Service TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2004, 10:30 AM ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH MANNING, IOWA
Officiating PASTOR DANIEL VOGEL
Music "WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS" "HOW GREAT THOU ART" "AMAZING GRACE" CONGREGATION
FERN JENSEN, ORGANIST
Interment MANNING CEMETERY
Casketbearers: ROBERT HAGEDORN, RAYMOND HAGEDORN, ROGER HAGEDORN, DUANE OTTO, CHRIS BRANDT, LARRY HAGEDORN
Honorary Casketbearers: WAYNE SCHROEDER, DALE DONS, KURT GRIMM, ALAN GRIMM, HAROLD REINKE, ARLO DAMMANN
The family wishes to express their gratitude for your kindness evidenced in thought, word and deed, and invites you to pin them for lunch and fellowship at the church following the committal service.
Drivers in a funeral procession must turn on vehicle headlights, drive in a close formation and remain alert.

Elberta Edith, daughter of Louis and Bertha (Joachimsen - Hagedorn) Mundt, was born September 12, 1915, at home northwest of Manning, Iowa. Elberta was baptized as a young girl and attended rural school near her home. She then attended Manning High School.

Elberta lived on the family farm until her marriage with Ernest Grimm on November 20, 1935, at the Presbyterian Parsonage in Manning. Ernest and Elberta lived on a farm near Manning and two children were born to this union. She was confirmed as an adult at Zion Lutheran Church by Pastor Ansorge. During World War II, Ernest moved his family to Hastings, Nebraska, where he worked at the arsenal from 1942-45. They then moved back to Manning and purchased a home. Elberta was a homemaker and raised their two children. In 1956 Elberta began to work outside the home. She was a clerk at Brown McDonald's and Johnson's department stores for 25 years. Then she worked at the Dime Store for nine years until her retirement in 1990. Ernest died on February 14, 1988.

Elberta was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Evening Circle and the Zion ladies quilting group. She was an RSVP volunteer and helped with bingo at the Plaza. In her spare time she enjoyed gardening, sewing, quilting and embroidering.

When her health began to fail in May of 2003, Elberta became a resident of the Manning Plaza. On December 26, 2003, she entered the Manning Regional Healthcare Center and died there on Saturday, January 3, 2004, at the age of 88 years, 3 months and 21 days.

Preceding Elberta in death are her parents; husband; three brothers Lorn Hagedorn, Alvin Hagedorn and Lewis Hagedorn and brothers- and sisters-in-law: Elmer Otto; Norma Jean Hagedom; Marie Hagedorn; in infancy: Henry Grimm, Julius Grimm, and Edna Grimm; Leona Schroeder; Edwin Grimm; Paul Grimm; Melvin Grimm; Dorothy Mohr; Clausie Grimm; George Grimm; Willis Grimm and Dolores Balukoff.

She is survived by her two children Dennis Grimm and wife Sharon of Manning and Frances and husband Edward Podber of Eldrige; five grandchildren: Kevin Grimm and wife Mary; Danny Grimm and wife Robin; Ken Grimm and wife Rhonda; Aaron Bo Podber and Rachel Podber; five great grandchildren; two sisters Dalores and husband Louie Otto of Manning and Myrtle Otto of Manning; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.