It is with unimaginable sadness that we advise you that Elaine passed away this evening at 5:25PM. Her parents and friends were present as Elaine passed peacefully and without any pain or suffering.
Visitation and funeral arrangements will be posted as soon as possible. If scheduling allows, the preliminary thought is for Friday visitation and Saturday funeral.
We cannot imagine life without Elaine and although she is gone from us now, Elaine will live in our hearts forever.
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Dear Sweet Elaine:
I have just learned of your passing late this afternoon and I will miss you so much dear cousin. I’ll always remember you and your love of music, dancing, and sports. While I am deeply saddened that others and I will no longer hear your hearty, happy laugh, see your gorgeous smile, and feel and experience first hand your compassion and zest for life, I am glad that you are no longer suffering.
We almost never know why these things happen, especially to someone as young as you, but I do know that you are now with God and your loved ones who have passed before you.
It is so profoundly evident from the blog comments entered by your friends and family how much you are loved and how much you touched each and every one of our lives. Thank you dear Elaine for the kindness, generosity, love, and zest for life that you shared with all of us. We are all better persons for having you in our lives. Your courage and strength in these last two months of your struggle is a testament to your endearing, sweet, and kind nature.
With love and prayers,
JoAnn (your devilish angel)
Aunt Elaine, every time I saw you you always had the greatest gifts for me. But the thing that I will remember so much longer than those gifts will last is the fact that you invested all you had into giving me the best opportunities ever. I got to go to my first and only professional football game with you. I saw Cal Ripken inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame with you. I met Ken Singleton with you. I went to countless Orioles games with you. My collection of valuable baseball stuff has taken off with things you have given me. But the collection is no longer important to me. The memories I had with you are what mean the most to me. Aunt Elaine, I miss you and love you a TON!!
Kevin
Elaine, I can hardly see the keyboard through my tears, but I feel compelled to write you for I know you do not need anyone to read these comments to you anymore. You are whole again now and in the presence and in the place prepared for you by Rose and Lynn and your grandparents, where we all will be reunited someday. We should be happy because you are healthy again and now Dancing Amongst The Stars, and not watching Dancing With the Stars on TV.
Elaine, please pray for your family and friends, as we all have prayed for you during your battle with cancer. We are looking forward to joining you again one day, and until then we will always remember your tender love, you fervent spirit, your beautiful disposition – inside and out, your contagious laugh, your brilliant blue eyes, your abundant generosity and good humor, and your most admirable humility. You have been my hero for a long time, and you will continue to be forever.
We know it’s selfish, but we wish you could have stayed with us a way lot longer. We try to calm down in the knowledge that you are totally happy now. But we’re human, and we already miss you BIG TIME.
Love and kisses,
Uncle Ab, Aunt Jo, and Aunt Norm
Elaine,
As hard as it is to let you go I know you are not suffering anymore and you are in a better world. Althou the Lord took you from us to soon I realize he wanted you to Be His Special Keeper Of The Stars! You will greatly be missed, but you will always be with us. We All Love You! Rest In Peace!
Crazy Kimmy
I'm Jackie's daughter Heather and I'm very sad to hear about your passing. I'd hang out with you when my parents and Aunt Janie went to dances and you were always the one that would make me get up on the dance floor, even though I was so shy. You were always so nice and so kind, I know my mother and Aunt Janie loved you very much. Sometimes it seems God takes the good people away the quickest, and I think he needed you up there for some better reason then letting you suffer down here. One of my favorite songs is a song by Flogging Molly, and irish band, and it seems like the perfect fit of lyrics to relate to Ms. Elaine....
"If I ever leave this world alive
I'll thank for all the things you did in my life
If I ever leave this world alive
I'll come back down and sit beside your
feet tonight
Wherever I am you'll always be
More than just a memory
If I ever leave this world alive...
If I ever leave this world alive
I'll take on all the sadness
That I left behind
If I ever leave this world alive
The madness that you feel will soon subside
So in a word don't shed a tear
I'll be here when it all gets weird
If I ever leave this world alive."
She'll be all around us until the day we meet up with her again at the big dance floor in the sky.
-Heather Rankin
Women
Yes it is a very sad day. You have touch so many people in so many ways and it's hard to believe that you won't be walking into a room with your great smile and talk about the Ravens, Orioles and politics or coming to any more of our parties but we know that you will be looking down on us. You will be rewarded in heaven for all your good deeds and you are now is better hands. Thanks for so many years of friendship and you will always have a place in our hearts.
Otts & Pat:
I do hope that you find comfort when you read these comments and know that you raised a great daughter and how well everyone love her.
Woman & Sponge Bob
I'm at a loss for words...what a beautiful person.May god wrap his arms around her and keep her. I'll miss you Elaine.
Bless You,
Debi
Dear Elaine,
What a special person you are. Our visits left us constantly impressed by your strength, your humor and your selflessness (we often laughed at how sympathetically you asked us about our small problems when we visited, never even mentioning your own big challenges). As unfair as the past few months have been to you, we are grateful that it gave us the ability to visit with you and get to know you even better. We enjoyed talking with you, laughing about Mike's office olympics and catching up on the Ravens.
When we saw you in May, visiting Norma, you laughed and told us that you only saw us in hospitals and at funerals. We never thought that just a short time after that we would be coming to a hospital to visit you, and now we're planning to go to your funeral. It simply doesn't seem fair, but we're relieved that you're no longer in pain.
You are such a special person--funny and sweet, caring and happy. Your parents must be so proud of you, and how many people you've touched, in such a short time.
Thank you for sharing yourself with us.
Love,
Sandy and Mike
PS--How nice that now you can dance again!!
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