Peter was born to Peter Eugene Manley and wife, Martha Patrick Mathews.
See his wife's bio for children.
"He graduated from Beaver Dam High School in 1943 and joined the Navy and served on the escort aircraft carrier USS Matanikau. He was discharged from the Navy in 1946 and took over running the family business, the Clover Blossom Dairy, with his younger brother John Manley. They ran the dairy for approximately 10 years and sold it to Foremost in approximately 1957 or 1958. He had some college at the University of Wisconsin and was sent briefly by the navy to the College of William and Mary. I'm not sure of the course of study at William and Mary but he was an air cadet in pilot training at the time until he was medically grounded due to high blood pressure. He was then stationed on the Matanikau where he performed crash rescues on the flight deck wearing one of those silver fire suits that allow the rescuer to walk into the flames to extract the pilot. He became a claims adjuster with INA (now CIGNA) in 1959 or 1960 and worked his way up to claim's supervisor. He was transferred to Sacramento from Milwaukee in February 1967. While with CIGNA in Sacramento he left the claims department and became a safety engineer which he was until his death 1/03/85. He worked for INA/CIGNA for 25 years. He was a kind and supportive father and grandfather with a great sense of humor and was well liked by all. He would have been a millionaire if he had earned a nickel for every sporting event he attended for the five of us and his grandchildren when they were young. He was, and is, dearly loved and missed."
Above quote from his son, Peter Manley III.
See his wife's bio for children.
"He graduated from Beaver Dam High School in 1943 and joined the Navy and served on the escort aircraft carrier USS Matanikau. He was discharged from the Navy in 1946 and took over running the family business, the Clover Blossom Dairy, with his younger brother John Manley. They ran the dairy for approximately 10 years and sold it to Foremost in approximately 1957 or 1958. He had some college at the University of Wisconsin and was sent briefly by the navy to the College of William and Mary. I'm not sure of the course of study at William and Mary but he was an air cadet in pilot training at the time until he was medically grounded due to high blood pressure. He was then stationed on the Matanikau where he performed crash rescues on the flight deck wearing one of those silver fire suits that allow the rescuer to walk into the flames to extract the pilot. He became a claims adjuster with INA (now CIGNA) in 1959 or 1960 and worked his way up to claim's supervisor. He was transferred to Sacramento from Milwaukee in February 1967. While with CIGNA in Sacramento he left the claims department and became a safety engineer which he was until his death 1/03/85. He worked for INA/CIGNA for 25 years. He was a kind and supportive father and grandfather with a great sense of humor and was well liked by all. He would have been a millionaire if he had earned a nickel for every sporting event he attended for the five of us and his grandchildren when they were young. He was, and is, dearly loved and missed."
Above quote from his son, Peter Manley III.
Peter was born to Peter Eugene Manley and wife, Martha Patrick Mathews.
See his wife's bio for children.
"He graduated from Beaver Dam High School in 1943 and joined the Navy and served on the escort aircraft carrier USS Matanikau. He was discharged from the Navy in 1946 and took over running the family business, the Clover Blossom Dairy, with his younger brother John Manley. They ran the dairy for approximately 10 years and sold it to Foremost in approximately 1957 or 1958. He had some college at the University of Wisconsin and was sent briefly by the navy to the College of William and Mary. I'm not sure of the course of study at William and Mary but he was an air cadet in pilot training at the time until he was medically grounded due to high blood pressure. He was then stationed on the Matanikau where he performed crash rescues on the flight deck wearing one of those silver fire suits that allow the rescuer to walk into the flames to extract the pilot. He became a claims adjuster with INA (now CIGNA) in 1959 or 1960 and worked his way up to claim's supervisor. He was transferred to Sacramento from Milwaukee in February 1967. While with CIGNA in Sacramento he left the claims department and became a safety engineer which he was until his death 1/03/85. He worked for INA/CIGNA for 25 years. He was a kind and supportive father and grandfather with a great sense of humor and was well liked by all. He would have been a millionaire if he had earned a nickel for every sporting event he attended for the five of us and his grandchildren when they were young. He was, and is, dearly loved and missed."
Above quote from his son, Peter Manley III.
See his wife's bio for children.
"He graduated from Beaver Dam High School in 1943 and joined the Navy and served on the escort aircraft carrier USS Matanikau. He was discharged from the Navy in 1946 and took over running the family business, the Clover Blossom Dairy, with his younger brother John Manley. They ran the dairy for approximately 10 years and sold it to Foremost in approximately 1957 or 1958. He had some college at the University of Wisconsin and was sent briefly by the navy to the College of William and Mary. I'm not sure of the course of study at William and Mary but he was an air cadet in pilot training at the time until he was medically grounded due to high blood pressure. He was then stationed on the Matanikau where he performed crash rescues on the flight deck wearing one of those silver fire suits that allow the rescuer to walk into the flames to extract the pilot. He became a claims adjuster with INA (now CIGNA) in 1959 or 1960 and worked his way up to claim's supervisor. He was transferred to Sacramento from Milwaukee in February 1967. While with CIGNA in Sacramento he left the claims department and became a safety engineer which he was until his death 1/03/85. He worked for INA/CIGNA for 25 years. He was a kind and supportive father and grandfather with a great sense of humor and was well liked by all. He would have been a millionaire if he had earned a nickel for every sporting event he attended for the five of us and his grandchildren when they were young. He was, and is, dearly loved and missed."
Above quote from his son, Peter Manley III.
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