Evelyn Virginia Manley, age 77, of Quincy, passed away peacefully on September 1, 2020 in the Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Illinois. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, sister-in-law, friend and loved one to so many. She was born July 9, 1943 in Monroe City, Missouri. She met her forever love, Michael W. Manley in LaBelle, Missouri and they were married on Christmas Day, December 25, 1962.

Evelyn loved all children having raised and cared for hundreds in her lifetime. Over the course of nearly thirty years, she owned and operated Manley’s Daycare from her home. On her best days she loved sitting outside enjoying the sun, watching her favorite soap operas, and spending time with family. Her favorite hobbies included crocheting, embroidery, fishing on the weekends, and watching basketball. True to her heart in caring for others, she previously worked at Prairie View Nursing Home in Lewiston, Missouri. She was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church in LaBelle, Missouri.

Survivors include her husband Michael W. Manley, her sisters Delores K. Dade, of Moline, Illinois and Vera Howard, of Davenport, Iowa; her six children Ethel Irene Russell, of Champaign, Illinois, Ronnie (Diane) Manley, of Quincy, Illinois, Nate Manley, of Ft. Madison, Iowa, Darin Manley, of Raeford, North Carolina, Phylicia (Herre) Manley, of Chicago, Illinois, and Cammie (Channin) Bassett, of Quincy, Illinois. She also leaves in love thirty grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Jessie Mae Scott and Walter Mack Abbey, six sisters, Alice Marie Hawkins, Mattie Pearl Abbey, Lucille Tate, Josephine Florence, Bonnie Clay, and Patricia Marshall and four brothers, Owen Abbey, Walter Abbey, Merrill Abbey,and Albert Williams, Jr., and one grandson, Josell Manley.

Private funeral services will be held. Visitation will be held on Thursday, September 10, 2020 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Duker & Haugh Funeral Home. Interment in Calvary Cemetery. A repast will be held at Bob Mays Park following the interment on Friday, September 11, 2020.