Costa of Brockton, August 4, 2004, Anna E. (Sanderson) Costa, 82 years. Wife of the late Manuel Costa. Mother of Gloria “Mia” Aunkst, Barbara I. Morey, Russell P. Costa, and Annie E. Blanchard.
Funeral Service in the Central Square Congregational Church, Bridgewater Monday at 10am. Burial in Calvary Cemetery. Visiting hours in the J. Frank Conley Funeral Home, 138 Belmont Street (Rte 123) Brockton Sunday 2-6 pm.
Obituary Information
Mrs. Costa died unexpectedly Wednesday morning at the Brockton Hospital. Born in Shirley, MA, daughter of the late Nathan D. and Margaret (MacLeod) Sanderson. She was raised in South Boston, and graduated from South Boston High School. She had been a resident of Brockton since 1954. She was a homemaker and enjoyed music and dancing especially line dancing. She was a member of AARP, the Senior Citizens Group of Dorn Davies, and the Central Square Congregational Church of Bridgewater for many years.
She is survived by three daughters, Gloria “Mia” Aunkst of Carson City, Nevada , Barbara I. Morey of Bridgewater, Annie E. Blanchard of Brockton and a son, Russell P. Costa of Key West, Florida, eleven grandchildren, six great grandchildren and three sisters Christina Sullivan of South Boston, Barbara Sanderson of Hull and Claire Grushey of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Wife of the late Manuel Costa, grandmother of the late Kevin Campbell and sister of the late Mary Callahan.