Lorene Pfannkuch

PFANNKUCH, KAI PFOITNER, CALLENDER

Posted By: Beverly Gerdts (email)
Date: 3/15/2021 at 11:07:40

Daily Times Herald
Page 7
25 Feb 2002

Funeral services for Lorene Pfannkuch of Manning will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002, at 10:30 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church in Manning with Pastor Daniel Vogel officiating. Mrs. Pfannkuch, 88, died Friday, Feb. 22, 2002, at Manning Regional Healthcare Center. Visitation will be today at 3 p.m. at Ohde Funeral Home in Manning. Casket bearers will be Jerry Callender, Tom Callender, Andrew Neukirch, Pat Callender, Aaron Hendry and Ryan Pfannkuch. Interment will be at the Manning cemetery. Lorene Bernice, a daughter of George "Jerry" and Ida (Kai) Pfoitner, was born April 1, 1913, on the family farm in Crawford County. She attended rural school and then graduated from the Manning High School in 1931. Lorene took the Normal Training course while in high school and started teaching rural school following her graduation. During the summers she took courses in Denison to keep her teaching certificate current. On Sept. 26, 1942, she was united in marriage with Earl Pfannkuch at Maryville Mo. She taught for one more year and then became a full time homemaker. She and her husband farmed southwest of Manning until 1978 when they moved to town. Lorene was an avid reader and loved animals. She also enjoyed shopping, traveling and caring for flowers. She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday school for many years and was a member of the Ladies Aid. She was a member of the hospital auxiliary and enjoyed baking for the snack bar. Mrs. Pfannkuch's health began to fail in 1996 and her husband and sister, Phyllis, cared for her at home for three years before she entered the Manning Plaza Nursing Home in 2001. She is survived by her husband, Earl; a sister, Phyllis Callender; two nieces; and other relatives and friends. Mrs. Pfannkuch was preceded in death by her parents; an infant brother, Harold Pfoitner and his wife Erika; and a brother-in-law, Merrill Callender.