Obituaries
Manuel Vilela
Jun 13, 2010
Manuel Santos Vilela 65 of New Bedford passed away on Sunday June 13, 2010 at St. Luke’s hospital, after a brief illness. He was the son of the late Antonio and Filomena (Magalhaes) Vilela. He was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. He was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception church. He was a graduate...
Alice Rodrick
Jun 10, 2010
Alice (Rodrigues) Rodrick 86, formerly of the Tabor Mill Apartments, passed away Thursday June 10, 2010 at the Oak’s, with her loving family at her side. She was the widow of Arthur Rodrick and the daughter of the late Joseph V. and Alice (Picanso) Rodrigues. She was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. She was a communicant...
Maria Pine
May 22, 2010
New Bedford Maria (Cabral) Pine 88 , affectionately known as “Maria dos Anjos Ti Jorge”, of New Bedford, passed away Saturday May 22, 2010 at the Sacred Heart home. She was the widow of Joao Cabral and Luis Pine. She was also the daughter of the late Manuel and Maria deJesus (Silva) Cabral. She...

Janice Pontes
Apr 29, 2010
Janice Pontes 51 of New Bedford passed away at home on Thursday April 29, 2010. She was the companion of Jose Carvalho and daughter of Jeannette (Begin) Pontes, both of New Bedford, and the late John Pontes. She was born in Acushnet and lived in the New Bedford area all of her life. She was employed at Hawthorn Medical in...

Patricia Williams
Apr 27, 2010
Patricia Williams 70 of Acushnet passed away at home on Tuesday April27, 2010 after a long battle with cancer. She was the daughter of the late Hugh E. and Lillian (Hodson) Williams Jr. She was born in Acushnet and lived there for many years. She was formerly employed at Titliest and before that at various fish processing plants. She was...
John Peltier
Apr 26, 2010
John Edward Peltier 62 of New Bedford passed away unexpectedly at home on Monday April 26, 2010. He was the husband of Carolyn (Richard) Peltier and son of the late William Peltier and the late Audrey (Verdi) Mello. He was born in Cambridge and had lived in New Bedford for many years. He was formerly employed as a cook at...

Lillian Coelho
Apr 22, 2010
Lillian O. Coelho 84 of New Bedford, died peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at St. Luke’s hospital after a period of declining health. She was the widow of Gilbert R. Coelho and daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Martins) Oliveira.She was born in New Bedford and graduated from New Bedford High School in...
Pedro Carvalho
Apr 20, 2010
Pedro R. Carvalho, age 90 years, died April 20, 2010, at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. He was the beloved husband of the late Teresa (Ferreira) DeCarvalho. He was the loved father of Jose F. Carvalho of Taunton, Herminio F., Julio F. and Fernando F. Carvalho, all of New Bedford, Maria Odete Miranda of Acushnet and the...
Dorothy Jorge
Apr 10, 2010
Dorothy M. (Lemos) Jorge 82 formerly of Earle St. in New Bedford passed away Saturday April 10, 2010 at St. Luke's hospital. She was the widow of Frank L. Jorge and daughter of the late Leo and Marie (Nadeau) Lemos. She was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. She was a communicant of St. Anthony of...
Adriano Vaz
Apr 5, 2010
Adriano Vaz 88 of New Bedford, died unexpectedly at Boston Medical Center on Monday April 5, 2010. He was the husband of the late Celestina "Sally" (Silva) Vaz and son of the late Eugenio and Ana (Ferreira) Vaz. He was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. He was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate...
George Souza
Apr 3, 2010
George Souza 86 of Cotuit, formerly of Conduit St. New Bedford, died suddenly, at home on Saturday April 3, 2010. He was the husband of the late Sylvana (Santos) Souza and son of the late Antone and Catherine (Leite) Souza. He was born in New Bedford and lived most of his life here until moving to Cotuit recently. Mr. Souza...
Antonio Teixeira
Apr 2, 2010
Antonio "Tony" Teixeira 74 of New Bedford, died at home, after a brief illness, on Friday April 2, 2010. He was the husband of Loretta (Brown) Teixeira, they had been married for 52 years. He was also the son of the late Joaquim and Aurora (Gomes) Teixeira. He was a lifelong New Bedford resident. He was employed...

Emerson Rich
Mar 28, 2010
Emerson James Rich 56 of New Bedford, passed away suddenly on March 28, 2010 at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. He was the husband of Stella (Ellsworth) Rich. He was born in Bloomfield, CT and had lived in New Bedford for a short period of time. He was employed as a fisherman on various ships. survivors include his...
Leon Bellavance
Mar 19, 2010
Leon J. Bellavance 91 of New Bedford, died peacefully on Friday March 19, 2010 at Brandon Woods of Dartmouth after a period of declining health. He was the husband of the late Bertha (O'Connor) Bellavance and son of the late Joseph and Marie Louise (Dumont) Bellavance. He was predeceased by his brothers Benjamin, Louis and Armand Bellavance, his sisters...
John Alves
Mar 8, 2010
John A. Alves 79, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on March 8, 2010 after a long illness. He was the husband of Eileen (Santos) Alves for 47 years and the late Mary (Bastarache) Alves. Born in New Bedford the son of the late John B. and Maria Barbara (Fernandes) Alves. He was a communicant of St....

Jesuina Silvestre
Mar 8, 2010
Jesuina (Guilherme) Silvestre 80 of New Bedford, died Monday March 8, 2010 at St. Luke's hospital after a long illness. She was the widow of Jose L. Rocha Silvestre and daughter of the late Jose Machado Guilherme and Leonor (Livramento) Guilherme. She was born in Terceira, Azores and had lived in New Bedford since 1976. Mrs. Silvestre was a...

Wilfredo Santana
Mar 8, 2010
Wilfredo Santana 44 of New Bedford, died on Monday March 8, 2010 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was the husband of Benigna "Bennie" Mendoza of New Bedford and son of Maria Cristina Sierra of Puerto Rico and the late Pedro Santana. He died at Boston Medical Center. He was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Mr....

Laurence Dickinson
Feb 26, 2010
Laurence T. Dickinson 59 of Assonet, died February 26, 2010 at Home & Hospice Care of R.I. He was the husband of Maria (Medeiros) Dickinson and son of the late Laurence E. and Mary Ann (Tibbits) Dickinson. He was born in Longview, WA and had lived in Assonet for many years. He was employed by MCI Cedar Junction as...

Florence Silva
Feb 23, 2010
Florence (Luiz) Silva 75 of New Bedford, died February 23, 2010 at S.E. Mass. Health & Rehab. Center, after a long illness. She was the widow of Arthur Silva and daughter of the late Jose and Mary (Cambra) Luiz. She was formerly employed as a stitcher at Bristol Clothing. Survivors include her son Daniel Silva of Lowell, MA; her brother...
Manuel Dias
Feb 22, 2010
Manuel J. Dias 89 of Acushnet, formerly of New Bedford, died Monday February 22, 2010, after a brief illness, at St. Luke's hospital. He was the husband of the late Marie Anne (Nadeau) Dias and son of the late Jose and Veriata (Mello) Dias and step-son of the late Manuel Gouveia. He was born in New Bedford and had lived in this...