Obituaries
Alfredo Pimentel
Sep 5, 2019
Alfredo Manuel DeSousa Pimentel passed away Thursday September 5, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the husband of the late Maria Luisa (Guerreiro) Pimentel and son of the late Alfredo and Marta (Sousa) Pimentel. He was born in Ponta Graca, St. Michael, Azores. Alfredo enjoyed watching soccer. Survivors include his sons Walter Pimentel Of New Bedford, Daniel Pimentel...
Ana Vaz
Sep 5, 2019
Fairhaven Ana (Roda) Vaz 87, passed away after a period of declining health surrounded by her family on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at Alden Court Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of Anibal Vaz and the daughter of the late Domingos and Lucinda (DeJesus) Roda. Ana was born in Cervos, Portugal and came to this country with her husband...
Beatrice Duarte
Sep 4, 2019
Beatrice (Bento) Duarte 87 formerly of Fairhaven Village passed away Wednesday Sept. 4, 2019 at Our Lady’s Haven. She was the widow of Seraphin Duarte and daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Casmiro) Bento. She was born in New Bedford and lived in this area all of her life. Beatrice was a communicant of Our Lady of the...
Nelson Audette
Aug 30, 2019
Nelson O.J. Audette 84 of New Bedford passed away August 30, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the husband of the late Patricia Josephine (O’Conner) Audette and son of the late Nelson and Yvonne (Muir) Audette. Nelson was born in New Bedford. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving for over 20 years. He was...
Arthur Ferreira
Aug 28, 2019
Arthur Ferreira 72 of Dartmouth passed away August 28, 2019 at the Oak’s. He was the husband of Pauline (Adriana) Ferreira of Dartmouth and son of the late Arthur and Stefania (Marusa) Ferreira. He was born in Acushnet and had lived in this area all of his life. Arthur was employed as a machine operator for Acushnet Co. until...
Dominic Letourneau
Aug 27, 2019
Dominic Letourneau 28 passed away August 27, 2019. He was the husband of Monica (Caetano) Letourneau and son of Joseph Letourneau of Hatfield, MA and Denise (Lamothe) Letourneau of Casper, Wyoming. He was born in Fairbanks, Alaska and had lived in the Greater New Bedford area for 12 years. He was employed by CES as a laborer. Dominic was a...
Mark J. Wojnar
Aug 13, 2019
Mark J. Wojnar age 70, passed away unexpectedly, at his home in New Bedford this week. Mark is survived by his sisters Andrea Wojnar and Bonnie Schafer, his cousin and friend Priscilla Guillemette, his nephew David Wojnar and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins. Mark earned a Bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo...
Michael Spicer
Aug 8, 2019
Michael Scott Spicer 29 of New Bedford passed away suddenly on Thursday, August 8, 2019. He was the son of Scott Spicer of New Bedford and Sherry (Cunha) Spicer of Fairhaven. Michael was a lifelong New Bedford resident. He was employed as a commercial fisherman. Survivors include his father, his mother and her companion Truett Holcomb, his brothers Noah...
Gilbert Montanez
Aug 4, 2019
Gilbert Montanez 63, passed away Sunday, August 4, 2019. He was the husband of Barbara (McKibben) and the son of the late Francisco Montanez and Inez Lopez. He was born in Bronx, New York. Gilbert was employed at the Country Club of New Bedford as a grounds keeper. He loved cars and worked on them as a mechanic in various garages...
Eleuterio "Teddy" Furtado
Jul 30, 2019
Eleuterio S. “Teddy” Furtado 60, of New Bedford, passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at home, surrounded by his family. He was the son of the late Manuel and Maria daGloria (Pacheco) Furtado. He was born in St. Michael, Azores and had lived in New Bedford for many years. He was employed at Holyhood Cemetery as a foreman. “Teddy” was...
Maria Viegas
Jul 28, 2019
Maria N. (Domingos) Viegas 81 of New Bedford passed away Sunday, July 28, 2019, at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the widow of Joao Jose Viegas and daughter of the late Antonio and Alda (daConceicao) Domingos. She was born in Olhao, Algarve, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford since 1968. She was formerly employed as a winder at...
Raoul "Ralph" LeBlanc
Jul 22, 2019
Raoul “Ralph” LeBlanc 90 of New Bedford passed away Monday July 22, 2019 at his home. He was the husband of the late Yvette (Turgeon) LeBlanc and son of the late Raymond and Cora (Renaud) LeBlanc. He was a lifelong New Bedford resident. He was a communicant of St. Anthony of Padua Church. Ralph was a driver/salesman for Coyne...
Margaret Nunes
Jul 17, 2019
Margaret (Martin) Nunes 88 of New Bedford passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at the Oak’s. She was the wife of the late Mario Nunes and daughter of the late Manuel and Mary (Souza) Martin. She was born in Falmouth, MA and had lived in New Bedford for many years. Margaret was a communicant of Our Lady of the...
Joao Baia
Jul 12, 2019
Joao Baia 79 formerly of New Bedford passed away on Friday, July 12, 2019 at the Cottages at Dartmouth Village. He was the husband of the late Conceicao “Connie” (Pereira) Baia and son of the late Antonio Baia and Joaquina Carneiro daSilva. He was born in Meixedo, Montelerge, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford for many years. Joao was...
Jose Santos
Jul 2, 2019
Jose D. Santos 85 of New Bedford passed away suddenly, at home on Tuesday July 2, 2019. He was the son of the late Julio and Clara (Martin) Santos and the companion for 27 years, of Deborah Duarte. Jose was formerly employed as a bus driver for Tremblay Bus until his retirement. He was a veteran of the Korean War,...
Primitivo Rios Sr
Jun 26, 2019
Primitivo Rios Sr. 97 passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at Brandon Woods Dartmouth, surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of the late Cristobal Rios and Rose Maria Rodriguez. He was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Primitivo was a communicant of St. Anthony's of Padua Church. He was employed as a Buck Presser at Eastern Sportswear....
Karen Wheeler
Jun 12, 2019
Karen (Reid) Wheeler 64 of North Dartmouth passed away at Rhode Island Hospital on Wednesday June 12, 2019, after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Charles Edward Wheeler and daughter of the late Edson and Irene Reid. She was born in Tiverton, RI and lived in Dartmouth most of her life. At the time of...
Maria Vitorino
Jun 6, 2019
Maria Neves (Carreiras) Vitorino 74, formerly of New Bedford, passed away June 6, 2019. She was the wife of Gilbert C. Vitorino and daughter of the late Antonio and Rosa (Moura) Carreiras. She was born in Montelerge, Chaves, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford before moving to Florida. She was formerly employed as a stitcher at Cliftex and...
Lucinda "Lucy" Pereira
May 31, 2019
Lucinda “Lucy” Pereira 91 of New Bedford passed away Friday May 31, 2019 at the Sacred Heart Home. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Gomes Pereira and Maria (Alves) Pereira. She was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. Lucy was formerly employed as a stitcher for Justin Clothing until her retirement. She enjoyed playing...
Paul Avelar
May 29, 2019
Paul J. Avelar 53 of New Bedford passed away Wednesday May 29, 2019 at home. He was the son of Jacinto J. DeAvelar and Maria Cecilia (Pimentel) Avelar of New Bedford. He was born in Flores, Azores and had lived in New Bedford since 1974. Paul was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church. He was employed...
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