Erundina (Alves) Ventura
Apr 8, 2020
New Bedford – Erundina (Alves) Ventura, age 84, of New Bedford passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at the New Bedford Jewish Convalescent Home. Born in Flores, Azores, she was the beloved daughter of the late Gilberto and Emilia (Silveira) Alves. She had been a stitcher for Arlene’s Fashions for many years. Dina loved cooking and praying for...
Maria C. (Sousa) Medeiros
Apr 8, 2020
Westport – Maria C. (Sousa) Medeiros, age 83, of Westport passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at her daughter’s home surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of the late Horacio P. Medeiros. Born in St. Michael, Azores, she was the beloved daughter of the late Antonio B. Sousa and Maria Estrella (Costa) Sousa. She...
Steven Oliveira Santos
Apr 7, 2020
New Bedford – Steven Oliveira Santos, age 41, of New Bedford passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at Brigham and Womens Hospital after a long illness. Born in New Bedford, he was the beloved husband of Nicole (O’Toole) Santos and loved son of Maria (Oliveira) and Adelino Santos. He worked in construction as a Drywaller. He loved to...
Ronald A. Pina
Apr 2, 2020
New Bedford - Attorney Ronald A. Pina, 75 of South Dartmouth, passed away on April 2nd at St. Luke’s Hospital after a long illness. Born in New Bedford, he was the son of the late Antonio I. and Celeste C. (Lisboa) Pina. Ron began his education at Taylor Elementary School prior to learning a word of English as Portuguese...
Judith (Dufour) Amaral
Mar 31, 2020
Fall River – Judith (Dufour) Amaral, age 68, of Dartmouth, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at Charlton Memorial Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Gilbert Amaral. Born in Fall River, MA she was the beloved daughter of the late Gaston and Lorraine (Joncas) Dufour. Judith had been an administrator at UMass Dartmouth University for many years....
Maria (Ferreira) Laranja
Mar 27, 2020
New Bedford – Maria (Ferreira) Laranja, age 67, of New Bedford, passed away on Friday, March 27, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Joao Luis Laranja. Born in St. Michael, Azores she was the beloved daughter of the late Jose Ferreira and Isabel (Costa) Ferreira. Maria had been a loving homemaker to her family....
Nancy (Furtado) Giusti
Mar 25, 2020
New Bedford – Nancy Furtado Giusti, age 63, of New Bedford, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. She was the beloved wife of many years to Roland Giusti of New Bedford and daughter to the late Irene and John Furtado. She was also the loving sister to Natalie Cardoza, Manny Furtado and the late John Furtado. She was...
John D. Costa
Mar 25, 2020
New Bedford – John D. Costa, age 46, of New Bedford, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Born in St. Michael, Azores, he was the beloved son of the late Eduino F. Costa and Norbina (Couto) Costa. John had worked as a carpenter for many years. He is survived by his children, Aiden John Costa, Bowen Costa, Connor...
Belmira (Carreiro) Costa
Mar 23, 2020
New Bedford – Belmira (Carreiro) Costa, age 100, of New Bedford passed away on Monday, March 23, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of the late Manuel Costa. Born in St. Michael, Azores, she was the beloved daughter of the late Alvaro de Medeiros Carreiro and Rosa (Geraldo) Carreiro. She had...
Terence J. O'Shea
Mar 21, 2020
Rhode Island – Terence J. O’Shea, age 60, of New Bedford, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at Rhode Island Hospital. Born in New Bedford, MA, he was the beloved son of the late Patrick and Lorraine (Bouchard) O’Shea. Terence had worked as a police officer for the City of New Bedford for many years. He had been...
Jaime Davis-Martinez
Mar 21, 2020
Jaime Davis-Martinez age 57 of New Bedford, MA passed away unexpectedly at St. Luke’s Hospital on March 21, 2020. He was the loving and caring son of Nilda Martinez-Colon and Luis Johnathan Davis-Bonilla. He was also the beloved step-son of the (late) Ruben Colon. He was called and better known to everyone by his childhood nickname (Papin). Jamie was...
John Costa
Mar 18, 2020
Dartmouth – John Costa, Jr. age 80, of Dartmouth, passed away on March 18, 2020 at his home. Born in New Bedford, MA he was the beloved son of the late John Costa, Sr. and Maria Costa. John had been a carpenter for many years. He loved to make birdhouses, in which, he sold all over New England. He...
Henrietta Oliveira
Mar 17, 2020
New Bedford – Henrietta “Etta” Oliveira, age 95, of New Bedford passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. She was the daughter of the late Palmira and Ernesto S. Oliveira of New Bedford and Fairhaven. She was also the sister of the late Dorothy E. Barrows and aunt of the late Russell Barrows. She was the former owner of...
Antonio B. Pacheco
Mar 14, 2020
New Bedford – Antonio B. Pacheco, age 70, of Dartmouth, passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the beloved husband of the late Maria (Pimentel) Pacheco. Born in St. Michael, Azores he was the son of the late Antonio and Maria Pacheco. Antonio had worked in construction for A. Belloli & Sons Inc....
Manuel C. Pimentel
Mar 13, 2020
New Bedford – Manuel C. Pimentel, age 82, of New Bedford, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Maria Jose (Pacheco) Pimentel. Manuel was born in St. Michael, Azores to the late Jose Pimentel and Lourdes (Carreira) Pimentel and moved to this country in 1976. He worked in the...
Maria C. (Verissimo) Dias
Mar 11, 2020
New Bedford – Maria Connie (Verissimo) Dias, age 54, of New Bedford, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at Rhode Island Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Alfredo F. Zamora. Born in São Mateus, Terceira, Açores she was the daughter of the late Jose Verissimo and Maria L. Verissimo. She had worked for the State of...
Ronnie Pacheco
Mar 11, 2020
New Bedford – Ronnie Pacheco, age 49, of New Bedford, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at his home. Born in New Bedford, MA he was the beloved son of the late Ronald Pacheco and Judy St. Pierre. Ronnie had worked as a residential instructor for Better Community Living, Inc. and had been enlisted with the U.S....
Emily Souza
Mar 9, 2020
New Bedford – Emily Souza, age 88, presently of New Bedford and formerly of Lady Lake, FL and Fairhaven, MA, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the beloved wife of the late Gabriel Souza, Sr. Born in New Bedford, MA she was the daughter of the late Alfred Mendoza, Sr. and Veronica...
Henry V. Martin, Jr.
Mar 7, 2020
New Bedford – Henry V. Martin, Jr. of Dartmouth, passed away at St. Luke’s Hospital on Saturday, March 7, 2020 after a brief illness with his loving wife and family by his side. He was the husband of Elaine F. (Sylvia) Martin, whom he was happily married to for the last thirty years. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts he...
John D. Mateus
Mar 7, 2020
New Bedford – John D. Mateus, age 68, of South Dartmouth, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Judith N. (Gonsalves) Mateus to whom he had been married to for 41 years. John was born in Mosteiros, St. Michael, Azores to the late João Mateus Camara and Maria...