Robert Mc Manus

Robert L. McManus, beloved husband and father passed away Sunday morning. He was 87 years old.

A resident of Chicago, Illinois, Robert McManus was born in 1922 in Carmi, IL. He was captain of the Havana High School football team and attended Bradley University on a football scholarship.
When World War II erupted, he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps where he flew 2-wing Stearman aircraft. His military career cut short by tuberculosis, he returned to Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois in Champaign.

In the late 50’s, he formed his own plastering and acoustical engineering company, R.L. McManus & Company in Peoria, IL. Later, he became a partner at John Hackler and Co. In 1980, he joined the consulting-engineering firm, Beling Consultants in Chicago as a Senior Vice President. He was a National Past President and Distinguished Member and Fellow of The Construction Specifications Institute.
He was also an advocate for the rights and needs of Senior Citizens and assisted in the creation of the Central Illinois Agency on Aging in Peoria IL.

An avid bass fisherman and lifelong fan of the Fighting Illini football team, the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Cubs, Robert McManus was also a world class 3-cushion billiard player. He won several Peoria City 3-Cushion Billiard Championship titles and achieved national prominence when he won the National Amateur 3-Cushion Billiard Championship in 1985.

He is survived by his wife, Dr. Carroll Cradock, and three daughters, Laurie Spillman of Raymond, OH, Katie McManus-Faye of Dothan, AL and Bridgit Marquez, of Washburn IL. He has four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother, Jack McManus of Peoria, Illinois and nephew, John McManus of Sarasota, Florida.

He was a man of great honor, quick wit and impeccable character. He will be missed by his friends and especially his family.