Ernest D. Dammann
1895 - 1975
Private First Class US Army

Enlistment September 21, 1917
Discharge December 21, 1918

ERNEST AND MAXINE DAMMANN
written by Edna (Dammann) Rudnick

Ernest Detlef Dammann was born on September 10, 1895 near Botna, Iowa. He died September 29, 1975. He married Maxine Cooper Watson on July 11, 1942. Ernest served in World War I.
Ernest is survived by his wife Maxine, adopted daughter Shirley Lipped and her husband Clarence, 4 grandchildren-Daniel, Suzanne, Patrick, and Michelle; Brother Eddie and his wife Alviena; Brother Emil; sister-in-law Ella Dammann, nieces and nephews.
Maxine Cooper Watson Dammann was born January 24, 1905. She died October 8, 1995. Maxine is survived by adopted daughter Shirley Lipped and husband, Clarence, 4 grandchildren - Daniel, Suzanne, Patrick and Michelle and sister in law Ella Dammann; nieces and nephews.
Both are buried in the Manning Cemetery.

ERNEST DAMMANN Ernest Dethlef Dammann, 80, of Manning died Monday morning, September 29, 1975, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, where he had been since last Thursday. He had been ill for the last two years.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church here. Pastor Edward F. Heinicke will officiate. Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery with military honors by the American Legion and V.F.W. Posts of Manning.

Friends may call at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning after 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Mr. Dammann, son of Claus and Anna (Biehl) Dammann, was born near Botna September 10, 1895, and attended rural school. He served in World War I and returned to Manning, where he was a farm laborer.

He married Maxine Cooper November 7, 1942, and they have made their home in Manning.

Surviving with his wife are a daughter, Mrs. Clarence (Shirley) Lippert of Des Moines; four grandchildren; and two brothers, Emil and Eddie Dammann, both of Manning. Another brother, Julius, preceded him in death.

Ernest & Maxine Dammann are buried in the Manning City Cemetery.
Section C Row #5 north - south.