Elaine Esther Mesick

Elaine Mesick, 88, resident of Morgan Hill, passed away on February 9, 2022 after an extended illness. As a child she moved to California with her family and attended schools in Montebello and Torrance. She was an accomplished vocalist and performer during her junior high, high school, and college years. Elaine graduated from Pepperdine College with a degree in Education and taught school in El Segundo until the birth of her first child. She later taught school in Fountain Valley for four years while raising her three children from her first marriage as a single parent. Elaine married Gene Mesick in 1976 and they were happily married for 44 years until his death last year on February 13. Elaine taught at El Roble Elementary School in Gilroy for twenty years during her marriage and retired in 1998.Elaine is survived by her brother, Bruce Rehwoldt, of Santa Barbara; her daughter, Deborah Shahbaz, of Oceanside, CA; two sons, Brent Metfessel of Eden Prairie, MN, and Kent Metfessel of Riverside, CA; five grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and one step-grandson. She is preceded in death by her husband, Gene; stepson, David Mesick; and step-grandson, Bryan Mesick. The family is requesting donations to Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, The National Scoliosis Foundation, or the National Coalition against Domestic Violence in her memory. A family gathering to celebrate her life is planned.

Published in Gilroy Dispatch and Morgan Hill Times · February 15, 2022