Florence Marcella “Flo” Mann, 83, of Fayette, passed away June 11, 2022, at The Lodge in Fayette.

Florence was born on March 26, 1939, in St. Louis, Missouri, a daughter of David and Alice Huber Hill. She married Dan Mann on September 9, 1961, in University City. Flo graduated from the University of Missouri Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in Dietetics. She was employed by the University of Missouri as a dietician for many years. She was a self-employed baker, making wedding cakes, birthday cakes, and pies for area restaurants. Flo had also been employed with the U.S. Army as a typist, with Thompson’s Paint Store and Carr-Yager Funeral Home, both in Fayette. She was a founding member of Unity Baptist Church, now Hillside Baptist Church, in Fayette, where she was an active member. Flo enjoyed crafting, sewing, baking and cooking, and helping Dan with popping kettle corn at area fairs and festivals. Most importantly, she was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother.

Cherishing Flo’s memory are two children, Tom Mann and wife, Angela of Granby, Missouri, and Donna Fahrmeier and husband, Lynn of Wellington, Missouri; five grandchildren, Courtney Carpenter and husband, Mike, Michael Mann and wife, Whitney, Caitlin Mann, Samuel Fahrmeier, and Elizabeth Fahrmeier and fiancé, Dillon; four great-grandchildren, Landon Mann, Mason Mann, Rachel Carpenter, and Riley Carpenter; and a sister, Jeanette Garrett and husband, Dwayne of Wentzville, Missouri. Also surviving are her friends and caregivers at The Lodge.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a stillborn brother, Carl.

Services honoring Flo’s life will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 19, 2022, at Carr-Yager Funeral Home in Fayette, with Rev. Ken Stacey officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Hillside Baptist Church or the Alzheimer’s Association in care of Carr-Yager Funeral Home, P.O. Box 210, Fayette, Missouri 65248.

Condolences may be shared at www.carryager.com.