Obituaries

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...

Doris Parker
Aug 27, 2014
Doris (Fredericks) Parker 90 of Fairhaven passed away August 27 at Our Lady's Haven. She was the wife of the late Joseph Parker Jr. She was born in Montreal, Canada and had lived in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for many years where she was the propreitor of a beauty salon.She had served in the Womens Royal Canadian Naval Service. Burial was...
Josephine Pacheco
Aug 13, 2014
Josephine (Rezendes) Pacheco 92 of New Bedford passed away Wednesday August 13, 2014 at her home with her loving daughter Arlene, who was her caregiver for the past 10 years, by her side. She was the wife of the late Anibal Pacheco and daughter of the late Antonio and Elvira (Pacheco) Rezendes. She was born in New Bedford and...
Delores Aguiar
Jul 12, 2014
Delores (Lage) Aguiar 78 of Acushnet passed away Saturday July 12, 2014 after a brief illness at the New Bedford Rehabilitation Hospital. She was the wife of the late Alfred Aguiar, mother of the late James Aguiar and daughter of the late Dionel F. and Anna G. Lage. She was born and raised in New Bedford, attended public schools and...
Belarmina Braga
Jul 11, 2014
Belarmina (Xavier) Braga 84 of New Bedford passed away Friday July 11, 2014 at Brandon Woods of New Bedford. She was the widow of Alfredo Braga and daughter of the late Adelino and Nora (Correia) Xavier. She was born in Nordeste, St. Michael, Azores and had lived in New Bedford for...

Anita Nadeau
Jul 9, 2014
Anita G. (Sylvia) Nadeau 67 of New Bedford passed away Wednesday July 9, 2014 at Tobey Hospital in Wareham. She was the wife of the late Roland P. Nadeau and daughter of the late Victor G. and Anita (Dutilly) Sylvia. She was born in Acushnet and lived in this area all of her life. She was formerly employed by...
Ernest Rich
Jul 8, 2014
Ernest Rich 62 of New Bedford passed away July 8, 2014 at Southeastern Massachusetts Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was the husband of Lorine (Francis) Rich and son of the late Clarence Douglas Rich and the late Eleanor (Florent). Ernest was born in Acushnet and lived here for his entire life. He worked at Upper Deck as a Packer...
Angelina Alves
Jul 2, 2014
Angelina C. (Calvao) Alves 78 of New Bedford passed away on Wednesday July 2, 2014 at home after a brief illness. She was the wife of Abilio Alves and daughter of the late Jose C. and Maria das Dores Calvao. She was born in Anelhe, Chaves, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford for 45 years. She was a...

J. Ferreira
Jul 2, 2014
J. Raymond Ferreira 87 of Fairhaven passed away Wednesday July 2, 2014 at St. Luke’s hospital. He was the husband of Shirley (Cheetham) Ferreira and son of the late Estell (Martin) Bairros and step-son of the late John Bairros. He was born in New Bedford and lived in this area all of his life. He was a self-employed painter...