Clyde L. Manbeck, 80, Iola, passed away Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, at Allen County Regional Hospital.
Clyde was born Feb. 15, 1935, on the family farm west of Moran, the oldest of 10 children born to Everett and Thelma (Cloyd) Manbeck. He grew up on the farm, attended Golden Prairie Rural School and graduated from LaHarpe High School in 1953. He served in the U.S. Army from 1954 until 1959.
On April 12, 1959, Clyde married Marilyn K. Kincheloe at Trinity United Methodist Church in Iola. He worked for Gibson’s Discount Store in retail management and retired from Pamida. The family made their home in Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado and Oklahoma following his career with the company. After he retired, they moved to Iola and made their home on Marilyn’s family’s home place.
Clyde was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Iola and was an avid fisherman.
His wife of 56 years, Marilyn Manbeck, survives, as do three daughters, Cyndy Greenhagen, Iola, Lisa Carter and husband Brad, Skiatook, Okla., and Carrie Sconza and husband Michael, Wimberley, Texas; a brother, Richard Manbeck and wife Sherry, LaHarpe; five sisters, Mary Clay and husband Gerald, Iola, Ida Andruss and husband Philip, Topeka, Ruth Caudell and husband Sheldon, Colony, Barbara Johnson and husband Allen, Palo Pinto, Texas, and Beth Prock, Colony; 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren
He was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters, Dorothy Gilman, Lucille McClanahan and Carolyn McGuffin.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Iola. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial gifts to the Allen County Community Food Pantry may be left with the funeral home. To sign the guest book online or leave a condolence, go to www.iolafuneral.com.
Clyde Manbeck
