Perhaps no greater shock has come to this community, than the announcement of the sudden death of Mrs. J.W. Asmus, which occurred in Fort Dodge, Monday evening about 9:00 p. m. Mrs. Asmus was staying with her stepmother and family who offered to do the best in their power to care for her to enable her to regain her former health. The patient was getting along nicely to the delight of all her friends and it was hoped that she would return to her home in Manning in the near future, and be well and happy with her loving husband and children. In a moment unobserved, she left the home of her mother and wandered away, and her lifeless body was found on the railroad track after a several hour search by her family, assisted by city police. The body was brought to Manning and the funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. from the Lutheran Church.

We will publish the obituary next week.

MRS. J.W. ASMUS WAS LAID TO REST HERE THURSDAY
Was A Kind Mother, An Esteemed Wife and Mother, a Kind and Beloved Friend, Has Passed from Our Midst. Mrs. J.W. Asmus had been ailing for some time and had been taking treatments at several institutions after a nervous break-down last fall. About four weeks ago-she went to her stepmother, Mrs. Charley Wenzel, at Fort Dodge and the change, and the company of relatives seemed to do her good, which improved her condition to such an extent that she was expected home last week. Monday evening of last week she went out for a walk and later in the evening was found dead on the railroad tracks. The body was brought to Manning for burial and the funeral services were held from the Lutheran Church at Manning at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, August 2nd, 1928. Interment was made at the Manilla Cemetery. The services were conducted by the Reverend J.M. Ansorge.

Martha Asmus, nee Wenzel was born November 13, 1877, near Manilla, where she spent her childhood days and grew to womanhood. On October 23, 1901, she was united in marriage to John W. Asmus, to which union 7 children were born of whom Frieda died in infancy. After their marriage they settled on a farm north of Manilla where they resided until 1914, when they retired from active farm life and came to Manning, where they have lived since.

She is survived by her bereaved husband, John W. Asmus and the following children: Mrs. Lydia Musfeldt, Marie, Helen, Verna, Alma and Merlin. Also three brothers, Siegfried Wenzel of Manilla, Helmuth and Ben Wenzel of Manning, and three sisters Mrs. John Labede of Gray, Ia., Mrs. Rose Rutz and Mrs. Amelia Fielweber of Manning. Her stepmother Mrs. Charley Wenzel Fort Dodge; three stepsisters, Mrs. Hilaria Hubner of Schleswig and the Misses Magdalena, Geraldine and Wilhelmine Wenzel of Fort Dodge, one stepbrother, Karl Wenzel of Fort Dodge, and two stepdaughters, Mrs. Anna Boyens of Perry, Ia., Mrs. Amanda Ewoldt and Mrs. Paulina Jurgensen of Manning, besides many other relatives and friends who mourn the untimely death of the beloved one.

She was a constant and faithful member of the Lutheran church and passed out of this life prepared to enter the eternal realm where sickness and sorrow never come. She will be sadly missed in the community where she has spent the greater part of her life. She was a woman of fine Christian character, a devoted wife, a loving mother and a kind neighbor.