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Ellen Mannoia, GC First Lady, 1950-2007 |
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Ellen J. Mannoia, age 56 of
Greenville, passed
away at 8:43 p.m.
Wednesday, June 13,
2007 at her home in Greenville.
Funeral services will be
held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at
the Greenville
Free Methodist
Church with Rev. Joe Culumber
officiating. Her ashes will be scattered in the ocean at Carpinteria, CA. The family will receive friends from
4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Friday at
the Greenville Free Methodist Church.
Born June 15,
1950, Ellen Jean (Schroeder) Mannoia
brought joy and life to her family, friends and colleagues for 57 years. Her
strength, energy, and smile, but especially her remarkable unselfishness,
spanned the breadth of her life - and no less so than during her twenty year
battle with breast cancer.
Ellen was born in
Detroit,
MI and raised in
Peoria, IL. She lost her mother
at age 16, and worked all the years of high school in a drug store.
Ellen attended
Northern
Illinois
University for three
years and then transferred to St. Louis
University, where she
received a B.S. in Physical Therapy in 1973. She worked full-time at
St. Joseph
Hospital in
Kirkwood,
MO for two years
following graduation. In addition, she served as clinical supervisor for
physical therapy students from St. Louis
University. While
employed there she developed the chest physical therapy program. Following her
employment in St. Louis she worked
in the V.A. hospital near Grove City,
PA and then part-time at
various therapy centers while raising her children in Santa
Barbara, CA.
Funeral Services:
Saturday, June 16, 10:30 a.m.
Greenville Free Methodist Church
Rev. Joe Culumber officiating
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Ellen and Jim met at
St. Louis
University in a
philosophy class. Their 35-year marriage began August 26,
1972, an adventurous journey that
included as many colleges as it did countries. As Jim's wife, Ellen graced the
halls of Grove City College (PA), Westmont College (CA), the University of
Zimbabwe, Houghton
College (NY), and Greenville College (IL). Their life together has also taken
them to places such as two years in Zimbabwe, where Ellen was first diagnosed
with breast cancer in 1988, Europe with students from Westmont, Brasil, and the
far east, as well as a three-month sabbatical last fall in Portugal and
Italy.
Ellen's love for her
family was amazingly unselfish. She was mother to son, Jim, and his wife, Lyla,
and daughter, Eva Marie, and her husband, Brandon. Jim works as an investment
banker in Manhattan and Eva
Marie is an attorney in Orange County,
CA.
Ellen's commitment to
community created deep connection between her and the students. She both cared
for them and inspired them. Jim and Ellen frequently welcomed students to their
home. Ellen delivered the 2000 Baccalaureate address at the request of the
graduating senior class. GC students respected the dignity and courage she
demonstrated in battling the recurrence of breast cancer.
Ellen exuded courage and
character. But perhaps her greatest virtue was her lack of self-centeredness.
She was always thinking of others and doing things for them. These included
making cookies for all the athletic teams and signature knitting and needlework
projects for friends around the world. Her personal touch on this campus,
visible in many campus buildings, including the newly named Ellen J. Mannoia
Hall, will remain a constant reminder of God's visible grace on our campus
through the life of Ellen Mannoia.
Memorials may be made to the Ellen
J. Mannoia Hall Endowment at Greenville
College.
CONTACT:
Robyn Lyn Florian (
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Director of College Relations &
Marketing
Digital Media
Communications/Photography
Greenville
College
315 E. College
Ave.
Greenville,
IL 62246
(618) 664-6504
www.greenville.edu
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