Manship, John Robert (1938-2009)

MANSHIP, PERRY, YATES, HAREM, SCHMIDT, FITCHHORN

Posted By: Janelle Martin (email)
Date: 8/1/2009 at 17:17:34

Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal, Jan. 16, 2009

John Manship, 70, of Webster City, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at the Hamilton Hospital. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 19, 2009 at the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, with Rev. Scott Boone presiding. Burial will follow in the Graceland Cemetery with graveside military rites conducted by the American Legion Post #191 of Webster City. Visitation will be held Sunday from 3-5 p.m. at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center with a scripture service at 5 p.m.
John Robert Manship, son of Robert and Anna Perry Manship, was born on November 6, 1938 in Farrar, Iowa. He received his education from the Colo, Collins, and Marshalltown Schools. John enlisted in the U. S. Navy, as a "Kiddie Cruiser" in 1956, where he was an aviation electrician on aircraft carriers until his honorable discharge in 1959. In 1958, he married Lois Knoll, with whom he had 3 children. The couple later divorced. John worked for the Bordens Dairy Company in Marshalltown for over 10 years. In 1970, he started with Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in Des Moines. On October 14, 1984, he married Larita Yates in Webster City. The couple resided in Des Moines where he continued to work at NWB. He retired from Qwest in 1998, and the couple moved to Webster City on July 5, 1998. John worked for Hamilton Hospital in maintenance for 2_ years. He had worked for 6 years for the City of Webster City at Graceland Cemetery and also worked part time at the Webster City Medical Clinic.
In addition to his wife, Larita, he is survived by his children, Kevin (Cyndi) Manship of Prairie City; Kimberly Manship of Des Moines; Ken Manship of Idaho; grandchildren, Savannah and Jacob Manship; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Maxine Fitchhorn; Janet Yates; Kathy Yates; Verona Yates; Wendell (Ardy) Yates, Andy (Charlene) Yates and Joe (Sandy)Yates, all of Webster City; uncle and aunt, Everett and Dorothy Perry of Marshalltown; several cousins and many friends.
John was preceded in death by his parents; step-father, Alfred Harem; sister, Kathryn Schmidt and a brother and sister in infancy; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Eunice and Eldrige Yates; brothers-in-law, James, John and Dean Yates; Russell Fitchhorn; and sister-in-law, Evelyn Marie Yates.
He was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Telephone Pioneers Club and the Moose Family Center, all in Webster City.
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