Mary Anne Souza
Mary Anne Souza
Mary Anne Souza passed away peacefully, with family at her side and Elvis Presley singing in the background, on Feb. 11, 2024, after a long, happy and eventful life. She was born on March 13, 1943, to Anne and Jim Rowe in Kalispell. She grew up as the only child of parents who owned a busy restaurant/drive-in, as her twin sister had passed away at birth. She graduated from Flathead High in 1961 and started college the following fall at Western Montana College. After completing her freshman year, she followed her dream of moving to the big city of San Francisco, where she found employment at the brokerage firm of Sutro & Company. Shortly thereafter, she eventually met her future husband, Manuel P. “Mac” Souza, who lived in the same apartment building as her when she asked to borrow his record player. Mac and Mary Anne were married in November 1964 at the Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. After starting their family in the Bay Area, she and her husband moved to Billings in 1969.
During the 1970s, she and her husband were founding parishioners in the new read more
