Elisa

Enamorado

Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend visiting hours on Wednesday, August 30th from (five) 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., in the Welsh Funeral Home, 718 Broadway, Chelsea, for Elisa Enamorado, who passed away on Saturday, August 26th.  She was 79 years old.  Her Funeral will begin from the Welsh Funeral Home on Thursday, August 31st at 9:00 A.M., followed by a funeral mass at St. Rose Church, 600 Broadway at 10:00 A.M. Services will conclude with interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett.

Born and raised in Villanueva, Honduras, Elisa was the eldest of 12 children born to Blanca Burgos and Jesus A. Enamorado.  She received all her formal education in Honduras and completed college with a master's degree in teaching.

She was married to Adolfo Garcia and began raising a family while working outside of her home as a grade schoolteacher in Honduras.

She was widowed in 1977 and worked to bring her family to the US.  A single mother she was able to settle her family in Chelsea in 1982 and she has been a resident of Chelsea since that time.

For many years, Elisa worked as teacher's assistant and paraprofessional for Chelsea Public Schools.  She spent her last 5 years at Chelsea High School before retiring in 2006.  After retiring Elisa became the fulltime caregiver to her mother, helping her to return home to Honduras for her final years.

She was extremely devoted to home and family, and community.  She gave her full measure of devotion to many community projects, she volunteered for Centro Latino, teaching English and Spanish reading and writing, she was a great organizer bringing others together to champion many causes for the benefit of all.

She was a devoted parishioner and communicant of St. Rose of Lima Church and a member of the Neocatechumenal Way of Chelsea.  She was also a past member of the Chelsea Teachers Union.

She was the beloved mother of L.Patricia Garcia, Miriam Garcia, Carmen Garcia, Lorena Garcia, and Johana Santos.  She is also survived by 9 of her siblings, 12 grandchildren and 4 greatgrandchildren.