Obituaries

Carlos Alberto De Jesus Tomar

Carlos Alberto De Jesus Tomar

Apr 11, 2020

Fall River – Carlos Alberto De Jesus Tomar, age 62, of Fall River passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at St. Anne’s Hospital. Born in Sao Vicente, Cape Verde Islands he was the beloved son of Luis Tomar and Gabriela (Santos) Tomar. Carlos had been a mechanic for many years. Carlos loved Benfica and was a New England...

Michael Reynolds, Jr.

Michael Reynolds, Jr.

Apr 11, 2020

New Bedford – Michael Reynolds, Jr. age 56, of New Bedford passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Gail (Menard) Reynolds. Born in New Bedford, MA he was the beloved son of the Michael Reynolds and Eileen (LeClair) Reynolds. Michael had worked for Graybar Electric Supply Co. Michael had...

Grace Louise (Brown) Bizarro

Grace Louise (Brown) Bizarro

Apr 11, 2020

New Bedford – Grace Louise Bizarro, age 87, of New Bedford passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of the late Antone Mello Bizarro. Born in New Bedford, MA she was the beloved daughter of the late Alvin F. Brown and Viola (Warren) Brown. Grace had...

Ana Maria (Vieira) Machado

Ana Maria (Vieira) Machado

Apr 10, 2020

New Bedford – Ana Maria (Vieira) Machado, age 79, of New Bedford passed away on Friday, April 10, 2020 at Hathaway Manor. She was the beloved wife of the late Fernando Ferro Machado. Born in Agua de Pau, St. Michael, Azores, she was the beloved daughter of the late Manuel Vieira and Carolina (Medeiros) Vieira. Ana had moved to...

Antonio M.  Tavares

Antonio M. Tavares

Apr 10, 2020

New Bedford – Antonio M. Tavares, age 74, of New Bedford passed away on Friday, April 10, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Agua de Pau, St. Michael, Azores, he was the husband ofTheres B. Tavaers beloved son of the late Antonio Tavares and Maria dos Santos Tavares. Antonio had worked for the City...

Erundina (Alves) Ventura

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...