Ana N Furtado
Apr 22, 2015
Ana Nascimento (Furtado) Furtado 92 of Fall River died on Wednesday. She was the wife of the late Antonio F. Furtado. Born in Villa Ponta Garca, Sao Miguel, Azores, she was the daughter of the late Ana (Furtado) and Jose Calouro. She had worked as a Machine Operator/Folder at Carousel Curtain Manufacturing and Fall River Knitting Mills. She was a...
Manuel F. Melo
Apr 20, 2015
Manuel F. Melo 82 of Boyden St, Fall River died on Monday. He was the husband of the late Isaltina (Medeiros) Melo. Born in Sao Miguel, Azores, he was the son of the late Francelina (Carroca) and Luis Reis Melo. Prior to his retirement, he had worked in the Deck Hardware Department at Black Watch and Pearson Yachts. He is...
Genevieve Beirola
Apr 11, 2015
Genevieve (Rogers) Beirola 88, formerly of Tiverton, died on Saturday. She was the wife of the late Manuel S. Beirola. Born in New Bedford, MA she was the daughter of the late Isabel Sears (Bettencourt) and Matthew F. Rogers. Prior to retiring in 1989, she had worked as an Examiner at Bristol Knitting. She was a member of Holy Ghost...
Gil Vieira Jr.
Apr 5, 2015
Gil Vieira Jr. 41 of Fall River, died on April 5th. Born in Fall River, he was the son of Maria G. (Simas) Vieira and the late Gil Vieira Sr. He had 2 children that he held very dear to his heart Zoie Vieira-Perry and Madyx Gil Vieira. He also leaves a brother Mario Vieira and 2 sisters Lucy Dennis...
Arthur Raposo Sr.
Apr 4, 2015
Arthur Raposo Sr. 87 died on Saturday. Born in Fall River, he was the son of the late Philomena P. and Manuel J. Raposo. He was educated in the Fall River School System and also attended the URI Extension Classes. He served with the 1504th Army Air Force Base unit during WWII. He was a member of the American Legion...
Dorothy May Moniz
Apr 3, 2015
Dorothy May (Higgins) Moniz 50 of Fall River died on April 3rd. Born in Fall River, she was the daughter of Maureen (Goncalo) Scudder and the late Elliott Higgins Sr. In addition to her mother, she leaves a daughter Tara Higgins, a grandson Caleb John Pimentel and her husband John S. Moniz. She also leaves her siblings Elliott Higgins Jr.,...
Adeline Madeleine Carvalho
Apr 3, 2015
Adeline M. (Travers) Carvalho, 79 of Tiverton, RI passed away on Friday. She was the beloved wife of Louis V. Carvalho. Born in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Mary (Arruda) and Manuel Travers. She had previously worked as a Clerk at the former Edgar's Department Store and was a member of St. Christopher's Parish. In...
George Medeiros
Apr 2, 2015
George Medeiros 91, formerly of Russell Dr., Tiverton, RI died on Thursday. He was the husband of Genevieve (Mattos) Medeiros since 1947. Born in Fall River, MA, he was the son of the late Maria (Correia) and Manuel Medeiros. Prior to his retirement in 1986, he was a Construction Worker for Massachusetts Laborers - Local 610. He was formerly a...
Jeannette Doris Richard
Mar 26, 2015
The people who were most important to Mom - the people she blessed with all her love and attention - are her three children - Randall, Gail & Deborah, her eight grandchildren, her seven great-grandchildren, her one great-great grandchild, her two sisters, and her many nephews, nieces and cousins. But her children were not surprised recently to see the tears...
Caroline E. Russell
Mar 23, 2015
Caroline E. Russell 87 of Tiverton died on Monday. She was the wife of the late James Walter Russell Jr. Born in Cranston, RI, she was the daughter of the late Dorothy E. (McRea) and Samuel Licthenstein. She had formerly worked as a Seamstress in the garment industry. She is survived by a son James W. Russell Jr. and a...
James William Bodnar Jr.
Mar 15, 2015
James William Bodnar Jr. 68 of Tiverton, RI died on March 15th. He was the husband of the late Rosemarie Janet (Gorlo) Bodnar. Born in Bridgeport, CT, he was the son of the late Alice (Tracycz) and James William Bodnar. Prior to his retirement, he had worked in Communications for Amtrack. He had served in the US Navy as a...
Maria Ilda Dasilva
Mar 9, 2015
Maria Ilda (Resendes DeMelo) DaSilva 68 of Westport, MA died on Monday. She was the wife of the late Joao P. DaSilva. Born in Sao Miguel, Azores, she was the daughter of the late Maria Ilda (Resendes) and Antonio DeMelo. She had formerly worked as a Floor Lady at Chace Curtains and was a member of Espirito Santo Church. She...
Diana H. Fezette
Mar 6, 2015
Diana H. (Lopoulos) Fezette, 83, of Tiverton, RI, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 6, 2015 at Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late William H. Fezette. She was the daughter of the late William and Abagail (Carrolan) Lopoulos. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Marie Day, and her...
Mildred Martin
Mar 5, 2015
Mildred (Oliveira) Martin 88 of the Maplewood section of Fall River River, MA died on Thursday. She was the wife of the late Alfred Martin. Born in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Maria (Raposo) and Antone Oliveira. Prior to her retirement, she has worked as an Assembler at Firestone and was also a Homemaker. She...
Rose Tavares
Mar 3, 2015
Rose (Souza) Tavares 96, formerly of North Tiverton, died on Tuesday. She was the wife of Frank S. Tavares. Born in Fall River, she was the daughter of the late Mary F. (Branco) Souza. Prior to her retirement she had worked as a sewing machine operator in the garment industry and was a member of the I.L.G.W.U. Mrs. Tavares was...
Darwin R. Shearman
Feb 24, 2015
SHEARMAN, Darwin R. (Sherm), 77, of Tiverton, died peacefully on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Somerset Ridge Center. He was the loving companion of Anne R. Estep. Born in Jamestown, NY, he was the son of the late William Winslow and Aurilla Baker Lanning Shearman. Mr. Shearman owned and operated Shearman Oil Company until his retirement in 2002. He was...
Gilbert Joseph Salvador
Feb 22, 2015
SALVADOR, Gilbert J., 78, of Fall River, died peacefully on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at Southpointe Care Center. He was the beloved husband of Patricia L. (Canuel) Salvador. Born in Tiverton, he was a son of the late Joao & Maria (Pereira) Salvador. Mr. Salvador was a truck driver at Pioneer Finishing until his retirement. He leaves many loving nieces...
Diamentina "Emily" Perry
Feb 12, 2015
Diamentina (Arruda) Perry, 97 better known as Emily, of Fall River, died on Feb. 12th. She was the widow of Manuel Perry Sr. Born in Sao Miguel, Azores, she was the daughter of the late John M. and Mary (Medeiros) Arruda. A communicant of Holy Ghost Church, she had previously worked as a Spooler at the Bristol Knitting Mills. She...
Alvarina Medeiros
Feb 10, 2015
Alvarina (Medeiros) Medeiros 91 of Tiverton, RI died on Tuesday. She was the wife of the late Manuel C. DeMedeiros. Born in Sao Miguel, Azores, she was the daughter of the late Maria Jose (Simoes) and Egidio Jacintho DeMedeiros. She had worked as a Sewing Machine Operator at Darwood prior to her retirement and was a member of the Seventh...
