DAVID R. MANNICK

David R. Mannick passed away after battling Alzheimer’s disease at 85 years old on September 19, 2022.

Born in Hazleton on November 13, 1936, David was the son of the late Andrew M. and Josephine Spindor Mannick. He was a 1954 graduate of Hazleton High School, after which he served in the U.S. Coast Guard for 16 years and retired as a disabled veteran.

David was a proud parishioner of St. Jude’s Church in Mountain Top, where he volunteered as a lector for many years. He was instrumental in forming the Knights of Columbus Counsel 6440 in Mountain Top and was its inaugural Grand Knight. Additionally, he was a member of the American Legion Post 781. After 15 years working at the U.S. Postal Service, David retired in 2002.

He was proceeded in death by his brother, Joseph Mannick and sister, Cecelia Mannick.

Surviving are his wife of 62 years, formerly, Concepta T. Tarselli; daughter, Theresa Noble, Etters; daughter, Barbara Lawson and husband, Scott, Mountain Top; daughter, Concepta M. Preece and husband, Drew, Wales; grandson, William Noble and wife, Catherine, Mountain Top; grandson, Kyle Noble, Etters; granddaughter, Francesca Aton, Mountain Top; granddaughter Marissa Vest and husband, Dustin, Pine Grove; great grandchildren Thomas and Patrick Noble, Mountain Top; and sister, Kathleen Weiss, California; as well as many nephews, nieces, and cousins.

Thank you to the medical providers at Fritzingertown Senior Living Community in Drums, Maylath Hospice and Smith Health Care in Mountain Top for their care and generosity.

A viewing will be held on Thursday, September 22, 2022 from 5 to 8 PM at Desiderio-Lehman Funeral Home, 436 S. Mountain Blvd. Mountain Top and Friday morning from 9:15 am until time of service.

Funeral service will be conducted on Friday, September 23, 2022, at 9:30 am from the Funeral Home with a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday at 10 AM at St. Jude’s Church, Mountain Top.

Interment will follow in Calvary Hill Cemetery, Drums.

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