Obituary for Lou Ann M. Cusa
DATELINE - WELLS, ME
Lou Ann M. Cusa, 80, of Wells, formerly of Massachusetts, died Saturday, October 1, 2022, at her residence following a brief illness.
Lou Ann was born October 23, 1941, in Queen’s New York, the daughter of George Joseph and Jeanette Theresa (Rosatti) Ford, and raised in Babylon, Long Island. When her father was transferred to California, her family settled in Santa Monica, where she graduated from Santa Monica Community College with a degree in marketing.
Following her father’s footsteps with American Airlines, she became a flight attendant, which allowed her to travel.
She married Otto Joseph Cusa, September 14, 1963, and once she was married, she was no longer allowed to stay a flight attendant, so she had to resign her position.
It was in Sparta, NJ she lovingly raised her three daughters and in Nantucket they would summer. The sea was always an important part of Lou Ann’s life. When both her older daughters went off to college in Massachusetts, she decided to move up there as well. She enjoyed many fabulous years living in Back Bay on Commonwealth Ave.
While living in Massachusetts, she was employed with Colpitts World Travel, where she served as a Client Services Executive Director. Moving to Wells following her retirement, she loved to travel, volunteered with the Ogunquit Playhouse, as well as the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, and loved to walk the Marginal Way.
She is predeceased by her husband Otto Joseph Cusa. Survivors include her daughters Virginia Thurston (Mark) of Hampton, NH, Suzanne Cusa of Georgetown, MA, and Denise Malek (Thomas Jr.) of Locust Grove, GA, and six grandchildren Ashley Malek, Sophia Ross, Brooke Thurston, Samantha Malek, Whitney Ross and Riley Thurston.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday, October 29th 11am at Holy Spirit Parish, St Mary’s Church, Eldridge Rd, Wells.
In lieu of flowers, a Memorial Fund has been established at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art and the Ogunquit Playhouse, where she was a volunteer and docent for many years. Donations can be made:
On the web, at:
Ogunquit Museum of American Art:
www.ogunquitmuseum.org/shop/donations/
By phone, at:
(207) 646-4909
Or by mail, at:
Ogunquit Museum of American Art
P.O. Box 815 Ogunquit, Maine 03907.
Ogunquit Playhouse
PO Box 915
Ogunquit, ME 03907
To share a memory or leave a message of condolence please visit Lou Ann’s Book of Memories Page at www.bibberfuneral.com
Arrangements are in the care of Bibber Memorial Chapel, 111 Chapel Rd. Wells, ME 04090.
Lou Ann M. Cusa, 80, of Wells, formerly of Massachusetts, died Saturday, October 1, 2022, at her residence following a brief illness.
Lou Ann was born October 23, 1941, in Queen’s New York, the daughter of George Joseph and Jeanette Theresa (Rosatti) Ford, and raised in Babylon, Long Island. When her father was transferred to California, her family settled in Santa Monica, where she graduated from Santa Monica Community College with a degree in marketing.
Following her father’s footsteps with American Airlines, she became a flight attendant, which allowed her to travel.
She married Otto Joseph Cusa, September 14, 1963, and once she was married, she was no longer allowed to stay a flight attendant, so she had to resign her position.
It was in Sparta, NJ she lovingly raised her three daughters and in Nantucket they would summer. The sea was always an important part of Lou Ann’s life. When both her older daughters went off to college in Massachusetts, she decided to move up there as well. She enjoyed many fabulous years living in Back Bay on Commonwealth Ave.
While living in Massachusetts, she was employed with Colpitts World Travel, where she served as a Client Services Executive Director. Moving to Wells following her retirement, she loved to travel, volunteered with the Ogunquit Playhouse, as well as the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, and loved to walk the Marginal Way.
She is predeceased by her husband Otto Joseph Cusa. Survivors include her daughters Virginia Thurston (Mark) of Hampton, NH, Suzanne Cusa of Georgetown, MA, and Denise Malek (Thomas Jr.) of Locust Grove, GA, and six grandchildren Ashley Malek, Sophia Ross, Brooke Thurston, Samantha Malek, Whitney Ross and Riley Thurston.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday, October 29th 11am at Holy Spirit Parish, St Mary’s Church, Eldridge Rd, Wells.
In lieu of flowers, a Memorial Fund has been established at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art and the Ogunquit Playhouse, where she was a volunteer and docent for many years. Donations can be made:
On the web, at:
Ogunquit Museum of American Art:
www.ogunquitmuseum.org/shop/donations/
By phone, at:
(207) 646-4909
Or by mail, at:
Ogunquit Museum of American Art
P.O. Box 815 Ogunquit, Maine 03907.
Ogunquit Playhouse
PO Box 915
Ogunquit, ME 03907
To share a memory or leave a message of condolence please visit Lou Ann’s Book of Memories Page at www.bibberfuneral.com
Arrangements are in the care of Bibber Memorial Chapel, 111 Chapel Rd. Wells, ME 04090.