Grace M Manna's Obituary
Grace M Manna, 86, of Tampa Florida. Passed away on June 1, 2018. She was born in Tampa, Florida. Grace missed her deceased husband, Manuel, and son, Joseph, through her last day with us. She is survived by her sons Sam (Elaine) and Frank (Sonia) Manna; grandchildren, Stephanie, Sydney, Manuel, and Anthony; great grandchildren, Jaelyn, Sebastian, Kaeden, and Rylan; brother, Gaspar J. Monte; and many loving nieces and nephews. A Visitation will be held from 6-8 pm Thursday, June 7 at Boza and Roel Funeral Home in Tampa. A Graveside Service will be held 10 AM Friday, June 8 at Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Tampa.
Tribute From Sons:
Our mother Grace had been married to our father Manuel for many wonderful and loving years which ended when our father passed away just as they were entering their ‘golden years’. Their lives together were filled with unbounded happiness along with the consistent worry and responsibility of having a ‘special need child’. Unfortunately, she also experienced the mind-numbing loss of that child
But between those emotional extremes our mother lived her life with love, enthusiasm, persistence, an open heart, and open house to all.
She adored and loved her children, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren unconditionally and showed us how to do the same. She cherished her daughters-in-law for the love and unselfish assistance they provided her. She maintained a loving relationship with her brother, nieces, nephews, and many cousins.
She loved to travel and luckily had the opportunity to visit many places with our father and then continued her own. But, she never passed a ‘craps’ table that wouldn’t see her attempt to make a couple of ‘passes’ with the dice.
When she re-entered the work force she spent many years working at Jim Walter Corporation where she added to her list of caring friends.
During these last special years, she particularly enjoyed the senior lunches, going to bingo and being with all her friends.
As we deal with this loss, my brother and I fondly remember her involvement with our grammar school activities and the PTA. She was involved with us all through our youth baseball years. She counseled us through our middle and high school years. During those school years, our friends always had an open-door policy, to come and just ‘hang-out’ or stay for dinner. Many of them remember being in her kitchen on Sunday’s watching her prepare her magnificent spaghetti sauce and just waiting for the dinner invite that they knew would be coming. As my brother and I entered and moved through our adult lives she consistently lead by example; showing that extending courtesy to all was a very comfortable way to live your life.
She will be missed daily. We all love you mom!
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