Memorial Mass for Manuel Medeiros Rocha, age 86, of Decatur, will be Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 11:00 a.m. at Annunciation of the Lord Catholic Church with Father Ray Remke officiating. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to service. Shelton Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Mr. Rocha, who died Thursday, April 2, 2015, at his residence, was born August 26, 1928, in Massachusetts, to Manuel Rocha and Louise Medeiros Rocha. He was preceded in death by his parents, and one grandson, Timothy Austin Rocha. Mr. Rocha was a Textile Engineer with Monsanto.
He is survived by his loving wife, Betty (Dale) Rocha of Decatur; one son, John Timothy Rocha (and wife, Pamela Rocha) of Somerville; two daughters, Mary Rocha and Betsy Weaver (and husband, Dr. Jere Weaver), both of Decatur; one grandson, Manuel Rocha, III; and three granddaughters, Lauren Elizabeth Codding, Jennifer Leigh Codding, and Carrington Brooke Rocha.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to CCC or Hospice of the Valley.
