Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Manning, Willa Ruth (Eaton) 2002
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 2002

Willa Ruth Manning, 62, Portland, loving wife and mother, passed away on 
Monday, Oct. 28, 2002.

She was born on Aug. 13, 1940, in Williamston, the daughter of O.D and Mildred 
Louise (Gaffner) Eaton.  Mrs. Manning was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic 
Church and formerly worked as a Religious Special Education teacher at St. 
Patrick’s Catholic School.  She worked at the Pioneer Insurance Company and was 
a recipient of a Kidney transplant 10 years ago, eventually passing away from 
other complications.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and sister Diana Schaible.  Surviving 
are her husband of 37 years, William “Bill” of Portland; daughter, Colleen 
Manning of Portland; son Kurt (Kelly Gilbert) Manning of Lansing; stepmother, 
Frances Eaton of Williamston; sisters, Louella Eaton of Lansing, Carolyn (Gary) 
Pelton of San Jose, Calif., and Fredrica Eaton of San Jose, Calif.; step-
brothers, Wilfred (Patsy) Gaffner and Milo (Pam) Gaffner, all of Williamston; 
brother-in-law Al Schaible of Lansing; mother-in-law, Gertrude Manning; 
brothers-in-law Dick (Janice) Manning and Jack (Laurel) Manning; sisters-in-
law, Sharon Jean Wright and Jayne (Michael) Huhn; numerous nieces and nephews.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by the Rev. Shamaun Beas, 
Associate Pastor at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with Rite 
of Committal following at Portland Cemetery.  The family will receive friends 
at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 210 E. Bridge St., Portland, from 7 p.m. 
to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.  The 
rosary will be prayed at 8 p.m. Tuesday.  There will be Scriptural Wake 
Services held at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesday.  For those desiring, memorial 
contributions may be made to the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation, 4901 W. 
Main St., Suite 200, Kansas City, Mo., 64112, in memory of Willa Ruth Manning.


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