Obituaries
Thomas Martin
Nov 3, 2011
Thomas Martin 66 of New Bedford passed away suddenly on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at St. Luke’s hospital. He was the son of the late Charles and Helen (Gillis) Martin. He was born in Acushnet and lived in this area most of his life. Mr. Martin was a self employed carpenter. Survivors include his son Shaun Martin of Georgia,...
Joao Silva
Nov 3, 2011
Joao Vieira Silva 85 of New Bedford passed away Thursday November 3, 2011 at St. Luke’s hospital. He was the husband of Almorinda (DeMelo) Silva and son of the late Serafim DaSilva Horta and Amorina Paulina Vieira. He was born in Ribeira Seca, Ribeira Grande, St. Michael and had lived in New Bedford for 38 years. He was a...
Idwina Franco
Oct 25, 2011
Idwina (Morais) Franco 86 formerly of New Bedford passed away Monday October 25, 2011 at Alden Court. She was the widow of Joaquim L. Franco and daughter of the late Eduardo and Luzia (Antunes) Morais. She was born in New Bedford and lived here for many years. Survivors include her sons...
Arthur Coy
Oct 18, 2011
Arthur Nelson Coy 57 of New Bedford passed away October 18, 2011 at the New Bedford Rehab. Hospital. He was born in Melrose, MA and had lived in New Bedford for many years. He was a self employed carpenter. Mr. Coy was a Vietnam War veteran, serving in the United States Marine Corp. A Divine Liturgy will be said...
Connie Billington
Oct 14, 2011
Connie M. (DaSilva) Billington 51 of East Freetown passed away at home on Friday October 14, 2011. She was the daughter of Tomas Francisco DaSilva and Maria Olga (Cruvelo) DaSilva of New Bedford. She was born in Ponta Graca, St. Michael and moved to New Bedford in 1966 before moving to East Freetown. She was a communicant of St....
George Sprague
Oct 14, 2011
George Sprague 81 of New Bedford, formerly of Cape Cod passed away Friday October 14, 2011 at Hathaway Manor. He was the husband of Carol (Newell) Sprague and son of the late George Warren Sprague and Ardell (Messenger) Sprague. He was born in Reading and had lived on Cape Cod and in New Bedford for many years. Until his...
Alda Dupont
Oct 8, 2011
Alda Dupont of Rochester passed away Saturday October 8, 2011. She was the wife of the late Aimee Dupont and daughter of the late Frank and Rosa (Gouveia) Perry. She was born and raised in New Bedford before moving to Rochester. She loved working in her yard, planting shrubs and flowers. Alda’s fondest memories were of times spent with...
Delfim DaCruz
Oct 4, 2011
Delfim DaCruz 68 of New Bedford passed away Tuesday October 4, 2011 at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He was the husband of the late Maria Patrocina (Santos) DaCruz and son of the late Albino and Germana (Pires) DaCruz. He was born in Zebral, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford since 1974. He was a communicant of Our...
Lucille Rioux
Sep 23, 2011
Lucille (Motta) Rioux 76 passed away Friday September 23, 2011 after a brief illness, at Rhode Island Hospital. She was the widow of Paul L. Rioux and daughter of the late Edward P. and Mary A. (Leandro) Motta. She was a lifelong New Bedford resident. She was a 1952 graduate of New Bedford Vocational High School where she majored...
Kim Borges
Sep 20, 2011
Kim Katherine (Streck) Borges 52 of Fairhaven, passed away at home on September 20, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Walter Streck and the late Judith (Barboza) Charboneau and step daughter of Leo Charboneau of Acushnet. She was employed by various agencies as a home health aide. Survivors include her step father, her son Ryan Borges of Fairhaven, her daughter...
Manuel Furtado
Sep 6, 2011
Manuel Furtado 91 of New Bedford passed away Tuesday September 6, 2011 at St. Luke’s hospital. He was the husband of the late Lucille (Piche) Furtado and son of the late Antonio Furtado Lima and Emilia Tavares (deMedeiros) Lima. He was born in Fall River and had lived in New Bedford since 1964. He was formerly employed by American...
Clorinda Bosi
Aug 18, 2011
Private funeral services were held for Clorinda (DePaola) Bosi 98 of Fall River who passed away Thursday August 18, 2011 at the Clifton Rehabilitative Nursing Center. She was the wife of the late William L. Bosi Sr. and daughter of the late Antonio and Concetta (Rubinacci) DePaola. She was a lifelong Fall River resident. She was formerly employed as a machine...
Mario Simas
Aug 13, 2011
Mario R. Simas 45 of New Bedford passed away Saturday August 13, 2011 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was the husband of Tina (Franklin) Simas and son of Orlando Simas of New Bedford and the late Margarida (Rodrigues) Simas. He was born in Fayal, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford for many years. He was...
Jarid DaCunha
Aug 5, 2011
Jarid DaCunha 22 of New Bedford passed away Friday August 5, 2011 from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. He was the son of Victor and Ana (Couto) DaCunha. He was a lifelong New Bedford resident. He was employed as a maintenance mechanic for American Pride Seafood. Jarid was a 2007 graduate of NBVTHS. He loved life, riding his...
Sophie Furtado
Aug 1, 2011
Sophie Furtado 82 of Dartmouth passed away Monday August 1, 2011 at St. Luke’s hospital. She was the daughter of the late Joseph L. and Antonia (Pimental) Furtado. She was a lifelong Dartmouth resident. She was a communicant of St. Julie Billiart church. Miss Furtado was employed at Eastern Sportswear as a designer and at Tremblay’s Bus as a...
Gracinda Leitao
Jul 31, 2011
Gracinda (Machado) Leitao 83 formerly of New Bedford passed away on Sunday July 31, 2011 at the UMass Memorial Healthcare. She was the wife of Antonio Leitao and daughter of the late Sylvester and Maria (DeJesus) Machado. She was born in Chaves, Tras Os Montes, Portugal and had lived in New...
Frances Laughlin
Jul 18, 2011
Frances S. (Carlesi) Laughlin 71 of Fairhaven passed away Monday July 18, 2011 at the Brigham and Women’s hospital after a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Louis and Mary (LaFace) Carlesi. She was born in New Bedford and lived in the New Bedford-Fairhaven area most of her...
Edmund Nobrega
Jul 15, 2011
New Bedford Edmund J. Nobrega 80 of New Bedford passed away Friday July 15, 2011 at St. Luke’s Hopsital after a long illness. He was the husband of the late Clotilde “Tillie” (Vaz) Nobrega and the son of Manuel Nobrega and Mary (Freitas)Fernandes. Born in New Bedford he was a life long resident of New Bedford. Edmund worked at...
Daniel Santos
Jul 8, 2011
New Bedford Daniel Santos 83 of New Bedford passed away Friday July 8 at St. Luke’s Hospital after a brief illness. Daniel was the husband of Barbara (Gamble) Santos and son of the late Antonio and Amalia (Ferreira) Santos. He was a life long resident of New Bedford. He was formerly employed at Woolworth’s where he was the assistant...
Joaquim Simoes
Jul 5, 2011
Joaquim M. Simoes 81 of New Bedford passed away Tuesday July 5, 2011, after a brief illness at St. Luke’s hospital. He was the husband of Maria L. (Freire) Simoes; they were married for 58 years and son of the late Antonio and Emelia (Melo) Simoes. He was born in Mamaroneck...
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