Obituaries

Clara Allain

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Joao Martins

Joao Martins

Jun 28, 2012

Joao Martins 51 of New Bedford passed away Thursday June 28, 2012 at the New Bedford Healthcare. He was the husband of Carmina (Gomes) Martins and son of the late Alfredo Martins and Maria Goncalves Lage. He was born in Penalonga, Ribeira da Pena and had lived in New Bedford for 43 years. Mr. Martins was a communicant of...

Camille Correia

Camille Correia

Jun 28, 2012

Camille (Mello) Correia 95 of New Bedford passed away Thursday June 28, 2012 at the Kimwell Nursing and Rehab Center in Fall River. She was the wife of the late Antone L. Correia and daughter of the late Manuel C. and Frances (Frates) Mello. She was born in New Bedford and was a life long resident. She was a...

Manuel Inacio

Manuel Inacio

Jun 26, 2012

Manuel Rodrigues Inacio 95 of New Bedford passed away Tuesday June 26, 2012. He was the husband of Olidia (Nunes-Cardoso) Inacio and son of the late Jose Rodrigues Inacio and Maria Jesus (Santinho) Inacio. He was born in Villa Franca da Serra, Portugal and has lived in New Bedford since 1948. Mr. Inacio was a communicant of Our Lady...

Irene Machado

Irene Machado

Jun 8, 2012

Irene (Leite) Machado 90 of New Bedford passed away on June 8, 2012 at New Bedford Healthcare. She was the widow of Alfred F. Machado and daughter of the late Manuel C. and Alexandrina (Melo) Leite. She was a lifelong New Bedford resident. Mrs. Machado was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception church. She was employed as...

Carminda Monteiro

Carminda Monteiro

Jun 8, 2012

Carminda (DaFonte) Monteiro 86 of New Bedford passed away Friday June 8, 2012 at the Brigham and Women’s hospital. She was the widow of Jose Monteiro and daughter of the late Joao and Maria (Fernandes) DaFonte. She was born in New Bedford and was a long time resident. Mrs. Monteiro was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception...

Michael Reis

Michael Reis

Jun 7, 2012

Michael Reis 48 of New Bedford passed away Thursday June 7, 2012 at St. Luke's Hospital. He was the son of Beverly (Platt) Amarantes of New Bedford and the late Robert Amarantes. He was born in Fall River and had lived in the Greater New Bedford area for many years. He was formerly employed by Zayres department store. Survivors include...

Pauline Saponaro

Pauline Saponaro

Jun 6, 2012

Pauline (Breau) Saponaro 62 of New Bedford passed away Wednesday June 6, 2012 at Charlton Memorial Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Romeo and Estella (Morrell) Breau. She was a lifelong New Bedford resident. She was the mother of the late David Correia. She is survived by several granchildren and two sisters. Her memorial service will be held...

Loretta Teixeira

Loretta Teixeira

Jun 6, 2012

Loretta (Brown) Teixeira 73 of New Bedford passed away suddenly at home on Wednesday June 6, 2012. She was the wife of the late Antonio “Tony” Teixeira and daughter of the late Merrill and Mary (Belaire) Brown. She was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. She was formerly employed by Almacs as a meat cutter until her...

Joel Nunes

Joel Nunes

Jun 2, 2012

Private funeral services were held for Joel Nunes 88 of New Bedford who passed away at home on Saturday June 2, 2012.  He was the husband of the late Annie (Rogers) Nunes and son of the late Joseph and Mary (Morey) Nunes. He was a lifelong New Bedford resident.  Mr. Nunes was employed as a guard at Bridgewater State Prison until his...

Rosa Goncalves

Rosa Goncalves

May 31, 2012

Rosa (Lopes) Goncalves 67 of New Bedford passed away on Thursday May 31, 2012  at St. Luke’s hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of Fernando Goncalves and daughter of the late Jose and Ana (Conceicao) Lopes. She was born in Redondelo, Chaves, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford since 1968. Mrs. Goncalves was a communicant of Our...

Luis Duraes

Luis Duraes

May 29, 2012

Luis C. Duraes 91 of New Bedford passed away Tuesday May 29, 2012 at the New Bedford Healthcare Center. He was the husband of the late Maria C. (Pinto) Duraes and son of the late Manuel C. Nunes Duraes and Eduarda T. DosSantos. He was born in Serneda, St. Comba Dao, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford since 1966....

Jorge Albuquerque

Jorge Albuquerque

May 25, 2012

Jorge Albuquerque 56 of New Bedford passed away suddenly on Friday May 25, 2012 at Boston Medical Center. He was the son of Duarte Aguiar Albuquerque of Portugal and the late Filipa Maria (Gomes) Albuquerque. He was born in Sal Rei, Cape Verde Island and had lived in New Bedford since 1989. He was employed by the Veterans Transition House...

Arminda Oliveira

Arminda Oliveira

May 7, 2012

Private funeral services were held for Arminda “Minnie” (Alves) Oliveira 90 of New Bedford who passed away Monday May 7, 2012 at the Sacred Heart Home. She was the wife of William Oliveira and daughter of the late Antonio and Anastasia (DaCosta) Alves. She was a lifelong New Bedford resident. She...

Clemente Rezendes

Clemente Rezendes

May 6, 2012

Clemente Rezendes, 71 of New Bedford passed away suddenly at home on Sunday May 6, 2012. He was the husband of Maria Conceicao (Barbosa) Rezendes and son of the late Clemente and Filomena Rezendes. He was born in Faial da Terra, St. Michael and had lived in New Bedford for many years. He was a communicant of Our Lady of...