In Memory Of DOUGLAS WIESE

Born August 8, 1953 Des Moines, Iowa
Entered Into Rest April 3, 1965 Manning, Iowa
Age 11 years, 7 months, 25 days
Services Held At Manning Presbyterian Church Tuesday, April 6, 1965, 11 A.M.
Clergyman Rev Carl Sinning
Interment Manning Cemetery
Pallbearers: Dr. R.E. Drennen, John Weible, Dr. Merlin Kunkel, Lyle Gross, George W. Opperman, Lester Joens

Boy, 11, Dies of Smoke in Fire at Home
Douglas Eugene Wiese, 11, of Manning died Saturday, April 3, 1965, after lightning apparently struck the antenna of the television set he was watching. Dr. Roland B. Morrison, Carroll County medical examiner, said death apparently resulted from smoke inhalation in a resulting explosion and fire.

He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene and Jean (Warnke) Wiese, who live a mile east and a half mile south of Manning. The boy was watching television in a basement room while his father was outside and his mother was in town shopping. When Mrs. Wiese returned, she could not enter because of the smoke and heat.

Douglas was taken to Manning General Hospital, where he failed to respond to treatment.

The Manning Fire Department put out the fire. The house was damaged by smoke and heat in excess of $5,000. The basement was burned out.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the First Presbyterian Church here. The Rev. Carl Sinning will officiate and burial will be in the Manning Cemetery, in charge of the Ohde Funeral Home.

Douglas was born August 8, 1953, in Des Moines, and attended school at Manning.

He is survived by his parents; two sisters, Helen, 9, and Kathryn, 20 months; one brother, David, 7; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wiese, Manning, and Mr. and Mrs. August Warnke, Carroll.

The Wiese family is prominent in livestock circles. Eugene Wiese has served as president of the Iowa Hereford Association.