Although Guy was not actually a Jr., that's what his family called him, per his sister, Lois.
GUY MANN
Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) - Thursday, December 29, 2005
Guy L. Mann, a third-generation Sonoma County resident and an award-winning dairy rancher, died Monday at his Freestone home. He was 89.
Mann spent more than 40 years in the milk business, first as a dairyman and later as a dairy supplies salesman. His Jersey cows won repeated awards from the American Jersey Cattle Club for the quality and quantity of their milk.
''He was totally into ranching and farming,'' said daughter Arden Lites of Freestone.
Mann was born in a house that still stands behind the Freestone Fire Department. Three years later his parents bought a 150-acre ranch between Jenner and Bodega Bay, where Mann and his three siblings were raised. Mann attended Ocean View grammar school and Tomales High School and worked on his family's ranch.
He married in 1939, and started his own dairy herd in 1941. He and his wife, Doris, lived in several locations near Bodega Bay until they bought their own 80-acre ranch in Freestone in 1946. Two years later they moved into the Bodega Highway home on the ranch where Mann died Monday, just a mile west of the house where he was born.
The Manns raised five daughters on their Freestone ranch, which they eventually expanded to 150 acres.
Mann proudly displayed some of the trophies won by his purebred Jersey cows, whose milk he sold to the Petaluma Cooperative Creamery. Until he sold his cows in late 1964, he called his ranch the Mannadell Jersey Farm.
After he got out of the dairy business, Mann worked as a salesman for three dairy supply companies, traveling by truck from dairy to dairy throughout a large region that included Point Arena, Potter Valley and Point Reyes.
''He enjoyed visiting all the other dairymen,'' Lites said.
Mann was a meticulous man who had a certain way he liked things to be done, Lites said.
After he retired in the early 1980s, he enjoyed shoreline fishing, camping and watching sports, especially baseball, on TV. He kept a large vegetable garden, and he was very involved with his family.
Mann loved the coast, Lites said.
''Twice a week, then once a week, he'd drive to Jenner, to Goat Rock and around the Bay. He'd see if anybody was fishing, if anything was going on on the ranches around there. He'd call his sister in Wyoming and his daughters in Oregon on his cell phone. The last Monday before he died, he and I drove to the coast together,'' Lites said.
Mann suffered recently from anemia, but he was active until his death, Lites said.
In addition to Lites, Mann is survived by his wife, Doris Mann, of Freestone; daughters Ina Decker and Dixie Hendren of Occidental, Laura Bolen of Forest Grove, Ore., and Gay Meyer of Baker City, Ore.; sisters Caroline Murphy of Freestone and Lois Schaeffer of Crowheart, Wyo.; 16 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bodega Bay Church under the direction of Parent-Sorensen Mortuary in Sebastopol. Memorial contributions in his name may be made to the Tomales Regional History Center, c/o Dolores Lawson, P.O. Box 130, Dillon Beach 94929.
Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) - Thursday, December 29, 2005
Obituary provided by Vicky Matlock, contributor # 47321203
GUY MANN
Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) - Thursday, December 29, 2005
Guy L. Mann, a third-generation Sonoma County resident and an award-winning dairy rancher, died Monday at his Freestone home. He was 89.
Mann spent more than 40 years in the milk business, first as a dairyman and later as a dairy supplies salesman. His Jersey cows won repeated awards from the American Jersey Cattle Club for the quality and quantity of their milk.
''He was totally into ranching and farming,'' said daughter Arden Lites of Freestone.
Mann was born in a house that still stands behind the Freestone Fire Department. Three years later his parents bought a 150-acre ranch between Jenner and Bodega Bay, where Mann and his three siblings were raised. Mann attended Ocean View grammar school and Tomales High School and worked on his family's ranch.
He married in 1939, and started his own dairy herd in 1941. He and his wife, Doris, lived in several locations near Bodega Bay until they bought their own 80-acre ranch in Freestone in 1946. Two years later they moved into the Bodega Highway home on the ranch where Mann died Monday, just a mile west of the house where he was born.
The Manns raised five daughters on their Freestone ranch, which they eventually expanded to 150 acres.
Mann proudly displayed some of the trophies won by his purebred Jersey cows, whose milk he sold to the Petaluma Cooperative Creamery. Until he sold his cows in late 1964, he called his ranch the Mannadell Jersey Farm.
After he got out of the dairy business, Mann worked as a salesman for three dairy supply companies, traveling by truck from dairy to dairy throughout a large region that included Point Arena, Potter Valley and Point Reyes.
''He enjoyed visiting all the other dairymen,'' Lites said.
Mann was a meticulous man who had a certain way he liked things to be done, Lites said.
After he retired in the early 1980s, he enjoyed shoreline fishing, camping and watching sports, especially baseball, on TV. He kept a large vegetable garden, and he was very involved with his family.
Mann loved the coast, Lites said.
''Twice a week, then once a week, he'd drive to Jenner, to Goat Rock and around the Bay. He'd see if anybody was fishing, if anything was going on on the ranches around there. He'd call his sister in Wyoming and his daughters in Oregon on his cell phone. The last Monday before he died, he and I drove to the coast together,'' Lites said.
Mann suffered recently from anemia, but he was active until his death, Lites said.
In addition to Lites, Mann is survived by his wife, Doris Mann, of Freestone; daughters Ina Decker and Dixie Hendren of Occidental, Laura Bolen of Forest Grove, Ore., and Gay Meyer of Baker City, Ore.; sisters Caroline Murphy of Freestone and Lois Schaeffer of Crowheart, Wyo.; 16 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bodega Bay Church under the direction of Parent-Sorensen Mortuary in Sebastopol. Memorial contributions in his name may be made to the Tomales Regional History Center, c/o Dolores Lawson, P.O. Box 130, Dillon Beach 94929.
Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) - Thursday, December 29, 2005
Obituary provided by Vicky Matlock, contributor # 47321203
Although Guy was not actually a Jr., that's what his family called him, per his sister, Lois.
GUY MANN
Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) - Thursday, December 29, 2005
Guy L. Mann, a third-generation Sonoma County resident and an award-winning dairy rancher, died Monday at his Freestone home. He was 89.
Mann spent more than 40 years in the milk business, first as a dairyman and later as a dairy supplies salesman. His Jersey cows won repeated awards from the American Jersey Cattle Club for the quality and quantity of their milk.
''He was totally into ranching and farming,'' said daughter Arden Lites of Freestone.
Mann was born in a house that still stands behind the Freestone Fire Department. Three years later his parents bought a 150-acre ranch between Jenner and Bodega Bay, where Mann and his three siblings were raised. Mann attended Ocean View grammar school and Tomales High School and worked on his family's ranch.
He married in 1939, and started his own dairy herd in 1941. He and his wife, Doris, lived in several locations near Bodega Bay until they bought their own 80-acre ranch in Freestone in 1946. Two years later they moved into the Bodega Highway home on the ranch where Mann died Monday, just a mile west of the house where he was born.
The Manns raised five daughters on their Freestone ranch, which they eventually expanded to 150 acres.
Mann proudly displayed some of the trophies won by his purebred Jersey cows, whose milk he sold to the Petaluma Cooperative Creamery. Until he sold his cows in late 1964, he called his ranch the Mannadell Jersey Farm.
After he got out of the dairy business, Mann worked as a salesman for three dairy supply companies, traveling by truck from dairy to dairy throughout a large region that included Point Arena, Potter Valley and Point Reyes.
''He enjoyed visiting all the other dairymen,'' Lites said.
Mann was a meticulous man who had a certain way he liked things to be done, Lites said.
After he retired in the early 1980s, he enjoyed shoreline fishing, camping and watching sports, especially baseball, on TV. He kept a large vegetable garden, and he was very involved with his family.
Mann loved the coast, Lites said.
''Twice a week, then once a week, he'd drive to Jenner, to Goat Rock and around the Bay. He'd see if anybody was fishing, if anything was going on on the ranches around there. He'd call his sister in Wyoming and his daughters in Oregon on his cell phone. The last Monday before he died, he and I drove to the coast together,'' Lites said.
Mann suffered recently from anemia, but he was active until his death, Lites said.
In addition to Lites, Mann is survived by his wife, Doris Mann, of Freestone; daughters Ina Decker and Dixie Hendren of Occidental, Laura Bolen of Forest Grove, Ore., and Gay Meyer of Baker City, Ore.; sisters Caroline Murphy of Freestone and Lois Schaeffer of Crowheart, Wyo.; 16 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bodega Bay Church under the direction of Parent-Sorensen Mortuary in Sebastopol. Memorial contributions in his name may be made to the Tomales Regional History Center, c/o Dolores Lawson, P.O. Box 130, Dillon Beach 94929.
Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) - Thursday, December 29, 2005
Obituary provided by Vicky Matlock, contributor # 47321203
GUY MANN
Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) - Thursday, December 29, 2005
Guy L. Mann, a third-generation Sonoma County resident and an award-winning dairy rancher, died Monday at his Freestone home. He was 89.
Mann spent more than 40 years in the milk business, first as a dairyman and later as a dairy supplies salesman. His Jersey cows won repeated awards from the American Jersey Cattle Club for the quality and quantity of their milk.
''He was totally into ranching and farming,'' said daughter Arden Lites of Freestone.
Mann was born in a house that still stands behind the Freestone Fire Department. Three years later his parents bought a 150-acre ranch between Jenner and Bodega Bay, where Mann and his three siblings were raised. Mann attended Ocean View grammar school and Tomales High School and worked on his family's ranch.
He married in 1939, and started his own dairy herd in 1941. He and his wife, Doris, lived in several locations near Bodega Bay until they bought their own 80-acre ranch in Freestone in 1946. Two years later they moved into the Bodega Highway home on the ranch where Mann died Monday, just a mile west of the house where he was born.
The Manns raised five daughters on their Freestone ranch, which they eventually expanded to 150 acres.
Mann proudly displayed some of the trophies won by his purebred Jersey cows, whose milk he sold to the Petaluma Cooperative Creamery. Until he sold his cows in late 1964, he called his ranch the Mannadell Jersey Farm.
After he got out of the dairy business, Mann worked as a salesman for three dairy supply companies, traveling by truck from dairy to dairy throughout a large region that included Point Arena, Potter Valley and Point Reyes.
''He enjoyed visiting all the other dairymen,'' Lites said.
Mann was a meticulous man who had a certain way he liked things to be done, Lites said.
After he retired in the early 1980s, he enjoyed shoreline fishing, camping and watching sports, especially baseball, on TV. He kept a large vegetable garden, and he was very involved with his family.
Mann loved the coast, Lites said.
''Twice a week, then once a week, he'd drive to Jenner, to Goat Rock and around the Bay. He'd see if anybody was fishing, if anything was going on on the ranches around there. He'd call his sister in Wyoming and his daughters in Oregon on his cell phone. The last Monday before he died, he and I drove to the coast together,'' Lites said.
Mann suffered recently from anemia, but he was active until his death, Lites said.
In addition to Lites, Mann is survived by his wife, Doris Mann, of Freestone; daughters Ina Decker and Dixie Hendren of Occidental, Laura Bolen of Forest Grove, Ore., and Gay Meyer of Baker City, Ore.; sisters Caroline Murphy of Freestone and Lois Schaeffer of Crowheart, Wyo.; 16 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bodega Bay Church under the direction of Parent-Sorensen Mortuary in Sebastopol. Memorial contributions in his name may be made to the Tomales Regional History Center, c/o Dolores Lawson, P.O. Box 130, Dillon Beach 94929.
Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) - Thursday, December 29, 2005
Obituary provided by Vicky Matlock, contributor # 47321203
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