IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Lucille Irene

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Manatt

Oct 21, 1912 — Sep 19, 2004

Obituary

Lucille I. Manatt, 91, of Grinnell and formerly of Brooklyn, died on Sunday, September 19, 2004, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. Memorials in her name may be directed to the First Presbyterian Church of Grinnell. The daughter of Eugene William and Golda Decker Hughes, Lucille was born on October 21, 1912, at Campbell, Minnesota. She moved to Iowa at an early age with her parents and attended schools in Guernsey and Victor. In 1929, she graduated from Hartwick High School. On March 22, 1930, she was married to Henry E. Manatt in Grinnell, Iowa. The couple lived their entire married life on a farm near Brooklyn. Following her husband's death in October of 1981, she moved to Grinnell to make her home. She was a long time member of the Brooklyn Presbyterian Church, where she taught Sunday school for 20 years and served as Deacon in the church. She was recently a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Grinnell and she was active in the Women's Fellowship. She served as a 4-H Leader in Warren and Bear Creek Townships, was Warren Township and Poweshiek County Farm Bureau Women's Chairman and served on the Poweshiek County Extension Committee. She was also a volunteer in the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program in Grinnell. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and Jerry Doonan of Grinnell; and a son and daughter-in-law, Eugene and Lucille Manatt of Newton; four granddaughters, Joan Randall of Olathe, Kansas, Jill (Mrs. Paul) Wagner of Grinnell, Beth (Mrs. Alex) Gonzalez of Dublin, Ohio and Jan (Mrs. Eric) Bailey of St. Cloud, MN; eight great grandchildren, Emily Randall, Jason and Nicholas Wagner, Daniel, Lucy and Emma Gonzalez and Katelyn and Rachel Bailey; two sisters, Edith Martinson of Marengo and Marlene Gritsch of Grinnell; one brother, Loren Hughes of Pittsburg, CA; and a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and four brothers, Cloyd, Melvin, Elza and Merle Hughes.
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