February 27, 2021
Victoria F. Manning died Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes of natural causes. Victoria, known to all as Vikki, was born in Summit, Ill., Dec. 15, 1949.
She graduated from Western Illinois University with a bachelor of science degree in special education. She spent 30-plus years working in the magazine publishing industry, beginning in Chicago, working at Yacht Racing and Cuisine magazines. She moved to New York City in 1976 and worked on a variety of different magazines, including Book Digest, Boardroom Reports, Sesame Street, Howard Medical Newsletter and finally Condé Nast publications in the U.K., France, Spain, Germany and Australia. She literally travelled the globe from London to Marrakech.