LaRue Irene Maneth, 78, died April 5, 2016, at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend. Born Sept. 9, 1937, in Nekoma, she was the daughter of Marcellus A. and Irene Rose (Basgall) Legleiter. On June 11, 1957, she married Melvin John Maneth in Olmitz. He died on Oct. 16, 2010. A resident of Great Bend since 2007, coming from Albert, she was a homemaker.

Mrs. Maneth was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church and the Altar Society, in Great Bend.

Survivors include three sons, James Maneth and his wife Carla and John Maneth and his wife Traci, both of Great Bend, and Jeffrey Maneth of Bellevue, Wash.; one daughter, Marla Hungerford and her husband Charles of Omaha, Neb.; one brother, Cletus Legleiter of St. Mary's; two sisters, LaVonne McCarty of San Tan Valley, Ariz., and Judy Weiser of Phoenix, Ariz.; three grandchildren, Trevor Maneth and his wife Michel, Kalee Maneth and Jared Maneth; two great-grandchildren, Pyper Maneth and Ryker Maneth; two step-grandsons, Nathan Andrews and his wife Tracey, and Aaron Andrews and his wife Jenna; and one step-great-granddaughter, Nora Andrews. She was preceded in death by one brother, Robert Legleiter.