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Elaine Virginia Manchester

West Springfield, MA, USA

October 12, 1923 - February 9, 2019

Oct 12, 1923 - Feb 9, 2019

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Manchester, Elaine Virginia, age 95 passed away on February 9th 2019. She was a graduate of Chicopee High School in 1941. She worked as a secretary and a bookkeeper for many years for several institutions.
She was married to Donald Manchester who died on 1990. She was married to Thomas Bisesti on 1969, who died on 2001.
Elaine’s talents were many, she was an excellent singer and organ player. She was part of two singing groups while she was living in Florida with her former husband Thomas Bisesti. She was an excellent painter and her individually designed greeting cards were sold for the enjoyment of many. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend who loved to entertain. She enjoyed singing and playing for her friends and dancing with her son Barry. Elaine truly lived life to the fullest through simple pleasures, chatting with friends and family, playing cards, snacking and spending time with her two children Barry and Sheryl. Elaine had the ability to reach people in a gentle and positive way and with a delicate sense of humor.
During the last few years of her live she was living with her son Barry and daughter in- law Maritza who provided loving care to her.
Preceded in death by her parents Esther Louise De Gray and Armand Oliva Metivier, her sibling Richard Metivier and her daughter Sheryl Bean. She is survived by her sister Claire Marsh, her son Barry Manchester and his wife Maritza Manchester; her son in law Ronald Bean, her two granddaughters Tara Maynard and her husband Joe Maynard, Jenni Adamzyk, her two grandsons Jason Melbourne and Eric Melbourne, her two great-granddaughters Chelsey Micaeli and Ashley Hass and her two great-grandsons Cody and Connor Adamzyk.

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