Benedicta A. Rodericks
Sep 14, 2008
Benedicta A. "Bene" (Pinheiro) Rodericks, 88, of Dartmouth died September 14, 2008 at New Bedford Healthcare Center after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Lionel Rodericks with whom she shared 54 years of marriage and the late Daniel Bento who died in World War II. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Augustine...
Eileen F. Cebula
Sep 12, 2008
Eileen F. (Domingos) Cebula, age 66, of Fairhaven, died September 12, 2008 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She was the wife of Henry S. Cebula who later died on September 26, 2008. Born and raised in Fall River, daughter of the late John and Henrietta (Sypek) Domingos, she was a longtime resident of Fairhaven. She was a...
Richard Lebeau
Sep 11, 2008
Richard "Dick" Lebeau, 67, loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather and friend to many, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, September 11, 2008 at Massachusetts General Hospital. Born on May 16, 1941 in his family home in North Fairhaven to Oscar and Alice (Richard) Lebeau, he lived in Fairhaven all of his life. A proud, 1959 graduate of Fairhaven High School,...
Lewis E. Depina, Jr.
Sep 9, 2008
Lewis E. "Poncho" DePina, Jr., 48, of Fairhaven died Tuesday September 9, 2008 unexpectedly at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Born in New Bedford, the son of Lewis E. and Ilda (Santos) DePina, he lived in Fairhaven all of his life. Mr. DePina was formerly employed in the construction industry. Survivors include parents; two sisters, Marie Almeida of New...
August C. Taveira
Sep 9, 2008
Honorable August C. Taveira , 95, of New Bedford died September 9, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. He was the husband of the late Kathleen M. (Carroll) Taveira. Born in New Bedford on February 4, 1913, the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Taveira, he lived in Dartmouth and New Bedford all...
Olga And George Xiarhos
Sep 8, 2008
Olga (Arvanites) Xiarhos and George Xiarhos of Acushnet, Massachusetts passed into everlasting life on September 8 and September 10, 2008 respectively. Olga passed at home surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She was the daughter of the late Paraskevoula (Soumbasis) and Antonios Efstratios Arvanites, from Peloponnesus Greece. George passed away two days later...
Barbara D. Roderick
Sep 7, 2008
Barbara D. (Carrier) Roderick, 82, of Mattapoisett died September 7, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Manuel F. Roderick. Born and raised in Dartmouth, the daughter of the late Daniel and Helen (Walsh) Carrier, she lived in Mattapoisett most of her life. Mrs. Roderick was a communicant of St....
Belmira P. Tavares
Sep 6, 2008
Belmira P. (Pina) Tavares, 89, of New Bedford died September 6, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Joseph M. Tavares. Born in Brava, Cape Verde, the daughter of the late Luis and Maria (Pina) Pina, she has lived in New Bedford since 1966. Mrs. Tavares was a parishioner of...
Andrzej K. Araszkiewicz
Sep 6, 2008
Andrzej K. "Andy" Araszkiewicz, 67, of New Bedford died Saturday September 6, 2008. Born in Warsaw, Poland, he lived in this area for the past 20 years. He was formerly employed as a commercial fisherman aboard the F/V Humbak. He enjoyed traveling, cooking, and taking his pet Yorkie for long walks. He will be greatly missed. Survivors include his...
Dr. Richard H. Reis
Sep 5, 2008
Dr. Richard H. Reis, 77, of Marion died September 5, 2008 after a long battle with emphysema. He was the husband of the late Kathleen "Kay" Reis. Born in Arlington, he was the son of the late Waldo F. Reis and Ursula E. Tetreau, he has resided in Marion since 1964. Dr. Reis was formerly employed as a Professor...
Dorothy Allen
Sep 4, 2008
Dorothy (Jackson) Allen, 84, of New Bedford died Thursday September 4, 2008 at home of natural causes. She was the wife of the late Alphonso Frederick Allen. Born in Evergreen, Ohio, the daughter of the late John and Edith (Lowery) Jackson, she was raised by the late Ruth Harris Jackson Wallace. She lived in Boston for many years before...
Regina M. Lopes
Sep 3, 2008
Regina M. (Monteiro) Lopes, 94, of New Bedford died September 3, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Jose M. Lopes. Born in Brava, Cape Verde, the daughter of the late Honorio and Olimpia (Almeida) Monteiro, she has lived in New Bedford for the last 42 years. Mrs. Lopes was...
Inez S. Diogo
Aug 31, 2008
Inez S. Diogo, 86, of New Bedford died Sunday August 31, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Antonio A. S. and Thereza (Abrantes) Diogo, she lived in New Bedford most of her life. She was a communicant of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church. Miss Diogo was formerly employed as...
Marlon C. Burns
Aug 31, 2008
Marlon C. Burns, 46, of Worcester died Sunday August 31, 2008 unexpectedly at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Born in New Rochelle, New York, the son of Joel E. Burns of Dartmouth and the late Catherine (Bryant) Burns, he lived in Dartmouth and Fall River before moving to Worcester. Mr. Burns was employed by Spencer Tech in Worcester. He was a...
Lillian R. Souza
Aug 31, 2008
Lillian R. (Vieira) Souza, 88, of New Bedford died August 31, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Joseph Souza. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Equi) Vieira, she lived in New Bedford all of her life. Mrs. Souza was...
Rose Holmes-Florent
Aug 30, 2008
Rose (Silvia) Holmes-Florent, 92, of New Bedford died August 30, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Karl M. Holmes, Jr. and Henry Florent. Born in Taunton, the daughter of the late Joseph F. and Amelis (Noia) Silvia, she lived in New Bedford most of her life. She was a...
Peter Duff
Aug 30, 2008
Peter Duff's long and uneasy dance with Parkinson's Disease ended at home on Saturday 30 August, 2008; he is busily re-engineering Fiddler's Green. One hopes he finds some idyllic shallow water coves there, to provide distraction from the doubtless numerous projects now underway. Peter was born in 1936 and grew up in the western suburbs of Boston, MA. A...
Edna M. Martin
Aug 29, 2008
Edna M. (Devlin) Martin, 82, of Dartmouth, formerly of New Bedford, died Friday August 29, 2008 unexpectedly at St. Luke's Hospital. She was the wife of the late Dale W. Martin. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Robert F. and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Devlin, she lived in New Bedford most of her life. Mrs. Martin was formerly...
Elaine E. Richardson
Aug 28, 2008
Elaine E. (Reilly) Richardson, 75, of Wareham, formerly of Winthrop, died Thursday August 28, 2008 at Tremont Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center. Born in Boston, the daughter of the late James and Elizabeth J. (Henderson) Reilly, she lived in Winthrop all of her life before moving to Wareham in April. Mrs. Richardson was formerly employed as a secretary at...
George W. Liberty, Iii
Aug 24, 2008
George W. Liberty of Mattapoisett died unexpectedly Sunday August 24, 2008. He was the husband of his ORR high school sweetheart Bec A. Zora. George was the son-in-law of Joseph P. Zora and the late Glenna M. (Akins) of Marion. He was a brother-in-law to Joseph P. Zora Jr. and his wife Jane; Pat Harriman and her dear late...
