Ernest Souza

ERNEST SOUZA, 79, of TOMS RIVER, formerly of CLIFTON, died Monday at Community Medical Center, Toms River, NJ.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Mr. Souza resided in Clifton since 1953 before moving to Toms River in 1998. He retired in 1983 as a Plant Supervisor with the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission of Newark, NJ.
Mr. Souza was a US Navy Veteran of World War II; a member of the Tin Can Sailors; Pavlick-Koster Post #2640, Veterans of Foreign Wars of Wallington; Past Master of Mountainview Lodge #154, Free and Accepted Masons of Wayne; the Tall Cedars of Clifton and the Salaam Temple AAONMS (Ancient Arabic Order Noble Mystic Shrine) of Livingston.
He was predeceased by his wife, the former Anne Motiel, in 1996 and by his brother, Charles Souza.
Survivors include: his two daughters, MaryAnn Catanzarite and her husband, Frank of Toms River and Doreen Dai and her husband Victor J. of Moscow, Pa.; his two sisters, Helen Shaw and her husband, Ralph of Norfolk, Va. and Dorothy Jemery and her husband, George of Rhode Island; his five grandchildren, Dean A. Catanzarite, Elizabeth Catanzarite, Frank Catanzarite, Jr., Rosario Catanzarite, Daniella F. Febres and nine great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be 10:00 am Friday at BIZUB-QUINLAN FUNERAL HOME, 515 Lexington Avenue, Clifton. Interment East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Clifton. Visitation on Wednesday and Thursday 2-4 & 7-9 pm. Visit www.bizub.com for driving directions/ online condolences.