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Sharon E. Costa Obituary

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Sharon E. Costa

Kennebunk, ME

December 12, 1938 - May 19, 2023

Sharon E. Costa Obituary

Sharon E. Costa, 84, of Kennebunk, Maine died peacefully on May 19, 2023, at St. Andre Healthcare in Biddeford.


Sharon was born December 12, 1938, in Brookside, Illinois. She was the oldest of Robert and Jill McCarthy’s five children. She was a lifelong educator, teaching English and related subjects to students from Pre-K through College, primarily in Westchester County, NY, where she also served as a high school guidance counselor. In her retirement, she volunteered helping adults develop their literacy and English language skills and advised high school students with college applications. Over her extensive career, she instilled a love of learning and expanded the horizons of the thousands of people she touched.


She was a lifelong learner and a voracious reader. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Rosary College in Chicago and two Masters Degrees, the first in education from Long Island University and the second in guidance counseling from Mercy College in NY.


Sharon was known to all as a warm and loving person – an exceptional wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was also a fighter; surviving and recovering from a severe stroke in her early 50’s, and then continuing to push through many challenges with grace and dignity.


Sharon will be deeply missed by her husband of 56 years, Louis F. Costa of Kennebunk; son and daughter-in-law, Peter and Kate Costa of Burnt Hills, NY; grandchildren Grace, Claire, Jonathan, and Adam; sisters Mary Loehman and Jill McCarthy and brother Terry McCarthy; her close cousins the Sharoods; dear in-laws the Notos; many nieces and nephews as well as many close friends in Maine, NY, and beyond.


Visitation hours will be held on Wednesday May 24, 2023 from 4-6 PM at the Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer Street, Kennebunk, ME. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday May 25, 2023 at Holy Spirit Parish, St. Martha’s Church, 30 Portland Road, Kennebunk, ME at 11AM.


In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution in her name to St. Anthony’s Franciscan Monastery of Kennebunk, ME. (http://www.framon.net/)


Arrangements are entrusted to Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St. Kennebunk.



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