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.,...
Helen D. Amaral
Mar 8, 2017
Helen D. (Jacintho) Amaral, 91, of New Bedford died Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Antone Amaral. Born in New Bedford, daughter of the late Antonio and Mariana (Lewis) Jacintho, she lived there for all of her life. She was a communicant of St. Mary's Church....
Laura F. Hayman
Mar 8, 2017
Laura F. (Miskell) Hayman, 100, passed peacefully at her home in South Dartmouth on March 8, 2017. She was born on July 26, 1916 in the historical home of her grandfather, Thomas Glennon, on County Street in New Bedford. There she spent her early childhood. Later her family moved to Falmouth Heights, where she enjoyed the beach, golf, ice...
Robert Mccarter
Mar 7, 2017
Robert "Bob" McCarter of Mattapoisett, MA, a World War II veteran, retired banker, husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away on March 7, 2017, at 91 years old. Born on July 6, 1925, in Hartford, Connecticut, to parents James and Marion (Arnold) McCarter. After graduating from William Hall High School in West Hartford, CT in 1943, Bob joined the...
Sharon Ann Bates
Mar 7, 2017
Sharon Ann (Andrews) Bates age 58, passed away Tuesday March 7th, 2017 surrounded by her family at Massachusetts General Hospital after battling a severe illness. Survivors include her husband of 41 years, Robert, and 4 children, Suzanne Beauchemin and her husband Michael of Fairhaven, Aaron Bates and his wife Lindsay of Mattapoisett, Jessica Dzwilewski and her husband Jason of...
Sabena M. Burgo
Mar 6, 2017
Sabena M. (Roderick) Burgo, 87, of New Bedford died Monday March 6, 2017 at the New Bedford Jewish Convalescent Home. She was the wife of the late Arthur Burgo. Born in Nantucket, the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Viera) Roderick, she lived in New Bedford for the past 50 years. She was a communicant of Our Lady...
Sarah D. Clark
Mar 6, 2017
Sarah D. (Hunt) Clark, 89 of New Bedford died March 6, 2017 unexpectedly at St. Luke's Hospital. She was the wife of the late John W. Clark. Born and raised in Bourne, the daughter of the late Edward E. and Sarah E. (Sibley) Hunt, she lived in New Bedford most of her life. She was a graduate of Bourne...
Caleb Matthew Bethoney
Mar 5, 2017
Caleb Matthew Bethoney, 24 of New Bedford died March 5, 2017 unexpectedly at Falmouth Hospital. Born in Bartow, FL, the son of Maxwell M. Bethoney, Sr. of Parrish, FL and Tuesday M. (Galotti) Desrochers and her husband Douglas Desrochers of New Bedford, he lived in Dartmouth most of his life. He was a member of New Life Church in...
