Geraldine Manning

Geraldine E. 'Gerrie' Manning nee Wiklanski Age 78. Beloved mother of Edward (Kathryn) Manning, Nancy (Richard Foertsch) Manning, Elizabeth Manning, Christina (Bruce) Buschner, Patty Manning, Gerald (Fiancee, Valerie Puszynski) Manning. Loving grandmother of Athena, Christopher, Jonathan, Jennifer, Stephanie, Lissa, Emmie, Laura Jeane, Eleni, Aidan, Avery and Mandalee. Great grandmother of Taylor, Emma, Aaron and Benjamin. Dear sister of Ronald (Myra) Wiklanski, Kenneth (Bonnie) Wiklanski, Sandra (Robert) Chavez, the late Jean (late Robert) Nogafka. Fond aunt of many nieces and nephews. Gerrie was Ms. Illinois Senior of 1996. She was a member of Still Acting Up, Prospect Players, Encore Theater and Northwest End and Sweet Adelines. Visitation Wednesday Sept. 18 from 3 to 9:00 p.m. at Cumberland Chapels, 8300 W. Lawrence Ave., Norridge. Funeral Thursday 9:00 a.m. from the funeral home and then will proceed to St. Rosalie Church in Harwood Heights for Mass at 10:00 a.m. Interment Maryhill Cemetery. Funeral Info: 708-456-8300 or www.cumberlandchapels.com.