Bernice”Niecie” Manello

Bernice “Niecie”Manello, of Newton, died on April 14, 2015 at her home. She was the dear wife of Joseph B. Manello. Niecie worked as secretary in the medical field, first to the Chief of OB-GYN at Western Reserve Hospital in Cleveland, and then to two Chiefs of Medicine at the Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, and finally to the Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health. In 1978 she enrolled as a Davis Scholar at Wellesley College and she received her B.A. in 1981. After graduating she trained in anatomy and exercise with Maggie Letwin and on Maggie’s retirement she took over the aerobic classes in the Physical Education department at MIT. A lover of tennis, she was a member of the Wightman Tennis Center for many years. In addtion to her husband she is survived by her sister, Charlotte Mador, and three nieces, Harriet Mador, Michelle Harnick, and Phyllis Scheff. Services will be at Temple Israel, 477 Longwood Ave., Boston (please park on the Riverway) on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 1 p.m. Following  interment at Temple Israel Cemetery, Wakefield,  memorial observance will be  at her late home from 4-9 pm Thursday, and Friday 2-5 pm. In lieu of flowers remembrances may be made in her and her husband’s name to Cardiac Research Fund, c/o Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02115.