The death occurred on July 26 of Annabella Manley, a County Tyrone native and a long-time active member of the Irish community in the Philadelphia area. She was 86.
"Annabella was one of the cheeriest people I have ever met and I am going to miss her terribly," said Siobhán Lyons, executive director of the Philadelphia Irish Center. "And I will especially miss her stories of being a young woman in Philadelphia - from her time as a model to her tales of the dances at the Irish Center and at 69th Street. She was a great supporter of the Irish community, especially the Donegal Society, and we will all feel her absence."
Manley is survived by her three children, Liam, Catherine and Jimmy, her five grandchildren, one great-grandchild and her brother, Johnny McAleer.
