Mary Kathleen (Manning) Spire, 89, Parnell, Missouri, died Monday, May 10, 2010 at Village Care Center, Maryville, Missouri.

She was born February 24, 1921, northeast of Maryville, the daughter of Thomas and Mae (O’Connell) Manning. She attended Excelsior School and graduated from Harmony High School, Parnell.

Mary worked as a waitress and also at the country club in Denver, Colorado. She married Robert Andrew Spire at St Patrick’s Catholic Church in Maryville on March 10, 1944.

Mrs. Spire was a member of St Joseph’s Parish and St Ann’s Altar Society, Parnell. She was a homemaker, a member of the Curry, Richardson, Sparks and Waldeier American Legion Auxiliary and she had been a Red Cross Volunteer from 1968 to 1978. Mary served on the Board of the American Red Cross nearly all of that time.

Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Spire (December 13, 2009); an infant daughter, Mary Ann; her parents; a brother: John Manning and grandchildren: Cheryl Schafer, Kenneth Schafer and Frank Szabo.

Survivors include two sons: Bob Spire, Union, Mississippi and Tom Spire, Maryville; four daughters: Dorothy Schafer, Maryville; Phyllis Schrick, Atchison, Kansas; Beverly Myers, Maryville and Kathryn Muenks, Bonnots Mill, Missouri; her sister: Bea Michlig, Dorchester, Wisconsin; 19 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.


Visitation is 6-7 pm Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at Price Funeral Home, Maryville, Missouri with a Parish Rosary at 7pm.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 am Wednesday, May 12th at St Gregory Barbarigo Catholic Church, with burial in St Joseph’s Cemetery, Parnell, Missouri.

Memorials may be made to St Joseph’s Parish, Parnell or St Gregory Barbarigo Catholic Community, Maryville..