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Edra Claudine Manuel
08/08/1930 — 10/04/2012
From Richland, WA, USA | Born in Hollis, OK
Edra Claudine Manuel
Edra Claudine Manuel, 82, of Richland, Washington passed away on October 4, 2012 at Kadlec Regional
Medical Center. She was born on August 8, 1930 in Hollis, Oklahoma. Raised on her maternal
grandparents farm outside Hollis, Oklahoma She attended Hollis High School and worked on her
grandparent's farm.
Edra entered the Army on February 16th, 1949, meeting her future husband and getting married on
October 23, 1949. She played on the camp Stoneman California WAC basketball team.
She raised 5 children and helped raise 2 grandchildren. She volunteered with the PTA and taught preschool and Sunday school at the Richland Church of Christ. She enjoyed gardening, painting, selling Avon, helping her children with their pets, hunting for agates on the Washington and Oregon beaches, feeding and watching the birds in her backyard bird feeder.
Edra was survived by her Husband, Art Manuel; Children: Vicki Contini, Kathy Espinosa, Pam Briggs
Denise Meinke and Chris Manuel, Grandchildren: Christina Heater, Regina Powers, Kali Hawkins, Sarah
Hawkins, Amanda Meinke, Jeremy Meinke, Great-Grand Children: Caleb Heater, Jessica Heater, Zachary
Heater, Liam Powers, Caitlyn Powers, Ethan Miller; Numerous cousins.
She was preceded in death by her Mother, Aileen Atkinson; Father, Claude Ketchersid and her Brother, Gerald Ketchersid.
Visitation will take place at Einan's Funeral Home, Thursday, October 11, 2012 from 5-7pm. A Memorial Service will take place at Richland Church of Christ, Friday, October 12, 2012 at 4pm. A Graveside Service will take place at Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 12:00pm.
Mrs. Manuel brought so much joy into my life, my fathers life and my brothers life. My father Pat grew up down the street from the Manuel’s his whole life and we were fortunate to also spend some time growing up on Douglass street frequently visiting Mrs. Manuel and all of her critters. She would loan us board games and just spent so much time with us. My brother Tyler spent hours with her and those memories he will forever treasure.She was such an amazing and caring woman and we loved her so much. She will be greatly missed. Though we hadn’t seen her in a few years she was thought about often. Art, Chris and the rest of the Manuel family please know we are thinking of you.
Love, Pat, Kay, Amber and Tyler Lawson
Art,
So sorry to hear of your loss of Edra. Wish we could be there with you share in this time of sorrow but we will be out of town and probably won’t make it back in time. Again our most sincere condolences.
So sorry to hear of Claudine’s passing, & sorry we will not be there to express our sympathy in person.
We loved her dearly and will miss her sweet smile and hearing her say “I’m just fine.” We pray God’s blessings will be with you all during this difficult time. Love & prayers.
So sorry to hear of Claudine’s passing. She was a very special person and will be missed by all.
Art & Family, God brings us the ones we love for many reasons, not the least is teaching us to be humble when they pass from our lives. Leaving warm recollections and loving thoughts. Art, when we worked at RPD in the 70’s, you had loaned me your Valient and trailer to move something or other. Afterwards, while filling your car with gas, Edra, not then known to me confronted me, demanding to know why I had her husband’s car, who I was, and where you were. I did my best to explain and quickly made it back to the station to tell you. My memory of that meeting still remains, she was looking out for you, and was at least as tough as you are. My warmest wishes to you and yours. I remain one of your many brothers in blue.
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Edra Claudine Manuel