Anne K. (Manley) Lemenager of Fairhaven died on October 27, 2009 at home surrounded by her loving children.
She was the daughter of the late Edward L. Manley Sr. and Genevieve (Luce) Manley.
Ms. Lemenager lived in New Bedford for most of her life until moving to Martha’s Vineyard in 1973. She returned to this area in 2000 and settled in Fairhaven. She graduated from Holy Family High School and St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing. She served as Supervisor of the Long Term Care Unit at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital and taught the Nurses’Aide Program at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. She also enjoyed working as a private duty nurse.
Survivors include her son, Stephen E. Lemenager and his wife Laurie; three daughters, Justine M. Woodard and her husband Billy, Jane A. Ragone and her husband Paul, and Mary Beth Carstens and her husband Joel; and six grandchildren, Ryan M. and Darren M. Brown, Emily J. and Joshua R. Becker, Jeremy L. Lemenager, and Claire Anne Carstens. She is also survived by one brother, Thomas Manley of New Bedford and one sister, Mary Close of Aurora, Colorado.
She was predeceased by her brothers Edward L. Manley Jr. and Martin S. Manley, and sisters, Barbara Lachapelle, Martha MacMullen and Margaret Butler.
Her Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Monday at 10 AM at Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, New Bedford. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery. Visiting hours will be on Sunday from 4-7 PM at the Saunders-Dwyer Home for Funerals, 495 Park St., New Bedford. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Anne’s memory directly to Southcoast Hospice and Palliative Care (Patient/Caregiver Needs Program) at 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven, MA 02719 or at southcoast.org (designate gift to Home Care/Hospice Patient/Caregiver Needs). For directions and guestbook, please visit www.saundersdwyer.com.