Yvonne Gaudreau Manske, of 157 Fourth St., Meriden, beloved wife for 55 years to the late Charles L. Manske, died on Friday, March 20, 2015 at Regency House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wallingford, Conn. Born in Cambridge, Mass. on Dec. 29, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Phillip and Yvonne Gaudreau and had lived here in Meriden most of her life. Yvonne was a graduate of st. Laurent School in Meriden and sacred heart School in Newport, Vt. She was employed by the Meriden Board of Education at Platt High School, from where she retired. Yvonne was a member of the Catholic Mother's Circle and Meriden Arts and Craft Gallery 53. She is survived by three sons and three daughters-in-law, Charles Manske Jr. and Dr. Dawn Motyka, of Watsonville, Calif.; James and Beth Ragozzino Manske, of Wallingford, Conn.; and Jason and Stephanie Carney Manske of Brooklyn, N.Y.; three granddaughters, Victoria, Elizabeth, and Sydney; two grandsons, Nicholas and James Jr.; two brothers, Roland and Philip Gaudreau; two sisters-in-law, Rosemarie Gaudreau and Margery Gaudreau; an aunt, Jean Gosselin; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. She was predeceased by her daughter, Caroline Ann; a sister, Lillian Cross; and sister-in-law, Agnes Gaudreau. Her funeral will be held on Thursday, March 26 at 9:30 a.m. from the Smith-Ruzzo Funeral Home, 450 Broad St., Meriden, when the funeral cortege will proceed to St. Laurent Church for a Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in St. Laurent Cemetery, Meriden. Family and friends are invited to pay their respects on Wednesday, March 25, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Smith-Ruzzo Funeral Home. To send an online expression of sympathy, please visit www.smithruzzofuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations in memory of Yvonne G. Manske be made to St. Joseph School, 159 W. Main St., Meriden, CT 06451.