MOHN, Eithel Hugo

MOHN, HOHNKAMPT, NELSON, HINKELDEY, PINGEL, HAMANN, SCOFFIC, HYSLOP, CAPESTANY

Posted By: Lynette Edsall (email)
Date: 9/26/2006 at 11:49:55

EITEL H. MOHN

Funeral services for Eitel Mohn, 92, of Cherokee, formerly of Aurelia, will be 10:30 Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Larry Lemke officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Aurelia. Visitation will be Monday from 2:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00, at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia.

Eitel died Friday, July 15, 2005, at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center.

Eitel Hugo Mohn was born June 20, 1913, to Claus and Margaret (Hohnkampt) Mohn at Holstein. He attended country schools. After the death of his parents, his home was with cousins, Henry and Wilhelmina Nelson of Aurelia. He was confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurelia on April 1, 9128. On December 15, 1938 Eitel married Frieda Hinkeldey at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Hanover. They farmed in Cherokee County both south and north of Aurelia until moving to Aurelia in August 1971. Eitel and Frieda moved to The Beck in Cherokee in March of 2001. Eitel was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, having held all of the lay church positions at some point. He enjoyed fishing, watching baseball games, playing pool with his buddies, and being with his family. During his lifetime, Eitel was also a 4-H leader, Kiwanis member, and Director of Maple Valley Mutual Insurance.

Preceding Eitel in death were his parents, his foster parents, five sisters, Louise, Ella, Elfrieda, Erma, and Edna, and two brothers, Herbert and William.

Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Frieda, their three children; Lois Pingel and her husband Carroll of St. Charles, MO, Myrna Hamann and her husband Jon of Woodbury, MN, and Jim Mohn and his wife Connie of Cherokee, six grandchildren; Doug Pingel and his wife Dana of New Palestine, IN, Denise Scoffic and her husband Michael of St. Peters, MO, Dora Hyslop and her husband Scott of Frankenmuth, MI, Heidi Hamann and her husband Erik Gronberg of St. Paul, MN, and Alicia Mohn of Iowa City, IA, four great-grandchildren; Sarah and Matthew Pingel, Alexandra Capestany, and Nicholas Hyslop, one brother, Arnold Mohn and his wife Lamerne of Story City, IA, and one sister-in-law, Opal Hinkeldey of Alta, several nieces and nephews, and other relatives and friends.

Memorials have been designated for St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurelia and the Hospice Program at Cherokee Regional Medical Center.