Obituaries
Belmiro Costa
Nov 19, 2019
Belmiro Costa 82 of New Bedford passed away Tuesday November 19, 2019 at Brandon Woods of New Bedford. He was the husband of Gracinda (Costa) Costa and son of the late Jose DaCosta and Ana DeJesus. He was born in Quintela de Azurara, Mangualde, Portugal and had lived in the New Bedford area since 1966. Mr. Costa was a communicant...
Maria Reis
Nov 14, 2019
Maria Conceicao Reis 81 of New Bedford passed away Thursday November 14, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the wife of the late Francisco Bernardes and daughter of the late Belmiro and Ana Conceicao Reis. She was born in Terceira, Azores and had lived in New Bedford since 1981. Survivors include her daughter Ana Bernardes and her husband Robert...
Maria Botelho
Nov 11, 2019
Maria Aldora (DaSilva) Botelho 76 of New Bedford passed away Monday November 11, 2019 at her home. She was the wife of Duarte M. Botelho and daughter of the late Jose Furtado DaSilva and Maria Jose Dutra (Amaral) Moniz; she was also the step daughter of the late Jose Amaral Rocha Dutra Moniz. She was born in St. Michael,...
Dolores Tabor
Nov 7, 2019
Dolores (Tavares) Tabor, 87, passed away Thursday, November 7th at Hathaway Manor. She was the wife of the late Allen F. Tabor and the daughter of Mariano and Georgianna (Lopes) Tavares. She was born in North Dartmouth and lived in the area all her life. Dolores worked for a short time at Sowle the Florist and enjoyed volunteering at...
Beverly Machado
Nov 5, 2019
Beverly (Roderiques) Machado 44 of New Bedford passed away Tuesday November 5, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the wife of John Machado and daughter of Juanita (Kemp) Roderiques of Portland, Maine and the late Leonard Roderiques. She was born in New Bedford and lived here all of her life. She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Church in...
Maria Santos
Oct 28, 2019
Maria Isabel (Miranda) Santos 72 of New Bedford passed away Monday October 28, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the wife of Henrique F. Santos and daughter of the late Manuel Luis Esteves Miranda and the late Maria Do Carmo (Melioa) Miranda. She was born in Murtosa, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford since 1979. She was...
David Mendes
Oct 27, 2019
David C. Mendes 72 of New Bedford passed away Sunday, October 27, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the husband of Susan (Taber) Mendes and son of the late Cesar and Celeste “Sally” (Vaz) Mendes. He was born in Acushnet and had lived in this area all of his life. He was employed as a supervisor for custodians,...
Louise Barboza
Oct 23, 2019
Louise (Davignon) Barboza 85 of New Bedford passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at Rhode Island Hospital. She was surrounded by her family at the time of her passing. She was the widow of Antone Barboza and daughter of the late Louis and Marie Rose (Brun) Davignon. She was a lifelong resident of New Bedford. Louise was formerly employed as...
Kristyn Olejarz
Oct 18, 2019
Kristyn L. Olejarz 25 of New Bedford passed away Friday October 18, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the daughter of Cheryl (Bentley) Olejarz and Douglas Olejarz. She was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. Kristyn was a communicate of St. Mary’s Church in New Bedford. She loved Special Olympics, horror/scary movies and books; she...
Abraham Cruz
Oct 17, 2019
Abraham R. Cruz 69 of New Bedford passed away Thursday October 17, 2019 at home. He was the husband of Jeannette (Lemieux) Cruz, son of Carmen (Lopez) Martinez of Puerto Rico and the late Carmelo Rodriguez. He is also survived by his step father Miguel Martinez of Puerto Rico. He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and had lived...
Nancy Wojnar
Oct 14, 2019
Nancy Marie (Gomes) Wojnar passed away peacefully at home after a long illness. Nancy was predeceased by Henry and Mary Gomes, her former husband Edward K. Wojnar and survived by her son David, daughter in law Melissa and grandsons Nathan and Jacob. Nancy was a long time art teacher in the New Bedford Public Schools. She always put her...
Teresa Clemmey
Oct 11, 2019
Teresa (Tiago) Clemmey 60 of New Bedford passed away suddenly, on Friday October 11, 2019. She was the daughter of the late Jose and Maria (Pires) Tiago. Teresa was born in Linhares, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford since 1966. She was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church. She was employed by Atlantic Red Crab...
Adelino Pinto
Oct 7, 2019
Adelino Pinto 86 of New Bedford passed away Monday October 7, 2019, surrounded by his family at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He was the loving son of the late Manuel and Teresa (Dias) Pinto. He was born in Gralhos, Montalerge, Portugal and resided in New Bedford with his devoted wife of 59 years, Emilia (Alves) Pinto. He...
Maria Patricio
Oct 2, 2019
Maria Jose (Pereira) Patricio 88 of New Bedford passed away Wednesday October 2, 2019 at Charlton Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Joao Augusto Patricio and daughter of the late Antonio and Georgina (Sousa) Pereira. She was born in Funchal, Madeira and moved to Fall River in 1970, then came to New Bedford in 1980. She...
Alfred Sylvia Jr.
Oct 1, 2019
Alfred W. Sylvia Jr. 98 of Fairhaven, formerly of New Bedford, passed away Tuesday October 1, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the husband of Gloria J. (Rousseau) Sylvia and son of the late Alfred W. and Cora Sylvia. He was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong area resident. Alfred was a communicant of St. Joseph-St....
Alfred Sylvia
Oct 1, 2019
Alfred Sylvia 91 of New Bedford passed away Tuesday October 1, 2019 at his home. He was the husband of the late Mary (Frade) Sylvia and son of the late Manuel S. and Jennie (Emery) Sylvia. He was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. Alfred was formerly employed by AT&T as a telephone installer until his...
Arnaldo Alves
Sep 30, 2019
Arnaldo Alves 81 of New Bedford passed away Monday September 30, 2019 at St. Luke’s hospital. He was the husband of Maria A. (Gomes) Alves and son of the late Norberto Alves and Idalina Fernandes. He was born in Chaves, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford for 42 years. He was a communicant of St. Anthony of Padua...
Manuel Farpea
Sep 24, 2019
Manuel Farpea 60 of New Bedford passed away Tuesday September 24, 2019 at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. He was the husband of Helena (DeSousa) Farpea and son of Maria (Sousa) Farpea of New Bedford and the late Antonio Farpea. He was born in St. Michael, Azores and had lived in this area since 1969. Manuel was...
Anthony DeCosta
Sep 15, 2019
Anthony R. DeCosta 58 of North Dartmouth passed away Sunday September 15, 2019 at Rhode Island Hospital. He was the son of the late Charles and Catherine (Coyne) DeCosta and fiancée of Diamantina “Nina” Mattos. He was born in New Bedford and lived in this area all of his life. He was the proprietor of A-1 Asphalt. Tony loved...
Jose "Joe" Gouveia Jr.
Sep 11, 2019
Jose “Joe” Gouveia Jr. of New Bedford passed away September 11, 2019. Joe was born in Cambridge, Mass. in 1931 and was the son of the late Jose and Maria (Viera) Gouveia Sr. and late sister Alice. He lived in New Bedford most of his life and graduated from New Bedford High School Class of 1949. In 1950 he graduated...
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