NEAL SOUSA, AGE 71, DIED UNEXPECTEDLY FROM A FALL AT ASANTE ROGUE REGIONAL
HOSPITAL IN MEDFORD, OREGON ON APRIL 13, 2024.
HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE OF 30 YEARS, BARBARA SOUSA, AS WELL AS HIS FORMER
WIFE, MARY SOUSA (MARRIED 20 YRS), DAUGHTER MARNIE CARVALHO, BROTHER
ROMAN SOUSA, AS WELL AS SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND COUSINS. HE WAS
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, FRANK AND JACKIE SOUSA, HIS BROTHER MARK
SOUSA, AND SISTER JUNE PILLOW. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL.
HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN PEDRO, CA. HE ATTENDED SAN PEDRO HIGH CLASS
OF 1970, AND AFTERWARDS RECEIVED HIS JOURNEYMAN’S LICENSE IN 1981. HE
WORKED AS AN EXECUTIVE CARPENTER AT RAYTHEON IN EL SEGUNDO CA, FOR 24
YEARS AND RETIRED ON DISABILITY IN 2008. HE AND HIS WIFE BARBARA, MOVED TO
GRANTS PASS, OREGON FIFTEEN YEARS AGO IN 2009.
NEAL HAD MANY FRIENDS IN OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. HE WAS KNOWN FOR TELLING
JOKES AND READING HIS POEMS. HE LOVED MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH!
HE LOVED DRIVING HIS WHITE PRIUS, MUSIC OF ALL KINDS, PLAYING THE HARMONICA,
FOX NEWS, WATCHING AND FEEDING THE BIRDS AND WILDLIFE. HE ALSO LOVED HIS
CATS AND THE FERAL CATS HE FED ON HIS PROPERTY. HE LOVED PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE ELECTION THIS YEAR. HE WAS ALSO LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE MIKE TYSON FIGHT IN JULY. HE WILL MISS BOTH UNLESS HE HAS A
GOOD SEAT IN HEAVEN!
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT GREEN HILLS MORTUARY IN RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, CA ON THURSDAY, JUNE 13 TH AT 12 NOON.