November 24, 1938, Manning Monitor
Funeral arrangements have not been made, awaiting word from a son, Emil, of Culver City, California.
Mr. and Mrs. Ploen, Manning pioneers, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last November.<
Besides her husband, Mrs. Ploen leaves five children: Peter C. and William Ploen, Mrs. Fred Moeller (Metha) and Mrs. Fred Kienapfel (Caroline), all of Manning, and Emil of Culver City, California; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Ploen was born Dorothea Wiese February 14, 1854, in Stakendorf, Probstei, Holstein, Germany.
She married Mr. Ploen November 19, 1875, in the town of her birth.
In the spring of 1884 the couple emigrated to America with Mrs. Ploen's family, coming directly to Manning.
Mr. and Mrs. Ploen moved to a farm one mile west of Aspinwall in 1885. They lived on different farms in the vicinities of Aspinwall and Manning before purchasing a farm five and one-half miles south of Manning in 1899. This was their home until their retirement in 1915, when they moved into Manning.
Mrs. Ploen suffered an attack of flu in 1938 which caused her to lose her eyesight.
She was preceded in death by the following children: Jochim Henry, Emma, Herman Conrad, and Helena.
Mrs. Ploen was a member of the Daily Times Herald Three Quarter Century Club.
I'm occasionally adding the actual scanned image of the obituary I make using my VERY expensive - large commercial scanner,
and/or also other articles about the deceased person that were published in the Manning Monitor.
I want to also comment about people who are taking my obituaries, pictures, and/or other articles about a person/family and posting them on other websites.
You do NOT have permission or the right to do this - you are stealing my historical work.
Buy your own scanning equipment, pay for memberships to other commercial websites,
and spend decades working on your local history like I have - then you'll understand why I'm making these comments!
Thank you for your attention to this matter - Dave Kusel