William A. Mann 1897 - 1988

MANN, WEBER

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Date: 6/28/2021 at 21:33:43

Sioux City Journal
24 January 1988

William A. Mann

HORNICK, Iowa - William A. Mann, 90, died Friday at his home after a long illness.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Willman Funeral Home in Rodney with the Rev. Gary DeGeest and Dr. Alex Ramos officiating. Burial will be in the Willow Township Cemetery. There will be a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. The body will be cremated.

Mr. Mann was born Dec. 10, 1897, in Cushing, Iowa. He lived in Hornick most of his life. He married Edna Weber June 1, 1955, in Park Rapids, Minn.

Mr. Mann was a World War I veteran and he served in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers as a master mechanic.

He was a member of Hindman-Steel American Legion Post 492 of Hornick, where he was the last WWI veteran in the post, and was a member of the Attica Lodge of AF & AM of Sloan.

Survivors include his wife; a stepson, Alex Ramos of Grand Rapids, Minn.; two brothers, Ambrose of Union Mills, Ind. and Richard of Sabula, Iowa; four sisters, Mrs. Mamie Jones of Correctionville, Mrs. Alice Robinson of Vacaville, Calif., Mrs. Anna Osborne of Arlington, Va. and Mrs. Genevieve Heath of Anthon, Iowa.