ANHORN, Lyle 'Slug' 1924-1987

ANHORN, ERDMANN, WOODIWISS, VINING

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/31/2013 at 14:20:28

Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 21, 1987 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church for Lyle "Slug" Anhorn, 62, of Osage, Iowa. Rev. J. Nesheim and Rev. D. Hanson officiated, and burial was in the Osage Cemetery with military rites by Osage American Legion Post 278. Mr. Anhorn died Sunday, April 19, 1987 at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital in Osage.

He was born on May 21, 1924 in Owatonna, Minnesota, the son of Andrew an Pearl (Erdmann) Anhorn. The family moved to Osage when he was a child and he graduated from Osage High School in 1941.

Mr. Anhorn served in the Army during World War II as a paratrooper, was captured in the Battle of the Bulge and was a prisoner of war until April, 1945.

On November 18, 1948, he married Darlene Woodiwiss in Osage.

He worked for Osage Feed and Seed, Decklever Ready Mix, and was a mail carrier for the post office since 1960. Mr. Anhorn was a member of the Osage American Legion.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Randi (Kathy) Vining of Osage; four sons: Michael and Scott, both of Cedar Rapids, Jack of Waterloo, and Steve of Osage; his mother, Mrs. Pearl Anhorn of Osage; a special friend, Belle Boyer of Jesup; two sisters, Mrs. John (Berneice) Volk of Chicago, and Mrs. Robert (Darlene) Thompson of Jesup; a brother, Reuben of West Des Moines; and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father; his wife, Darlene; and by one brother, Wayne.

Source: Mitchell County Press-News - April 22, 1987