Obituaries
Robert Rebello
Sep 18, 2012
Robert Rebello 61 of New Bedford passed away on Tuesday September 18, 2012 at St. Luke’s hospital, after a short illness. He was the son of Alda (Soares) Rebello of New Bedford and the late Arthur Rebello. He was also the brother of the late Nancy (Rebello) Sweeney. He was a life long New Bedford resident. He was a communicant...
David Gibbons
Sep 15, 2012
David Gibbons 61 of New Bedford passed away unexpectedly on Saturday September 15, 2012. He was the husband of Tanya (Young) Gibbons and son of Anne (Santos) Rosario of New Bedford and the late John Gibbons. He was a lifelong resident of New Bedford. David worked as a maintenance man for many different companies. He served in the U.S. Navy...

Anibal Capella
Sep 7, 2012
Anibal M. Capella 89 of Acushnet passed away Friday September 7, 2012 at Southeastern MA Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was the husband of Esther (Pombo) Capella and son of the late Jose Mendes Capella and Constancia (Reis) Capella. He was born in New Bedford and lived in this area all of his life. He was a communicant of Our...

Adam Rebello
Sep 7, 2012
Adam Michael Rebello 23 of New Bedford passed away Friday September 7, 2012. He was the son of Kimmy (Tripp) Mello of New Bedford and Jose Miguel Rebello. He was also the step-son of David Mello Jr. He was a lifelong New Bedford resident. Adam enjoyed playing baseball, basketball and collecting baseball cards. Survivors include his mother, step father and father;...

Sara P. Botelho
Aug 31, 2012
Sara P. Veronica (Pacheco) Botelho 80 of Fairhaven passed away Friday August 31, 2012 at St. Luke’s hospital. She was the widow of William Botelho and daughter of the late Antonio Franco Pacheco and Maria Sophia (Mello) Pacheco. She was born in St. Michael, Azores and had lived in Fairhaven for many years. Mrs. Botelho was a communicant of Our...
Marie Brown
Aug 29, 2012
Private funeral services were held for Marie Lillian Brown 83 who passed away Wednesday August 29, 2012 at the Sacred Heart Home. She was the daughter of the late Edward and Yvonne (Dudevoir) Brown. She was a lifelong New Bedford resident. She was a communicant of St. Anthony of Padua church. Marie was formerly employed by the Sacred Heart Home...
Celeste Mendes
Aug 26, 2012
Celeste “Sally” (Vaz) Mendes 89 of New Bedford passed away Sunday August 26, 2012 at the Oak’s. She was the widow of Cesar Mendes and daughter of the late Eugenio and Anna (Ferreira) Vaz. She was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. She was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception church. Sally was formerly...
Alfredo Souza
Aug 20, 2012
Alfredo Souza 91 of Florida, formerly of New Bedford, passed away August 20, 2012 at the Palm Bay Community hospital. He is survived be his loving wife of 65 years Laura (Costa) Souza. He was the son of the late Antonio and Deolinda (Rocha) Souza. He was born in New Bedford and lived here until moving to Florida several years...

Thomas Lopes
Aug 19, 2012
Thomas B. Lopes 63 of New Bedford passed away Sunday August 19, 2012 at home. He was the son of Mabel (Rebello) Lopes of New Bedford and the late Americo “Mac” Lopes. He was a lifelong New Bedford resident. Mr. Lopes was a mixologist at the Country Club of New Bedford also at the Holiday Inn. Survivors include...
Carlos Rodrigues
Aug 12, 2012
Carlos A. C. Rodrigues 77 of New Bedford passed away Sunday August 12, 2012 at St. Luke’s hospital. He was the husband of Ludovina ( Dores – Amaral) Rodrigues. He was born in Portugal and had lived in New Bedford for 45 years. He was employed as an auto body technician for Lech auto body and Correia’s auto body....
Irene Baptista
Aug 11, 2012
Irene Baptista 87 of New Bedford passed away Saturday August 11, 2012 at St. Luke’s hospital. She was the daughter of the late Mariano J. and Angelina (Couto) Baptista. She was born in New Bedford and was a life long resident. She was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception church. Irene was formerly employed as an...
Margaret Perry
Aug 11, 2012
Margaret C. (Correia) Perry passed away Saturday August 11, 2012 at the Sacred Heart Home, after a brief battle with breast cancer. She was the widow of Joseph A. Perry and daughter of the late Alfred and Aldora Correia. Margaret was born in St. Michael, Azores and lived in New Bedford most of her life. She was formerly employed...
Esther Gomes
Aug 6, 2012
Esther Gomes 91 of New Bedford passed away Monday August 6, 2012 at the Alden Court Nursing and Rehab Center. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Gomes Pereira and Mary (Alves) Pereira. She was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. She was formerly employed as a stitcher at Justin Clothing until her retirement. Survivors...

Donald Matthews
Jul 27, 2012
Donald “Matt” Matthews 77 of New Bedford passed away Friday July 27, 2012 at the Oak’s. He was the husband of Lucinda “Lu” (Rezendes) Matthews and son of the late Charles and Doris (Nickerson) Matthews. He was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. Mr. Matthews was a communicant of St. John Neuman Church. He was formerly...
Clara Allain
Jul 25, 2012
Clara (Pereira) Allain 84 of Acushnet passed away on Wednesday July 25, 2012 at the Oak’s. She was the wife of Rene Allain and daughter of the late Joseph and Maria (Rebello) Pereira. She was born in New Bedford and lived in this area all of her life. Survivors include her husband; her sons Francis A. Murray Jr. of...
Alice Almeida
Jul 17, 2012
Alice (DePonte) Almeida 84 of New Bedford passed away Tuesday July 17, 2012 at St. Luke’s hospital. She was the widow of Antonio Almeida and daughter of the late Joseph and Alice (Carvalho) DePonte. She was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. She was a communicant of St. Lawrence Martyr church. Mrs. Almeida was employed as...
Manuel Borges
Jul 6, 2012
Manuel A. Borges 84 of New Bedford passed away Friday July 6, 2012 at St. Luke’s hospital. He was the husband of Ana (Machado) Borges and son of the late Antonio doBarros Coutinho and Maria daGloria Borges. He was born in Villa Reale, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford for 32 years. He was a communicant of Our...
Mary Frade
Jul 5, 2012
Mary Rose (Rodrigues) Frade 93 formerly of Milford St., New Bedford passed away July 5, 2012 in Arvada, CO. She was the widow of Gerald “Jerry” Frade and daughter of the late Manuel Rodrigues and Josephine (Rosario) Briere. She was born in New Bedford and lived here most of her life before moving to Colorado to be close to...
Leo Gagnon
Jun 30, 2012
Leo Gagnon 85 formerly of Dartmouth passed away June 30, 2012 at the Life House Nursing Home in Vista, CA. He was the husband of the late Cecelia (Viveiros) Gagnon and son of the late Alfred and Palma (Brodeur) Gagnon. He was born in New Bedford and had lived in this area most of his life. Mr. Gagnon was...
Nancy Robert
Jun 29, 2012
Nancy A. (Richard) Robert 73 of New Bedford passed away peacefully at home on June 29, surrounded by friends and loved ones, after battling cancer. She was the wife of Laurent Robert and daughter of the late Alfred J. and Margaret (Curran) Richard. She was a lifelong New Bedford resident. She was a communicant of the Holy Name of...