Manning, Arlene

MANNING, TUBBS, DAVENPORT, MUELLER

Posted By: Ruth Maring - VOLUNTEER
Date: 9/8/2009 at 10:30:46

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MAQUOKETA — Arlene Manning, 81, of Maquoketa, Iowa, died Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. A Celebration of her life will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, 2009, at Lahey Funeral Home in Maquoketa. Friends may call on Monday from 1:00 p.m. until the service time at Lahey Funeral Home in Maquoketa. Burial will be in the Union Cemetery, rural Maquoketa, Iowa. Arlene Davenport was born June 21, 1928, in Maquoketa, Iowa, the daughter of Glenn and Mertha (Tubbs) Davenport. She graduated from Maquoketa High School. She married Loyd L. Manning on March 13, 1944 in Clinton, Iowa. He died on April 3, 1996. She retired from Clinton Engines and HOOF Products in Maquoketa. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Maquoketa. She loved her home, flower garden and yard. Her grandchildren were very special to her. She is survived by her children, James Lee (Vicki) Manning and John Allen Manning, both of Maquoketa, and Clayton Clyde (Jan) Manning of Newton; 9 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; and an adopted brother, Robert Davenport-Mueller of Harleyville, N.C. She was preceded in death by her husband, one daughter, Myrna, her parents, one grandson, two great-grandchildren, one sister and three brothers. Memorials are preferred. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.laheys.com.Death date: Aug. 21, 2009
Published in the Clinton Herald from 8/22/2009 - 8/24/2009