MANDERNACH, Bonnie M. 1928-2000

MANDERNACH

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 6/10/2013 at 21:01:29

Services were July 3, 2000 for Bonnie M. Mandernach, 71, of Battle Creek at Christensen-Ciha Funeral Home in Ida Grove. The Rev. Glen Houts officiated with burial in Storm Lake Cemetery in Storm Lake.

Mrs. Mandernach died June 28 at Willow Dale Care Center in Battle Creek.

Mrs. Mandernach was born Oct. 4, 1928, at Laurens, the daughter of Leslie Ray "Leck" and Martha (Rosene) Murray. She attended school at Laurens, graduating in 1946. Following graduation, she was employed by Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in Storm Lake as an operator and later as a supervisor.

She married Earl J. Mandernach Nov. 26, 1947, in Storm Lake. In 1949, the couple moved to Odebolt where they purchased the Gambles Store and later the Ford garage. In 1967, they moved to a farm near Battle Creek. They later moved to Selby, S.D., Mobridge, S.D., Sioux City, Moville, Danbury and back to Battle Creek, where they resided when she became ill.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Martha and her husband, Duane Wasmund of Onawa, and Sara Jung of Mapleton; two sons and their wives, Leslie and Janice Mandernach of Selby, S.D., and William and Ruth Mandernach of Valley Glen, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers and their wives, Darwin and Pat Murray of Laurens and Lyle and Lucy Murray of Spirit Lake; a sister and her husband, Kay and Wayne Miller of Somers; and a brother-in-law, Robert Voelschow of Odebolt.

[Christensen-Ciha Funeral Home]