Carol Nathan
Carol Lynne (Nathan) Mann was born in Stockton, California
on August 16, 1945 to Richard Henry and Amelia “Millie” (neé
Walters) Nathan. She passed away the evening of June 5,
2020; she was 74. She is known by her grandchildren and
others as "Noel".
Carol graduated from Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
(Stockton) in 1963. She started her career at the Social
Security Administration in 1964 and proudly retired in 2001
after 37 years of service. Carol’s knowledge of ASL
(American Sign Language) allowed her to communicate with her
deaf and hearing-impaired clients.
Carol married Larry Mann in 1977. They moved to Milwaukie,
Oregon in 1980 where they could be closer to their Northwest
family. Carol and Larry were active members of Glenfair
Church in Portland. She enjoyed bowling, knitting, baking
(pies being her specialty), reading, tending to her urban
garden, playing cards, cheering on her Golden State
Warriors, San Francisco Giants and 49ers. She also enjoyed
traveling with Larry and would cruise to places around the
world, many times with family or friends. They always
returned with new friends. They regularly visited “the kids”
or other family. Those visits always included a “honey-do”
list…which Carol and Larry loved doing. Carol continued her
visits and “honey-doing” after Larry’s passing 3 years ago.
Carol is survived by her family, Nicolette Allan of
Beaverton, Oregon, Ericka Baltzer of Clinton Township,
Michigan, Chris (Donna) Mann of Corvallis, Oregon, and
Kimberley (Dale) Dunkle of Castor, Alberta; her
grandchildren, Katie Mann, Lori (Cameron) Ward, Alexis
Allan, James (Elizabeth) Allan, Tyana (Kevin) Misiuda, and
Greg Baltzer; her great-grandchildren, Jackson Misiuda, Cora
Misiuda, Caden Misiuda and Thomas Allan; as well as her
great-niece, Alexa Willis. She is preceded in death by her
husband of 40 years, Larry Mann; her parents, Millie and
Henry Nathan; her sister, Jacqueline Johnson; and niece,
Christine Willis.
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Larry Mann
Born in Ceres, CA October 16, 1927 to Christopher Ezekiel
and Anna Laurie Curtice, Lawrence (Larry) Curtice Mann
passed away the evening of June 8 at the age of 89.
He is survived by his wife, Carol Mann of Milwaukie, OR;
children, Nicolette Allan of Beaverton, OR, Ericka Baltzer
of Clinton Township, MI, Chris Mann (Donna) of Corvallis,
OR, Kimberley Dunkle (Dale) of Castor, Alberta;
grandchildren, Katie Mann, Alexis Allan, Lori Mann, Tyana
Misiuda (Kevin), James Allan, Gregory Baltzer; and
great-grandchildren, Jackson and Cora Misiuda; his brother,
John Mann of Lodi, CA; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Larry attended Sacramento State, where he was on the
Hornet's baseball team. While in school, he married Ruth
Kizer in 1949, later graduating with a degree in Chemistry
in 1950; a fact he would gladly remind you of if you dared
ever use his periodic table coffee mug.
Baseball was a large part of Larry's life. While starting
his young family, he played professionally for a number of
Minor League teams, traveling all over, playing for
Amarillo, Boise, Salem, and Stockton. He also managed Little
League teams in Stockton for 10 years.
Larry wed Carol Nathan in 1977, later relocating to
Milwaukie, OR. While he mainly worked in insurance and real
estate, both he and Carol successfully ran a few laundromats
for a number of years, taking them to conventions to
“exotic” locales such as Chicago, New Orleans and St Louis.
One key memory for a few of his grandchildren was getting to
open the machines and collect all the dirty quarters into an
old coffee can. It was like Vegas for a 10 year old.
Larry also officiated baseball, softball, basketball and
volleyball. He was proud to have received recognition from
the Amateur Softball Association for over 50 years of
umpiring. He enjoyed tending his urban garden, cultivating
tomatoes, potatoes, raspberries, blackberries, apples and
peaches. Fresh, homemade peach ice cream on a warm summer's
night was quite the treat to hit his sweet teeth.
Larry and Carol both loved to travel. They went on several
river cruises throughout Europe, and loved traveling across
the country to visit family as often as they could. Larry's
family was also very blessed to all be taken on a cruise
around the Caribbean for New Year's in 2010. This may have
been made possible by his frugalness and ability to know
where the cheapest apples and beefsteak tomatoes could be
found in town and if Freddy's had a coupon for them.
Family was very important to Larry. He would do anything for
them, even fix up your car for the umpteenth time in Larry's
Garage. His rates were fair: carburetor adjustment, a
Payday; radiator flush, a bag of Oreos; brake repair, 12
brownies.
He will be greatly missed. |