All Obituaries

Abilio Pacheco 68 of New Bedford passed away Monday August 10, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the husband of the late Gwyn (Santos) Pacheco and son of the late Abilio and Maria Deolinda Pacheco. He was born in Achadinha, St. Michael, Azores and had lived in this area for many years. Abilio was employed as a commercial fisherman. He was a veteran serving in the U.S. Army. Survivors include his son Kevin Pacheco, his daughter Lisa Pacheco, his brother Jose Pacheco and his sister...

Joao T. Simas 79 of New Bedford passed away Friday August 7, 2020 at Care One of New Bedford. He was the husband of Dora (deMedeiros) Simas and son of the late Eugenio Teixeira Simas and the late Maria DoCarmo Sousa. He was born in Achada, Nordeste, St. Michael, Azores and had lived in this area for many years. He was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church. Joao was formerly employed by Alden Yachts until his retirement. He was a member of the Senhor de Pedra Club and...

Jaime Furtado 77 of New Bedford passed away on Wednesday August 5, 2020 at St. Luke's Hospital. He was the husband of Mary (Barbosa) Furtado and son of the late Orlando and Hirodina Furtado. He was born in Ponta Delgada, St. Michael, Azores. He was employed as a taxi driver in Portugal. He is survived by his wife, his daughter Graca in Portugal, his brother Mario Furtado in Portugal and his step son Steven Antaya of New Bedford. His funeral services were private.

Antonio B. Barroso 87 of Acushnet passed away Monday July 27, 2020, at his home. He was the husband of Ana F. (Castro) Barroso, next month they would have been married for 60 years. He was the son of the late Joao Batista Barroso and the late Herminia Pires. He was born in Cambeses do Rio, Montelerge, Portugal, and had lived in this area for many years. He was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church. Antonio was formerly employed as a carpenter for Modern –...

Richard “Ricky” Machado 80 of New Bedford passed away Sunday July 26, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the husband of the late Madeline (Joyal) Machado. He was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. Richard was formerly employed as a machine operator at Revere Copper and Brass. Survivors include his children Richard Machado Jr., Sharon Pellitier and Michelle Machado – Walsh all of New Bedford. He is also survived by 3 grandchildren and 3...

Emilia (Figueiredo) Coelho 90 of New Bedford passed away, Thursday July 23, 2020 at Alden Court. She is the wife of Jacinto Coelho and daughter of the late Jose Augusto Figueiredo and the late Eugenia Valente. She was born in Linhares de Beira, Portugal and had lived in this area for many years. Emilia was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church. She was formerly employed as a stitcher for Cliftex until her retirement. Survivors include her sons Cesar Coelho and his...

Rose M. Ross, 81, of Acushnet passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020 at home with her family by her side after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Rose was the loving wife of the late J. Arthur Ross to whom she was married for 59 years.  Born in New Bedford, daughter of the late Joseph and Rosalina (Bertoldo) Correia, she lived most of her life in Acushnet and was a parishioner of St. Mary’s Church of New Bedford.  Rose graduated from Dartmouth High School, class of...

Eileen (Furtado) Russek 89 of New Bedford passed away Sunday July 19, 2020 at her home. She was the wife of Richard Russek Sr. and daughter of the late Joseph and Rosalina (Perry) Furtado. She was a lifelong New Bedford resident. Eileen was a communicant of Our Lady of Fatima Church. She was formerly employed as a stitcher in the garment industry. Survivors include her husband, her daughter Donna Rogers and her husband Richard of New Bedford, her brother Norman Furtado of New Bedford, her...

Joaquin “Jack” Teixeira Jr. 85 of New Bedford passed away Friday, July 17, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the son of the late Joaquin and Christina (Santos) Teixeira. He was born in Dunkirk, NY and had lived in New Bedford for many years. Jack was employed by Arde Tile and carpet as a tile installer, he also worked at Furtado’s Dairy and Joe and Perky’s Garage. He was a veteran of the United States Army. Survivors include his sisters Mary Lou Soares of New...

Barbara (Lamere) DeMello 68 of New Bedford passed away on Monday July 13, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the wife of the late Gilbert DeMello and daughter of the late John Lamere and the late Alice (Shaw) Dries. She was born in Middleboro and had lived in the New Bedford area for many years. She was formerly employed as a CNA at the Island Terrace Nursing Home. Her favorite color was purple, she collected angels, and she liked to go to the 6th Bristol Club, American Legion and VFW in...