Col. George E. Mann

PRESTON - Col. George Edward Mann, 84, passed away on Friday, July 20, 2007, at Memorial Hospital in Easton.

He was born on March 30, 1923, in Woodsville, N.H., son of the late Henry C. Mann Sr. and Sadie Boardway Mann.

Col Mann graduated from Woodsville High School class of 1941. He continued his education at Bryant and Stratton Business College in Boston. He served his country by enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1941 and was honorably discharged in 1946.

Col. Mann became the office manager and produce buyer for First National Stores in North Haverhill, N.H, from 1946 to 1968. He joined the New Hampshire National Guard as a second lieutenant in 1950. He entered active duty at the Pentagon in 1968. He then moved to Bowie in 1969, and was employed as a technician with D.C. National Guard as G Major.

Col. Mann graduated from the Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., in 1971. His military assignments included: Infantry Battalion Commander, Executive Officer of the Military Police Group, and G4. He retired in December 1977 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. In January 1978, he became employed as a Civil Service Civilian at the National Guard Bureau at the Pentagon, in Virginia as facilities program manager and continued there until his retirement in 1987.

He was a 59-year member of the BPOE, AF & AM, the American Legion, and the Trinity Cathedral.

He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Natalie Charlotte Ruggles Mann, whom he married on March 8, 1956; a daughter, Sandra Fortier and her husband, Wayne; two sons, Rodney Mann and his wife, Joanne, all of Woodsville, N.H., Graylin Mann and his wife, Cathleen, of Darnestown; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, Everett Ruggles of St. Johnsbury, Vt., and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister, Louise Mann, and a brother, Henry C. Mann Jr.

A graveside service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Aug. 16, 2007, at 11 a.m.

Memorial contributions can be made to the American Diabetes Association by visiting www.diabetes.org or by writing to P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Framptom Funeral Home in Federalsburg.