Obituaries
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...

James Gonsalves
Jul 5, 2011
James Gonsalves 78 of New Bedford passed away Tuesday July 5, 2011 at the Oak’s. He was the former husband of Joan (Gonsalves) Gonsalves of Springhill, FL and son of the late Bernardino and Albertina (Teixeira) Gonsalves. He was born in New Bedford and was a life long resident. He was formerly employed by Eastern Sportswear as a supervisor...

Rita Spooner
Jul 3, 2011
New Bedford Rita (Blais) Spooner 93 of New Bedford passed away Sunday July 3, 2011 at the Oak’s. She was the wife of the late Leonard Spooner and daughter of the late Joseph and Ozias (Rousseau) Blais. Born in New Bedford she was a lifelong resident of New Bedford and Dartmouth. She was a communicant of St. George church in...
Alberto Ramos
Jun 29, 2011
Alberto Ramos 91of Acushnet, passed away, surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday June 29, 2011 after a long illness at St. Luke’s hospital. He was the husband of the late Rosa (Coelho) Ramos and son of the late Francisco Rodrigues Marmelo and Maria deRosario Ferreira. He was born in Linhares...
Jose Macedo
Jun 9, 2011
Jose M. Macedo 73 of New Bedford passed away suddenly at St.Lukes hospital on Thursday June 9, 2011. He was the husband of Maria (Garcia) Macedo, they were married for 46 years, and son of the late Manuel and Gertrude (Medeiros) Couto. He was born in St. Michael, Azores and had lived in New Bedford for 34 years. He was...
Elsie Barreiro
May 28, 2011
Elsie (Gracia) Barreiro 93 of New Bedford passed away Saturday May 28, 2011 at the Alden Court Nursing and Rehab. Center. She was the wife of the late Benjamin Barreiro and daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Araujo) Gracia. She was born in Fairhaven and had lived in New Bedford for many years. She was formerly employed by...
Elizabeth Martin
May 27, 2011
Elizabeth (Machado) Martin 81 of New Bedford passed away on Friday May 27, 2011 at St. Luke’s hospital. She was the wife of the late Fernando S. Martin and daughter of the late John and Mary (Souza) Machado. She was a lifelong New Bedford resident. Mrs. Martin was a...
Germina Medeiros
May 20, 2011
Germina (Pacheco) Medeiros, 92, of New Bedford, passed away on Friday May 20, 2011 at Alden Court. She was the wife of the late Lionel Medeiros and daughter of the late Jose J. Pacheco and Maria (Constantina) Pacheco. Germina was born in Taunton and lived in New Bedford for many years. She was a communicant of Our Lady of...
Clotilde Torres
May 15, 2011
Clotilde (Botelho) Torres 85 of North Dartmouth passed away on Sunday May 15, 2011, surrounded by her family, at St. Luke’s hospital. She was the widow of Manuel Torres Jr. and daughter of the late Cristiano Jacinto Botelho and Maria dosAnjos (Correia) Botelho. She was born in Achada, Nordeste, St. Michael, Azores and had lived in this area most...
Ernesto Custodio
May 15, 2011
Ernesto Custodio 85 of New Bedford passed away Sunday May 15, 2011 at St. Luke’s hospital. He was the husband of Liduina (Couto) Custodio and son of the late Antonio Custodio and Maria de Jesus. He was born in Feteira, St. Michael, Azores and had lived in New Bedford since 1980. He was a communicant of Our Lady of...

John Cummings
May 8, 2011
John Bernard Cummings age 83 of New Bedford. He was the son of the late Harry Anderson Cummings and Eva May (Wunchel) Cummings. At his request he will be cremated.
Peter Ten Eyck
May 6, 2011
Peter C. Ten Eyck 82 of Acushnet passed away Friday May 6, 2011 at the Oak’s. He was the husband of Isabel K. (Machado) Ten Eyck for 61 years and the son of the late Peter Calvin Ten Eyck and Charlotte (Lambert) Ten Eyck. He was born in New Bedford and lived in this area all of his life....
Susan Santos
Apr 28, 2011
Susan (L’Heureux) Santos 60 of New Bedford passed away Thursday April 28, 2011 at Massachusetts General Hospital. She was the wife of Leonardo Santos and daughter of Irene M. (Payette) L’Heureux of New Bedford and the late Rene L’Heureux. She was a lifelong New Bedford resident. Mrs. Santos was a communicant of St. Joseph – St. Therese church. She...