March 13, 1939 - March 9, 2020
Ronald Hodne MHS 1957
From the 2006 Manning Quasquicentennial history book
Back: Scott, Tina, Joey, Nate, Sally, Bret, Nick
Middle: Katie, Julie, Alexis, Ron, Barbara
Front: Kellie, Kimberlie, Ashley, Ryan
Hogan P. Hodne was born in Hodne, Rennesoy, Rogaland C. Norway. In 1885, he and his wife
Elen came to the United States and settled in the Irwin, Iowa, area. Their seventh child, Lars, married Marie
Christina Frees who had come to America with her parents when she was about
nine years old from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Lars and Marie had two
children, Arlo and Harold. They also raised Marie's niece Elsie who lost her
mother when she was three days old. The family bought a farm near Irwin, Iowa, where they made their home.
Arlo Hodne married Thelma Ramsey, daughter of Charles and Bess Ramsey, from
Manning, Iowa. Lars owned a farm south of Manning where Arlo and Thelma moved
with their oldest son Arlo LaRue. They had three other children, Janice,
Ronald, and Donald. In 1948, this family bought and moved to a farm three and
one half miles west of Manning on Highway 141.
Ron graduated from Manning High School in 1957. During his high school years he
was active in sports, especially football and track. After high school he
helped his dad on the family farm and also worked for his uncles who owned
Ramsey Transfer. On December 28, 1959, Ron married Sally Haworth. Sally was the
daughter of Nate and Eva (Uhl) Haworth. After the
death of her mother when she was three, she made her home with her sister and
brother-in-law, Jack and Faye Thompson. They lived in Mapleton, Iowa, until she
was sixteen and then the family moved to Grand Junction, Iowa. While in high
school she was active in speech, drama, music, and cheerleading. She graduated
from Grand Junction High School with the class of 1956. After high school she
attended Iowa State Teachers College and then took a sixth grade teaching
position in Manning. Ron worked for Ramsey Transfer for the first three years
of their marriage and then began to farm in partnership with his father southwest of Manning.
Ron and Sally had four boys, Ronald "Bret," Scott, Nate, and Nick. The
family farmed and lived on this farm from 1963-1985. During this time Ron and
his dad farmed about five hundred acres and fed between 800-1000 head of cattle
each year. They also raised many hogs. After leaving the farm, Ron's interest
in livestock continued. He bought hogs for the NFO hog buying station in
Westside for two years. He then went with Farmland Industries out of Kansas
City in the feeder pig division but continued to live in Manning. They
purchased their present home at 1112 Center Street in 1987.
While working with Farmland, Ron placed feeder pigs in a four-state area. He
was then instrumental in helping Farmland set up an Internet feeder pig
marketing system called Pigfinder. When Farmland
dropped this program in the late 1990s, Ron went with M&F Livestock out of
London, Ontario, basically doing the same type of work. He retired in 2002 and
since retirement has driven a tour bus for WindStar
bus line out of Carroll. Sally received her BS degree in 1984 from Northwest
Missouri State University and taught at Holy Trinity School in Templeton from
1985-2003. She is retired from full time teaching and substitutes in the Manning, IKM, and Kuemper systems.
Bret married Barbara Myer from Manning in 1986, and they live with their three
children in Ankeny, Iowa. Scott married Julie Collison in 1984. They have
resided in or near Manning since their marriage. They have three girls. Nate
married Tina Hernandez Sabag of Sioux City in 1998.
They have two children and live in Springdale, Arkansas. Nick Alan Hodne, the
family's fourth son, died at the age of 18 months at the family farm.
Ron and Sally are members of Sacred Heart Church. The family
is proud to call Manning their "home town" and are all interested in its continuing development.
Children of Charles & Bess Ramsey
April 10, 1941 Manning Monitor
Two-Year Old Drinks Iodine
Botna (MNS) Ronald, 2 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Hodne, climbed into the kitchen sink and opened the medicine cabinet,
getting hold of a bottle of iodine. Before his mother could reach him he had drank part of its contents; blistering his lips and throat.
He was rushed to a doctor who did all he could and at this time he is getting along as well as could be expected.
Circa 1949 Top: Randall Jansen, Elaine Willenborg, Dale Jansen, Richard Dethlefsen, Dennis Maasen
Middle: Don Hodne, LaJune Dethlefsen, Helen Dethlefsen, Frank Boeck, Charlene Musfeldt
Bottom: Arlo LaRue Hodne, Ronald Hodne, Janice (Hodne) Lakers
Top: Mrs. Edna Rowedder, Dale Jansen, Mary Musfeldt, Don Hodne, Kay Bowers
Middle: Dick Bowers, Curt Jansen
Bottom: David Pfoltner, Charlene Musfeldt, Randall Jansen
Manning Elevator Company - later J&S Feed Service
Janice Marie Hodne MHS 1955
1960 Childrens Day - ??, Sally (Haworth) Hodne on the right
Note that L&M Bowling alley is under construction on the left.
You can see the slaughter house (for the meat locker on Main Street) in the middle background.
Sally Haworth - grade school teacher
Ronald Bret Hodne MHS 1979
Nathan Hodne MHS 1984
Rebecca Genzen receiving her diploma from Scott Hodne 2001
1957 MHS graduates: Elke Bunz (valedictorian), Diane Dalgety, Richard Dammann, Raymond Fink, Darlene Genzen, Royce Genzen, Jon Groteluschen, Eugene Haberl (salutatorian), Janell Hansen, Ronald Hansen, Jeanette Henriksen, Ronald Hodne, Robert Horbach, Patricia Irlbeck, Dale Jansen, Larry Klocke, Kay Knobbe, Thomas Koon, Darlene Kruse, Robert Laverty, Alan Leinen, Betty Lengemann, Beverly Lerssen, Larry Lohrmann, Myra Meeves, Lenus Mundt, Dianne Nelson, Larry Nielsen, Catherine Nulle, Merlin Otto, Betty Peters, Larry Popp, Richard Popp, Shirley Puck, Warren Puck, Karen Rix, Karen Rowedder, Dennis Saunders, Gary Schroeder, Victor Schwiesow, Laurel Singsank, Marilyn Spieker, Richard Vehrs, AnnaBelle Vennink, Darlys Vollstedt, Vernon Wagner, Errol Wegner, Cleo Weller, Anna Zerwas, Larry Zerwas
1957 former students: Donald Abel, Elaine Ahrenholtz, Virginia Backhaus, Derald Barkalow, Dick Behrens, Fred Branning, Leon Brockelsby, Robert Doerning, Lyle Drees, Loy Fitz II, Kenneth Frahm, Leland Friedrichsen, James Fritz, Janice Hagedorn, Ronnie Hagedorn, Marilyn Hansen, Martha Hansen, Philip Hansen, Mary Himes, Jane Hinners, Jeanette Hugg, Roger Justice, Richard Kellogg, Phyllis Kienast, Harold Kinney, Sue Knisley, Neva Martens, Lance Masters, Glenn McLaughlin, Marsha Lou Ochsner, Joseph Peter, Roger Petersen, Craig Platter, Marilyn Richardson, Marlys Sander, Ronnie Schiltz, Linda Schumann, Katharine Shields, Cicily Ann Spicer, Terry Travis, Ruel Whitcher, Jr., Ronnie Wyatt
1953 One of the largest football squads reporting at Manning high in many years, is lined up in the above photo, taken at the start of this year's practice.
1951-52 Darlys Vollstedt, Marcia Martens, Charlotte McLaughlin
Karen Rix, Jeanette Hugg
Back: Marilyn Spieker, Darlys Vollstedt, Darlene Genzen, Karen Rix, Pat Irlbeck
Front: Dixie Baley, Homecoming Queen AnnaBelle Vennink, Dick Loucks
Senior float 1st place fall 1956
Diane Dalgety Genzen, Betty Peters Nobiling, Elke Bunz playing harp
Football players doing the snake dance October 7, 1955
Dale Jansen, Bob Laverty, Roger Hagedorn, Larry Witt, Larry Nielsen mostly out of view
AnnaBelle Vennink, Darlene Vollstedt in front of the Rexall Drug Store
Myra Meeves - when she attended Aspinwall Independent School
1956-57 baseball team - north entryway of the gymnasium
Back: Larry Rowedder, Larry Nielsen, Errol Wegner, Larry Zerwas, Robert Horbach, Dave Peters, Dick Bowers
Front: Dick Popp, Jon Groteluschen, Gary Neubaum, Eugene Haberl, Bob Laverty
1956-57 basketball team that went 24 wins and 2 losses, losing to Le Mars 60 - 50 in the quarterfinal round of the state tournament
the other loss was at Carroll 46 - 43 early in the season which Manning avenged 68 - 53 later in the season at Manning
Warren Puck MHS 1957
Tommy Joe Koon June 14, 1944
Junior High Minstrel show Robbie Horbach was an End Man October 1952
Rob Horbach April 1956
Darlene Genzen, Dale Vollstedt - Junior Senior Prom
Judy Hugg, Barbara Vollmer (right)
Lenus Mundt MHS 1957
Second cousin on my dad's side (Grau) and third cousin on my mom's side (Ehrichs) Dave Kusel