Rose M. Elmer, age 73, passed away surrounded by her loving family on March 18, 2016. She was born in Holyoke on Dec 2, 1942 to the late Aime and Elizabeth (Bakes) Crochiere. She worked for many years as an Administrative Assistant for a Community Health Center. Rose was a communicant of St Anne Church in Chicopee and she was also a church organist, soloist and choir director for many area churches for almost 50 years. She enjoyed going on vacation with her family to the Rhode Island and Maine shores and spending time caring for her grandchildren. She leaves her husband Richard Elmer of Chicopee; two sons Ross Elmer and his partner Pamela Vestal of Chicopee and Richard B. Elmer and his wife Tina of Westfield; two daughters Renee Coppolo and her husband Alan of Westfield and Robin Clark and her husband John of Chicopee; one brother Gerald Crochiere and his wife Joanne of Chicopee; three sisters Sandra Talbot of Granby, Ronelle Labelle of S. Hadley and Michelle Crochiere of Bradenton, FL; her nine beloved grandchildren Amanda and Timothy Clark, Emily, Hannah, Richard, Joshua and Jakob Elmer and Kayla and Karissa Coppolo; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be held on Wed, March 23, 2016 at 8:45 AM from the Grise Funeral Home 280 Springfield St. Chicopee with a Mass of Christian Liturgy at 10:00 AM at St Anne Church in Chicopee. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery. Visiting Hours will be held on Tues, March 22, 2016 from 5 to 8 PM at the Funeral Home. In Lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Lynn Katz Oncology Unit at Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut St. Springfield, MA 01199.