Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 05:33:19 :
Novato Advance
Wednesday, March 29, 1978
LENA B. AFFONSO
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered Monday at Our Lady of Loretto Church for Lena B. Affonso who died Wednesday at a local convalescent hospital following a long illness. She was 69.
Mrs. Affonso had lived in Sonoma and Marin counties all her life. She was a native of Petaluma and grew up there. She moved to Nicasio in Marin County after her marriage to Manuel T. Affonso who worked there on the Bull Tail Dairy Ranch. They later lived in Woodacre where Affonso was part owner of another dairy ranch.
In 1948 they moved to Novato where he was employed at the Pini Feed Mill. They made their home at 1156 Mirabella Avenue.
Mrs. Affonso was a member of the Portuguese Lodge S.P.R.S.I. council No. 94 of Novato.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Evelyn Silveira of Novato; a son, Edward T. Affonso of Dayton, Nevada; three sisters, Emily Affonso of Novato, Ida B. Nunes of Forest Knolls, and Rose H. Affonso of Santa Rosa; and three grandchildren. Two sisters, Isabel Oliveira and Mary Agueda and two brothers, Manuel and John Brazil, preceded her in death.
Entombment was at Mount Olivet Cemetery in San Rafael.
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