Dorothy Lenning

April 12, 1922 - April 13, 2022

Dorothy Lenning, 100, of Iowa Falls, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at Scenic Manor. Funeral services will be 1:30 PM Monday, April 18, 2022 at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Williams. She will be laid to rest at the Blairsburg Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:30 PM until service time on Monday at the church. Counsell Woodley Funeral Home of Iowa Falls is caring for Dorothy and her family. Dorothy was born April 12, 1922 to Levi and Stella (Kalvig) Thompson in rural Roland, where she received her grade and high school education. Dorothy was united in marriage to Emery C. Lenning in Ellsworth on March 2, 1940. They moved to Blairsburg shortly thereafter where Emery owned and operated a portable grain milling and protein feed supplement business for over 50 years. Dorothy graduated from Bernal School of Cosmetology in 1961, and opened Dorothy’s Beauty Shop in Blairsburg, retiring after 40 years in business and moved to Iowa Falls. Dorothy Lenning is survived by her son, Roger Lenning of Columbus, Ohio; son-in law, Dennis Neubauer of Iowa Falls, Iowa; sister-in law, Lennie Thompson of Buffalo Lake, Minnesota; grandchildren: Todd (Diane) Lenning, Tawnya (Shannon) Hambly, Scott (Donna) Neubauer, Philip (Denise) Neubauer, Amy Emerson, Daniel (Nicole) Neubauer and Laura (Bruce) Thies; sixteen great grandchildren; four step great grandchildren; eleven great-great grandchildren; five step great-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Emery Lenning; her parents, Levi and Stella Thompson; two brothers, Harlan and Harold Thompson; four sisters: Leone Kuhlman, Thelma “Pauline” Sampson, Jeanette Prehm and Ethel Kincade; daughter, Rosalie Neubauer and daughter in-law, Jane Lenning.