Catherine Dosa

Catherine Dosa died peacefully at her home in Jupiter, FL on April, 29, 2021.  She was born July 21, 1931 in Red Bank, NJ, the third child born to J. Brownson and Catherine Lawless Power. She attended Catholic High School in NYC, and graduated from Ladycliff College, with a BA in English and minors in Art and French. Aspiring to be a writer, she loved working for Double Day Publishers in NYC and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.  After nearly finishing her Masters in Library Science, she catalogued her immense personal book collection. She belonged to the League of Women Voters feeling that it was important for women to be educated. As a lifelong lover of learning, she studied archaeology and painted in London, and learned multiple languages, including American Sign Language which led to many happy years of volunteer fundraising for Gallaudet College. She also loved art, visited museums around the world, and with a special love for Latin studies. After retiring, she volunteered as a docent for the Loxahatchee History Museum in Jupiter.

She married her second husband, Laszlo Dosa, in 1976 and they spent 33 years together traveling the world across 6 continents from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, all over Europe to Africa, India, China, Japan, New Zealand and Australia, with Catherine editing his published freelance pieces.

Catherine is survived by daughters, Suzanne, Maura, Catherine, stepson Laszlo, 7 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren, sisters Suzanne and Ruth, and many nieces, nephews and friends. Catherine is predeceased by her parents, four sisters, one brother and two husbands. A mass will be held in Hobe Sound, FL with a memorial gathering at a later date. She will be interred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery near Red Bank, NJ to be near her parents and siblings.