Madeline V. Manahan (nee Shipley), age 86, of Sykesville, died Wednesday May 21, 2008 at Bloom Valley at Misty Ridge Assisted Living in Westminster, MD. She was born April 22, 1922 in Carroll County, Maryland the daughter of the late Donald Columbus Shipley and the late Goldie Viola Haines Shipley. She had been a School Bus Driver, Nurses Aide and was a retiree of Springfield Hospital. In her later years she worked part-time at McDonalds in Eldersburg. She was the wife of Herman Jesse Manahan. Also surviving are daughters and sons-in-law, Faye and Wayne Ruch, Wendy and Chuck Nightingale all of Sykesville. Grandsons Doug Ruch of Westminster, David Ruch of Frederick, Justin and Matthew Johnson all of Sykesville and granddaughter and husband Donna and Joe Locey of Dallas, Texas, great granddaughters Arden and Betsy Ruch of Mt. Airy and sister Sis Wilson of Sykesville. She was predeceased by Sister Louise Snyder and son Charles “Chuck” Manahan who died in February 1993. Funeral Service will be held Saturday May 24, 2008 at 12:00 Noon at Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory, PA 1212 W. Old Liberty Road, Winfield (Beside South Carroll High School) with Rev. David Miller of Friendship Baptist Church officiating. Interment Evergreen Memorial Park, Finksburg, MD. Friends may call at the Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory, PA on Friday from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
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