Manuel Duarte Garcia
Feb 18, 2024
Manuel Duarte Garcia, 79, of Dartmouth passed away Sunday, February 18, 2024 suddenly at home. He was the husband of Maria L. (Faria) Garcia, with whom he shared 59 years of marriage. He was born in Flamengos, Faial, Açores, son of the late Francisco Duarte Garcia and Hortensia Abreu Garcia. Manuel moved from the Açores to America in 1960,...
Leonard A. Desautels, Jr.
Feb 18, 2024
Leonard A. Desautels, Jr., of Plymouth, MA, died on February 18, 2024, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Len was born in Montague, MA, in 1945, the son of Regina (Walichowski) Desautels and Leonard A. Desautels, Sr. He graduated from Turners Falls High School in 1963 where he lettered in football and baseball. Len attended Greenfield Community College...
Nancy A. Almeida
Feb 17, 2024
Nancy A. (Maciel) Almeida, 73, of New Bedford, passed away on February 17, 2024. Born and raised in Fall River, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Gloria (Correia) Maciel. She lived in New Bedford for most of her life. Nancy was the loving companion of the late Joseph Kwesi Clement and the former wife of the...
George M. Panagakos
Feb 17, 2024
George M. "Cook" Panagakos 95, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 17, 2024 in North Dartmouth with his wife by his side. He was the husband of Viola (Zafiropoulos) Panagakos with whom he shared 55 years of marriage together. George was a devoted husband, a loving brother, uncle, Godfather, friend to many and an exceptional member of his community....
Virginia Mosher
Feb 16, 2024
Virginia (Rezendes) Mosher, 89, of Dartmouth passed away Friday February 16, 2024 after a period of declining health surrounded by her loving family. She was a devoted wife to the late Clinton G. Mosher; they had recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of John C. and Mary (Vieira) Rezendes, she was raised in...
James F. Miller
Feb 16, 2024
James Frederick Miller, 91, of New Bedford passed away peacefully on Friday, February 16th, 2024 prayerfully surrounded by his family. Born in New Bedford to Maria (DeFreitas) and Edward Miller he was married to the love of his life and high school sweetheart Janet L. (Sowle) Miller for 67 years until her death in November of 2020. In his...
Gloria A. Baptista
Feb 16, 2024
Gloria Ann (O'Brien) Baptista, 85, of New Bedford, was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, cousin and friend. Gloria passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, February 16, 2024. She was married to the love of her life, Joseph T. Baptista, for over 56 years. Born in New Bedford, daughter of the late Thomas and Gloria (Barcellos)...
Joseph A. Maillet
Feb 15, 2024
Joseph Andre Nelson Maillet, 85, of New Bedford died Thursday, February 15, 2024 at home after a brief illness. He was the husband of Joanne (Craig) Maillet. Born in New Bedford, son of the late Calixte and Celia (Melanson) Maillet, he lived in New Bedford most of his life. He was a communicant of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish...
Joan M. Park
Feb 14, 2024
Joan M. Park, 89, of Dartmouth, passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2024. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late James J. and Doris (Swithenback) Park, she lived in Dartmouth since 1970. She was a longtime parishioner of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish at St. James Church. Joan had a long and distinguished career as an educator with...
Colleen F. Ormsby
Feb 11, 2024
Colleen Florence Ormsby (nee Barboza), 86, of New Bedford, MA and New Haven, CT, most recently of Phoenix, AZ, passed away on February 11, 2024. She was born on February 23, 1937, in New Bedford, MA.
Colleen was the Chief Nurse of Neurosurgery at Yale New Haven Hospital. She dedicated her life to nursing, serving with excellence...
Linda M. Almeida
Feb 10, 2024
On Saturday, February 10, 2024, Linda M. (Pina) Almeida took her last breath on this side of life. Upon following a lengthy illness, God graciously ever so gently in her sleep called, Linda Almeida, to her eternal life home from her resident home in Acushnet, Mass. She was 63 years old and the wife of Robert T. Almeida. Linda...
Charlotte Pratt Sudduth
Feb 10, 2024
Charlotte "Sharlie" (Pratt) Sudduth, 84, died peacefully at her home in Marion, MA on February 10, 2024. Born November 1, 1939, Sharlie was the eldest daughter of Aileen and Edwin Pratt. She was born in New York. In her early years she lived on the campus of Westminster School where her father taught, then moved to Cambridge, MA where...
Cristian Angel Rivera
Feb 9, 2024
Cristian Angel Rivera, 25, of New Bedford passed away Friday February 9, 2024. Born in New Bedford, the loving son of Blanca Ramirez and Angel Rivera-Laboy, he lived in New Bedford for most of his life. Cristian was a graduate of Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School in the Electrical Technology program. While at Voc-Tech, he participated...
Loretta B. “Lori” Schaefer
Feb 9, 2024
Loretta B. "Lori" (Buechling) Schaefer, age 81, passed away peacefully on February 9, 2024, following her long struggle with dementia, at Keystone Place in Buzzards Bay, MA. Lori was born on March 19, 1942 to Rosa (Lehner) and William Buechling of Larchmont, NY. She was a 1960 graduate of Mamaroneck High School, and a 1964 graduate of Wheelock College....
Dianne P. Gardner
Feb 9, 2024
Dianne P. (Faber) Gardner, 74, of New Bedford passed away Friday February 9, 2024 at St. Luke's Hospital. She was the daughter of the late George A.E. Faber and Pearl L. (Hammond) Faber, and sister of the late Suzanne C. Faber. A private family burial service will take place in Rural Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Saunders-Dwyer Home for...
Bernard D. Gauvin
Feb 7, 2024
Bernard Donald Gauvin, 85, of Mattapoisett, passed away peacefully on February 7, 2024. He was home and surrounded by family. Born in New Bedford to the late Olivier J. and Juliette G. (Pare) Gauvin, he was one of six children. Bernie was the husband of Nancy A. (Hawes) Gauvin. In 63 years of marriage, they built their home and...
Janet B. Raymond
Feb 5, 2024
Janet B. (Dexter) Raymond, 85, of West Wareham passed away Monday February 5, 2024 at home after a brief illness. Born and raised in Mattapoisett, the daughter of the late Chester G. and Beatrice B. (Vossahlik) Dexter, she lived in West Wareham for most of her life. Janet was formerly employed as a licensed practical nurse and respiratory therapist...
Alice M. Daher
Feb 4, 2024
Alice M. (Dupuis) Daher, 99, of New Bedford died February 4, 2024 peacefully at home. She was the wife of the late Joseph T. Daher. Born in New Bedford, daughter of the late Joseph H. and Mary E. (Bliss) Dupuis, she lived in New Bedford all of her life. Mrs. Daher was formerly employed as a teacher's aide at...
Brian G. Avila
Feb 4, 2024
Brian Gilbert Avila, 66, of Fairhaven passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday February 4, 2024. He was the husband of Elizabeth A. (Alfredo) Avila. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Gilbert and Deolinda (Brito) Avila, he lived in Fairhaven for most of his life. He was a graduate of Fairhaven High School and Bristol...
John Furtado, Jr.
Feb 2, 2024
John Furtado, Jr., 61, of New Bedford, passed away peacefully after a long illness. Born in New Bedford, son of Joao and Maria (Linhares) Furtado, he was raised in Fairhaven before moving to New Bedford. John was a dedicated family man and loved being with his grandchildren. John enjoyed listening to music. Even through his years of illness he...
