Robert G. Bettencourt, Jr.
Dec 16, 2011
Robert G. "Bobby" Bettencourt, Jr., 48, also known as "Alleycat", of Fall River, died suddenly on Friday December 16, 2011 at Charlton Memorial Hospital. Born in Oakland, California, the son of the late Aurora (Desjardins) Flood and Robert G. Bettencourt, he lived in New Bedford for many years and in Fall River for the past eight years. Bobby was...
Joseph T. Dexter
Dec 12, 2011
Joseph T. Dexter, 57, of New Bedford passed away Monday December 12, 2011 at home after a long illness. He was the husband of Deborah L. (Carey) Dexter. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Ernest H. Dexter and Doris (LaPlante) Oliveira, he lived in New Bedford for most of his life. Mr. Dexter was employed as...
Irene L. Law
Dec 12, 2011
Irene L. Law, 92, of New Bedford, died December 12, 2011 at the Oaks Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late Raymond Law. Born in Dudley, MA, the daughter of the late George and Victoria (Grescoviak) Kelley, she lived in New Bedford most of her life while wintering in Florida. She was formerly employed by Anderson-Little as...
Paul B. Motta
Dec 10, 2011
Paul B. Motta, 63, of Dartmouth died Saturday December 10, 2011 at home after a brief illness. Born in New Bedford the son of the late Alfred and Constance "Connie" (Pacheco) Motta, he was raised in Dartmouth and had lived in Pawtucket, RI and Hartford, CT for many years before returning to Dartmouth nine years ago. He was a...
Linda F. Cole
Dec 8, 2011
Linda F. (Case) Cole, 65, of New Bedford passed away peacefully at home on Thursday December 8, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Frederick Cole. Born in Providence, RI, the daughter of the late Richard and Lillian (Coggeshall) Case, she lived in New Bedford for many years. Mrs. Cole was employed as a paraprofessional...
Robert S. Gaspar
Dec 8, 2011
Robert S. Gaspar, 80, of Mattapoisett died December 8, 2011 at Sarah Brayton Nursing Home in Fall River after a brief illness. He was the husband of the late Dorothy L. (Silveira) Gaspar. Born and raised in Fall River, the son of the late Joao S. and Stella (Rego) Gaspar, he lived in Mattapoisett since 1970. He served in...
Ilene L.W. Dacruz
Dec 7, 2011
Ilene L.W. (Sadler) DaCruz, 88, of New Bedford died December 7, 2011 at Sippican Healthcare Center. She was the wife of the late Robert M. DaCruz. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Leon E. and Rachel (Johnson) Sadler, she lived in Rhode Island for 46 years before returning to New Bedford 21 years ago. Survivors include...
Wayne A. Gonsalves
Dec 7, 2011
Wayne A. Gonsalves, 57, of New Bedford died Wednesday December 7, 2011 at New Bedford Rehabilitation Hospital after a brief illness. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Edward and May (Fernandes) Gonsalves, he lived in New Bedford for many years. Wayne was employed as a cook and enjoyed playing pool. Survivors include three children, Brian Gonsalves...
Michael J. Pina, Jr.
Dec 5, 2011
Michael J. Pina, Jr., 20, of New Bedford died December 5, 2011 at Massachusetts General Hospital. Born in New Bedford, the son of Alisha I. Pendleton and Michael J. Pina, both of New Bedford, he lived in New Bedford all of his life. He was known for his vibrant personality and infectious smile. Michael was an organ donor and...
Makenzie Lynn Guilbeault Bartlett
Dec 5, 2011
Makenzie Lynn Guilbeault Bartlett, 3 months old, passed away December 5, 2011 at Children's Hospital in Boston while in the arms of her parents and surrounded by her loved ones. She was the loving daughter of Michael A. Bartlett and Michelle Guilbeault-Bartlett. Makenzie was loved and is loved. Survivors include her parents; her grandparents, Paul and Cindy Guilbeault of...
Martha H. Lorraine
Dec 4, 2011
Martha H. (Hiller) Lorraine of Mattapoisett died on December 4, 2011 at Sippican Healthcare Center at the age of 102. She was the widow of Jack F. Lorraine and the daughter of the late Charles and Helen Hiller, who resided in Flushing, NY and Marion. Martha lived in Flushing, NY and went to New York schools where she, in...
Elizabeth S. Greco-Johnson
Dec 2, 2011
Elizabeth S. (Scott) Greco-Johnson, 82, of Santa Barbara, CA died December 2, 2011 at Maravilla Assisted Living after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Albert Johnson. Born in Caledonia, Nova Scotia, the daughter of the late Maurice and Leta (Freeman) Scott, she lived in Wollaston, Walpole and Fairhaven before moving to Santa Barbara, CA 30...
Robert R. Monaghan
Dec 1, 2011
Robert R. Monaghan, 73, of Fairhaven died December 1, 2011 at Charlton Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late James and Esther (Reid) Monaghan, he lived in Fairhaven most of his life. He served in the U.S. Army. Survivors include his daughter, Jeannett Reed of New Bedford; 3 grandchildren, Jason Monaghan,...
Dympna Jacobsen
Nov 30, 2011
Dympna (McShane) Jacobsen, 84, of Dartmouth died November 30, 2011 at St. Luke's Hospital. She was the wife of the late Francis Canning and Jacob "Jack" Jacobsen. Born in Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland, the daughter of the late Matthew J. and Maryann (McCormick) McShane, she lived in Pawtucket and Providence before moving to Dartmouth in 1979. She was a...
Richard C. Fontaine
Nov 30, 2011
Richard Charles "Dick" Fontaine, 81 years of age, died peacefully at home in the comfort of family on Wednesday November 30, 2011. He was a longtime resident of New Bedford, and most recently resided in Dartmouth. He was the son of the late Arthur C. and Yvonne (Keroack) Fontaine. He was the widower of Eleanora "Ellie" (Smith) Fontaine his...
John Ezemoli
Nov 29, 2011
John Ezemoli, 95, of New Bedford died November 29, 2011 at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. He was the devoted husband of the late Kathleen B. (Loughlin) Ezemoli. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Gildo and Desolina (Belforti) Ezemoli, he lived in New Bedford most of his life. Mr. Ezemoli was a communicant of...
Robert S. Marvelle
Nov 29, 2011
Robert S. Marvelle, 59, of Mattapoisett, died Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at home. He was the husband of Donna J. (Supple) Marvelle. Born in Attleboro, the son of Mary (Long) Marvelle of Wareham and the late Richard Marvelle, he lived on Cape Cod before moving to Mattapoisett in 2005. Mr. Marvelle was the proprietor of Excavation Plus and had...
Cheryl L. Marcosa
Nov 27, 2011
Cheryl L. (Heath) Marcosa, 62, died unexpectedly November 27, 2011, in North Fort Myers, Florida. A longtime resident of Mattapoisett until her retirement in 2005, she is survived by her husband, Philip Marcosa; her daughter, Stacey Murphy and her husband, Brian of Point Pleasant, New Jersey; her son, Scott Marcosa of Mattapoisett; and four grandchildren, Lexi and Bradley Marcosa,...
Rita M. Tessier
Nov 24, 2011
Rita M. (Arsenault) Sasseville Tessier, 91, of New Bedford died Thursday November 24, 2011 at New Bedford Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late Joseph A. Tessier. Born in Salem, the daughter of the late Joseph P. and Roseanna (Couture) Arsenault, she lived in New Bedford for most of her life. She was a communicant of...
Elias G. Bethke
Nov 23, 2011
Elias George Bethke, 2 1/2 years old, died suddenly on Wednesday November 23, 2011 at St. Luke's Hospital. Born in Providence, RI on April 24, 2009, Elias was the loving son of Jada M. Baptiste and Lawrence J. Bethke. Elias was a joy to everyone who met him. He was always smiling (except when he was hungry!) and loved...
