Timothy Mankel
Timothy Donald Mankel, age 43, passed away in his sleep on December 30, 2020, at his home in St. Louis, Missouri.
He was born November 10, 1977, in Muskegon, Michigan, to Thomas and Jacqueline (Hampton) Mankel.
Tim attended Potterville High School with class of 1996. Since then, being well known as one of the best in customer service in the food industry, he traveled and lived in different areas of the U.S., his favorite area being Southern Florida.
Tim’s family and friends will remember him for his smile, his laugh, his sense of humor, his fierce love for his daughter, family and so many friends, as well as his love of music. Tim absolutely loved to sing! While his friends and family will struggle through the silence and quiet sadness of no longer hearing his voice, we will celebrate his life, his smile, his generosity, his voice, and the songs we most remember and loved to hear him sing.
Tim is preceded in death by his father Thomas Lee Mankel, grandparents Donald and Marva Pigors, Richard and Jeanne (Bigelow) Mankel, and John and Joann Hampton.
Tim is survived by his life partner: James Thomas Mathis; parents: John and Jacqueline Hampton; Daughter: Jordan Mankel; Brothers: Anthony (Tamara) Mankel, Christopher (Shannon) Hampton; Sisters: Stefanie (Linwood) Cannon, Darlene (Brad) Baker, and Dawn (Collin) Hargreaves; as well as many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews , coworkers and friends.
Tim was passionate in recognizing the pain and needs of the homeless, never hesitating to offer any help he could. Donations in Tim’s name can be made to the Lansing City Rescue Mission in Lansing, Michigan by visiting: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/1439238
My heart goes out to all of Tim’s family and friends. I will remember him as a sweet, gentle young man who had a kind heart and tender soul. Rest In Peace, Tim. ❤️
I hope he has found peace. I will miss messages from him as well as sharing our sense of humors. God bless you tim. ♡
To my dear, sweet, heart of gold cousin Tim ~I will miss you for eternity ????! Many memories of us as small children will remain in my heart forever. As life often goes we lost touch, but recently reconnected and I was able to travel to Key West and spend some time with you and meet Tommie. I will cherish that memory always! Our phone conversations and text messages as well!! You are now at peace and your beautiful spirit shall remain within all of us that love you! Your beautiful soul will never be forgotten ♥. I love you. Fly high sweetheart! You are now in the arms of Jesus!
My sweet boy. We sure did have our times, but always, ALWAYS, we knew the love we had between us was never-ending and never-failing. I wasn’t really good at tough love, but Lord I tried sometimes, and NEITHER of us appreciated it! Your sweet, gentle and kind soul made you FEEL less than worthy all too often, but you were anything but! You would LITERALLY give the shirt off your back to help someone else. When you had little food to eat, you shared it with someone who had less. Your inner turmoil caused you to be someone, at times, that you HATED to be. And, we both knew it. You were a caretaker – always worried about others. Always willing to help others. You adored your “sissy” and told me often how proud you were of your big brother’s success in life (I just can’t repeat your nick-name you gave him on his 45th birthday – LOL). You were “Pops” smiling little boy and you sure worried and encouraged him during his recent injury. So much love and fun memories from siblings, nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles, co-workers and oh so many friends. You left your footprint in our hearts and in our souls. Never to be forgotten! If you could have found a way to love yourself even a little bit more, the pain you felt might have been less. It’s ok Timmer, we loved you with every bit of our being, and will forever more. Rest in Heaven son, you have left us with a beautiful daughter to wrap our arms around. I love you Timmer – always know, never forget – I love you MORE!
If only there was a way to tell you how
much you were loved and missed. From the day I anxiously awaited your arrival to the day your mama called me sobbing to tell me of your way too early demise, I have never stopped loving you with all my heart. From your beautiful smile to our shared “crooked eyes. Although there may have been times you felt a lesser person, know that no one ever thought of you that way. So many times it felt like you were my own child, but EVERYONE knew you were your mama’s boy, through and through. My prayer for you is that you are now finally at peace. God Bless You Tim! If only I could have done more to help you through the rough times. Love you forever!
ahhhTim…always you have been that connection with your Grandma Marva…your eyes, from that sad far off stare to the mischievous gleem you both displayed with your eyes…remember the day you were born was a busy one first your cousin Eric and about 12 hours later you made your into the world…I was not truly your Aunt but it always felt Iike that…your cousins are missing you already Amy who you were able to stay in contact with and Donna who when you were both young shared all your inner secrets with…now it time for reunion, with Grandparents and your Dad…i know they were there waiting for you…we love you Tim and will see you again soon
ahhhTim…always you have been that connection with your Grandma Marva…your eyes, from that sad far off stare to the mischievous gleem you both displayed with your eyes…remember the day you were born was a busy one first your cousin Eric and about 12 hours later you made your into the world…I was not truly your Aunt but it always felt Iike that…your cousins are missing you already Amy who you were able to stay in contact with and Donna who when you were both young shared all your inner secrets with. And Darek who was your sisters cohort..now it time for reunion, with Grandparents and your Dad…i know they were there waiting for you…we love you Tim and will see you again soon
After being out of touch for a long while, then came Facebook. Shortly before you left Michigan, you made a post about how no one was going to back it to your birthday party…. and I immediately responded, “When and where, I’m totally there!” I think you asked me if I meant it…. That night will forever be the memories of us together for me, beyond any other. We reconnected then and stayed in contact through all of your travels. There are many discussed vacations between us that never happened because life got in the way for one or the other of us.
We had a night that ended too soon. I wish I would have went with you to the secondary location. I wish I would have made good on the planning of coming to see you sooner. More memories to hold onto right now.
I love you forever. <3
I know we lost contact after school til fb. But i still will always remember your contagious smile. I remember all our school dances an you always out on the dance floor. Even at the bday party i had you made it so much fun. I know you are up in heaven enjoying being with Holly singing an dancing. I remember the 1st year i started driving your niece an nephew. They looked shocked an amazed that i knew you an steph. I hope you continue to watch over your loved ones during This hard time. We all will miss you so much.