Elmer/Wt] Manke Elmer William Manke, 73, of Shelton, died Saturday, January 7. .He was born April 26, 1910 in Selby, South Dakota, and had been a wheat farmer there for a number of years prior to com- ing to the Shelton area in 1934‘ ML Manke was the founder of Manke Lumber Company, where he worked until his semi-retirement 13 years ago. He had worked actively in the logging, lumber and Christ- mas tree businesses and was a member of Saint Edward’s Catholic Church. Survivors are his wife Dorothy; daughters Bernice “Bunny" Orr of Shelton, Arlene Bac of Shelton and Judith Byme of Kennewick; sons Charles, Virgil and Larry Manke of Shelton, James Manke of Tacoma and Ray Manke of Puyallup; brothers Virgil Manke of Anaheim, California, John Manke of Alhambra, Cali- fornia, and Marvin Manke of Selby; sisters Wilda Bray and Evelyn Flynn of Glendale. Cali- fornia, Helen Miller of Bur- bank, California, and Verna Schanzenbach of Rapid City, South Dakota; 26 grand- children; and 11 great-grand- Children An evening vigil service was Tuesday, January 10, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial the next day at Saint Edward's Catholic Church, Father Kieran Cunningham, OSB, officiated and burial was in Shelton Memorial Park, Arrangements were under the direction of McComb and Batstone Funeral Home , OCR Text: Elmer/Wt] Manke Elmer William Manke, 73, of Shelton, died Saturday, January 7. .He was born April 26, 1910 in Selby, South Dakota, and had been a wheat farmer there for a number of years prior to com- ing to the Shelton area in 1934‘ ML Manke was the founder of Manke Lumber Company, where he worked until his semi-retirement 13 years ago. He had worked actively in the logging, lumber and Christ- mas tree businesses and was a member of Saint Edward’s Catholic Church. Survivors are his wife Dorothy; daughters Bernice “Bunny" Orr of Shelton, Arlene Bac of Shelton and Judith Byme of Kennewick; sons Charles, Virgil and Larry Manke of Shelton, James Manke of Tacoma and Ray Manke of Puyallup; brothers Virgil Manke of Anaheim, California, John Manke of Alhambra, Cali- fornia, and Marvin Manke of Selby; sisters Wilda Bray and Evelyn Flynn of Glendale. Cali- fornia, Helen Miller of Bur- bank, California, and Verna Schanzenbach of Rapid City, South Dakota; 26 grand- children; and 11 great-grand- Children An evening vigil service was Tuesday, January 10, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial the next day at Saint Edward's Catholic Church, Father Kieran Cunningham, OSB, officiated and burial was in Shelton Memorial Park, Arrangements were under the direction of McComb and Batstone Funeral Home , Mason County Genealogical Society,Obituaries,Obituaries for Shelton Cemetery,M Last Name,Manke, Elmer William.tif,Manke, Elmer William.tif, Manke, Elmer William.tif