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Mathew Manning
MATHEW MANNING
North Liberty
Mathew Manning, 35, formerly of Mount Pleasant, passed away at his home in North Liberty, on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. A visitation will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, Mount Pleasant, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. that evening. A funeral service held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11, at the church. Interment will be in St. Alphonsus Cemetery.
Memorials have been established to the Wounded Warrior Project and Johnson County SEATS. Online condolences may be directed to www.olson
powell.com.
Born Nov. 28, 1980, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Mathew Brandon was the son of Ernie Eugene and Donna Jo (Wells) Manning. He graduated from Mount Pleasant Community High School in 1999 where he participated in wrestling and football. On Aug. 16, 2014, he married Katie J. Foubert in Cedar Rapids.
Early in his career, Mat worked in construction. He was a correctional officer at the Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility and then at the Oakdale Iowa Medical Classification Center where he was a cert team officer, a personal safety instructor and a CPR instructor. He had been a driver for Johnson County SEATS.
Mat was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting, camping and playing golf. He loved to race four-wheelers and enjoyed bicycling. A skilled handyman, he could build anything and was often asked by others to fix things. He volunteered with wrestling programs for youth. He loved cooking and spending time with his family and friends. He loved all dogs.
Survivors include his wife, Katie; two stepchildren, Ethan Kupka and Ella Brandt, all of North Liberty; his father, Ernie (Kelley) Manning of Mount Pleasant; his mother, Donna (Dennis) Maloney of Lakeworth, Fla.; three sisters, Bobbie (Mark) Sieren of Mount Pleasant, Jamie (Joe) Guerra of San Antonio, Texas, and Mindie (Mike and Mikah Duke) Manning of Cedar Rapids; his grandparents, Jerry and Georgine Wells and Beaulah Manning, all of Mount Pleasant; his mother-in-law, Vicki Foubert; a sister-in-law, Tabby Foubert, both of North Liberty; and many other family and friends.
Preceding him in death were his grandfather, Earl "Bud" Manning; and his father-in-law, Jerry Foubert.
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