James F. Carr
Mar 22, 2017
James Francis Carr, 86, of Marion, Massachusetts and Lakeland, Florida passed away peacefully on Wednesday March 22, 2017. He was the husband of Yucel O. Carr and the son of the late James J. and Yvonne (Bergeron) Carr. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts and grew up in Springfield. After serving as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army during...
Edward A. Lamson
Mar 20, 2017
Edward A. Lamson, 74, of the Taber Mill Apartments in New Bedford died Monday March 20, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital. Born in Boston, the son of the late Harry E. and Elizabeth C. (McArdle) Lamson, he lived in the Greater Boston area for many years before moving to New Bedford 15 years ago. Mr. Lamson was formerly employed...
Donat E. Brin
Mar 20, 2017
Donat E. Brin, 84, of New Bedford died Monday March 20, 2017 at home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Pierrette A. (Brin) Brin. Born in Roxton Falls, Quebec, Canada, the son of the late Aime and Maria (Gagne) Brin, he lived in New Bedford for the past 48 years. Mr. Brin was formerly employed as...
Jerome P. Gamache
Mar 18, 2017
Jerome P. "Jerry" Gamache, 64, of Dartmouth passed away peacefully on Saturday March 18, 2017 at St. Anne's Hospital after a long battle with dementia. He was the loving husband of Annette D. (Couture) Gamache; they had been married for 29 years. Born in Fall River, the son of the late Oliver and Marie (Cyr) Gamache, he lived in...
Duane J. Barboza
Mar 18, 2017
Duane Jon Barboza, 41, of New Bedford passed away Saturday March 18, 2017. Born in New Bedford, the son of Donna L. (Fortes) Duarte and the late John Barboza, he lived in New Bedford for most of his life. Duane enjoyed playing the keyboard and writing his own music. He is survived by his mother, Donna; his children, Destin...
Peggy A. Cote
Mar 18, 2017
Peggy A. (Bowen) Cote, 85, of Marion passed away on Saturday March 18, 2017 at home surrounded by her family. Born in New York, New York, the daughter of the late Edwin and Irene V. (Bedard) Bowen, she lived in New Bedford for most of her life before moving to Marion 22 years ago. Peggy was formerly employed at...
Lillian Mahoney
Mar 14, 2017
Lillian (Palmieri) Ponte Mahoney had just celebrated her 100th birthday on March 1st when God called her to Heaven on March 14, 2017. Born in New Bedford, daughter of the late Simeone and Philomena Palmieri, she lived there for all of her life. She was the widow of the late Manuel P. Ponte and Francis Mahoney and companion of...
Frank M. Penha
Mar 13, 2017
Frank M. Penha, 66 of New Bedford died March 13, 2017 peacefully at home after a long courageous battle with cancer. He was the fiancé of Patricia L. Babcock. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Francisco A. and Hilda (Pimental) Penha, he lived in New Bedford and Fairhaven most of his life. Mr. Penha was formerly...
John L. Engel, Jr.
Mar 12, 2017
John L. Engel, Jr., 72 of Mattapoisett died March 12, 2017 peacefully at home. He was the husband of Janice R. (Turner) Engel. Born in Acushnet, the son of the late John L. and Rose (Antoon) Engel, he lived in Acushnet before moving to Mattapoisertt 20 years ago. Mr. Engel was a communicant of St. Francis Xavier Church. He...
Jeanne I. Furtado
Mar 12, 2017
Jeanne I. (Berube) Furtado, 89, of New Bedford passed away Sunday March 12, 2017 at Whaler's Cove Assisted Living after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late John Furtado. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Antonio and Beatrice (Fouquette) Berube, she lived in New Bedford all of her life. Mrs. Furtado was a...
Sherrill "Lea" Whittington
Mar 12, 2017
Sherrill "Lea" Whittington, 44, of New Bedford, MA passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017. She was the daughter of Rosemarie Young W. Amado and Carlos A. Amado. Lea was born June 14, 1972 in Boone, North Carolina and lived in New Bedford most of her life. Lea was a loving mother, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, granddaughter, godmother and a...
Joseph R. Gomes
Mar 12, 2017
Joseph R. Gomes, 89 of New Bedford died March 12, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Antonio J. and Josephine (Almeida) Gomes, he lived in New Bedford all of his life. Mr. Gomes served 20 years in the U.S. Air Force and later was employed with the Department of Employment Training...
Terence S. Carr
Mar 11, 2017
Our beloved son, father, brother, and uncle, Terence Sean Carr, age 53, passed away unexpectedly on March 11, 2017. Born and raised in New Bedford, Terry attended Holy Family Grammar School and graduated from New Bedford Vocational High School. Terry grew up in the west end of New Bedford with many lifelong friends. Those bonds of friendship are still...
Fernand Alves
Mar 10, 2017
Fernand Alves, 92, of New Bedford died Friday March 10, 2017 at Sacred Heart Home after a period of declining health. He was the husband of Geraldine (Ferreira) Alves; they had been married for 64 years. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Joaquim and Anna (Roderiques) Alves, he lived in New Bedford all of his life....
Roger O. Denault
Mar 10, 2017
Roger O. Denault, 89, of New Bedford died on March 10, 2017 after a long illness. He was the husband of the late Muriel (LeComte) Denault, with whom he shared 59 years of marriage. Mr. Denault was the son of the late Arthur Denault and Flore (Levesque) Denault. He was formerly employed as a bread salesman for the My...
Thomas B. Hughes
Mar 10, 2017
Thomas B. Hughes, 30 of Rochester died March 10, 2017 unexpectedly at home. Born on Camp LeJeune, Jacksonville, NC the son of LtCol Paul D. Hughes USMC (ret) and Lisa A. (Corbitt) Hughes, he has lived in Rochester since 1998 and graduated from Old Rochester Regional High School in 2004 before attending UMASS Dartmouth. After completing Infantry training at...
Rose L. Curran
Mar 9, 2017
Rose L. (Bettencourt) Curran, 90, of New Bedford died Thursday March 9, 2017 after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Francis L. Curran. Born in Acushnet, the daughter of the late Antone J. and Josephine (Marshall) Bettencourt, she lived in New Bedford for many years, as well as Cocoa, Florida from 1984-2006, before returning to...
Douglas K. Goes
Mar 9, 2017
Douglas K. Goes, 62 of New Bedford died March 9, 2017 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in New Bedford, the son of Everett and Lois (Needham) Goes, he lived on Cape Cod and New Bedford all of his life. He enjoyed the outdoors, camping, fishing, watching cooking shows. He also enjoyed...
Susan J. Zartman
Mar 8, 2017
Susan J. Zartman of Mattapoisett passed away March 8 at Forestview in Wareham. Susan was born April 20, 1936, in East Cleveland, Ohio, to the late Hal and Christine Tweed. She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, where she earned her bachelor's degree, and Northeastern University, where she earned her master's degree. In 1979, she and her daughter, Diane, moved...
Owen F. Hackett, Jr.
Mar 8, 2017
Owen Francis Hackett, Jr. of South Dartmouth, MA, died peacefully on March 8 , 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital. He was born in New Bedford on May 12, 1921. He was the son of Margaret Meehan Hackett and Owen F. Hackett. Owen graduated from Holy Family High School where he met the love of his life, Rose M. Hackett.,...
