John Thomas (Tom) Manning;
76; of 404 Roy St.; Belle
Vernon; died Tuesday; Dec. 31;
1996; in Mon Valley Hospital;
Carroll Township.
Born May 20; 1920; in South
Side (Pittsburgh); he was a son of the late Thomas Andrew and Anna
Viola Griffith Manning.
A member of Dunlevy United
Methodist Church; he had resided
in the Belle Vernon area
his entire adult life. He retired
from the Wheeling-Pittsburgh
Steel Corp. Monessen plant
where he was employed as an
office clerk.
He was a U.S. Army Air
Force veteran of World War II.
In addition to his parents; he
was preceded in death by his
first wife; Margaret (Peg) Jacobs
Manning.
Survivors include his wife;
Helen Yonko Manning; two
sons and one daughter-in-law;
Tom and Joyce Legg Manning
of Cortland; Ohio; and Larry
Manning of Des Moines; Iowa;
one daughter; Kathy Acton of
Hudson; Ohio; and three grandchildren;
Shani and Vikki Manning
and Larry Acton Jr.
Friends will be received
Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. and
Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. in the Ferguson Funeral
Home Inc.; 700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Rex Wasser of Dunlevy United Methodist Church and the Rev.Charles K.Sowden officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Rev.John Horosky of St.John the Divine Russian Orthodox Church of Monessen will conduct a Parastas Service Friday at 7 p.m.in the funeral home. The Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of arrangements.