September 10, 1942, Manning Monitor
Jessie M, Pfannkuch, 64, of Manning, died Saturday, November 19, 1983, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll.
She had worked for several businesses in Manning over the years and was employed by the L.R. Nelson Company for 17 years.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, November 21, at Zion Lutheran Church with Pastor Paul Krumm, officiating. Kristie Jacobsen was organist and Marlene Jahn, Carol Ann Segebart, and Gertrude Wieckmann vocalists. Burial, under the direction of the Ohde Funeral Home of Manning, was in the Manning Cemetery. Serving as casketbearers were Russell Mohr, Franklin Mohr, Robert Mohr; Richard Schultz, Gregory Schultz, and Merlin Pfannkuch.
Mrs. Pfannkuch is survived by her husband, Arlo, Manning; four children: Wayne and his wife Irene, Rancho Palos Verdes, California; Janice Heiman and her husband Roger, Manilla; Craig and his wife Chris, Jefferson, and Bruce and his wife Rita, Audubon; eight grandchildren; a brother, Herman Sonksen, Early; a sister, Christina Mohr, Ukiah, California; nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Bernard and Julius Sonksen.
Mrs. Pfannkuch was born January 3, 1919, in Audubon County, a daughter of Jens and Dorothea (Asmus) Sonksen. She was married to Arlo Pfannkuch on September 6, 1942, at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. After their marriage, they lived in California until 1948 when they moved back to Manning.