Dr Adelina Dina de Sousa e Pereira

Maria Teresa de Sousa Pereira. Beloved daughter of late Dr.Joao/Adelina Costa Pereira of Margao. Loving sister/sister-in-law of late Dr.Filomeno/Maureen, Eng.Jose/Yvonne, Dr.Celina/Donald and doting aunt to Brian, Joan,Audrey, Marylene, Karen, Nina, John, James, late Malini and Meena. Expired peacefully on August 31, 2014 at her home in Margao, at age eighty two. Maria Teresa is one of the last of the batch of Goans who did their higher studies in Portugal. After studying in the Liceu on the Abade Faria road, she finished her Setimo Ano in Pangim where she grew close to her grandparents and cousins. She was just a teenager when she proceeded on to Portugal for her higher studies and did a Doctorate in Germanicas at the University of Coimbra. She later wrote to her parents that this was 'o tempo maid feliz da minha vida'...the happiest time of my life. She was then posted in Macau and later in Angola and returned to Portugal when these Portuguese colonies gained independence. She returned to Goa as a companion and caretaker to her aging parents. Upon her return, Maria Teresa taught Portuguese to a generation of youngsters in Margao. Maria Teresa is remembered for her love of life, sparkling wit and energy, joy in the present moment and her love and devotion of those close to her. --Via Maria Teresa's sister Celina cpe@uri.edu