Pauline Lawrenz McManaman was born December 20, 1928, at the famliy farm 
   seven and one-half miles southeast of Sawyer, the daughter of Ella (Morisse)
   Lawrenz and Henry Albert Lawrenz. Other children of that family were Muriel,
   Berniece, Eugene Rex, Odetta Mae, Arlene Lois and Virginia Leah.
     She was baptized February 3, 1929, by the Rev. P.G. Krause and was confirmed
   in 1942 by the Rev. O.L. Mueller.
     Children in the family attended public school at Isabel after the rural
   Crooked Creek School consolidated in 1938.
     Her parents as well as her grandparents, were members of St. John's Lutheran.
   They faithfully traveled seventeen miles to attend Sunday School, Confirmation
   instruction, and church.
     After graduating from high school in 1946, Pauline moved to Pratt where
   she was Deputy Register of Deeds. In 1954, she married Bud McManaman at Out
   Savior's Lutheran where they became members and are still active there. They
   are both officers in Lutheran Layman's League and Bud is head usher.
     Their children were all baptized and confirmed at Our Savior's. They are
   Denise and husband Richard Sanders, Jason and Anmber of Pratt; Mark McManaman,
   Pratt; Barry and wife Cathie McManaman, Dena and Brett of Great Bend; Eric
   McManaman of Scottsbluff, Nebraska; and Amy and Tommy Boots of Arthur, Nebraska.
   Bud's daughter Candy and husband Kenny Hoop live in Wichita; they have a
   daughter, Stephanie Hoop, who lives in Boston, Massachussets.
     Bud retired in May 1989 after forty-two years with the Kansas Department of
   Transportation. During those years, Pauline was a housewife, mother, etc. Now
   they spend their time caring for their home, enjoying their children and
   grandchildren and trying to manage an occasional trip.
                      
  Source:St. John's Lutheran Church Centennial 1893-1993, Nashville, Kansas, pg. 71 
  Submitted by: Pauline McManaman