Thelma Marcha Manbeck, 96, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, at Windsor Place in Iola.
She was born Sept. 18, 1916, near Gravity, Iowa, to Charles and Hilma Cloyd. The family moved to the Moran area in 1925.
Thelma married Everett (Bud) Manbeck on May 26, 1934. They lived and raised their children on a farm two miles east of LaHarpe. After retirement they moved to LaHarpe. Everett died in April 1987.
Others preceding Thelma in death were her parents, four brothers, three daughters, Dorothy Gilman, Lucille McClanahan and Carolyn McGuffin, and five grandchildren.
Survivors include two sons, Clyde Manbeck and Marilyn, Iola, and Richard Manbeck and Sherry, LaHarpe; five daughters, Mary and Gerald Clay, Le Roy, Ida and Philip Andruss, Topeka, Ruth and Sheldon Caudell, Colony, Barbara and Allen Johnson, Palo Pinto, Texas, and Beth Prock, Colony; 47 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.
Thelma was a member of LaHarpe Methodist Church and United Methodist Women, where she served as president for several years.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel, Iola.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel. Burial will be LaHarpe Cemetery, LaHarpe.
Choices for memorials are the American Cancer Society or Allen County Hospice and may be left at the chapel.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
Thelma Manbeck
