Vencelo D. "Vennie" Mello, 77, of New Bedford died December 25, 2024 at St. Luke's Hospital after a long illness.

He was the husband of Linda J. (Almeida) Mello.

Born in Acushnet, son of the late Egidio Mello, Jr. and Florence C. (Almeida) Mello, he lived in New Bedford all of his life.

He was a car salesman with Jack Barboza Auto Dealership before becoming an insurance agent with Prudential Life for 17 years.  After graduating from Bible school in 2017, he founded Kingdom Ministries.  His ministry provided spiritual counseling, pastoral services and charitable donations.

Vennie enjoyed golf and spent several years as 9-18 Golf Club tournament director.  He enjoyed music and began each day with Pharell's "Happy" and "Back to God" by Reba McEntire.

Vennie was an active member at Christian Fellowship Center where he served on the Board of Directors.

Survivors include his wife; his 2 daughters, Lisa Marie Mello-Frost of New Bedford and Ashley Briggs and her husband Kevin of Providence; his aunt, Anna Correia and her husband Peter of Carver; 6 siblings, Egidio Mello, III of New Bedford, Christopher Mello of Falmouth, Warren Mello of New Jersey, Deborah Mello, Patti Mae Mello and Bonita Garrison, all of New Bedford; his step-mother, Aleta (Carr) Mello of New Bedford; 2 grandchildren, Laura Linée Mello-Frost and Lyrik D.K. Gelmete; a great-grandson, Kayson P. Ribeiro; and numerous nieces and nephews and cousins.

He was the brother of the late Stephen Mello.

His visiting hours will be held on Sunday, December 29th from 2-6 PM in the Saunders-Dwyer Home for Funerals, 495 Park St., New Bedford.  His Funeral Service will be held on Monday, December 30th at 10 AM in the Christian Fellowship Center, 822 Church St. New Bedford.  in lieu of flowers donations maybe made to Christian Fellowship Center 822 Church St., New Bedford, MA 02745 or PACE 166 William St., New Bedford, MA 02740.