Obituaries
Ricardo Carreiro
Feb 9, 2018
Ricardo Carreiro 44 of Westport passed away Friday February 9, 2018 at home. He was the husband of Saundra McCallister for 17 years. He was also the son of Custodia Carreiro of St. Michael and the late Silvino Carreiro. He was born in St. Michael and lived in this area for many years. Ricardo was employed as a project...
Claudio Silva
Feb 8, 2018
Claudio Silva 42 of New Bedford, passed away Thursday, February 8, 2018 at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was the son of Maria (Pinho) Silva of Brazil and the late Jose Antonio DaSilva. He was born in San Paulo, Brazil and had lived in New Bedford for several years. Claudio was employed by S & M Framing as a carpenter. He...
Clementina Conchinha
Jan 27, 2018
Clementina (Calado) G. Conchinha 92 formerly of New Bedford passed away Saturday January 27, 2018 at Our Lady’s Haven. She was the widow of Jose Conchinha and daughter of the late Manuel and Albina (Afonso) Calado. She was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. Clementina was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church....
Ronald Ptaszenski Sr.
Jan 21, 2018
Ronald (Yogi) Ptaszenski Sr. 60, passed away, at home, unexpectedly Sun 1/21/18 in Melbourne, Australia. Born in Bronx, NY on Jan 24 1957, Ron was the son of the late Benedict and Regina (Kulesza) Ptaszenski. He lived most of his life in New Bedford, Ma working for Chamberlains then Shaw’s before moving to Australia in 2008. He always enjoyed...
Robert Levesque
Jan 20, 2018
Robert C. Levesque 73 of New Bedford passed away Saturday January 20, 2018 at St. Anne’s Hospital. He was the husband of Suzanne (LaFrance) Levesque and son of the late Dolor and Rose (Gaucher) Levesque. He was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. He was a communicant of St. Anthony of Padua Church. Robert was formerly...
Agnes Leite
Jan 17, 2018
Agnes (Ferro) Leite 56 of New Bedford passed away Wednesday January 17, 2018 at Rhode Island Hospital. She was the wife of Luis A. Leite and daughter of the late Manuel and Deolinda (Arruda) Ferro. She was born in Lombo da Batal, St. Michael, Azores and had lived in New Bedford for many years. Mrs. Leite was formerly employed...
Michael Cote
Jan 11, 2018
Michael R. Cote, 64 of New Bedford passed away January 11, 2018 at St. Luke's Hospital from complications of a stroke. He was the son of the late George and Janet (Nolin) Cote. He is survived by three daughters Jessica Kemble and her husband Jonathan, Rebecca Wooler and her husband Jeffery and Melissa Cote. He leaves behind his partner...
Henry Silveira
Jan 6, 2018
Henry M. Silveira 94 of New Bedford, passed away Saturday January 6, 2018 At Our Lady's Haven. He was the husband of the late Eleanor J. (Lackie) Silveira and son of the late Henrique M. Silveira and Helena Cremilde (Silveira) Silveira. He was born in Terceira, Azores and had lived in the New Bedford area for 67 years. Henry was...
Jose Victoria
Jan 2, 2018
Jose Victoria 47 of New Bedford, passed away Tuesday January 2, 2018 at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was the husband of Susan (Estavam) Victoria and son of Maria Jose (Teves) Victoria of New Bedford and the late Joao Victoria. He was born in St. Michael, Azores and had lived in New Bedford for many years. He was formerly employed...

Paulo Calouro
Dec 30, 2017
Paulo Calouro 53 of New Bedford, passed away Saturday December 30, 2017 at Care One of New Bedford. He was the son of Maria DeDeus (Correia) Calouro of St. Michael and the late Eduino Calouro. Paulo was born in St. Michael and had lived in the New Bedford area for many years. He was formerly employed as a mason....
Claire Michaud
Dec 22, 2017
Claire C. (Gaudette) Michaud 87 of New Bedford passed away Friday December 22, 2017 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the widow of Maurice E. Michaud and daughter of the late Charles O. and Aurore (Gregoire) Gaudette Sr. She was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. Claire was formerly employed as a clerical worker for Hemingway...

Lucille Jupin
Dec 16, 2017
Lucille Jeanette (Gendreau) Jupin 88 of New Bedford, passed away Saturday, December 16, 2017 at the Somerset Ridge Center, after a period of declining health. She was the wife of the late Norman M. Jupin. She was born in Fall River and had lived in the South coast area all of her life. Survivors include her daughters Janet Jupin...
Wayne Pittsley
Dec 12, 2017
Wayne E. Pittsley 68 passed away suddenly on Tuesday, December 12 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the husband of Bernadette (Jorge) Pittsley and son of the late James Nolan Pittsley and Doris (Meack) Pittsley. He was born in East Freetown and lived in the Southcoast area all of his life. Wayne was formerly employed by the city of...
Victor Rodrigues
Dec 10, 2017
Victor Rodrigues 72 of New Bedford passed away Sunday December 10, 2017 at Alden Court Nursing and Rehab. Center. He was the husband of Virginia (Thibeault) Rodrigues and son of the late Manuel and Laura (Nunes) Rodrigues. He was born in Coimbra, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford for many years. Victor was employed by Frito Lay as...
Clinton Kimball
Dec 8, 2017
Clinton Warren Kimball 76, of New Bedford, passed away suddenly, at home, on Friday December 8, 2017. He was the son of the late Alice (Parent) Kimball and Clinton Kimball Sr. He leaves behind his beloved wife Maureen (England) , his children Bruce Kimball of New Bedford; Karen Ann Kimball of South Dartmouth, Kelly Ann Kimball of Fall River, Linda Desroches of Fairhaven...

Raymond Boulay
Dec 5, 2017
Raymond Boulay 69 of New Bedford, passed away Tuesday December 5, 2017, suddenly, at St. Luke's Hospital. He was the husband of Elizabeth (Duarte) Boulay and son of the late Roland and Arline (Henriques) Boulay. He was born in New Bedford and was a life long resident. Raymond was formerly employed as a painter for the DeRoches Brothers until...
Jonathan Saraiva
Dec 4, 2017
Jonathan A. Saraiva 32 of New Bedford passed away suddenly on Monday December 4, 2017, when the boat he was aboard sank. He was the son of Phillip and Susan (Sutcliffe) Saraiva of Beaufort, South Carolina. Jon was born in Kailua, Hawaii and had lived in the South Coast area for many years. He was employed as a commercial...

Eva Silvia
Nov 30, 2017
Eva (Sansoucy) Silvia 86 of Dartmouth passed away Thursday November 30, 2017 at Care One of New Bedford. She was the wife of the late Manuel Silvia Jr. and daughter of the late Edward and Emma (Allain) Sansoucy. She was born in New Bedford and had live in this area all of her life. Eva was formerly employed as...
Vivina Correia
Nov 19, 2017
Vivina (DaCosta) Correia 97 of New Bedford passed away Sunday November 19, 2017 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the widow of Adriano Correia and daughter of the late Jose DaCosta and Maria Dos Prazeres. She was born in Holyoke, and moved to Portugal when she was an infant, settling in New Bedford in 1959. She was a communicant...
Richard "Rick" Freitas
Nov 19, 2017
Richard “Rick” Freitas,91,of South Dartmouth passed away Sunday,November 19, 2017 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the husband of Alberta (Grover) Freitas and son of the late Eduardo and Mary (Amaral) Freitas. He was born in Dartmouth and lived there all of his life. Rick was employed as a landscaper for E.M. Munson until his retirement. Survivors include his...