Frances Manning

Frances Elizabeth (Halsey) Manning was born in Viola, Kansas and moved to Wichita with parents, Andrew and Verna Halsey and brothers Bill and Paul. After graduating from North High School she worked for Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co. where she met and married LeRoy Dumler. During WWII she worked for Boeing Aircraft Co. and served in the Civil Air Patrol. She married Ted Chapman in 1972 and helped him operate Northern Supply Co. Fran was active in Stonecroft Ministries Christian Woman’s Club (CWC) and bible study meetings. She moved to AZ in 1980 and was chairman of Sun City CWC and then later Sun City West CWC and Northwest Phoenix CWC. She was a frequent speaker at CWC luncheons across the U.S. In 1982, she married Don Manning of Sun City. She was preceded in death by son Lt. Douglas Dumler (USAF), LeRoy Dumler, Ted Chapman, Don Manning, and brother Bill Halsey. Surviving her are: brother Paul Halsey (Marilyn), Topeka, KS; twin sons Don Dumler (Marsha), Jacksonville, FL and Jon MacDonagh-Dumler (Etta), Ann Arbor, MI and Co. Sligo, Ireland; step daughter Carole Chapman Bechtel, Colorado Springs, CO and step son Doug Manning (Luana), Phoenix; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Memorials are encouraged to Stonecroft Ministries, Kansas City, MO.