1895 - 1977
Corporal US Army
Wife --- Mabel 1896 - 1981
Born June 21, 1895 near Manning, Iowa
Entered Into Rest November 20, 1977 Manning
General Hospital Manning, Iowa
Age 82 years, 3 months, 30 days
Services Held At Ohde Funeral Home Manning, Iowa Tuesday, November 22, 1977, 2:00 P.M.
Officiating Reverend Joel Wright First Presbyterian Church Manning, Iowa
Organist Mrs. Bonita Hagedorn
Soloist Mrs. Judy Joens
Interment Manning Cemetery
Casketbearers: John Opperman, James
Opperman, Douglas Opperman, David Opperman, Donald Opperman, Robert Opperman
Military Honors Ceremonial Squads Manning, Iowa
American Legion Post No. 22
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3517
Following the committal services all Friends and relatives are invited for lunch and fellowship at the Presbyterian Church.
EMIL J. OPPERMAN
Emil J. Opperman was born June 21, 1895 on a farm northwest of Manning. His father Wilhelm (William) Opperman was born in Kiel, Germany on July 28, 1867. He came to this country at the age of 14. Emil's mother was Margaretha (Maggie) Karstens, born near Hamburg, Germany August 21, 1868. Her father, Wilken Karsten, was a sailor in Germany. Her mother was Lena Moeller. The Karstens settled on a farm in the northwest corner of Section 7, Ewoldt Township.
Emil married Mabel Dietz December 23, 1919 shortly after his army discharge from service in WWI. They moved to the Dietz home farm center of Section 6, Ewoldt Township, in the spring of 1920 and lived there for 31 years raised a family of four children, all of whom attended the Manning school system and graduated from Iowa State University.
George William, born August 23, 1922, married May Ellen Thomas, Coon Rapids, June 17, 1944. They live on a farm in Section 7, Ewoldt Township, which was the home farm of his great grandfather, Wilken Karsten. They have six children: Mary, Thomas (who married Michelle Akers, Manilla); Donald, David and Douglas (triplets), and Michael.
Ivan Leon, born May 31, 1925, married Elizabeth Harding, Grimes, March 24, 1951. They live on the "home" Dietz farm. They have six children: Susann (married to Stanley Siebke, Walcott), John, Emily, James, Valerie and Rhonda.
William Robert, born April 6, 1932, married Phyllis Musfeldt, September 7, 1952. They live on a farm in Section 23, Washington Township. They have five children: Debra (married Ronald Determan, Goose Lake), Janis, Robert, Beth and Paul.
Jane Agnes, born August 7, 1937, married Dee W. Kimberly, Bettendorf, June 24, 1961. They live in Boca Raton, Florida, where Dee is a senior Program Technical Support Representative for IBM Corporation. They have three children: Nancy, Judy and Daniel.