Funeral Service for Stephen Manning March 15
March 6, 2024
A funeral service for Stephen Ralph Manning will be held on Friday, March 15, 2024 at 11 am at Covill Funeral Home with a luncheon to follow at the VFW.
Obituary
Stephen Ralph Manning was born November 9, 1955 in Kemmerer, Wyoming to Ralph Lamont Manning and Jacqueline June Bennett Manning, the oldest of three sons. His brothers were Benjamin Joe Manning born in 1957 and Keith Alan Manning born in 1961. The family lived in Big Piney, Wyoming where he started school. In 1966 the family moved to Tucson, Arizona. He continued school while also working at riding stables and guest ranches. He also liked to rodeo. That is how he met Hal Vinson who became his longest and best friend. He moved back to Wyoming in 1972 and lived with his Grandmother Inez Bennett. He attended Big Piney High School while also working on ranches and rodeoing with his other best friend, Mike Miller. Steve had a lot of friends. He hooked back up with Hal Vinson and they worked together on guest ranches in the Jackson Hole, Wyoming area.
After a while he moved back to Big Piney to work in the oil field. This is when he met and married Terrie Barger. He and Terrie had a daughter, Stephanie in 1978, more often called Stevie. They were later divorced. Some years later, he married Julienne Harrower. They moved to a ranch in Opal, Wyoming on the Hams Fork River and ranched there for 6 years until that marriage ended.
He then moved to California where he worked in the movie business. He worked on various western shows and movies, he had a long stint on the show "Hearts of the West" and worked on the epic motion picture "Lonesome Dove" with his brother Ben. After working in California, he moved back to Wyoming where he met the love of his life, Rebecca Welte and they were married on June 21, 2001. He was married to Becky for 22 years, helping to raise her children and grandchildren and sharing their lives together. He remained married to Becky until the day he died on March 2, 2024 in Pinedale, Wyoming after a long battle with cancer.
Steve was preceded in death by his parents Ralph and Jacqueline Manning and step-daughter Crystal Espinoza. He is survived by his wife Becky Manning of Pinedale, Wyoming, daughter Stevie (John Wesley) Phillips of Moorcroft, Wyoming, step children Josh Cooper (Danielle) of Pinedale, Wyoming, Ashley Griggs (Kirk) of Pinedale, Wyoming, John Cooper of Rio Del, California, brothers Benjamin Manning (Sharon) of Burbank, California, Keith Manning (Talli) of Pinedale, Wyoming, grandchildren Jackson Phillips and Kellie Phillips, step-grandchildren JD Cooper, LJ Cooper, Dublin Cooper, Caleb Griggs, Hannah Griggs, and various nieces and nephews.
A funeral service for Steve will be held on Friday, March 15, 2024 at 11 am at Covill Funeral Home with a luncheon to follow at the VFW.
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