Died at Adventist Medical Center. Son of Frank and Elizabeth (Bleuel) Mannenbach. He met his wife-to-be, Lavina Ropp, while stationed at Camp Adair, near Corvallis, during WWII. The couple was married Sep. 22, 1945 in Mount Calvary. They resided there for a short time after their marriage then, after finishing his mortuary and funeral director training in Wisconsin, moved to Oregon to take state testing to become a funeral director. He worked for Fisher Funeral Home for several years, then owned a funeral home in Newberg, then began managing a funeral home in Woodburn. He retired after 40 years in the business. He was active in several lodges, churches and organizations, including: Elks, American Legion, Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, St. Vincent de Paul and a number of Catholic churches. He enjoyed dancing, baseball, music and his family. Survivors include: wife Lavina of Portland; sons, Steve of Dallas, Jerome of Milwaukie, Tom of Cloverdale, Jim of Eagle Point and John of Portland; daughters, Barbara Mannenbach-Kurtz of Bend, Ann Neilson of Madras and Janis Hamling of Albany; brothers, Francis of Fond du Lac, WI, and Earl of New Holstein, WI; sisters, Dorothy of Fond du Lac and Joan Flesch of Mt. Calvary; 29 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Died at Adventist Medical Center. Son of Frank and Elizabeth (Bleuel) Mannenbach. He met his wife-to-be, Lavina Ropp, while stationed at Camp Adair, near Corvallis, during WWII. The couple was married Sep. 22, 1945 in Mount Calvary. They resided there for a short time after their marriage then, after finishing his mortuary and funeral director training in Wisconsin, moved to Oregon to take state testing to become a funeral director. He worked for Fisher Funeral Home for several years, then owned a funeral home in Newberg, then began managing a funeral home in Woodburn. He retired after 40 years in the business. He was active in several lodges, churches and organizations, including: Elks, American Legion, Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, St. Vincent de Paul and a number of Catholic churches. He enjoyed dancing, baseball, music and his family. Survivors include: wife Lavina of Portland; sons, Steve of Dallas, Jerome of Milwaukie, Tom of Cloverdale, Jim of Eagle Point and John of Portland; daughters, Barbara Mannenbach-Kurtz of Bend, Ann Neilson of Madras and Janis Hamling of Albany; brothers, Francis of Fond du Lac, WI, and Earl of New Holstein, WI; sisters, Dorothy of Fond du Lac and Joan Flesch of Mt. Calvary; 29 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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