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Recent Obituaries
Greater Fall River, Tiverton, Rhode Island and surrounding areas
Lenora Souza
Jan 21, 2016
Lenora "Lee" (Medeiros) Souza, 94, of Tiverton, passed away peacefully on January 21, 2016, at the Warren Skilled Nursing Facility in Warren, RI, surrounded by family and friends. She was the wife of the late Antone (Tony) Souza. Born in Fall River, she was the daughter of Manuel and Adeline (Lima) Medeiros. She resided in Tiverton for 60 years. She...
Henry Ibbotson
Jan 12, 2016
Henry Ibbotson 91 of Tiverton, RI died on Jan. 12th. He was the husband of the late Mildred (Andrade) Ibbotson. Bon in Tiverton, he was the son of the late Helen (Higginson) and William Ibbotson. He had served in the US Navy and was a WWII Veteran. He had worked as a Boiler Room Engineer at the Bourne Mill and...
Aida St.Germaine
Jan 10, 2016
Aida (Vieira) St.Germain 79 of Fall River died on Jan. 10th. She was the wife of the late Roger St.Germain. She leaves 2 sons Robert R. St.Germain and Paul J. St.Germain. Visitation Thursday from 5 to 7 PM at the A F Almeida & Son Funeral Home 1309 Globe St., Fall River. Donations may be made to Forever Paws Animal...
John M Ferreira
Jan 10, 2016
John M. Ferreira 75 of Tiverton, RI and Naples, FL died on Sunday. He was the husband of Monika F. (Kugler) Ferreira. Born in Tiverton, he was the son of the late Mary (Perry) Silveira and John Ferreira. He had served the the US Army. He had been a Lieutenant State Trooper with the State of RI. In addition to...
Esmeralda Costa
Jan 5, 2016
Esmeralda (Ribeiro) Costa, better known as "Joan" 91, formerly of Tiverton, RI passed away on Tuesday peacefully surrounded by her family after a long illness at the Silver Creek Manor. She was the wife of the late John Rego Costa. Born in New Bedford, MA, she was the daughter of the late Wilemina (Souza) and Antonio Ribeiro. She had formerly...
Clifford A. Greene Jr.
Jan 4, 2016
Clifford A. Greene Jr. 86 of Tiverton, formerly of Apex NC died January 4th. He was the beloved husband of Donna Lee (Thomas) Greene, who preceded him in death, and whom he has now gone to be with once again. Born in Providence, RI, June 13th, 1929, he was the son of the late Clifford A. Greene Sr. and Olive...
Anna Furtado
Dec 29, 2015
Anna C. Furtado 92 of Fall River passed away on Dec. 29th. Born in Fall River, she was the daughter of the late Jacintho and Rose (Daponte) Furtado. She had worked as a Quality Control Supervisor for Sarama Lighting. She is survived by a sister Emily Cordeiro and nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Manuel, Arthur,...
Maria Gloria Afonso
Dec 27, 2015
Maria Gloria (Carreiro) Afonso 97 of Fall River, died on Sunday. She was the widow of Manuel M. Afonso. Born in Sao Miguel, Azores, she was the daughter of the late Maria (Raposo) and Jose Carreiro. A Homemaker, she is survived by a son Joao Afonso and was the mother of the late Alda Gaudencio and Manuel C. Afonso. She...
Anthony E. Tavares
Dec 27, 2015
Anthony Edward Tavares 74 of Tiverton, RI passed away on Sunday. He was the husband of Judith Ann (Estrella) Tavares. Born in Fall River, he was the son of the late Antonio B. Tavares and Dora Jeanne (Angelini) Tavares. He had worked as a Supervisor at Haskom and he had also worked as a Social Worker prior to that. He...
Cecelia Carvalho
Dec 16, 2015
Cecelia (Linhares) Carvalho 97 of Tiverton, RI died on Dec. 16th. She was the wife of the late Charles Carvalho. Born in Fall River, she was the daughter of the late Mary (Carvalho) and Manuel Linhares. She had formerly worked at the Bourne Mill and as a Cafeteria Worker for the Fall River School Dept. She was a member of...
Elaine Charron
Dec 3, 2015
Elaine (Amaral) Charron 63 of Fall River,and formerly of Tiverton, RI died on Dec. 3rd. Born in Fall River, she was the daughter of the late Adeline (Moniz) and Eugene R. Amaral. Mother of Donald Charron II and the late Renay Anne Charron Sister of Kenneth and Dennis Amaral, Brenda Barbosa, Grandmother of 4, Greatgrandmother of 1. She was a...
Francisco P. Aguiar
Nov 30, 2015
Francisco P. Aguiar 62 of Fall River died on Nov. 30th. He was the husband of Maria (Torres) Aguiar. Born in Sao Miguel, Azores, he was the son of the late Maria (Pacheco) and Jose Aguiar. He had worked as a Laborer in Construction and was a member the Union Local 610. He was a member of Holy Trinity Parish....
Roland J. Mailloux
Nov 23, 2015
Roland J. Mailloux 90, of Westport died on Nov. 23rd. He was the husband of the late Matilda (Dicorpo) Mailloux and the late Elizabeth M. (Grace) Mailloux. He had worked as a Traffic/Fleet Manager for Dover Stamping. Prior to that he had worked as a Truck Driver for 18 years. He had served in the US Army as a Private...
Olivia C. Souza
Nov 20, 2015
Olivia (Camara) Souza 95 of Fall River, passed away on Friday. Born in Fall River, she was the daughter of the late Mary (Araujo) and Manuel Camara. A Homemaker, she was a member of Good Shepherd Parish. She is survived by a daughter Madeline Cabral and a son Robert Souza, along with 4 grandchildren and 8 greatgrandchildren. She also leaves...
Kristi Clyde
Nov 18, 2015
Kristi Clyde 55 of Fall River, MA passed away November 18th. She was the daughter of David Clyde and the late Barbara Walters. She is survived by 2 brothers David Clyde Jr. and Jeffrey Clyde and 2 sisters Mary Quillen and Elizabeth Mahar. She also leaves her stepfather Al Sands, a godson Jordan Cayden Ortiz along with close friends Lisa...
Henry Joseph Kulpa Jr.
Nov 14, 2015
Henry J. Kulpa Jr. 75 of Tiverton, RI passed away on Nov. 14th. He was the husband of Rita (Paquette) Kulpa. Born in Fall River, MA, he was the son of the late Helen (Cybert) and Henry J. Kulpa Sr. In addition to his wife, he is survived by 2 sons Henry Kulpa III and his wife Kathy along with...
Manuel Williams Jr.
Nov 11, 2015
Manuel Williams Jr. 77, of Swansea, MA passed away on Wednesday. He was the husband of Margaret Ellen (Powers) Williams. Born in Fall River, he was the son of the late Sophia (Mello) and Manuel Williams Sr. He had worked as a Union Representative for the Amalgamated Union and he had served in the US Army as a Private. In...
Mark Robert Folger
Nov 8, 2015
Mark Robert Folger 53 of Tiverton passed away on Nov. 8th. Born in Fall River, MA, he was the son of Mildred (Vaz) Folger and the late Robert Folger. He had worked as a Laborer/Carpenter in Masonry and in Welding. Mark liked to golf, travel enjoyed camping and watching westerns. In addition to his mother, he leaves his siblings Barry...
Joseph C. Roque Jr.
Nov 5, 2015
Joseph C. Roque Jr. 86, of Fall River passed away on Nov. 5th after a period of declining health. He was the husband of Dorothy Rose (Neronha) Roque. He had worked in Civil Service as a Custodian for the School Department. He had also worked as a Laborer with the Union in Fall River and Newport, RI. He was a...
Robert Pingree Thayer
Nov 5, 2015
By Tom Mooney November 06. 2015 1:23PM Award-winning Journal photographer Bob Thayer dies at 63 PHOTO/ Bob Thayer Bob Thayer, an awarding-winning photographer for The Providence Journal for 37 years, whose artful work was often so distinctive as to require no photo credit line, died unexpectedly Thursday. He was 63. East Providence rescue crews discovered Thayer unresponsive in his house...
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