Arno Frederick Moenning

ARNO FREDERICK MOENNING
The funeral service for Arno Frederick Moenning will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at St. John's Lutheran Church, 28959~630th Avenue, Sargeant, MN with Reverend Collin Duling and Reverend Alan Broadwell co-officiating. Interment will be at the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery with military honors by the Hayfield and Dodge Center American Legions.
Visitation will be 4:00-7:00 p.m. Monday, September 26, 2016, at Czaplewski Family Funeral Home, 25 South Street SW in Dodge Center with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m.
Arno Frederick Moenning, 94, passed away after a long and fulfilling life on September 20, 2016, at Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center, where he had resided for the last 11 1/2 years.
Arno was born May 30, 1922, the son of Edward and Matilda (Rodert) Moenning in Madison, NE. Arno attended Green Garden Parochial School, attended high school in Madison, NE and enlisted in the United States Army on August 28, 1942. Arno excelled in his studies at Carlton College as a member of the 70th AAFTTD flight H pre-meteorology unit. He later studied at Harvard University in electronics and radio and was a Corporal Weather Equipment Technician of the 74th Army Air Force Base Unit upon his honorable discharge on February 27, 1946. After his time in the Army Weather Bureau he was called to agriculture and especially animal agriculture.
He was united in marriage to Deloris Kruse on September 5, 1948 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Norborne, MO.
Arno was known for his Hampshire hogs that started as a 4-H project in 1939. He and the family moved to Minnesota in 1958, and further developed the herd through performance testing. Moenning Farms sold breeding stock to commercial and purebred producers throughout 23 states and internationally. Over the years he received many awards for the quality of his hogs and in 1978, was awarded the National Swine Improvement Federation Producer of the Year. In 1982, he was inducted into the Minnesota Livestock Breeders Hall of Fame. He was instrumental in starting local and state pork producer organizations and served in many leadership roles. Arno was vice president of the Minnesota Pork Producers and also served as a director on the National Pork Producers Council from 1975-1981. He served in other organizations including a director of Norwest Bank, Dodge Center and committees of the Minnesota Board of Animal Health. Arno lived his entire life in the Missouri Synod Lutheran faith and cherished his family members, especially his grandchildren and their youth livestock activities. Arno was appreciative of his care at Fairview Care Center where the staff became his second family.
Arno is survived by his wife, Deloris Moenning, Dodge Center, MN; sons, David Moenning, Dodge Center, MN; Mark (Donna) Moenning, Hayfield, MN; Paul (Cathy) Moenning, Dodge Center, MN; six grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers and one sister.
Blessed be his memory.
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