I have quite a few memories of Olivia, better know as "Livie."
One of the main memories are the various places she sang - mostly in the Sacred Heart Choir where I had video taped some Christmas Church programs in the 1980s,
but also at some community events and one time when we first started Channel 2 I asked some Manning individuals to sing the Hallelujah Chorus at a live broadcast and
Livie was one of them.
It was a crude broadcast where the choir stood behind the counter of the Manning Municipal Utilities office and I had my video camera with on-board microphone to show it.
I can think of a number of Manning ladies in different choirs whose singing voices stood out in a prominent way over the decades and Livie was definitely one of them.
Since Livie wasn't born/raised in the Manning area, I don't have any of her ancestral pictures but hope to get some in the future from Michele to scan and add Livie's
family history to the Manning Historical database.
Dave Kusel
Olivia "Livie" Mohr age 93 of Tempe, Arizona, formerly of Manning, passed away peacefully at home on May 12, 2024. The daughter of John and Anne (Mancin) Ittu, both immigrants from Romania, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 20, 1930. She graduated from West High in Cleveland in 1949 and was married the same year on June 25, 1949, to Donald F. Mohr.
While in Manning Livie was involved in the Sacred Heart Choir, bowling, and golf. She is survived by her daughter Michele Olney (Gary), and son Patrick, both of Tempe. Grandchildren Ryan, Stephen, and Darren Andersen and Amber and Karina. Great-grandchildren: Justin, Kyle, and Caleb Andersen, Kamri Clark, Jakoby, and Peyton Griffin and Kadence Larson.
She was preceded in death by her husband Donald, her son Michael and daughter Denise, and by her brothers, John, Jr. and George Ittu.
A memorial service will be held in July. Interment will be at The National Cemetery in Phoenix.
Front row: Cheryl Henderson, Mary Beth Summers (elementary music teacher), Mabel Huldeen, Judy Joens, Imelda Kerkhoff, Dean Fara.
Livie's row: Dorothy Kusel, Helen Pratt, Rita Zerwas, Livie Mohr, JoAnn Phillips, Lydia Musfeldt
I won't ID the student body right now - but several in this group are deceased - Dave Edgerton and Dean Fara who is in front and there are more not shown in this frame...
