Obituaries

Maria Lopes
Oct 24, 2015
Services were held for Maria C. (Coelho) Lopes 76 of New Bedford. She was the wife of the late Francisco Lopes and daughter of the late Antonio and Deolinda (Vasconcellos) Coelho. She was born in Flores, Azores and had lived in this area for many years. She was formerly employed as a stitcher in the clothing manufacturing industry and as...
Lilia Campos
Oct 20, 2015
Lilia (Pires) Campos 83 of New Bedford passed away Tuesday October 20, 2015 at her home. She was the widow of Alfred Campos and daughter of the late Leonel Pires Sr. and Maria (Linhares) Pires. She was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Campos was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church. She...
Candida Igreijas
Oct 19, 2015
Candida (Marques) Igreijas 92 of Acushnet passed away at home on Monday October 19, 2015. She was the widow of Antonio Igreijas and daughter of the late Abilio and Guilhermina Candida (Cadavilha) Marques. She was born in Portugal and had lived in Acushnet and New Bedford for 43 years. She was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate...
Beryl Sylvia
Oct 12, 2015
Beryl (Albiston) Sylvia 77 of New Bedford passed away on Monday October 12, 2015 at Brandon Woods of New Bedford. She was the wife of Manuel Sylvia and daughter of the late Thomas and Anna Mae (Ferguson) Albiston. She was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. Survivors include her husband, her sons Daniel Sylvia of New...

Norman Jupin
Oct 12, 2015
Norman M. Jupin 87 of New Bedford passed away Monday October 12, 2015 at the Southeastern Mass Health and Rehab Center. He was the husband of Lucille (Gendreau) Jupin and son of the late Michael and Barbara (Basick) Jupin. He was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. Mr. Jupin was a self employed carpenter. Survivors include...
Aldina Semiao
Sep 24, 2015
Aldina (Guerra) Semiao 88 of New Bedford passed away Thursday September 24, 2015 at her home. She was the wife of Lionel Semiao and daughter of the late Sergio and Carma (Lucas) Guerra. She was a lifelong New Bedford resident. Mrs. Semiao was a communicant of St. Julie Billiart Church. She was formerly employed by Standard Grocery as a bookkeeper....
Barry Aguiar
Sep 21, 2015
Barry Aguiar 67 of New Bedford passed away Monday September 21, 2015 at Rhode Island Hospital. He was the husband of Maria Augusta (Sampaio) Aguiar. He was the son of the late Joseph and Victoria (Figueiredo) Aguiar. He was born in Acushnet and lived in this area all his life. Mr. Aguiar was a communicant of St. Mary’s Church...
Manuel Viveiros
Sep 9, 2015
Manuel Viveiros 45 of New Bedford passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday September 9, 2015. He was the son of the late Antonio and Ana (Pimentel) DeViveiros. He was born in Fayal, Azores and had lived in New Bedford most of his life. He was formerly employed as a truck driver in the transportation industry. Survivors include his sons Clayten...

Cathy Arruda
Sep 8, 2015
Cathy A. Arruda 55 of New Bedford passed away September 8, 2015 at her home. She was the daughter of the late James Roger Arruda and Mary (Rua) Arruda. She was a lifelong New Bedford resident. She was employed by the Standard Times as a delivery person. Survivors include her sister Charlene Swainamer of New Hampshire, her brothers James...
Gilberto "Jack" Goncalves
Aug 30, 2015
Gilberto “Jack” Goncalves 48 of New Bedford passed away Sunday August 30, 2015. He was the husband of Jennifer (Gibney) Goncalves and son of the late Jeremias and Maria S. (Melo) Goncalves. He was born in Nordeste, St. Michael, Azores and had lived in this area for many years. Mr. Goncalves was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate...
Brian Correia
Aug 27, 2015
Brian Correia 51 of New Bedford passed away Thursday August 27, 2015 at home. He was the husband of Rochelle (Roy) Correia and son of Edward David and Elaine (Hotte) Correia of New Bedford. He was born in Fall River and had lived in this area for many years. Brian was a financial advisor for Concord Wealth Management an...
Ronald Brown
Aug 22, 2015
Ronald C. Brown 71 of Fairhaven passed away Saturday August 22, 2015 at home. He was the husband of Beverly (Rodrigues) Brown and son of the late Pearl and Fern (Ruff) Brown. He was born in Shelton, WA and joined the U.S. Navy in 1962. He was stationed in Newport, RI for 2 years and met Bev in 1963...
Francisco Medeiros
Aug 10, 2015
Francisco Medeiros 91 of New Bedford passed away Monday August 10, 2015 at St. Anne’s Hospital. He was the husband of the late Isaura (Mendonca) Medeiros and son of the late Francisco and Rosalina (DaMota) Medeiros. He was born in Vila Nordeste, St. Michael, Azores and had lived in New Bedford since 1968. He was a communicant of Our Lady...
Orlando Duarte
Aug 4, 2015
Orlando “Lindy” Duarte 89 of South Dartmouth passed away Tuesday August 4, 2015 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the husband of Theresa Marie (Bergeron) Duarte and son of the late Jose and Isabel (Pereira) Duarte. He was born in New Bedford and lived in this area all of his life. “Lindy” was a well-known trumpet player, playing in many...
Josephine Baptista
Aug 3, 2015
Josephine (Quintal) Baptista, of New Bedford, passed away in Berkeley, California on August 3, 2015. She was 88. Josephine was born in Santa Cruz, Ilya de Madeira, to Manuel Quintal and Justiniana Nunes Quintal. When she was 16, she moved to Bristol, RI, with her mother and her two sisters, Maria and Adelina. Josephine married August Baptista in 1952...
Antonio Resendes
Jul 30, 2015
Antonio Resendes 90 of New Bedford passed away Thursday July 30, 2015 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the husband of Maria (Barbosa) Resendes and son of the late Antonio and Maria (Secia) deMelo. He was born in Faial de Terra, St. Michael and had lived here since 1971. Mr. Resendes was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate...
Adriano Correia
Jul 17, 2015
Adriano Correia 91 of New Bedford passed away Friday July 17, 2015 at the Southeastern MA Health and Rehab. He was the husband of Vivina (Da Costa) Correia and son of the late Albano and Deolinda Correia. He was born in Mioma, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford since 1959. Mr. Correia was a communicant of Our Lady of...

John Lucas
Jul 15, 2015
John A. Lucas 69 of New Bedford passed away Wednesday July 15, 2015 at Charlton Memorial Hospital. He was the son of Daniel Lucas of New Bedford and the late Anna C. (Raphael) Lucas. He was also the step son of Irene (Magalhaes) Lucas. He was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. He was formerly employed...

Hilda Bergquist
Jul 15, 2015
Hilda (Nobrega) Bergquist 88 of Acushnet passed away Wednesday July 15, 2015 at St. Luke’s hospital. She was the wife of the late Norman Caron and Stanley H. Bergquist. She was also the daughter of the late Alexander Nobrega and Herminia (Freitas) Martins. She was born in New Bedford and had lived in Acushnet for many years. Hilda was...

Domingos Vaz
Jul 14, 2015
Domingos Calado Vaz 77 of New Bedford passed away at home on Tuesday July 14, 2015. He was the husband of Maria Lurdes Afonso (Pereira) Vaz and son of the late Joaquim and Lucinda (Calado) Vaz He was born in Solveira, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford since 1974. He was formerly employed as a machine operator at Knapp...