Erma P. McMann, 17 Jul 1919 - 19 Feb 2010

MCMANN CARNEY KRAKOW PRATT BLADEN DYE

Posted By: Stephen D. Williams (email)
Date: 3/13/2010 at 18:57:57

Erma P. McMann, age 90, of Marengo, Iowa, died Friday, February 19, 2010 at Rose Haven Nursing Home in Marengo. Funeral Services: 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, February 23, 2010, Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo with Pastor Sheryll Untiedt officiating. Burial will be in the Marengo Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 P.M. Monday, February 22, 2010 at the funeral home. Memorials may be contributed to Safe Haven of Iowa County or Hospice Compassus.

Erma is survived by her sons, Gary (Kay) of Marengo, Garth of Cedar Rapids and Ronnie (Deb) of Marengo; four grandchildren, Sharon Carney (Mike), Marjie Krakow (Steve), Travis McMann (Zoe), all of Marengo and Tonya McMann of Ladora; nine great-grandchildren and a special friend Karen Pratt of Aledo, IL. Also surviving are several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and two great-grandchildren, Patrick Bladen and Ashlyn Kay Carney.

Erma Pauline Bladen was born July 17, 1919 in Marengo, Iowa, the daughter of Walter M. and Ethel Dye Bladen. She attended the Oak Grove School in rural Iowa County, Iowa. Erma married Vincent McMann on August 25, 1947 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. The couple later divorced. Erma was employed for many years as a nurses’ aid at the Watts Nursing Home and later at the Marengo Memorial Hospital. She enjoyed reading and was a frequent visitor to the Marengo Library. Erma was very fond of animals. She had several pets, and also fed the occasional stray cat or dog that would appear at her door.

Kloster Funeral Home
(Williamsburg Journal Tribune 25 Feb 2010, p03 & Marengo Pioneer Republican)