Nelia "Nelly" Manning Obituary (1966

Nelly Manning, 58 of Rochester, NY passed away peacefully on February 22 at Strong Memorial Hospital. Nelly was surrounded by the love, prayers and comfort at the time of her passing by her family and friends with her in the hospital and virtually as well by many of her loved ones that were praying with her from the Philippines as she entered her eternal rest to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Nelly was hopeful and faithful during her more than year long fight against Lymphoma, enduring many treatments while always trusting in the Lord. She never gave up spiritually but God had greater plans for her beyond this physical, earthly life. He called her home to be forever in His presence in accordance with his perfect timing, will and mercy. Nelly was born on February 3rd, 1966 on Mactan Island in the Philippines which was made famous by Magellan in 1521. Nelly married John Manning of Rochester, NY in 1998 and was a loving and devoted wife and a caring and dedicated Mother to her 3 beautiful daughters: Janelle, Chessa and Megan. Nelly was a hard working employee of L3Harris for many years and had many good friends at the company. Nelly has a large family in the Philippines and was known for her generosity. She was affectionately known by many as "mommy Nelly" or "auntie Nelly" or simply "Nell". To Nelly, family ties and bonds are forever very strong and very important. She has 5 sisters and 3 brothers and a total of 21 nieces and nephews all of which love her so very much! Nelly was predeceased by her mother Lucia who shared her Christian faith and witness to her and her father Norberto who gave her good values and a strong work ethic. Nelly was also predeceased by her older brother Alberto and surviving wife Judith with 6 children and also predeceased by her older brother Rodrigo and surviving wife Eva with 5 children. Nelly is survived by several loving sisters and her brother who will miss her deeply as she meant so much to them: Emy & husband Leopoldo Edna & Rocco and 2 children as well as 1 special grandson who is a Miracle baby! Nora & Chad of Rochester, NY and 3 sons Doreen of Texas and 1 daughter Lauro & wife Lorna and 3 sons Angela & husband Marlo and 2 sons Nelly was a very kind, gentle, friendly and patient woman. She will always be remembered for her beautiful smile, laugh, warmth and willingness to help. She really enjoyed and looked forward to going to all those "Phillipina parties" with her friends to celebrate and dance and sing with them for any occasion! She loved flowers and gardening and could often be seen working in her big backyard planting something or feeding the birds, squirrels, rabbits and deer that she loved to see. She was a fantastic cook and could make wonderful dishes with beef, pork, chicken and fish. Nelly was well known for her famous Binangkal, pancit with shrimp and lumpia which was especially enjoyed by many of her close Philippina friends. Nelly enjoyed singing so much and had the beautiful voice of an angel. Her hobbies were karaoke and playing scrabble which she was very good at. She is also survived by her little dog "Cookie"who was obsessed with her and was so excited to see her everytime that she walked through the front door and would jump up and down on her and follow her around barking with delight. Nelly's funeral service will be open to the public. Let us all hold onto the special memories that we have of her and all have peace knowing that she is now in a better place with eternal life through Christ! Services will be held on Friday March 1st at Calvary Assembly in Chili 3429 Chili Avenue, Rochester, NY 14624 Calling Hours 8:30-10:30am Memorial Service 10:30am Funeral Procession to Westside Memorial Gardens, Stryker Road, Chili Luncheon Reception at Calvary Assembly 1pm Gifts and contributions in lieu of flowers will be appreciated to cover Nelly's medical expenses.