Obituary

  Earl James Kanne, 70, of Lidderdale, died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1999 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, following a brief illness.
  Mass of the Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, 1999 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lidderdale with Father Merlin Schrad as celebrant.
  Lectors for the Mass will be Melissa Kanne, Heather Schulte and Heidi White. Gift bearers will be Stephanie Stanzyk, Beth Schulte, Jen McGee, Michelle Kroeger and Matt White. Mass servers will be Dawn Sporrer, Sarah Sporrer, Amber Sporrer and Aliece Schulte. Eucharistic minister will be John McGee.
  Casket bearers will be grandsons Kevin Kroeger, Ryan Kroeger, Jeff Sporrer, Steve Sporrer, Curt Sporrer and Michael Kanne.
  Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
  Visitation will begin at 2:30 p.m. today Friday, Sept. 3, at Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Carroll. Rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. and there will be a Christian wake service at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
  Memorial fund gifts may be left at either the funeral home or the church.
Born March 6, 1929, in Carroll, he was a son of John and Genevieve Wieland Kanne, and a lifelong Carroll County resident. He attended Carroll High School.
  On Sept. 5, 1950, he was married to Marilyn Schulte at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Carroll by Father Frank H. Greteman.
  Mr. Kanne was a farmer and also bought and sold farm machinery for 14 years.
  He enjoyed traveling, attending flea markets and buying and selling automobiles. The Kannes spent winters in Arizona.
  He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Lidderdale.
Mr. Kane is survived by a son, John Kanne of Lidderdale; seven daughters, Diane Prine of Omaha, Neb., Jan Sporrer and her husband Dale of Dedham, Nancie Stanzyk and her husband Don, of Carroll, Delynne Kroeger of Carroll, Kathy Sporrer of Glidden, Donna Schulte and her husband Duane of Audubon and Kristy Kanne and her special friend Jim Schwabe of Carroll; 16 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three sisters, Inez Kasperbauer of Carroll, Lillian Schleisman and her husband, Lyle, of Lidderdale and Marie Wernimont and her husband, Walt, of Carroll; and a sister-in-law, Delores Kanne, of Carroll.
  He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, in 1980; four brothers, Robert and Roy Kanne and two brothers in infancy; two sons-in-law, Rand Kroeger and Paul Sporrer; and a brother-in-law, Jack Kasperbauer.
(Daily Times Herald, Carroll, Iowa, Friday, September 3, 1999, p. 2)