Donald S. Manion

Donald Stephen Manion Judge Don Manion, born Donald Stephen Manion February 5, 1928, passed peacefully September 11, 2011 at the Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with his much beloved wife Virginia at his side and surrounded by family and friends. Judge Manion was born on the south side of Chicago to Albert Butler "Budge" Manion and Ethel Rose Feeny Manion. He attended Chicago's public schools where he met the love of his life in second grade, Virginia. After high school Don joined the United States Navy and served as Lieutenant in the Korean War winning five service awards during his deployment on the destroyer the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans [DD 754]. While in the Navy, Don married his lovely wife Virginia in Palos Park, Illinois November 11, 1952. After the Navy Don graduated from Marquette University and earned his Juris Doctorate September 1, 1956 from the University of Michigan. Don was appointed as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois October 28, 1957. In 1968 Don was given the opportunity to argue cases in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. It was also in 1968 that Don decided it was time for a change and moved his family to San Rafael, California where he became a United States Administrative Law Judge for the Social Security Administration. Don was subsequently known to many of his colleagues and friends as "Judge" Manion. After Don's retirement, he and Virginia traveled widely with the most frequent stops in Oahu, Hawaii. Don tinkered in cooking, fixed complicated and broken gadgets, and attended every event of his grandchildren. Don was preceded in death by his parents and his older brother Albert Butler Manion Jr. Don is survived by his wife Virginia, five children: Sean, Patrick, Elizabeth, Steven, and Nancy Manion and eight grandchildren. Services were held Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at Keaton's Mortuary in San Rafael, California. Please send your condolences to the family in care of Liz Manion, 403 North Franklin, Ames Iowa 50014.