Peter H. Waller, 79, died about midnight Sunday, April 25, 1938, at his home on Center Street. He had been confined to bed for about a month, but had been ill for several months.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday at the Lutheran Church in Manning, with the Pastor John M. Ansorge officiating. Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery and pallbearers will be John L. Hansen, John Peters, Chris Hollander, William Nulle, Franz Pruter, and Carl Hagedorn.

Mr. Waller was born in February 1859, at Langenmoor, Suederdithmarchen, Germany. Coming to the United States in 1874, he went to Davenport, where he lived until 1886, when he moved to O'Brien County. After a two-year residence in O'Brien county, he came to Audubon County, where he farmed for six years; moving from there to a farm near Botna, Shelby County, where he lived for twenty-five years.

In 1919, he moved to Manning which had been his home since that time.

Mr. Waller was married December 18, 1885, to Christine Asmus at Davenport. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1935. Their children are: Mrs. Amanda, Held, Waterloo; Mrs. Hugo Grau, Manilla, and John Waller, Bennett.

Mr. Waller is also survived by thirteen grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Magdalene Meyers, of Davenport.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, April 25, 1938

Peter Waller Dies; Funeral Thursday
Funeral services for Peter Waller, 79, a farmer and a resident of Manning for twenty years, will be held at the Lutheran Church Thursday afternoon. Mr. Waller died Sunday night.

He is survived by his widow and three children, Mrs. Anna Held, Waterloo; Mrs. Hugo Grau, Manilla, Iowa; and John Waller, Bennett, Iowa.
Daily Nonpareil, April 27, 1938

Mr. Waller was born February 13, 1859, in Langenmoor, Holstein, Germany, where he was educated and spent his childhood days and grew to young manhood. In 1874, he came to America, settling near Davenport where he lived engaged in farming until 1886 when he moved to Obrien County, Iowa. After two years of farming in Obrien County, he came to Audubon County where he farmed six years, moving from there to a farm near Botna, in Shelby County where he lived for 25 years.

In 1919, he moved to Manning, purchasing a fine home on Center Street, where he has resided since.

Mr. Waller was united in holy wedlock to Miss Christine Asmus on December 18, 1885, and on December 18, 1935, they had the pleasure of celebrating their golden wedding anniversary in a large circle of relatives and close friends.

To this union three children were born, namely: Amanda, Mrs. William Held of Waterloo, Anna, Mrs. Hugo Grau of Earling, Iowa; and John Waller of Bennett, Iowa, who are all left to mourn the death of their father, besides the bereaved widow and mother. He also leaves thirteen grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Magdalene Meyers of Davenport, six grandchildren, and a host of other friends and relatives.

Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Lutheran Church of which congregation he was a member. Pastor John M. Ansorge officiated. Interment was made in the Manning Cemetery and as pall bearers acted, Carl Hagedorn, Frank W. Pruter, Chris Hollander, John L. Hansen, John A. Peters, and William Nulle.

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our heart-felt thanks and appreciation to our neighbors and friends) for the kindness and sympathy shown us during the illness and at the death of our beloved husband and father, Peter Waller. We also wish to thank Pastor John M. Ansorge for his kind and consoling wards, the choir for the music and, for the many floral offerings.
Mrs. Peter Waller
Mr. and Mrs. John Waller
Amanda Hell
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Grau
May 5, 1938, Manning Monitor

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