LEONARD w. SPORRER

1915-2008
Leonard W. Sporrer, 93, of
Dedham, died Monday, Nov.
17, 2008, at St. Anthony Regional
Hospital at Carroll.
Mass of the Christian burial
will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov.
21, at St. Joseph Church at
Dedham. The Rev. Anthony
Pick, assisted by Deacon Louis
Meiners, will officiate.
Visitation will begin at 3:30
p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, with a
rosary at 4 p.m. by the Templeton
Knights of Columbus and
a Christian wake service at 7
p.m. by St. Joseph Parish, at the
Sharp Funeral Home at Carroll.
The casket will be moved to the
church at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 17.
Burial will be in St. Joseph
Cemetery at Dedham.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be left at the funeral home
or church for the Dedham First
Responders.
Lectors will be Irish
Wieland-Iingenfelter, Bev
Ramsey, Joel Plug and Jennifer
Handles. Gift bearers will
be Marin Sporrer, LaVonne
Thobe, Jan Wieland, Joan Irlmeier
and Cletus Sporrer. Mass
servers will be Jesse Sporrer,
Chris Sporrer and Mike Behrens.
Eucharistic ministers will
be Arlene Wanninger, Bernice
Thobe, Audrey Behrens and
Melvin Sporrer. The Templeton
Knights of Columbus will form
an honor guard,at the,church
for the funeral Massl'
Casket bearers will be Doug
Wanninger, Chad Sporrer,
Kevin Sporrer, Terry Thobe,
Mike Thobe, Brian Wieland,
Dan Behrens, Jason Sporrer,
Paul Irlmeier, Phil Irlmeier and
Brad Sporrer.
A son of Joseph and Rose
(Sextro) Sporrer, he was born
Sept. 10, 1915, at Dedham. He
spent his lifetime in the Dedham
community and attended
St. Joseph School.
On Oct. 27, 1936, he married
Sabina Heithoff at Sacred
Heart Church in Templeton.
The couple farmed west of
Dedham until 1945, when they
moved to Dedham and owned
and operated the meat market.
In 1954, they left the meat
market and moved back to
the farm, where they resided
until their retirement in 1971,
at which time they moved to
their home in Dedham.
In addition to farming, Mr.
. Sporrer operated a bulldozing
business for many years.
He was a member of St. Joseph
Parish, the Knights of Columbus,
the Dedham Booster Club and the Carroll County
Fair Board. He was elected to
the Carroll County Board of Supervisors
in 1974, serving until
1992 and was a former member
of the Dedham School Board,
the Dedham City Council, the
Carroll County Soil Conservation
Board and the Des Moines
Watershed Committee. He
enjoyed horses, hunting and
practicing soil conservation.
Survivors include nine children:
Arlene Wanninger of
Coon Rapids, Marvin Sporrer
and his wife Susie of Dedham,
LaVonne Thobe of Carroll,
Bernice Thobe and her husband
Marvin of Audubon, Jan
Wieland of Templeton, Audrey
Behrens and her husband Bob
of Manning, Melvin Sporrer
and his wife Kathy of Portsmouth,
Joan Irlmeier of Coon
Rapids and Cletus Sporrer and
his wife Bev of Templeton; two
daughters-in-law, Wanda Sporrer
of Carroll and Betty Klocke
and her husband Tom of Coon
Rapids; 51 grandchildren; 70
great-grandchildren; seven
great-great-grandchildren;
two brothers and their wives,
Joseph and Mary Kay Sporrer
of Dedham and Harold and
Rita Sporrer of Manning; three
sisters: Sally Heithoff of Coon
Rapids, Mary Tracker of Carroll
and Arlene- Kasperbauer
of Dedham; six brothers- and
sisters-in-law: Harold Heithoff
of Templeton, Helene Heithoff
of Manning, Helen . Heithoff
of Audubqn, Elaine Sporrer of
Templeton. and Lawrence and
Marjorie Schultes of Carroll.
Mr. Sporrer was preceded
in death by his parents; his
wife, Sabina; a daughter, Joyce
Irlmeier; a son, Jerry Sporrer;
two sons in infancy; three
sons-in-law: Don Wanninger,
John Thobe and Gary Irlmeier;
a granddaughter, Mary Ann
Wanninger; two brothers, John
Sporrer and Clarence Sporrer;
and two sisters, Alma Forke
and Rosie Hacker.