Obituary for Russell Richard Manwiller

Russell Richard Manwiller, 87, of Birdsboro, handed away Friday, November 28, 2025 on the Reading Hospital surrounded by his loving household.  

He was the husband of Beverly (Christy) Manwiller. 

Born on January 13, 1938 in Laureldale, PA, he was the son of the late Russell H. Manwiller and Miriam (Miller) Manwiller. 

Russell was a 1955 graduate of Muhlenberg High School. After highschool Russell joined the Navy for a few years after which moved to the reserves. When he returned dwelling Russell later went on to acquire his bachelor’s diploma from Kutztown University after which his grasp’s diploma in Engineering from Century University. 

During Russell’s working years he was employed as a pc engineer for quite a lot of corporations equivalent to GPU, Reading Hospital, TRW, and IBM. In his earlier years Russell loved enjoying baseball and was even drafted to play within the main leagues. He cherished staying lively and would hunt, fish, and entice shoot in his free time. Russell realized to fly whereas he lived in Texas so in his free time loved flying planes, skydiving, and flying RC planes. What introduced him true pleasure was spending time along with his household and his canine, Bella. 

Surviving are three kids: Lori-Lynn (Manwiller) McWilliams, spouse of Robert Jr. of Reading; Bradley Manwiller, husband of Lynn (Buchanan) Manwiller of Reading; and Michael Manwiller, husband of Letitia (Shomo) Manwiller of Reading. 

Also surviving are seven grandchildren: Ryan; Michael; Sarah; Valerie; Tyler; Rachel; and Abigail. As nicely as 4 nice grandchildren: Brayden; Everly; Clara; and Cash. 

Two brothers are additionally surviving, Royce Manwiller of West Lawn, and Robert Manwiller. 

Russell was predeceased by two siblings, Ronald Manwiller, and Richard Manwiller. 

A visitation might be held Wednesday, December 3, 2025, from 3 p.m. to six p.m. on the Stitzel Family Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Laureldale. At 4:30 p.m. the household might be sharing tales and want to invite others to share recollections of Russell. 

For on-line Condolences please go to www.StitzelFamilyFuneralHomes.com 

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