Gene Francis McManamy

Birth and Death
Birth	27 Mar 1937
Death	16 Aug 2010	Gays Mills, Crawford County, Wisconsin, USA
Parents
Parent	Francis M McManamy	1908	Wisconsin
Parent	Alice Leona Rosson	7 Jan 1916		Feb 1994
Family
Marriage	26 Oct 1957	Luther Memorial Church
Children

Obituary

GAYS MILLS Gene “Geno” Francis McManamy, 73, passed away Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, at his home surrounded by his family after a prolonged illness. He was born on March 27, 1937, in La Crosse to Alice (Rosson) and Francis McManamy. He was married to Marilyn Ann Fortney on Oct. 26, 1957, at Luther Memorial Church. They moved to Gays Mills after marrying where Gene worked briefly for Fortney Hardware until going to work for the Crawford County Highway Department in 1962. Gene worked for the highway department for 37 years, retiring in 1999. After retiring he often reminisced about how much he missed plowing snow and his great fondness for his fellow “county boys.” Gene was an avid outdoorsman and loved fishing, mushroom hunting, duck hunting and deer hunting. There are endless stories of past hunts with the “old boys,” including Vick, Turk, John and Bud to name a few. He was always happy to share his secrets and helped several youngsters learn to hunt and fish over the years, including grandson Kyle. He also had fond memories of deer hunts near Readstown with his son and nephews, Greg and Randy. More recently he hunted with the boys out at “the farm” and shot a wall hanger only a few years ago. Despite his hunting prowess he was always an easy mark and the target of a lot of friendly ribbing and jokes from the rest of the group. Gene also loved to play cards and was a regular participant in the afternoon euchre games at Halver"s Town Tap with the boys. To supplement these games he took the occasional trip to Liberty or Barnes with Ken and Byrd. Very little money changed hands, but “compliments” flowed like water. Gene loved his children, grandchildren and nieces and nephews. He especially liked watching wrestling with his grandson Tyler. Despite him and grandson Todd being diehard Packer fans, he always managed to stay neutral during football season when grandsons Kent and Tom would be cheering for the Vikings. He had only one granddaughter, Ellyn, though he no doubt would have liked many more just like her. Grandson Preston has inherited his grandpa Gene"s love of fishing and was always quick to bring his trout or Kickapoo cat"s right into the house to show grandpa and tell him the story. And despite his struggle with his illness, he was determined to make the four hour trip to Osceola to celebrate grandson Calvin"s high school graduation last spring. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Marilyn (Fortney); his sisters, Nancy Schoville (Bob); Annette Hutchison (Bill); sister-in-law, Marlene Meier (Othmar); his children, Cheryl Foley (Steve), Julie Bell (Craig) and Steve McManamy (Michelle); and eight grandchildren, Kyle, Kent, Ellyn, Tom, Todd, Tyler, Calvin and Preston; and one great-grandson, Noah. He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Alice Glass; his brother, Kent McManamy; his sister, Karen Black; and his brother-in-law, Kenny Morkrid. Geno was loved by his family and friends and will be dearly missed. There will be a visitation at Sime Funeral Home in Readstown on Thursday, Aug. 19, from 4 to 8 p.m. There will also be a visitation from noon to 1 p.m. followed by a memorial service on Friday, Aug. 20, at the Readstown Advancement Building in the park at the corner of Hwy. 131 and Hwy. 14. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Vernon Memorial Hospice. Online condolences may be offered at simefuneralforum.com.

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