Enlistment September 21, 1955
Discharge September 11, 1958

Manning Soldier Helps to Play Santa
BAUMHOLDER, Germany
Army Specialist Third Class Donald G. Ewoldt; son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Ewoldt, Manning, is a member of the 265th Field Artillery Battalion which presented food, clothing and toys to orphaned children in Baumholder, Germany, during the holiday season.
Specialist Ewoldt, a driver in the battalion's Battery B, entered the Army in 1955 and was last stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He arrived in Germany in February, 1956. The 22-year-old soldier was graduated from Manilla Public High School in 1954.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, December 28, 1957

Private EWOLDT GRADUATED
FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI
Private Donald G. Ewoldt, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Ewoldt. Manning, Iowa, recently was graduated front the construction machine operator's course at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Ewoldt was trained to operate tractor-scrapers and road graders. A 1954 graduate of Manilla, Iowa, Public High School, he entered the Army last September and received basic training at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas.
Carroll Daily Times Herald Carroll, February 15, 1956

Visitation: After 3 PM, Friday, July 7, 2006
Rosary 4 PM
Prayer Service 7 PM Ohde Funeral Home, Manilla
Mass of Christian Burial SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2006, 10:30 AM SACRED HEART CHURCH, MANILLA, IOWA
REVEREND ROBERT GRALAPP, CELEBRANT
Lectors KEITH CARL ABBIE WELLS
Mass Servers MARGO MUHLBAUER CHAD MUHLBAUER
Eucharistic Ministers DALE BUELTEL NORBERT KASPERBAUER
Gift Bearers DON'S GRANDCHILDREN
Music "HERE I AM LORD" "PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS" "BE NOT AFRAID" "ON EAGLE'S WINGS" SACRED HEART CHOIR
MARILYN BACKHAUS, ORGANIST
Casketbearers: RICK DAMMANN, DAN MUHLBAUER, ALLEN EHLERS, LEONARD KAUFMANN, LOREN FERRY, ALAN JENSEN, JIM MARTENS, GERALD JURGENSEN
Honorary Casketbearers: LEO ERTZ, EARL SHEFFIELD, MILTON SINOW, JERRY CONLIN, ROGER GEORGIUS, ARLO CLAUSEN
Interment with Military Honors MT. OLIVET CEMETERY, NEAR MANILLA, IOWA AMERICAN LEGION POST 132

Donald Gene, son of Hugo and Florence (Georgius) Ewoldt, was born on December 11, 1935, at Manning, Iowa. He attended country school near Manilla and graduated from Manilla High School in 1954. Don enlisted in the Army following high school. He served for three years in Baumholder, Germany, operating road equipment on construction projects. After his honorable discharge in 1958, Don worked as a truck driver for Milton Sinow in Aspinwall, then for Floyd Grage in Manilla.

On August 23, 1960, Don was united in marriage with Verna Bachman at St. Mary's Church in Auburn, celebrating 45 wonderful years of marriage. Five children were born to this union.

Don operated Donald Ewoldt Trucking since 1966, and he was well known for hauling livestock and grain. Don was a member of Sacred Heart Church in Manilla and was active in the Holy Name Society. He was involved in the Manilla Volunteer Fire Department for 35 years and was a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Don loved to watch NASCAR racing and football on TV. He truly thought the world of his grandchildren.

Following a sudden stroke, Don was transferred from Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison to Bergen Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. He died there early on Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at the age of 70 years, 6 months, and 23 days.

Preceding Don in death are his parents.

Don is survived by his wife Verna Ewoldt of Manilla; children: Kathleen and husband Bruce Carl of Harlan; Thomas Ewoldt and wife Traci of Harlan; Annette and husband Robert Wells of Lake View; LuAnn and husband Tim Vollstedt of Arcadia; and Lynn Ewoldt and wife Kris of Elk Horn, Nebraska; eight grandchildren: Keith Carl; Taylor, Blake and McKenna Ewoldt; Abbie and Colton Wells; and Lauren and Morgan Anderson; brother Stanley Ewoldt of Manning; other relatives and many friends.