Obituaries
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...
Mary Veloza
Feb 13, 2010
Mary (Pontes) Veloza 87 of Meriden, CT, died Saturday February 13, 2010 at the Hartford Hospital. She was the widow of Francisco "Frank" Veloza and daughter of the late Antonio Pontes Lira and Eliza (Pereira) Lira. She was born in New Bedford and had lived in Connecticut for many years. She was formerly employed as an assembler for Schick...
Carl Dumont
Jan 27, 2010
Carl "DEWEY" Dumont of Lakeville died Wednesday, January 27, 2010 after a long illness at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was the husband of Christine (Matthews) Dumont and son of Donat Dumont of Maine and the late Maureen (Sousa). He was also step-son of the late Robert Potvin. He was born in Fall River and had lived in the Southcoast area all of...
Alfred Roda
Jan 27, 2010
Alfred Roda 90 of New Bedford, died Wednesday January 27, 2010 at the New Bedford Jewish Convalescent Home. He was the husband of the late Candida (Machado) Roda and son of the late Domingos and Lucinda (Fernandes) Roda. He was born in New Bedford and was a lifelong resident. Mr. Roda was a communicant of Our Lady of the...
Matilda Cote
Jan 25, 2010
Matilda (Tavares) Cote 86 of New Bedford, died Monday January 25, 2010 at St. Luke's hospital. She was the widow of Donald E. "Bud" Cote and daughter of the late Joseph R. and Nora (Cabral) Tavares. She was born in South Dartmouth and had lived in Rochester, Fairhaven and New Bedford. She was formerly employed at Paul Modes as...
Maria Mendes
Jan 7, 2010
Maria Joaquina deJesus (Ventura) Mendes 81 of New Bedford, died on Thursday January 7, 2010 at St. Luke's hospital.She was the widow of Octavio Mendes and daughter of the late Rosa deJesus Ventura. She was born in Melo-Nabainhos, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford since 1970. She was a communicant of Our Lady of Fatima church. Mrs. Mendes...
Biatriz Fernandes
Jan 2, 2010
Biatriz (Dos Santos) Fernandes 85 of New Bedford, died unexpectedly at St. Luke's hospital on Saturday January 2, 2010. She was the wife of Manuel Fernandes and daughter of the late Joao and Natevidade Dos Santos. She was born in Nabainhos, Portugal and had lived in New Bedford since 1967. Mrs. Fernandes was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate...
Virginio Simas
Dec 27, 2009
Virginio M. Simas 78 of New Bedford died on Sunday December 27, 2009 at the Sacred Heart Home. He was the husband of Maria Dilia (Borges) Simas, to whom he was married to for 53 years. He was also the son of the late Manuel De Medeiros Graca and Maria Elvira Simas. He was born in Sao Pedro de Nordestinho, St....
Josephine Monteiro
Dec 26, 2009
Josephine (Yata) Monteiro 78 of Acushnet, died at home on Saturday December 26, 2009. She was the wife of Herman Monteiro and daughter of the late Joseph and Helen Yata. She was born in Somerset and had lived in Acushnet for the past several years. She was formerly employed as a machine operator in the garment industry until her retirement. She...
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