1948
Maria
2022
Maria Smith
June 18, 1948 — January 21, 2022
On Friday, January 21, 2022 our family endured a great loss. Our sister, Maria (Philla) Smith succumbed to sepsis.
Philla was born in Goa, India on 6/18/48 and grew up in Kenya, East Africa. She attended Dr Ribeiro Goan School and after a very successful career with Brooke Bond Tea Company in Kericho, Kenya, she immigrated to the United States and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area before moving to Glendale, AZ and finally settling in Las Vegas, NV in August 2017.
We will remember Philla for her ability to make everyone she met feel special. She gave freely to all those she loved, believing that the more love you give away the more there is to give! Her amazing creativity, talents in competitive sports while in school in Kenya, optimism and her love of deep faith in God, family and friends will never be forgotten.
Philla is preceded in death by her parents, Degolacao and Virgilia DaCosta and survived by her four siblings, several nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.
A celebration of Philla’s life will take place in June 2022. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the Global Sepsis Alliance: https://www.global-sepsis-alliance.org/donate
OUR LOVING SISTER PHILLA
Little did we know that on 1/21/22
God would call your name.
In life we all loved you dearly,
In death we will do the same.
It’s broken our hearts to lose you,
And you did not go alone.
For part of us went with you
The day God called you home.
You left us beautiful memories,
Your love is still our guide,
And though we cannot see you,
You are always at our side.
Our sibling chain is now broken,
and nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one,
The chain will link again.
Pam Handor, Pearl Stoll, Patsy Silldorff and Bosco DaCosta
Philla was born in Goa, India on 6/18/48 and grew up in Kenya, East Africa. She attended Dr Ribeiro Goan School and after a very successful career with Brooke Bond Tea Company in Kericho, Kenya, she immigrated to the United States and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area before moving to Glendale, AZ and finally settling in Las Vegas, NV in August 2017.
We will remember Philla for her ability to make everyone she met feel special. She gave freely to all those she loved, believing that the more love you give away the more there is to give! Her amazing creativity, talents in competitive sports while in school in Kenya, optimism and her love of deep faith in God, family and friends will never be forgotten.
Philla is preceded in death by her parents, Degolacao and Virgilia DaCosta and survived by her four siblings, several nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.
A celebration of Philla’s life will take place in June 2022. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the Global Sepsis Alliance: https://www.global-sepsis-alliance.org/donate
OUR LOVING SISTER PHILLA
Little did we know that on 1/21/22
God would call your name.
In life we all loved you dearly,
In death we will do the same.
It’s broken our hearts to lose you,
And you did not go alone.
For part of us went with you
The day God called you home.
You left us beautiful memories,
Your love is still our guide,
And though we cannot see you,
You are always at our side.
Our sibling chain is now broken,
and nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one,
The chain will link again.
Pam Handor, Pearl Stoll, Patsy Silldorff and Bosco DaCosta
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