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3.20.2003
Judith I. Manzo, 37; devoted to children's pursuits
Judith I. Manzo, 37, built her life around her children, Anthony, 12,
and Brianna, 10, said her ex-husband, Anthony.
"She gave those kids everything -- Playstation, Nintendo, all that,"
he said. "The money went to the kids; she just wanted them to be
happy."
Anthony said Judy was a "cheerleader mother" for the North
Providence Jets, a youth football team in town. "She got water for
the kids, permission slips, anything the [cheerleading] coach wanted,"
he said. Brianna had been involved with the cheerleaders for three years.
She also had a dog, a Shih Tzu named Daisy, and a cat named Heckle.
Anthony said the couple met when they were 18, at the Club Promenade
in Providence. "We were together just about every day," he said.
She graduated from Attleboro High School in 1983, then went to cosmetology
school. She worked in the field until about six months ago, when she got
a job as an administrative assistant at First Choice Medical Staffing
in East Providence.
Karen Brown, Manzo's friend and manager in the East Providence office,
described her as "a loving, caring person."
Although they were divorced, Anthony said he and Judy lived together
in the small bungalow she bought three years ago on Elm Street, in the
town's Lymansville section. They had previously lived in Pawtucket.
Manzo said Judyliked clubs and '80s music. "She liked a lot of those
bands, like Great White," he said.
Brown said Judy went to The Station with a friend, who had bought the
tickets for the show. The children were home with their father.
Brown said she will miss her friend, an excellent employee who she said
can't be replaced. "Every single person -- and I'm not saying this
because she's gone -- every single person who met Judy loved Judy,"
she said.
-- Bob Jagolinzer, with reports from the Associated Press
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