I wanted to send this over because she was related on my father's maternal side, de Sousa. Marie's aunt was Eltevina Lopes de Sousa m. to my father's uncle Joao de Sousa originally from Riberia Grande, Sao Miguel. They also resided in Somerville, MA.
She did tell me that she didn't know a lot about her Pacheco side and that Oliver was cut from Oliveria years ago. My father did tell me that Frank Oliver's father was a tailor in Ribeira Grande. Also, the families all came over about 1920's from Sao Miguel. Marie G. Oliver Marie G. (Pacheco) Oliver, 81, of Mendon, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008, at Milford Regional Medical Center, Milford. She was the wife of the late Frank Oliver Jr., who died May 26, 2001. Mrs. Oliver was employed in the office of Dr. Spina in Milford for many years, retiring in 1980. She had previously been employed at the Wilton Insurance Co. in Arlington and the cafeteria at Nipmuc Regional High School, Mendon. Mrs. Oliver was born Jan. 7, 1927, in Arlington, the daughter of the late Manuel and Maria (Lopes) Pacheco. She was a graduate of Somerville High School. Mrs. Oliver was a communicant of St. Michael's Church in Mendon and a member of the church's women's club. She was active in the Friends of the Elders at the Mendon Senior Center. Mrs. Oliver had been a eucharistic minister and communicant at Holy Name of Jesus Church in Indialantic, Fla. Mrs. Oliver is survived by two sons, Frederick Oliver of Washington, Mass., and Donald Oliver and his wife, Ruth Byrd, of Rincon, Ga.; two daughters, Diane and her husband, William Harper, and Elaine and her husband, Daniel Gardner, all of Mendon; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two nieces, Laurie Segerson of Derry, N.H., and Linda Wall of Pensacola, Fla.,who were the daughters of her predeceased sister, Ethel Puzin of Cambridge. Funeral services will take place Thursday, Dec. 11, at 8:30 a.m., from the Buma-Sargeant Funeral Home, 42 Congress St., Milford, followed by a Mass of the Resurrection at 9:30 a.m., at St. Michael's Church, North Avenue, Mendon. Interment will follow in Swan Dale Cemetery, Hartford Avenue East, Mendon. Visiting hours are Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Mrs. Oliver's memory may be made to St. Michael's Church, c/o Building Fund, North Avenue, Mendon, MA 01756, or to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or to the Mendon Lions Club, P.O. Box 218, Mendon, MA 01756. They were friends of my parents for years. They retired in FL, but when Frank passed away she moved back to be with her children. They were wonderful people and will be surely missed. Linda Borges (Furtado) Norton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
