Gunther Lorenz "Lorny" Nissen 1937 - 2018

BOHRNSEN, NISSEN, WESCOTT

Posted By: Connie Swearingen -Volunteer (email)
Date: 5/15/2018 at 06:21:22

Sioux City Journal
8 April 2018

Pierson, Iowa

Gunther "Lorny" Nissen, 80, of Pierson, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2018, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Salem Lutheran Church, rural Correctionville, Iowa, with the Rev. Tami Groth officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery at Pierson. Visitation will be 3 to 5 p.m. today, with the family present during this time, and a prayer service at 5 p.m., all at Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley, Iowa. Online condolences may be sent to rohdefh.com.

Gunther Lorenz “Lorny” Nissen was born Aug. 5, 1937, in Ida Grove, Iowa, to Lorenz and Margaretha (Bohrnsen) Nissen. As a young boy, his family moved to Pierson.

On March 3, 1961, he married the love of his life, Jeanette Wescott at Trinity Lutheran in Sioux City, Iowa. They made their home in Pierson, and together they raised their four children, Kevin, Steven, Larry and Linda. Lorny worked with his father at their blacksmith shop. When his father retired, he took over the business and it became Nissen Implement and Machine. He was well known to many farmers in the area for his talents.

He was a member of the Air National Guard, Pierson Fire Department and Pierson Golf Association. He was a big fan of the Iowa Hawkeyes. He enjoyed fishing, golfing, being outside or watching a good western, but his greatest joy was his family.

Those left to cherish his memory are his three sons, Kevin and his wife, Linda of Tea, S.D., Steven and his wife, Sandra of Kearney, Mo., and Larry and his wife, Maureen of Moville, Iowa ; eight grandchildren, Megan Nissen and her fiancé, Evan Gardner, Mitchell Nissen, Breannah and her husband, Keith Ringler, Camrin Nissen and his fianceé, Celia Civella, Jillian Nissen, Zachary Nissen, Jaci Nissen, and Matthew Nissen; one great-grandchild, Brayden Ringler; a sister, Beverly White and her husband, Reginald; sister-in-law, Phyllis Sieling; nieces, Melissa Smith, Pam Patton and Deanna Sieling; and nephews, David and Gary White.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Jeanette; his daughter, Linda; and brother-in-law, Robert Seiling.