1893 - 1970
Iowa PFC 318 Engineer
Departure June 5, 1919 at Brest, France
Arrival June 12, 1919 at Hoboken, New Jersey on the U.S.S. Leviathan (ID 1326)
Unit 318th Engineer Train
Rank Private First Class
Service Number 881215
Born August 2, 1893 Comanche, Iowa
Entered Into Rest November 2, 1970 St. Anthony Hospital, Carroll, Iowa
Age 77 years, 8 months
Services Held At Ohde Funeral Home Manning, Iowa Thursday, November 5, 1970, 2 P.M.
Clergyman Rev. Andrew Stewart-Morris Pastor Manning Methodist Church
Interment Manning Cemetery
Casketbearers: GENE CASE, DELBERT VINKE, CHRIS SCHMIDT, GLEN JENSEN, FRED GRAU, JOHN WEIBLE
Military Honors Manning, Iowa
American Legion Post No. 22
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3517
All friends and relatives are invited to the VFW Hall for lunch and fellowship following the committal services.
Funeral services will be a 2 p.m. Thursday at Ohde Funeral Home in Manning, with the Rev. Andrew Stewart Morris, pastor of the Manning Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Manning Cemetery with military honors by the American Legion and the V.F.W. Friends may call at the Ohde Funeral Home after p.m. Tuesday.
Mr. Arp was born August 2 1893, in Comanche, Clinton County, the son of Elizabeth Blakley and Edward Arp. He came to the Manning community as a young boy with his family. He attended rural schools and worked on the farm.
Mr. Arp served overseas during World War I, and was married to Catherine Passick on November 24, 1920, in Carroll. They made their home in Manning, where Mr. Arp worked for 38 years with Priebe and Sons. He was a member of the Manning Methodist Church, the V.F.W., and a 50-year member of the American Legion.
He is survived by his wife and three children, Lyle O. Arp, Mrs. Joe (Marian) Knueven, and Norman E. Arp; one sister, Mabel Arp; ten grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren, all of Manning. Mr. Arp was preceded in death by one grandson, Robert Knueven; two brothers, John and Joseph Arp; and one sister, Mrs. Anna Frank.
Funeral Rites This Afternoon For Edward Arp Manning Resident
Dies Suddenly While Sitting In Chair
Funeral services for Edward Arp, 79, who died suddenly
Saturday afternoon, February 29, 1936, while sitting in a chair, were held this
afternoon at the Ohde Funeral home. Rev. A.D. Steffenson
of the Methodist Church officiated at the services. Music was furnished by the
Presbyterian quartet. Interment was in the Manning Cemetery.
Mr. Arp had been in failing health for some time, but each day was able to be up and around. His daughter, with whom he made his home, went into the room to talk to him and found him sitting in his chair dead.
Born at Camanche, Mr. Arp was born on December 24, 1856, at Camanche, Iowa. In 1879, he moved from Camanche to Shelby and in 1903, located on a farm near Manning.
Miss Elizabeth Blakeley became his bride on January 12, 1876, at Camanche. She passed away on November 25, 1924.
Those Who Survive
Survivors include the following children: Anna, Frank, Irwin, and John, all of
Woodbine, Henry and Miss Mabel of Manning, six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
In 1916, Mr. Arp retired from the farm and moved to Manning where he had since lived.