Mannetter, Arthur Dean Mann 1928-2013

MANNETTER, COOK, SLUTTER, SMITH

Posted By: Gayle Van Dyke (email)
Date: 10/20/2013 at 18:16:48

A. Dean Mannetter, age 85, of Newton, IA, died on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Skiff Medical Center in Newton.

Arthur Dean Mannetter was born May 30, 1928 to Arthur Conrad and Dorothy (Slutter) Mannetter at the Eldora Hospital in Eldora, Iowa. Dean had 2 sisters, Mavis and Ina Mae. Their parents reared the family on farms in the Hubbard area.

He was baptized January 1, 1929, at the Salem Evangelical Church in Hubbard.

Dean attended several rural schools before entering the Hubbard Public School. He graduated from Hubbard High School in May of 1946 as Salutatorian of his class. He attended Westmar College in LeMars, Iowa for one year before transferring to Iowa State College in Ames and graduating in June of 1950 with a BS degree in General Engineering.

Dean entered the U.S. Army in September of l950 and was discharged September of 1953, after serving as a radar repair specialist.

In October of l953, Dean began working for Western Electric Co. in North Carolina. He served several U. S. locations as well as Hawaii and Okinawa. He was one of the last field engineers to work at McGregor Range, New Mexico on the Nike Hercules system. He worked in New Jersey before he was transferred to Birmingham, Alabama.

He retired in February l986 and moved to Ames, Iowa in August 1986. He moved to the Park Centre Retirement Community in June 1992. Dean was active at Park Centre and First United Methodist Church of Newton, Iowa, the remainder of his life.

Dean passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at the Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa.

He is survived by his sister, Mavis Cook of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Dean was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Ina Mae Smith.