Born July 6, 1886 Hayes Township, Crawford County, Iowa
Entered Into Rest February 6, 1970 Manning General Hospital Manning, Iowa
Age 83 years, 7 months
Services Held at Zion Lutheran Church Manning, Iowa Tuesday, February 10, 1970, 11:00 A.M.
Clergyman Pastor Edward F. Heinicke
Organist Dorothy Kusel
Interment Hayes Township Cemetery
Casketbearers: August Ploog, William J. Kruse, Herman Lage, Hugo P.G. Jahn, William Joens, Emil Kuhn

All friends and relatives are invited to return to the Fellowship Hall of the church for luncheon and fellowship following the committal services.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. from Zion Lutheran Church at Manning, Pastor Edward F. Heinicke officiating. Burial will be in Hayes Township Cemetery. Friends may call at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning after 2 p.m. Sunday.

Mr. Ossenkop was born July 6, 1886, in Hayes Township, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ossenkop.

He was married to Henrietta Strathman on March 15, 1911, at Denison. The couple farmed in Hayes Township until retiring in 1948. Mrs. Ossenkop died October 1, 1969.

Survivors are four children: Vernon of Vail; Earl, Denison; Mrs. Elmer (Louise) Stoffers, Westside, and Mils. Vernus (Marion) Grimsman of Carroll; also 16 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, February 7, 1970

Walter Ossenkop
Funeral rites for Walter Ossenkop, 83, retired farmer, were held, Tuesday at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning with burial in Hayes Township Cemetery.

Mr. Ossenkop died at the Manning Hospital Friday following a brief illness. His wife died on October 1, 1969.

He is survived by four children: Vernon, Vail; Earl, Denison; Mrs. Elmer Stoffers, Westside; and Mrs. Vernis Grimsman, Carroll; sixteen grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Daily Nonpareil, February 11, 1970