Elaine Marie Mitsock, 64, a longtime Hopkinton resident,  passed away on Monday, February 27, 2023. Born in Malden, she was the daughter of Lorraine (Belliveau) and Leonard Saulnier.

Elaine was raised in Wakefield and attended Lesley College. She went on to have a 36-year career as a dedicated teacher in special education at Holliston Middle School. She was a member of Saint John the Evangelist Church in Hopkinton where she was the religious education coordinator and a CCD teacher. Most importantly, Elaine loved her children and grandchildren.

Elaine is survived by her three daughters, Katelyn Causton and her husband Ben, Christina Capps and her husband, Paul, and Emily Mitsock. She also leaves behind her two sisters, Barbie Saulnier and her husband, Ralph and Marianne Waisnor and her husband, Bob, and their daughter, Stacey Driscoll and her husband, Chris; as well as her two beloved grandchildren, Leonard and Josephine Causton.

Funeral services are being held privately and are under the care of the Chesmore Funeral Home of Hopkinton. In lieu of flowers, donations in Elaine’s memory are welcome to the Elaine M Mitsock Memorial Scholarship fund.  The scholarship will be awarded to a Holliston high school student who has participated in the special education program Elaine was so dedicated to. Donations can be made online at https://www.gofundme.com/f/elaine-mitsock or checks can be mailed to Holliston Scholarship Foundation with her name in the memo at the following address, P.O. Box 6786 Holliston, MA 01746.