Mr. Mohns, who had been in ill health since January, died at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 1957, at the Manning General Hospital, where he had been a patient one day.

He was born in Germany, and came to Cedar County, Iowa, at the age of 15. On February 11, 1895, he married Wilhelmina Donzglock at Bennett.

The couple farmed near Manning and Aspinwall, the past 20 years on a farm seven miles northwest of Manning. Mrs. Mohns died in 1931.

He is survived by two sons, William and Herman, both farming the home farm; two grandchildren, one great-grandchild; a brother, Emil, in Germany.

He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith in Germany. Mr. Mohns was a member of Manual Lodge AF & AM at Manning and the Knights Templar of Carroll.
Daily Nonpareil, May 15, 1957

CHARLIE MOHNS
Charlie Mohns, 84, died at the Manning General Hospital at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Mr. Mohns, who had been in ill health since January, had been taken to the hospital Friday night.

He had lived on a farm seven miles northwest of Manning the last 20 years.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Ohde Funeral Home, with the Rev. Carl Sinning, minister of the Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery.

Mr. Mohns, whose wife died in 1932, is survived by two sons, William and Herman Mohns, both living on the home place: two grandchildren; one great-grandchild, and one brother, Emil Mohns, in Germany.

Born December 13, 1872, at Burgstaaken, Fehmarn, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, he came to Cedar County, Iowa, at the age of 15 years, He was married to Wilhelmina Donzglock February 11, 1895, at Bennett, Iowa.

Mr. and Mrs. Mohns farmed in the Manning and Aspinwall communities.

Mr. Mohns was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church during his boyhood in Germany.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, May 13, 1957