Manning
Anna Kettmann
Funeral, services for Anna Kettmann of Manning were held
today, Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at Sacred Heart Church in Templeton with
Rev. Dale Reiff as celebrant.
Kettmann, 95, died at the Manning Plaza Nursing Home on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002.
Mass servers were Ashlen Romey and Tonia Williams. Gift bearers
are Betty Kerkhoff and Edwin Kalkhoff.
Casketbearers were John Kerkhoff, Jim Drake, Mike Willenborg, Joe
Kalkhoff, Kent Hugeback and.Bill Willenborg. Anna, a daughter of Gerhard
and Catherine (Ferneding) Kettmann, was born May 2, 1906, on the family
farm in Carroll County. She attended Sacred Heart School in Templeton.
She remained on the farm with her parents and brother, George, and also
worked out in the homes of other families. In 1970 Anna and her brother
George moved into Templeton. George died in 1975 and Anna remained in their home.
She was a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Templeton, the Ladies
Guild and a 55 year member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas.
She enjoyed raising flowers, sewing, baking and playing cards.
When her health began to fail, she entered the Manning Plaza
Nursing Home in December of 1993.
She is preceded in death by her parents; and all of her siblings, George
Kettmann, Kate Willenborg, Mayme Willenborg, Emma Kettmann and Elsie
Kalkhoff. Kettmann is survived by nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
(Daily Times Herald, Carroll, Iowa, Monday, January 21, 2002, p. 3) |