Born March 27, 1920 near Manning, Iowa
Entered Into Rest September 1, 1970 at home, near Manning, Iowa Age 50 years, 5 months, 4 days

Services Held At Zion Lutheran Church Manning, Iowa
Friday, September 4, 1970, 11 A. M.

Clergyman Pastor Edward F. Heinicke 

Interment Manning Cemetery
Casketbearers Art Gruhn, Clausie Strosahl, August Mundt, Emil Ress, Harold Reinke, Junior Hugeback

All friends and relatives are invited to the Fellowship Hall of the church for luncheon following the committal services.

The Legend of the Dogwood
At the time of the Crucifixion the dogwood attained the size of the oak and other forest frees. So strong and firm was the wood it was chosen as the timber for the Cross.
To be thus used for such a cruel purpose greatly distressed the tree and Jesus, nailed upon it, sensed this and in His gentle pity for all sorrow, said to it: "Because of your regret and pity for My suffering, I make you this promise: Never again shall the dogwood free grow large enough to be used for a Cross. Henceforth it shall be slender and shall be bent and twisted, and its blossoms shall be in the form of a cross-two long and two short petals.
And in the center of the outer edge of each petal there will be nail prints. And in the center of the flower, brown with rust and stained with blood, will be a crown of thorns-so that all who see if will remember it was upon a dogwood tree that I was crucified, and this tree shall not be mutilated nor destroyed but cherished and protected as a reminder of My agony and death upon the Cross."

AMOS RAY KUSEL
Funeral services for Amos Ray Kusel, 50, of Manning, were held on Friday morning, Sept. 4, at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning with Pastor E. F. Heinicke officiating. Burial was in the Manning Cemetery.

Mr. Kusel, who had been in failing health for some time, died suddenly on Tuesday evening, Sept. 1 at his farm home north of Manning.

Son of August and Ida Grau Kusel, he was born March 27, 1920 near Manning, and graduated from Manning High School in 1938. On May 28, 1944, he was married at Denison to Dorothy Ehrichs. They have lived on their farm near Manning since their marriage.

He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church.
Mr. Kusel was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his wife, and four children: Barry, Mrs. Dan (Angela) Pratt, Douglas and David, all of Manning; grandson, Bradley Kusel; his mother, Mrs. Ida Kusel; a brother, Melvin Kusel; two half-sisters, Mrs. Hugo (Eunice) Ahrendsen, Mrs. Otto (Elsie) Schroeder, Manning, and a half-brother, Herman Kusel of Omaha.