Melanie Cosgrove Holmes
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Melanie Cosgrove Holmes, passed away peacefully on November 23, 2020. Melanie was born November 1, 1950, in New Orleans, LA, daughter of the late Robert Donald Cosgrove and Gayle Marschall Cosgrove. Her marriage to the late Robert Leroy Holmes ended in divorce. She is survived by sister Susan Cosgrove Holton (John), brothers Donald M. Cosgrove (Gretchen) and R. Michael Cosgrove (Julia) and nieces and nephews.
Melanie graduated from Alc?e Fortier High School in New Orleans, attended the University of Mississippi and Tulane University, and received an Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. She was employed at Northwestern Mutual's New Orleans and Milwaukee offices before joining ManpowerGroup, where she started as a temporary assistant to the CEO's secretary and ended her career after three decades of service as a Senior Vice President responsible for program and product development. She oversaw the development of Manpower's first Skillware computer training program, which was used to train hundreds of thousands of people around the world in office skills. She led her team with grace and was a mentor and an inspiration to many Manpower employees.
She served on nonprofit boards of directors, including MATC (Milwaukee Area Technical College) and ABCD (After Breast Cancer Diagnosis), and made important contributions to the Milwaukee community.
Melanie demonstrated a positive attitude and tremendous courage throughout her twenty-plus-year battle with breast cancer, giving people hope when they felt they had none.
Services will be private. Memorials in Melanie's name may be made to the MATC Foundation, Inc., 700 W. State Street, S214, Milwaukee, WI 53233, www.matc.edu/foundation/giving-form.html or to the MPTV Fund, 1036 North 8th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233. Feerick Funeral Home in Milwaukee, WI is assisting the family, (414)962-8383, www.feerickfuneralhome.com