 In 1948, Fred M. Manning became acquainted with Dwight D. Eisenhower during one of Eisenhower’s visits to the Doud family in Denver.The two men corresponded frequently over the next several years.> In the early 1950s Manning moved to Rancho Santa Fe, California, where he died in October 1958.His wife Hazel continued to correspond with the Eisenhowers for several years thereafter.