Marie Adele Pribish Costa

Marie Adele Pribish Costa went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, ​October 31st, 2019.​ She was 85 years old.

Marie was born on March 4, 1934 in Shenandoah, PA to the late Adele and Andrew Pribish. She attended St. George's School and Church where she received the sacraments. Marie was a graduate of J.W. Cooper High School Class of 1951 and was employed as a garment worker for H.J. Spoont. She married her husband, the late Deacon Joseph J. Costa on May 25, 1957 and moved to Frackville where they raised their four children. Marie was an active and faithful member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, assisting at church functions and fundraisers. She also served as a volunteer C.C.D. teacher, preparing her students for the Sacraments of Confession and their First Holy Communion.

Marie was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, serving as Secretary and Vice Regent. She also served as President and Secretary of the Reverend James A. Hogan Council of the Knights of Columbus Ladies' Auxiliary and was a member of the Frackville Senior Citizens. Marie's hobbies included walking, bowling, completing word search puzzles, working in her garden and decorating her house for each season and the holidays. She was an avid sports fan and cheered for the Phillies, Eagles, Flyers and Penn State Nittany Lions. Her greatest enjoyment in life was spending quality time with her children, grandchildren and great grandson, all of whom she adored.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her sister, Sister M. Regis S.S.C. Patricia Pribish

She is survived and will be greatly missed by her four children, eight grandchildren and one great grandson, son Joseph Costa and his wife Nancy Costa, her granddaughter Rebecca Bracey and husband Lou Bracey and her great grandson Nico Bracey, and her grandson Joey Costa, Frackville, PA; her son John Costa and his wife Marie M. Costa, New Boston, PA; her daughter Anita Adam and her husband Pablo Adam and her grandsons Andrew and Christopher Adam, Mechanicsburg, PA; and son Andrew Costa and his wife Kristi Costa and her granddaughter Alyssa Poole and grandsons, Romen, Landon and Noah Costa, Bloomsburg, PA.

Friends and Family will be received on Sunday November 3rd from 6 pm to 8 pm and a Celebration of Life and Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday November 4th at 10 am. All services will be held at the Annunciation BVM Church located at 33 S. Broad Mountain Ave. Burial will follow the mass at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Frackville, PA. She will forever be loved and greatly missed by her family, friends and all who knew her.