Obituaries
Manuel Freitas
Nov 18, 2014
Manuel Freitas 91 of New Bedford passed away Tuesday November 18, 2014 at St. Luke's Hospital. He was the husband of Lea (Henriques) Freitas and son of the late Antonio and Mary (Caires) Freitas. Born in New Bedford Mr. Freitas was a life long resident. He was a communicant of Our Lady of Fatima Church. He was formerly employed...
Henry Rodrigues
Nov 13, 2014
Henry C. Rodrigues 90 of New Bedford passed away peacefully Thursday November 13, 2014 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the husband of Dolores (Bernardo) Rodrigues and son of the late Chrisostimo and Maria (Cruz) Rodrigues. Born in New Bedford he was a lifelong resident. Henry was a communicant of St. Mary’s Church in New Bedford. He was a...
Antonio Pereira Jr.
Nov 8, 2014
Antonio F. Pereira Jr. 88 of New Bedford passed away Saturday November 8, 2014 at the Sacred Heart Home, after a period of declining health. He was the husband of the late Gloria (Pacheco) Pereira and son of the late Antonio F. and Maria Guilhermina (Pimentel) Pereira. He was born in Achada, Nordeste, St. Michael, Azores and had lived...
Jacinto Guerra
Nov 3, 2014
Jacinto P. Guerra 90 of New Bedford passed away Monday November 3, 2014 at the New Bedford Healthcare Center. He was the husband of Maria Cecilia (Alves) Guerra and son of the late Francisco Ramos Guerra and Maria Engracia D. Perdigao. He was born in Westport, Ma and was raised in Portugal before returning to Massachusetts. Mr. Guerra was a...
Norman L'Heureux
Oct 30, 2014
Norman H. L’Heureux 75 of New Bedford passed away on Thursday October 30, 2014. He was the loving husband of Susan (Fernandes) L’Heureux and they were happily married for 49 years. Born and raised in New Bedford he was the son of the late Raoul and Elizabeth (Judd) L’Heureux. Norman was a communicant...

Helena Duraes
Oct 27, 2014
Helena Duraes 86 of New Bedford passed away Monday October 27, 2014 at St. Luke's Hospital. She was the wife of the late Antonio Fidalgo and daughter of the late Manuel and Eduarda (Trindade) Duraes. She was born in Portugal and had lived in New Bedford for many years. She was a member of the Assembleia Pentecostal Church. Mrs....
Manuel Baptista
Oct 27, 2014
Manuel C. Baptista 97 of New Bedford passed away Monday October 27, 2014 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the son of the late Mariano J. and Angelina (Couto) Baptista. He was born in Vila Franca, St. Michael, Azores and had lived in New Bedford since 1924. He was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church....

Joao Patricio
Oct 22, 2014
Joao Augusto Patricio 93 of New Bedford passed away Wednesday October 22, 2014 at the Hathaway Manor. He was the husband of Maria Jose (Pereira) Patricio and son of the late Joao A. and Marieta Patricio. He was born in Funchal, Madeira and had lived in New Bedford for many years. Joao was a communicant of Our Lady of the...

Esther Capella
Oct 20, 2014
Esther (Pombo) Capella 87 of New Bedford passed away Monday October 20, 2014 at the Southeastern MA Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of the late Anibal Capella and daughter of the late Joseph and Antonia (Barboza) Pombo. She was born in New Bedford and lived in this area for all of her life. Mrs. Capella was...
Abilio Goncalves
Oct 12, 2014
Abilio Goncalves 88 of New Bedford passed away Sunday October 12, 2014 at St. Luke’s hospital, surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Julia (daCruz) Goncalves and son of the late Joao Goncalves Pasqual and Ana Fernandes. He was born in Trogada, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford since 1958. Mr. Goncalves was a communicant of...
Silvino Arruda
Oct 5, 2014
Silvino Arruda 64 of New Bedford passed away Sunday October 5, 2014 at home. He was the husband of Fatima (Aguiar) Arruda and son of the late Francisco deSousa Arruda and Matilde (daConceicao) Arruda. He was born in Santo Antonio, St. Michael, Acores and had lived in New Bedford for many years. Mr. Arruda was a communicant of Our...

Elvira Fernandes
Oct 2, 2014
Elvira Fernandes 88 of New Bedford passed away Thursday October 2, 2014 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Antonio and Maria Conceicao (Rezendes) Fernandes. She was a lifelong New Bedford resident. Elvira was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church. She was employed by her fathers’ company, Perfection Brands, as a supervisor...

Cidalia Bettencourt
Oct 1, 2014
Cidalia (DaCosta) Bettencourt 46 of New Bedford passed away Wednesday October 1, 2014 at St. Luke's Hospital. She was the wife of Ezequiel Bettencourt and daughter of Aida (Pacheco) Dacosta of New Bedford and the late Antonio DaCosta. She was born in Portugal and had lived in New Bedford for many years. Survivors include her husband; her mother; Her...
Madeline Machado
Sep 28, 2014
Private funeral services will be held for Madeline (Joyal) Machado 85 of New Bedford who passed away Sunday September 28, 2014 at the Oak’s. She was the wife of Richard “Ricky” Machado and daughter of the late Philemon and Rosa Alma (Lahaie) Joyal. She was born in Canada and lived in New Bedford for many years. Mrs. Machado was...
Maria Nunes
Sep 20, 2014
Maria Nunes 99 of New Bedford passed away Saturday September 20, 2014, peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the widow of Joao Nunes and daughter of the late Antonio Jose Fernandes and Rosa de Jesus Fernandes. She was born in Prazeres, Madeira Island and had lived in New Bedford since 1967. Maria was a communicant...
Brian Rebello
Sep 18, 2014
Brian Rebello 40 of Cambridge, MA passed away Thursday September 18, 2014.He was the son of Maria Rebello Marks and the late Rudolph Rebello. He was born in New Bedford and had lived in the greater Boston area these past few years. Brian was employed by the Brass Union in Somerville as a chef. He was formerly employed as the...
Isaura Cardoso
Sep 16, 2014
Isaura (Machado) Cardoso 94 of New Bedford passed away Tuesday September 16, 2014 at the New Bedford Healthcare Center. She was the widow of Joaquim Cardoso and daughter of the late Agostinho and Amelia (Hilario) Machado. She was born in New Bedford and had lived here all of her life. She was a communicant of the Holy Name of...
Maria Ferreira
Sep 8, 2014
Maria Nazare Ferreira 53 of New Bedford passed away Monday September 8, 2014, at home. She was the wife of the late Marcelo F. Dias and daughter of Jose and Maria A. (Costa) Ferreira of New Bedford. She was born in Portugal and had lived in this area for many years. She was a communicant of Our Lady of the...
Jose Ferro
Aug 30, 2014
José Lomelino Alves Ferro passed away on Saturday, August 30, 2014. He was 93 years old. The devoted husband for sixty-six years of the late Alice C. (Camacho) Ferro, whom he adored, he was also a loving and dedicated father and grandfather. A devout Catholic, José attended Mass daily with his wife. Together they also prayed the rosary and...
Clotilda Paiva
Aug 28, 2014
Clotilda “Clo” (Valloura) Paiva 95 passed away on Thursday August 28, 2014, after a period of declining health, at Alden Court Nursing Center. She was the widow of Henry Paiva and daughter of the late Domingos and Jacintha (Mello) Valloura. She was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Paiva was a stitcher at Economy Blouse until...