Birtie Lee "Bert" Manning (2006)

BERRY, BRANDT, DAVIS, HERMAN, MANNING, MCKINNEY, THOMPSON, WEEMS, ZIKA

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 12/13/2006 at 19:11:08

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, December 13, 2006

BERT MANNING, Winterset

Birtie “Bert” Lee Manning, 89, of Winterset died Dec. 9, 2006, at the Kavanagh House on 56th in Des Moines.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 12, at Collins Oak Park Chapel in Winterset with Dr. John Shaull officiating. Burial was at Fairview Cemetery in Madison County.

Bert Manning was born Aug. 20, 1917, in Winterset to Enoch Ehprain and Bessie May (Weems) Manning. His marriage to Elsie Louise McKinney took place Aug. 20, 1939, in Winterset. Bert had been a commercial artist for several companies, including Naegle Sign Company of Des Moines, Fisher Sign Company, Chestnut Brothers, Stoner McCrae Company, and Buss Neon. He also owned a commercial art business, farmed, and in the early 1950s, performed with his band, “Bert Manning and His Pals of the Saddle,” that played on several radio stations, including Creston and Des Moines. In addition to being a longtime resident of Winterset, he lived in Van Meter, Adel and Des Moines.

He was preceded in death by one son, Thomas Dale Manning; and two brothers, Hubert Manning and Cleo Manning.

He is survived by his wife, Elsie, of Winterset; four sons, Wayne Manning of Winterset, Steve Manning of Earlham, Joe Manning of Van Meter and Randy Manning of Windsor Heights; six daughters, Janet Zika of Altoona, JoAnn Berry of Peru, Susan Thompson of Winterset, Peggy Herman of Truro, Paulette Brandt of Waukee and Angel Davis of Urbandale; and 27 grandchildren, nine stepgrandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Kavanagh Hospice House in Des Moines.

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