Anna Mae Manz

Bismarck, formerly of

Minot, passed away

peacefully Wednesday,

January 8, 2020, at the

Missouri Slope Nursing

Home in Bismarck.

Anna Mae was born

February 12, 1928, at

Underwood, North Dako-

ta, the daughter of Louis

and Lydia (Freier) Jenner-john. She was raised and

educated at Underwood

and graduated from

Underwood High School

in 1947. She worked at

the Underwood Grocery

Store for a short time dur-

ing her younger years and

was once married to Ches-

ter Huber.

Anna Mae was then un-

ited in marriage to Walter

Manz on July 2, 1954, in

Underwood. She was em-

ployed at Larry’s Palm

Cafe for several years as a

waitress. She and Walter

moved to Minot in 1957,

where she was employed

at North Hill Bowl and

various other cafe’s prior

to working at Lydia’s Cafe

as a waitress for over 15

years. She retired in 1990

after 48 years as a server.

Walter died on November

17, 2004. She moved to

Bismarck in 2014 and

lived at Crescent Manor,

the Terrace and most re-

cently at Missouri Slope

Nursing Home.

Anna Mae was a life-

long member of Immanuel

Baptist Church, Minot,

and participated in

Women’s Circle and Bible

Study. She enjoyed sew-

ing, bowling, reading the

Bible and cooking.

Her loving family in-

cludes: children, Corrie

(Carol) Huber, Bismarck,

ND, Carol (Glenn) Perry,

Colorado Springs, CO,

Rodney Manz, Sidney,

MT, Dawn Marie (Mike)

Snyder, Ft. Ashby, WV

and Melody (Raymond)

Blacksmith, Minot; grand-

children: Kevin Peeler,

Karla Stone, Kim Reiswig,

Eli Huber, Amanda

Brown, Holly Snyder and

Christopher Snyder, great

grandchildren: Kayla

Johnson, Kelli Stone, Kyle

Stone, Layla Huber, Sien-

na Huber, and Levi Peeler

and great-great-grandson,

Elijah Johnson and a

cousin; Darold (Beverly)

Knippelberg.

Anna Mae was preced-

ed in death by her

parents, husband of 50

years, Walter, her

half-sister, Martha Steb-

bins, and son-in-law,

Duane Peeler.

Celebration of Life ser-

vice: Monday, January 13,

2020, at 11:00 a.m. in Im-

manuel Baptist Church,

Minot.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

Visitation: Sunday,

January 12, 2020, from

1:00-3:00 p.m. in Thomas

Family Funeral Home,

Minot.

Memories and con-

dolences can be shared at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com.