In 1873, the family came to America, settling at Clinton, Iowa, where Mr. Schelldorf worked as an engineer until 1881 when he moved to Crawford County. In 1894, they retired to Manning. Of ten children born to them one died in Germany, two in Clinton, and seven survive.

He was a well-liked, highly respected citizen of Manning for many years. Coming here about forty years ago he and his helpmate worked hard to properly raise their large family which was their pride.

During the last ten months Mr. Schelldorf made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Emma Ohde, who took care of him. He died of old age and its attendant disabilities on Monday, November 14th, 1921, aged 83 years, 3 months, and 3 days. Funeral services were held from the Lutheran Church Thursday afternoon, Pastor John M. Ansorge officiating, and the body laid to rest beside his wife in the Manning Cemetery.

Those left to mourn are his children, John of Egan, South Dakota; Mrs. Lou Wilkerson of Grand Island, Nebraska; Mrs. Maggie Wulf of Sioux City; and Mrs. Anna Schumann, Mrs. Emma Ohde, George and William Schelldorf of Manning. Also 23 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

All the children were in attendance at the funeral. Other relatives present were Mrs. Cecial Aikens and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Rath of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wulf of Sioux City; John H. and Gus Schelldorf of Westside, and Mr. and Mrs. John Hagedorn of Lake View.

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our neighbors and friends who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our father, John Schelldorf.
We also thank the choir and Pastor John Ansorge, and for the beautiful floral offerings.
The Children.
November 21, 1921, Manning Monitor

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

June 30, 1904, Manning Monitor