GLENDA LaFERN MANCHE, age 73, a resident of Charleston died Tuesday, August 20, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

She was born December 14, 1939 in Winfield, AL to the late Willie H. "Bill" and Lucille E. Jones McDonald. She had lived in Southeast Missouri most of her life where she was employed with the US Postal System having worked in Morley, Sedgewickville, Cape Girardeau, Sikeston and East Prairie before retiring in 1990 from her position as Postmaster of the Charleston office. She served several years as Secretary/Treasurer of the regional postal workers association in addition to her many civic involvements including the Arts council in Cape Girardeau, Sikeston and Charleston, Molly French Garden Club, Charleston Art Club and Charleston Business and Professional Women's club. Following her retirement she opened an art studio in Charleston, The Red Geranium, where she hosted theme parties the first Saturday night of each month combining music, hors d'oeuvres and the work of various area artists. She attended the United Methodist Church in Charleston, and found great joy in helping others and traveling.


In 1956 she married Jerry May who survives of Morley. On April 16, 1988 she married Wilbert G. Manche who preceded her in death on May 19, 2008.


Surviving are two sons and daughters in law, Keith and Tammy May of Cape Girardeau, and Jay and Lisa May of Oran; two daughters and sons in law, Vera and Rick Pobst of Oran, and Jerra and Chris Hutson of Cape Girardeau; two brothers, Bill (Wanda) McDonald of Wentzville, and James (Hazel) McDonald of Sikeston; one sister, Wanda (Gary) Holland of Fayette, AR; seven grandchildren; also her life companion, Dickie Hanor, of Charleston, his daughters, Kristi Hamrick and Lynne Schwartzbauer, and his mother, Irene Hanor.

Visitation will be held from 10:00 am until the funeral hour at 11:00 am on Monday, August 26, 2013, at the United Methodist Church in Charleston. Rev. David R. Collum, pastor of the United Methodist Church, will officiate.

Interment will follow at 2:00 pm in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield under the direction of McMikle Funeral Home.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of her coffee group:
Betty Moss, Mae and Donnie McClain, Jo Ann and Dennis Quertermous, Dorothy and Byron McDowell, Margie Double, Shirley Dugan, Bobby Williams, Larry and Neeci Bowles, Charlie and Teresa Kuykendall, Fred DeField, Bill Brown, Rex Davidson, Sandy Harvey and Libby and Don Stracener.

Memorial contributions may be given to the Charleston Society for the Arts, P.O. Box 374, Charleston, MO 63834.