Rochelle Manuel

Rochelle Yvonne Manuel was born in Denver Colorado on August 14, 1959 to Eddie Lee Manuel and Emma Marie Carr. Rochelle affectionately known as "Sharon" or "Shay Shay" to her family and friends was the oldest child and first Granddaughter in the Manuel clan and doted on by her parents and grandparents. As the oldest child, Rochelle was a helpful hand in the household and loved playing with her younger sisters. They fondly remember when her and her younger sister, Jackie, got in trouble for throwing their mother's 45" records like Frisbee's against the wall. Athletic growing up, she loved sports and running track for her school. Not the timid type, she was not afraid to tell someone how she felt and expressed that numerous times in school with her hands. She received her formal education in the Denver Public School system attending Fairview, Smith, Merrill, Harrington and graduating from George Washington High School in 1978. In 1979, her journey into motherhood began with the birth of her daughter, Kyynna, soon after Jamesha was an added source of joy, and later on in life, she had her baby boy…Kivon. Her children and grandchildren were her world, pride and joy, always showing friends and co-workers pictures of them and their achievements. She absolutely loved movies, especially sci-fi's. At one time having a collection of over 1000 VHS movies, all in numbered order! She was known to stay up until two o'clock in the morning watching TV and cooking shows. A hard worker, Rochelle worked numerous jobs growing up; she worked for JHB International for over 14 years in the shipping and receiving department. In her free time, she loved to dance, a showstopper, she was known to enter the local nightclubs in her famous, "Cat Suits" and "Cowboy Hats" and dance from the time she got there to the time she left the party. Any event she went to she was definitely the center of attention. She loved music, when visiting her she would have a smile on her face jamming to The S.O.S. Band, Al Green, Major Harris and so many more. In her later years, she enjoyed family trips to Texas and going to Chicken Express for the fish and corn nuggets. She was planning to move to Texas once she felt better. Even in sickness Rochelle still pressed on, from the numerous doctor appointments to the weekly treatments; she still managed to smile and joke with her family. Rochelle was preceded in death by her beloved Mother, Emma Marie Carr; her grandparents, Maurice and Lois Manuel and T.H. Carr, Helen Burdine. Rochelle Yvonne Manuel departed this life December 23, 2015 at University Hospital in Aurora Colorado. Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Kyynna (Larry) Green, Jamesha (Michael) Woodberry both of Denver, CO, her son, Kivon Wiggins of Aurora, CO; her father, Eddie Lee Manuel of Oklahoma City, OK; her grandchildren, Lakeyia, Michael, Malik, Andreiana, Malika, Kyshaun and Dashaun (Nana) all of Denver, CO, her sisters Janice (Leonard) Snell of Denver, CO, Jacqueline (Clarence) Enwright of Aurora CO; Valerie (Mark) Wagoner of Oklahoma City, OK, Stephanie Riley of Dallas, TX, and Lametris (James) Wilds of Hope Mills , NC; her brother, Eddie (Beverly) Manuel Jr of Indianapolis, IN, her "Sister Friends" Chris Robinson, Cynthia Alegbegi and Amy Curran, Her beloved "GrandDoggy" Kane, a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and many friends.

Funeral Home: Pipkin Braswell Funerals and Cremation - 2050 Uinta Street, Denver, Colorado
Visitation: 12/28/2015 - Pipkin Braswell Chapel of Peace - 6601 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO
Service: 1/2/2016 at 2:00 PM - Emmanuel Christian Center - 3155 Chambers Road Aurora, CO