MANAHL, Leo P. 1965-2018

MANAHL, GREVAS, MCGREGOR, GROESCHL

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 9/3/2018 at 17:01:56

Leo P. Manahl

December 17, 1965 - August 26, 2018

Leo P. Manahl, 53, of Stuttgart, Germany, and formerly of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died August 26, 2018, at Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, Va. from a sudden heart attack.

He was born Dec. 17, 1965, in Dubuque, Iowa, and was raised by Dennis K. and Peggy M. Grevas Manahl, Sr. He married Kelly McGregor in Cedar Falls. They later divorced. He married Ella Groeschl Sept. 15, 2017 in Denmark.

He graduated from Cedar Falls High School and attended UNI and Upper Iowa. He served 25 years in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Airforce in multiple locations in the United States and overseas. He was employed with Alex Inc. in Washington, D.C. as a civilian contractor with the U.S. Military.

Survived by: his wife of Stuttgart, Germany; his son, Noah Paul Manahl of Amherst, Va.; two brothers, Michael (Claudia Lemper) of Ames, and DJ (Heidi) of Dunkerton; his sister, Barb (Mike) Gustafson of Waterloo; three nephews, Christian, Adam, and Bradley; two nieces, Isabel and Samantha, Leo’s Goddaughter; his parents-in-law, Franz Joseph and Hannelore Groeschl of Germany and his brother-in-law, Frank Groeschl of Germany.

Preceded in death by his parents; paternal grandparents, Tom and Millie O’Toole.

A Celebration of Life will be Sunday, Sept. 9, at Dunkerton Community Hall, Dunkerton, where family will receive friends from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Military Committal Services will be held in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. at a later date. Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service is assisting the family.

Memorials: directed to the family.

SOURCE: Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service