Alice Mae (Dixon) Sousa
Obituary
Alice Sousa died peacefully on January 29, 2024 at the age of 90. Her life was defined by a commitment to the social justice teachings of her Catholic faith and love for her family. She and her husband Dick were active in Catholic youth ministry through the Search Program, and in their retirement became secular Franciscans. In 1983 with her neighbor Louise Weske, Alice co-founded The Lord's Table, now part of St. Joseph's Family Center, to serve the food insecure of Gilroy.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dick Sousa, her children, Geralyn Fortino and Jamie Sousa, her granddaughter Dalilah Sousa, and siblings Frances, John and Jim. She looked forward to being reunited with them and her dear friend, Fr. Tom Seagrave.
Alice will be missed by many, especially her surviving children: Richard, Marianne, James, Ted, and Sumi; her grandchildren: Josh, Marikah, Nick, Daniel, Adam, Miles, Mitchell, Dustin, and Angelina; her 15 great grandchildren; her brothers Donald and Albert, and her sisters-in-law Barbara and Heather.
Her funeral mass is February 12, 2024, 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Gilroy. Reception following at the Gilroy Veterans Memorial Building.
Published in Gilroy Dispatch and Morgan Hill Times · February 6, 2024