All Obituaries

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic a memorial service for Rose will be held at a later date. At that time, burial will take place in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery in Manson.

Earl Wayne Johnson was born on November 11, 1934, to John O. and Beulah Mae Johnson (Kenning), on his grandfather's farm, 3 miles east of Pomeroy.  He was delivered by Dr. Weber and was paid $15 cash for his services.  He had 1 sister, Ramona, who was 6 years younger, whom he loved dearly.  A childhood memory was helping with laying hens - feeding and gathering eggs.  He helped with milking cows by hand.  He was in his 20s when they got milking machines.  He...

Mary J. Satern, 76, of Ogden passed away Thursday February 13, 2020 at Boone County Hospital. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 17, 2020 at Larson-WeishaarFuneral Home in Manson. There will be a short visitation prior to the funeral beginning at 9 a.m. Mary is survived by sons Kendall (Toni) Tews of Manson; Dana (Paula) Tews of Guthrie Center; Shaun (Ronda) Tews of Delray Beach, FL; Brandon (Katie) Tews of Ogden; and daughter Melissa (Ben)...

June Davis passed comfortably in the presence of family after a long and productive life enriched by a large immediate and extended family as well as a wealth of friends. June was born on June 4, 1927 at Mount Carmel, Iowa, as the seventh of nine children of Clara Catherine Ortner Krebs and Joseph P. Krebs. June grew up on a farm just east of Manson, Iowa, and lived most of her life in Manson with years also in Estherville and Rockwell City. After graduating from Manson High School in...

Bill Pierson, 69, died at Trinity Regional Hospital on Monday, February 10, 2020. Private services will be held at a later date. Bill is survived by his wife Kim; daughter Brianne (Brent Mason) Pierson of Colorado Springs, CO; son Andrew Pierson of Ft. Dodge, IA; brothers Douglas (Mary Ann) Pierson of Virginia and John (Sonia) Pierson of Connecticut; brother in-law Michael (Lin) Johnson.

Dean Gerald Hoag, Sr. was born April 24, 1933 to Roland and Helen (Mather) Hoag in Bradgate, Iowa.  After graduation from Bradgate, Iowa  he went to work at Hormel in Fort Dodge. On March 1, 1953 he joined in wedded bliss to Doris Elaine Nelson for 63 years. He then entered the Army where he was stationed in Texas, Michigan and Japan before coming back to Fort Dodge, Iowa. In 1964, Dean and Doris bought a hobby farm on the outskirts of Knierim,...

Ellis Lee Hauser was born on September 23, 1934, in rural Marshall County, Iowa, near Marshalltown, the son of Carroll and Thelma (Collins) Hauser. After graduating from Montour High School in 1953, he attended Junior College in Marshalltown for one year. He moved to Mason City, Iowa, where Ellis helped farm and started working for International Harvester Company. He was united in marriage with Gloria Ann Miller on May 4, 1956, at Manly, Iowa, and established their home in Mason City. Ellis...

Kathleen Evelyn George was born November 27, 1936, in Pomeroy, IA.  She graduated 8th grade from Immanuel Lutheran School, Pomeroy, and Pomeroy High School in the class of 1954.  On February 1, 1959, she was united in marriage to Donald Lee Birkey at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Pomeroy.  The couple established their home in Manson.             Katie worked as a bank teller at the State Bank in Fort Dodge for 25...

Harlan Henry Neumann, born March 6, 1942, passed away January 17, 2020 surrounded by family at Good Samaritan Society-Manson. Harlan grew up on a farm outside of Manson, attending country school before transferring to Manson High School where he graduated in 1961. He joined the Army National Guard in 1961 and served six months active duty and four years in the Guard. He married Claudia Chipman in April of 1962 and together they had five children.  He worked as a Class-A welder for New...

Eldora J Reil, formerly of Manson, went to be with her Lord on January 3, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Center Nursing home in Forest City where she had resided for the last 6 years following a stroke. Eldora requested no funeral service so there will be a visitation on Saturday January 11, 2020 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm at the Larson-Weishaar funeral home, Manson, IA with a committal service and internment following at the St Paul cemetery. Eldora was born on March 22, 1923 to William and Anna...