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- [S234] Staff, Daily Press, The, (Name: Daily Press, The; Location: St. Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States;), McManigle, Imogene (Jean) (Pistner).
Imogene (Jean) McManigle, 93, died peacefully in her sleep at Pinecrest Manor on December 31, 2007.
She was born in Medix Run by lived most of her life in St. Marys in her Dippold Avenue home.
She married Reed E. McManigle and they raised five children.
In addition to working at Stackpole Carbon Company in the 50's, and at the Hour Glass dry cleaners, she was an Avon Lady for 40 years. She won several awards from Avon as top seller in her district. She enjoyed gardening and was an avid bird watcher. Her gardens were in bloom all summer and delighted everyone who passed by them. She got great pleasure from the birds that visited her feeders, especially the Pileated woodpecker that visited on occasion. She liked to travel and when she was young went fishing in Canada with her husband and friends. After she retired she traveled frequently, including trips to Ireland and Mexico. She took tent camping trips to Alaska, the southwestern Unite States and New England. She also traveled by rail through the Canadian Rockies and enjoyed performances at Branson, MO.
She is survived by her children, Patricia and her husband, Thomas Ernst of Huntington, NY; Donna and her husband, George Ernst, of Cleveland, OH; George and his wife Brenda McManigle of Fallbrook, CA; Leona (Nonie) and her husband, Kevin Garris, of Ridgway, and Reed McManigle of Pittsburgh; by eleven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren as well as her twin sister, Evelyn Schmidt of Ridgway.
Beside her husband and parents she was preceded in death by eight siblings.
A mass of Christian Burial for Imogene McManigle will be celebrated in the Sacred Heart Church on Thursday at 10 a.m. with Fr. Eric Vogt, O.S.B. as celebrant. Burial will be in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.
Visitation will be this evening at the Lynch-Green Funeral Home, 151 N. Michael Street, St. Marys from 7 to 9 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in her name to Bennett Branch Watershed Association at P.O. Box 99, Benezette, PA 15821 c/o Ken Rowe, President.
Daily Press, The: 02JAN2008
HFA: 12MAR2023
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