Manning, Frank Eric (1905-1978)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1978 Jan 5 p. 10

Birth date: 1905 Aug 28

text of obituary:

Retired Missionary Dies in Florida

North Newton, Kan.—Frank E. Manning, 73, retired missionary of Clermont, Fla., died Jan. 1 following an eight-month illness. He and his wife, the former Augusta Balzer of Newton, served for many years in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) under the Africa Inland Mission.

She preceded him in death in 1968. Survivors include his second wife, Lydia Kurly, also a former missionary in Tanganyika; two daughters Grace Clement of Hanahan, S. C. and Merci Williams of Rowland Heights, Calif.; six grandsons and one granddaughter.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1978 Feb 2 p. 11

text of obituary:

FRANK ERIC MANNING

Frank Eric Manning was born on Aug. 28, 1905, in San Diego, Calif., a son of John E. and Jessie (Jones) Manning. They had two other sons, Warren and Marion, both of whom live in California.

Frank was "born again" in 1922 and joined the Church of the Open Door in Los Angeles, Calif. He had one year of training left to become a Certified Public Accountant when the Lord called him to Africa. He graduated from the Bible Institute of Los Angeles in 1928.

Because the mission requested that he be ordained, he joined the Mennonite denomination of his wife-to-be Augusta Balzer, and was ordained in the Mennonite Church.

They were married