Obituaries
Evelyn St. Amand
Apr 19, 2019
Evelyn St. Amand, 95, of Acushnet, passed away on Friday, April 19, 2019 at home surrounded by her family after a long illness. She was the widow of the late Lucien A. St. Amand, with whom she shared 65 years of marriage. Born in New Bedford, she was the daughter of the late Silva and Angelina (Valley) Davignon. She...
Katherine L. Kozicki
Apr 19, 2019
Katherine Lorraine (Aurich) Kozicki, 89. of Marion, formerly of Lewistown, PA, passed away on Good Friday April 19, 2019. She was the wife of the late Frank J. Kozicki. Born December 7, 1929 in Altoona, PA, she was the daughter of the late George M. Aurich and Odelia M. (Simon) Aurich. Five brothers and three sisters preceded her in...
Richard T. Linhares
Apr 15, 2019
Richard T. Linhares, 76, of Wareham, formerly of Mattapoisett, passed away at home peacefully in his sleep on Monday April 15, 2019. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Frank J. and Mary (Thomas) Linhares, he lived in Mattapoisett for most of his life before moving to Wareham eight years ago. Richard enjoyed attending the Habilitation Assistance...
Dr. Jose Delgado
Apr 14, 2019
Jose Delgado, M.D., (D.L.) FAPA of Marion, MA passed away on April 14th, 2019 after a brief illness at the age of 95. Born in New Bedford, son of the late Antonio DaRosa Delgado and Isabella Barros (Fernandes) Delgado, he was raised in Raynham, Mass. His undergraduate degree was obtained at Brown University. During WWII he enlisted into the...
George F. Liarikos, Jr.
Apr 12, 2019
George F. Liarikos, Jr., LT COL, U.S. Army, Ret., 87, of Rochester, passed away Friday April 12, 2019 after a brief illness. He was the husband of Joan (Saunders) Liarikos; they had been married for 66 years. He was born on October 29, 1931 in Acushnet, to the late Jean (Panek) and George F. Liarikos, Sr. He was a...
Rev. Francis B. Morse, Jr.
Apr 10, 2019
Reverend Francis B. Morse, Jr., 89, of New Bedford, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Wednesday April 10, 2019. Francis was the son of the late Francis B. Morse, Sr. and Josephine (Berry) Morse of New Bedford and brother of the late James A. Morse of Dartmouth. Francis was an active duty sergeant of the...
Ruth M. Donovan
Apr 9, 2019
Ruth M. (Weber) Donovan died April 9, 2019 at her daughter's home in Mattapoisett. She was born on August 4, 1929 to Ernest and Anastasia Weber in Roslindale, MA. The fourth of seven children she spent her summers in Marion MA, sailing and swimming in Buzzards Bay. Ruth graduated from Roslindale High School and went to work for the...
Richard Ramos
Apr 8, 2019
Richard Ramos, 72, of New Bedford passed away Monday April 8, 2019 at St. Luke's Hospital after a long illness. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late John B. and Christina (Souza) Ramos, he lived in New Bedford all of his life. Richard was formerly employed as a machine operator at Fibre Leather until his retirement. He...
Michael S. Herbert
Apr 3, 2019
Michael S. Herbert, 55 of New Bedford died April 3, 2019 unexpectedly at St. Luke's Hospital. He was the companion of Virginia I. Sherman. Born in New Bedford, son of the late Grace (Buckles) Herbert and Frank Costa, III, he lived in New Bedford all of his life. He was formerly employed as a bus driver for many years....
Rosa Soares
Apr 2, 2019
Rosa (Schönherr) Soares, 88 of New Bedford died April 2, 2019 at St. Luke's Hospital after a long illness. Born and raised in Baldern, Germany, daughter of the late Sebastian and Maria (Hafner) Schönherr), she lived in New Bedford since 1953. She was formerly employed as a teacher's aide at T.A. Green School, Montessori School in Westport before retiring...
Daniel S. Sanford
Apr 2, 2019
Daniel S. Sanford, 30, of Marlboro, died peacefully at home on April 2, 2019. Son of Stephen P. and Jill J. (Johnson) Sanford of Mattapoisett (formerly of Hopkinton), Dan lived in Hopkinton most of his life before moving to Marlboro seven years ago. For many years Dan participated in activities sponsored by the Employment Options organization in Marlboro. He...
Richard William Marx
Apr 1, 2019
Richard William Marx of Marion, known to friends as "Rich," passed away unexpectedly at the age of 68 on April 1, 2019, while on a family vacation in Turks and Caicos. Rich is survived by his wife of 43 years, Kathleen (Dougherty) Marx; daughter Lauren M. Fleming and her husband Bill; son Richard J. Marx and his wife Leslie;...
Russell P. Ramos
Mar 31, 2019
Russell P. Ramos, 72, of New Bedford died on March 31, 2019 at home after a long illness. Born in New Bedford, son of the late Raul N. Ramos, Jr. and Antonia "Tanya" (Gomes) Ramos, he lived in New Bedford most of his life. He was formerly employed by Goodyear before retiring from Acushnet Company. Mr. Ramos was a...
Allan R. Schubert
Mar 30, 2019
Allan R. Schubert, of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, died on March 30, 2019 at home surrounded by his family. Allan was born on October 7, 1934 in Manchester, CT to Lena Roth & Max Schubert. While attending Manchester High School and the University of Connecticut, he began a 42-year career with Pratt & Whitney where he worked in test, assembly, supervisory,...
Susan R. Felipe
Mar 29, 2019
Susan R. (Magnant) Felipe, 66 of Acushnet died March 29, 2019 at St. Luke's Hospital after a long illness. She was the wife of Antonio D. Felipe. Born in Acushnet, daughter of Lillian (Pineau) Magnant and the late Armand Magnant, she lived in Acushnet all of her life. Her private Funeral Mass was celebrated on Thursday, April 4th at...
Benedict John Harrison
Mar 29, 2019
Benedict John Harrison, 88, died March 29, 2019 at home after a long illness. He was married to the late Gilda (Perez) Harrison for 68 years. Born and raised in Fairhaven, son of the late Benedict J. and Mary (Thexton) Harrison, he lived in New Bedford most of his life, where he was an active communicant of St. James...
Jennifer M. Ryan
Mar 29, 2019
Jennifer M. Ryan, 32, of New Bedford died March 29, 2019 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Brockton, daughter of John E. and Jane C. (Morse) Ryan, she lived in New Bedford most of her life. She was employed by Minuteman Harley Davidson in Dartmouth. Survivors include her parents; her 3 children, Joel Jason, Jr. and...
Silvana Pacheco
Mar 29, 2019
Silvana (Freitas) Pacheco, 89, of New Bedford died peacefully Friday, March 29, 2019 at CareOne at New Bedford surrounded by her loving family after a period of declining health. She was the wife of the late Joaquim C. "Jack" Pacheco. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Manuel and Gertrude (Coelho) Freitas, she lived in New Bedford...
Amelia Barros
Mar 28, 2019
Amelia (Pina) Barros, 88, of New Bedford passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019 at home surrounded by her family after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Cesario DeBarros, and daughter of the late Djudju and Dimitilia DePina. Mrs. DeBarros was born in Fogo, Cape Verde and had lived in Fogo before moving to New Bedford...
Deirdre A. "Dee" Ferrero
Mar 26, 2019
Deirdre A. "Dee" (Healy) Ferrero, 71, of South Dartmouth died Tuesday, March 26, 2019 unexpectedly at home. She was the wife of Ronald J. Ferrero, with whom she shared 48 years of marriage. Born in New Bedford, daughter of the late Leonard T. and Kathleen M. (Hines) Healy, she lived in New Bedford and Dartmouth for most of her...
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