Eleanor Mae (Faaborg) JURGENS MANGANIELLO

FAABORG, MANGANIELLO, BARKEMA, JURGENS, VARGAS, MURPHY, BIRD, MCMAHON, MOLLENBECK, OPPERMANN, STADTLANDER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/23/2016 at 08:15:44

August 1, 1924 --- March 12, 2016

Eleanor Manganiello, 91, of Clear Lake, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2016, at Hospice of North Iowa in Mason City. Funeral services will be held 10:30 am, Friday at First Reformed Church in Meservey with Rev. Rodney Meester presiding. Interment will be at the Meservey Cemetery. Visitation will be 2:00 – 4:00 pm Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church, 112 N 4th Street, Clear Lake with a prayer service at 4:00 pm. Visitation will continue 5:00 – 8:00 pm, Thursday, at Retz Funeral Home, Thornton.

Eleanor Mae (Faaborg) Manganiello was born on the family farm in Meservey, Iowa on August 1, 1924, the daughter of Andrew and Lillie (Barkema) Faaborg. She attended Meservey Public School, graduating with the class of 1941. She then attended the Minneapolis School of Business. Eleanor worked in Portland, Oregon, Minneapolis and the Meservey Bank before returning to work the family farm with her dad. He was so proud she returned to work on the farm. On June 26, 1949 Eleanor was united in marriage with Sam Manganiello at the First Reformed Church in Meservey. They lived in New York City where she and her husband successfully ran Friendly Garage. Even then, with her family always important to her, she would return to Meservey every summer where she and her children would stay with Lillie, Jack and Shirley, Andy and Laura Faaborg. After the death of her husband in 1980 Eleanor moved to Clear Lake where she became very active in Zion Lutheran Church. As a volunteer in the community she spent many hours on the committee that built the facility for Hospice of North Iowa. She was also a member of Tri-T. She loved a large garden and gave away many vegetables and flowers. Eleanor also enjoyed traveling and made trips to China, Greece, South America, Denmark and many other places.

In 1999 Eleanor married Bill Jurgens and together they traveled all over the United States. They also enjoyed and took many day trips around the state of Iowa.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughter: Becky (Robert) Vargas; and son: Steve (Bridget Murphy) Manganiello, all of Minneapolis; step grandson: Jason Vargas and his son Kyle; Bill’s children: Sonna (Dick) McMahon; Jean (John) Mollenbeck; Diane (Ken) Bird; sister-in-law: Shirley Faaborg, Clear Lake; niece and nephew: Andy (Connie) Faaborg; Laura (Andy) Oppermann; several nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews. Eleanor is preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, brother Jack Faaborg and a cousin Marvel Stadtlander who was raised with her.

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