helen Miller
Lee Rocksien driver with Clarence "Pat" Emmons in front of 400 N East Street.
scan from the 1981 history book
Back: Berdine, Merle, Darlene, Leon, Janice
Front: Albert, Donald, Elsie (Klindt)
Elsie was a sister to Ann (Klindt) Paulsen
Berdine married Orrie Herbers
Darlene married Otto Porsch
Leon was KIA during WWII
Janice married Alvin Popp
Merle married Eileen Jensen
Vince Gerkin, Bill Stoelk
Back: Henry Stoelk, Dora Stoelk, Ted Stuhr
Emma Stuhr in front
September 20, 1945, Stoelk Standard Station - Monitor ad
Does anyone know which Stoelk this was???
Merle Stoelk, Manning Fire Department 1954
Erwin Stoelk, 1951
I list this connection to show how important it is for Veterans and their families to include some family background so the reader will know if/how the Veteran is related to the citizens of the Manning area.
Lawren was the father of Erwin Stoelk
Lawren was a brother to Albert Stoelk featured in the family picture above.
Soldier from Honeycreek, Iowa and Lawren Stoelk on right - Camp Pike 1918
Warren Bartels, Gene Strathman, Eugene Shipp
Wilbur Karsten, Bill Strathman, Frank Wegner
Bill is a brother to Gene Strathman
I shared a few pictures with them I had of Gene in the hopes that would encourage them to return the favor.
scan from the 1981 history book
scan of the MHS class of 1949 yearbook
1947 Lola Ress, sister of Hugo, Jr.
1952 Zita Ress, sister of Hugo, Jr.
April 1952 Don Horbach and Benny Ress, brother of Hugo, Jr.
Vernon & Lola (Ress) Ehlers September 11, 1949
Melissa Eschenbacher and Janice Ress - Janice is a cousin of Hugo, Jr.
Now you may think to yourself that I have a lot of pictures of the Veterans. BUT this is only one part of the equation...Then I have to get family background and the military information
to go along with the pictures. This is very difficult to do if no family members come forward and help me.
I have tried nearly every possible way to encourage Veterans to submit their stories. I will continue to do so for the time being but eventually I'll have to set a deadline. Once that happens you'll no longer be able to become part of a very unique community military history book.
Please don't delay any longer and start digging out those pictures and writing down your military story.
If you can help with Veterans featured here please email David Kusel right away