Myrtle Rowena Manning, 70, Hot Springs National Park, Ark.

A funeral service for Myrtle Rowena “Rowena” Manning was held Monday, April 12, 2021, at the Hartley Funeral Home chapel in Hartley. Interment was in the Wilson Family Cemetery in rural Hartley.

Myrtle Rowena “Rowena” Manning was born Sept. 25, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas, to Wallace “Russ” Manning and Rowena (Elliott) Manning-Thompson.

While she was growing up, Rowena and her siblings were able to experience the excitement of living in new places and meeting new faces as her stepdad was in the construction business. At one point, the family even called Alaska “home.” Whenever her stepdad, Glen...