Stewart W. McManus

STEWART McMANUS ILLINOIS CITY, Illinois - Stewart W. McManus, 78, of Illinois City, died Sunday, January 18, 2004, at Trinity West Hospital. Service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Reverend Tim Ferrill of the Pine Bluff United Methodist Church will officiate. Casket bearers will be Dallas McManus, Blake McManus, Rod Summy, Todd Freyermuth, Chad Winegard, and Donald DeKeyrel. Burial will be in Illinois City Cemetery. Visitation will be 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the Pine Bluff United Methodist Church. Online condolences may be left for the McManus family at www.wittichfuneralhome.com. Mr. McManus was born on December 19, 1925, in Clinton, the son of Virgil K. and Mary H. Gertsen McManus. He married Mary Kathryn "Kay" Haskins August 18, 1951, in Davenport. He was a decorated military veteran serving in the U.S. Army during World War II in the North African Theater and European Theater. He was a member of the Pine Bluff United Methodist Church. For 30 years he raised registered q...[more]

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ter horses and for 20 years judged horse shows. He was an avid traveler and loved to work in his yard. He retired from International Harvester in 1979 after 34 years of service. Survivors include a special companion, Ruth Fuller of Illinois City, Ill.; four children, to whom he was a devoted father: Grant McManus and wife, Bonnie, of Moline, Ill., Jeff McManus and wife, Leslie, of Illinois City, Ill., and Barry J. McManus and wife, Teri, of Muscatine; Julia Shull and husband, Tracy, of Muscatine; eight grandchildren, Amanda McManus, Kassie McManus, Kindle McManus, Kirby McManus, Dallas McManus, Blake McManus, Lakyn Shull and Kathryn Shull; one brother, David Grant McManus of Pleasant Valley; and one sister, Dee Davis and husband, Charles, of Rock Island, Ill. He was preceded in death by his parents, and his wife.