Sophie T. (Poswiata) Sousa, age 91, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 at a local healthcare facility in Lowell. She was the wife of the late Charles A. Sousa who died in 1984.
She was born in Lowell on August 31, 1917, a daughter of the late Walter and Mary (Zajdel) Poswiata. Sophie resided in Lowell and also New Jersey from 1953 until 1986.
She leaves a son and daughter-in-law, Robert C. Sousa and Helen M. Foster of Eatontown, NJ; two sisters, a brother-in-law, Anna Masson of Dracut, Loretta and Thomas Hood of Lowell; a brother, Charles Poswiata of Lowell; two grandchildren, Jonathan F. Sousa of Ennis Ireland and Jared B. Sousa of N. Brunswick, NJ; also many nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late John, Frank, Joseph and Chester Poswiata.
At the request of the family, funeral services will be held privately. Expressions of sympathy may be made in her memory to the St. Francis of Assisi Breadline NYC: www.stfrancisnyc.org/lieu.asp