Olga Acosta's Obituary
Olga was born on March 3, 1931 in small farm area of Cuba. She grew up one of 12 kids, of which six were half brothers and sisters. Her father died when she was two. Our grandmother would remarry and have another six kids. She didn’t talk much about the early days other than to say they were poor, grew much of their own food, raised farm animals and supported each other. They were always a very tight family. She left Cuba in the mid-1950s, way before Castro, she was not part of the elite that came to the US after Castro took power. Olga wound up in New Jersey where somehow two mid-20s from different parts of Cuba would meet, fall in love, get married and have Michael and Teresa. She didn’t have the benefit of education but worked as a sewing machine operator and other jobs throughout her life to help support her family. In addition to imparting an impeccable work ethic and character in both of us, she always wanted us to get an education. She was never pushy about it but we got it, of roughly 100 first cousins my sister and I are two of the three college graduates. She was the quintessential grandmother to her four grandkids, doting on them without spoiling them and always telling them to get an education.
She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Jacinto, her son Michael (his wife Cathleen), her daughter Teresa (her husband Matthew), four grandchildren, Gregory, Daniel, Alexander and Helene and multiple brothers and sisters.
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