Contributions to the tribute of Elaine L. Posta

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

Elaine and I became close friends for years in the 70's through the 90's in New York where I founded and direct The NeuroMuscular Center, Inc. for natural pain relief. I gave her many treatments for musculoskeletal discomfort that she dealt with over the years. Her bubbly personality and positive outlook brought such happiness to everyone around her. I can see her smile and laugh as I write this! It's a comfort to read everyone's thoughts and share the love we all felt for her!!

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SANDY GASKEY posted a condolence

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Dearest Elaine I know that you have now finished what you needed to do. Now another chapter begins for you and we will miss you terribly. I have heard your laughter in my head all week long. Rest In Peace, Cuz. We love you. Sandy & Gene

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Denise Minster-Morgan posted a condolence

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Elaine was my Dad’s, Al Minster, cousin but I always called her, Aunt Elaine. My Dad has always been close with her. Growing up he would tell me stories from their younger years and keep me up to date on what she was currently doing. He showed me a picture in a newspaper talking about her accomplishments and I decided right then and there I was going to get to know her better. I was a teenager living in CA and she was a beautiful, strong, career woman in NY, everything I wanted to be. I don’t remember everything I wrote but I do remember I asked for advice. Even though her life was busy, she wrote me back. We exchanged letters and I learned that her beauty was so much deeper, her worth so much more than her achievements. She didn’t want to just answer my questions, she wanted to know me. We wrote back and forth but meeting her in person was so much better. Elaine had a magnetism that drew you to her and a grace that assured you she really cared. I learned so much from her yet I learned even more from her relationship with my father. Elaine and my Dad kept in touch over the years regardless of the distance, the struggles they were going through, or anything else. I fondly remember him taking her call or calling her. They would talk and laugh and at times I knew they were sharing their struggles too. Watching and hearing about their connection reminded me of how healing being heard and listened to by family that really know you can be. It reminded me of how empowering our letters were to me. One time she talked to my Dad about how much she appreciate my letters. The letters I thought she would have long forgot but not Elaine. So today I decided to write her a final letter here: Elaine, Thank you. Thank you for picking up a pen and giving me a piece of you at a time when so much of you was being stretched to the limits. Thank you for being a trail blazer. For living a life of adventure and showing me what women could do even “back in the day”. Thank you for letting me get to know you, the real you. For lifting me and loving me, for for all years of shared stories and connection you gave my family especially, my Dad and for letting him be there for you to the end. Thank you for showing me what unconditional love can look like through another’s eyes. I know he will miss you dearly, we all will. Death has disconnected us for a time, but love connects us eternally. Until we meet again, with all my love, Denise “Nisey”

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Sylvia Cohen posted a condolence

Monday, April 26, 2021

Elaine and I were friends since childhood. I will miss her. My condolences to her cousins and her family of friends in the class of 1956.

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peggy chockla posted a condolence

Sunday, April 25, 2021

Elaine was a dear friend,I was honored to meet when I moved to Wilpen,we shared many stories,laughs and prayers together,I am thankful to have been apart of her life,rest in peace Elaine

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Brian Minster posted a condolence

Sunday, April 25, 2021

I remember seeing Elaine at grandma Posta’s house when I was a little tyke. I remember that I did not want to stare at her because I felt she could tell I was thinking, “Wow, you sure are beautiful.” She was the most beautiful person I had seen to date & her smile & laugh was infectious. Her personality matched her beauty. I again remember meeting Elaine as an adult, much later in life. Life had changed us all but Elaine still had that beautiful sole shining through with the same laughter I remembered from many years ago. She was always so positive & brought laughter & smiles everywhere she went. Cuz, you are in a better place now but you left all who knew you better off for it. May God bless you & I hope I see you again some day. When the Lord calls you forth for the wings you deserve, I know you will wear them well. You will now enrich heaven with that same smile we remember here on Earth.

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Sara K. Vogeler Posted Apr 4, 2024 at 10:03 PM

love reading your thoughts about Elaine!

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Alan & Mary Lou Minster of Camarillo, CA posted a condolence

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Elaine was a person who relished in the adventure of life. She was compassionate, thoughtful, nurturing, untethered by convention, and enhanced the lives of all she touched. She sought the positive, and created love, progress and personal expansion in her professional and private contacts. Her hearty laughter and positive outlook were a magnet to diverse views and individuals. She easily interacted across the socioeconomic spectrum and was a positive force in enhancing an inclusive society. Elaine recently told me two snippets. She was a very young girl and her mother got her all dressed up in pretty white dress with bows. She told Elaine to not get her outfit dirty. Elaine decided to explore the banks of the Sulfur Creek and slipped on a rock and fell in. Her dress was muddy and smelly. Elaine said her mother was..."not thrilled".... Elaine was a natural entrepreneur. Pre-kindergarden, she picked a basket of vegetables from her grandpa Frank Posta's garden. She then went to her grandpa and said;; "Would you like to buy some nice food?". Elaine said her grandpa was not amused, but young Elaine just moved on. Phone conversations laced with laughter, love for her nurturing family, and fervent prayers of thanksgiving for her blessedly full and rich life will be sorely missed by this cousin. I believe Elaine entered Heaven with a broad smile, greeted by the Lord she intimately served daily, and elated family! Joy, love, laughter. The Greeks say a person suffers a final death only the last time their name is spoken. May all who were touched by Elaine continue to say her name.... Cuz, I love you like crazy!

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Frank sebek posted a condolence

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Rest in peace Elaine,we were not blood related, but you made feel like I was,love you

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Elaine L. Posta

1938 - 2021

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