Obituary published on Legacy.com by John B. Brown Funeral Home, Inc. on Dec. 15, 2023.
Cleola "Cleo" (Williams) Mann, 96, of Huntingdon, was reunited with her late husband, Charles E. Mann, Thursday morning, December 7, 2023, at her residence. Born July 16, 1927 in Potterville, Bradford County, she was a daughter of the late William T. and Mary Elizabeth (Bennett) Williams and was reared by her sister Dorothy Phillips and husband Carleton Phillips. She was united in marriage to Charles Edward Mann on March 12, 1948 in
Hagerstown, MD. Mr. Mann preceded her in death on June 8, 2001.
She is survived by three sons, Gary Mann and wife, Tomianne, of Mechanicsburg, Dennis Mann and wife, Debbie, of Roxbury, and Mark Mann of Huntingdon. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Kerrsia McCurdy and husband, Steve, Michelle Campbell and husband, Dedan, Lyndee Mann and Ashlee Mann; and seven great-grandchildren, Kyle, Danielle and Jessica Shemory, Deanjae and Kalia Campbell, Chris Briner and Olive Whitlock.
She was the last surviving member of her immediate family having been preceded in death by three sisters and three brothers.
Mrs. Mann was a long-time member of the 15th Street United Methodist Church and was actively involved with the Standing Stone Senior Citizens Center, Huntingdon Meals-on-Wheels, and the Huntingdon Area High School Football Booster Club.
She was a 1946 graduate of Towanda Area High School, Towanda, PA.
Mrs. Mann was employed for many years as a cafeteria worker at the Huntingdon Area School District, retiring in 1989.
She enjoyed ceramics, candle making, baking, making cookies and candy, and loved dining out and shopping. She also loved to travel with her late husband, including a cross-country jaunt following her retirement, as well as, visiting Europe and taking bus trips throughout the United States.
A celebration of life service will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Thursday, December 28, 2023, at the John B. Brown Funeral Home, 417 Washington St., Huntingdon, with Pastor Barbara Servello officiating. Interment will be in Huntingdon Memorial Gardens, Walker Township, Huntingdon.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions in remembrance of Cleola W. Mann may be made to the Huntingdon County Humane Society, 11371 School House Hollow Rd.,
Huntingdon, PA 16652 or to 15th Street United Methodist Church, 1500 Moore St.,
Huntingdon, PA 16652, or to Huntingdon Meals-on-Wheels, c/o Susan Reck, 10550 Mill Creek Hollow Rd., Mill Creek, PA 17060.
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