Laurence Manning obituary, 1972
MANNING, LAURENCE E. from the Asbury Park Press 12 Apr 1972 HIGHLANDS-- Laurence E. Manning, 72, of 102 Portland Rd, former owner of the Kelsey Nursery Service and a writer, died Monday at the Atlantic Highlands Nursing Home. Mr. Manning was born in St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada. He retired from his nursery business in 1968. He authored many articles for Horticulture Magazine and the Florist's Exchange, and had a number of science fiction stories published. Mr. Manning was the founder and president of the American Rocket Society; was a former member of the Monmouth Players; a member and former choir director of All Saints Episcopal Church, Navesink,Middletown Township and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War I. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Edith Burrows Manning; a son, James E., Trenton; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Tomlinson, Fairfield, Calif., and Mrs. Dorothy J. Sachs, Glenridge; one sister, Mrs. Kenneth M. Willet, Brightwaters, NY, and six grandchildr