Sophia M. Gifford
May 9, 2008
Sophia M. (Baran) Gifford, 99, of Dartmouth died Friday May 9, 2008 at home after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Ernest H. Gifford. Born in Fall River, the daughter of the late Albert and Katherine (Lach) Baran, she lived in Fall River and New Bedford before moving to Dartmouth 40 years ago. She was...
Harvey H. Kenyon
May 8, 2008
Harvey H. Kenyon, 85, of Dartmouth died May 8, 2008 at home after a long illness surrounded by his family. He was the husband of the late Emily L. (Bernardo) Kenyon. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Harvey and Nellie (Harrington) Kenyon, he lived in Dartmouth most of his life. Mr. Kenyon was an avid woodworker...
Mona Teixeira
May 8, 2008
Mona (Wilkinson) Teixeira, 89, of New Bedford died May 8, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late William and Agnes (Bain) Wilkinson, she lived in New Bedford most of her life. Mrs. Teixeira was formerly employed as a nurse at St. Luke's Hospital for 35 years until retirement....
Alzira "Elsie" Viera
May 8, 2008
Alzira "Elsie" (Nunes) Viera, 75, of New Bedford died Thursday May 8, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Alfred Viera. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late John and Elvira (Medeiros) Nunes, she lived in Dartmouth for most of her life. Mrs. Viera was formerly employed as...
Laura D. Pina
May 8, 2008
Laura D. (DePina) Pina, 90, of New Bedford died Thursday May 8, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital. Born in Marion, the daughter of the late Moses and Marion (Miranda) DePina, she lived in New Bedford most of her life. She was a member of Jehovah's Witnesses Congregation. Mrs. Pina was formerly employed as a nurse's aide at St. Luke's...
George H. Brightman
May 6, 2008
George H. Brightman, 91, of New Bedford died May 6, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. He was the husband of the late Sarah M. (McMullen) Brightman. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Noah and Martha (Marsland) Brightman, he lived in New Bedford all of his life. Mr. Brightman was formerly employed by...
Neil Roger Brookes
May 5, 2008
Neil Roger Brookes of Mattapoisett died Monday May 5, 2008 after a long battle with cancer. He lived in Mattapoisett for the past nine years and had many friends in the book club, bridge playing and pool shooting circles. Roger was born on April 20, 1938 in Sheffield, England to Ruby and Norman Brookes. He attended King Edward VII...
Charles Harrison Martin, D.D.S.
May 3, 2008
Charles Harrison Martin, D.D.S. 89, of Mattapoisett died May 3, 2008 at Sippican Health Care Center in Marion after a long illness. He was born March 11, 1919 in Kilmichael, Mississippi, the son of Ruth Harrison Martin and Charles Bartley Martin. He attended schools in Gilford, NH, Cape Elizabeth, ME and several other places in New England as his...
David C. Ewing
May 3, 2008
David C. Ewing, 55, of Mattapoisett, MA died unexpectedly at home on May 3, 2008. He was a devoted husband to Annette U. Ewing and a loving father to John David C. Ewing of New York City and Marion M. Ewing of Boston – whom will forever miss his warm smile, loving nature and quality of character. Born in...
Corey A. Conward
May 2, 2008
Corey A. Conward, 25, of Dartmouth died Friday May 2, 2008 unexpectedly at home. Born in New Bedford, the son of Walter A. and Cynthia (Oliver) Conward, he lived in Dartmouth all of his life. Corey was a graduate of Dartmouth High School, Dean College, and Johnson and Wales University, where he received his Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice....
Therese Boucher
May 2, 2008
Therese Boucher, 81, of Acushnet died Friday May 2, 2008 at home. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Ernest and Elodie (Demers) Boucher, she lived in New Bedford for most of her life before moving to Acushnet 12 years ago. Miss Boucher was formerly employed as a clerk for the New Bedford Health Department Tuberculosis Control...
Susan M. Burke
Apr 30, 2008
Susan M. Burke, 39, of New Bedford died peacefully on Wednesday April 30, 2008. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Ronald and Arlene M. (Inman) Burke, she lived in New Bedford for most of her life. She enjoyed spending time with her son and family. Survivors include her son, Tobey P. Burke of New Bedford; a...
Margaret Corley
Apr 30, 2008
Margaret "Peggy" (Lawlor) Corley, 79, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital, after a brief illness. She was born in Burlington, Vermont on April 28, 1929 to Dr. Peter P. Lawlor and Marie B. Lawlor. She graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in English and married Dr. Paul Edward Corley in April of...
Irving W. Oakley
Apr 29, 2008
Irving W. Oakley, 69, of Fairhaven, formerly of Boston, died Tuesday April 29, 2008 at Our Lady's Haven. Born in Mashpee, the son of the late Ellsworth Raymond and Edella (Azevedo) Oakley, he lived in Boston for many years before recently moving to Fairhaven. Irving was formerly employed as a substance abuse counselor at the Boston Detoxification Center for...
Thomas P. Stewart
Apr 28, 2008
Thomas P. Stewart, 55, of New Bedford died Monday April 28, 2008 at St. Eliazbeth's Hospital after a brief illness in the arms of his loving wife surrounded by his children. He was the husband of Verna (Whitehead) Stewart; they had been married for 35 years. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Leo M. and Therese...
Virginia Chantre
Apr 28, 2008
Virginia (Monteiro) Chantre, 96, of New Bedford died April 28, 2008 at Brandon Woods of New Bedford after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Frank Chantre. Born in Brava, Cape Verde, the daughter of the late Francisco and Domingas (DeBarros) Monteiro-Fernandes, she lived in New Bedford most of her life. She enjoyed sewing and playing...
Hilda M. Caron
Apr 28, 2008
Hilda M. (Coleman) Caron, 85, of New Bedford died April 28, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital after a long illness. She was the widow of the late Edward Caron. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late John Milton and Katie I. (Butts) Coleman, she lived in New Bedford all of her life. Mrs. Caron was formerly employed...
Russell H. Pearson, Jr.
Apr 24, 2008
Russell Hilton Pearson, Jr., 79, of Mattapoisett died peacefully at home, surrounded by loving family members, on April 24, after a valiant battle against lung cancer . Born in Worcester, on August 5, 1928, he was the son of the late Russell H. Pearson, Sr. and Madelyn (Keyes) Pearson. Mr. Pearson was a graduate of Tabor Academy and Colgate...
Catherine Fisher
Apr 22, 2008
Catherine (Tobojka) Fisher, 92, of Yorktown Heights, NY died Tuesday April 22, 2008. She was the wife of the late Wellesley L. Fisher. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Paul and Julia (Wienzek) Tobojka, she lived in New York for many years. Survivors include two daughters, Susan Pinto and Sally Grote; a sister, Helen Toomey; four...
Helen Squillacioti
Apr 19, 2008
Helen (Egan) Squillacioti, 86, of New Bedford died April 19, 2008 after a long illness. The daughter of the late John and Sophie (Sweeney) Egan, Helen was born and raised in New Bedford, lived for a time in Boston and Sharon, and later was a long-time resident of South Dartmouth. Soon after graduating in 1942 as a Registered Nurse...
