Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Zion Lutheran Church here, with Pastor Gerhard C. Hattendorf officiating. Interment will be in the Manning Cemetery, in charge of the Ohde Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Henry Vinke, Melvin Hass, Arnold Sonksen, August Ploog, William J. Kruse, and Herman Musfeldt.

Mr. Lage had been active in community affairs and was a member of Zion Lutheran Church. He was a founder of South Crawford R.E.A., serving as a director for many years. He was also a director of Northwest Iowa Power Coop. He retired several years ago because of ill health.

He was born March 30, 1887, in Iowa Township, Crawford County, a son of Henry and Eline (Paulsen) Lage. He attended Iowa No.1 country school; and on February 8, 1914, was married to Minnie Ohde. They noted their golden wedding anniversary this year. He spent all of his life on the same farm on which he was born.

Surviving is his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Art (Frances) Fielweber and Mrs. Eldon (Ruth) Schroeder, all of Manning; four grandchildren; and one brother, Herman Lage, Manning. One brother, John Lage, preceded him in death.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, June 30, 1964

Alfred Lage accidentally shoots himself
Alfred Lage, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lage who lives near the Three Mile House, met with quite a severe accident last Sunday. It seems that him and a friend were out hunting and when returning home his friend went to empty his rifle, which was a 22 repeater; he extracted all the shells but two when he accidentally pulled the trigger and discharged the shell, the bullet hitting Alfred on the outer edge of the hip bone and lodging in the rear of his leg, where the doctors found it. If the bullet had hit him in the stomach, which it only missed by two inches, the chances for his recovery would have been very doubtful, but as it is he is getting along very nicely and will have no further trouble unless blood poison sets in, of which there is no indications at present.
April 13, 1905, Manning Monitor

I'm occasionally adding the actual scanned image of the obituary I make using my VERY expensive - large commercial scanner, and/or also other articles about the deceased person that were published in the Manning Monitor.
I want to also comment about people who are taking my obituaries, pictures, and/or other articles about a person/family and posting them on other websites.
You do NOT have permission or the right to do this - you are stealing my historical work.
Buy your own scanning equipment, pay for memberships to other commercial websites, and spend decades working on your local history like I have - then you'll understand why I'm making these comments!
Thank you for your attention to this matter - Dave Kusel

April 24, 1919, Manning Monitor