Born December 13, 1884 Manning, Iowa
Entered Into Rest July 21, 1977
Crawford County Memorial Hospital Denison, Iowa
Age of 92 years, 7 months, 8 days
Services Saturday, July 23, 1977, 10:00 AM
Zion Lutheran Church Manning, Iowa
Officiating Pastor Edward F. Heinicke
Organist Dorothy Kusel
Interment Manning Cemetery

Casketbearers Donald Roosa, Dean Roosa, Dale Ehlers, Rodney Ehlers, Larry Miller, David Lage

Friends and relatives are invited to join the family for lunch at the church following the committal services.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Zion Lutheran Church. Manning, with Pastor Edward F. Heinicke officiating. Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery under the direction of the Ohde Funeral Home, Manning with grandsons as pallbearers.

Friends may call at the Ohde Funeral Home, Manning, after 2 p.m. Friday.

Mr. Lage, son of Claus and Louisa (Hass) Lage, was born on December 12, 1884, near Manning. He attended rural schools near his home. His marriage to Emma Witt took place on October 13, 1903. They farmed for 20 years and during this time he started as a rural mail carrier in February 1904. They have always lived in the Manning area except for three years they spent in Texas where he was in the mail service. They moved to Manning in 1931. On January 1, 1955, he retired from the mail service after 50 years of service. His wife died on June 3, 1974. He was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church of Manning and the National Association of Letter Carriers.

Surviving are four children: Mrs. Inza Roosa of Lehigh, Iowa; Glen Lage of Ft. Dodge; Mrs. Hazel Ehlers of Manning; and Mrs. Merlin (Ruth) Schroeder of Denison; seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by his parents, twin sons, one grandson, two sisters and one brother.

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

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