Obituaries
Cheryl B. Debarros
Feb 28, 2022
Cheryl B. (Costa) DeBarros of North Dartmouth passed away on Monday February 28, 2022, surrounded by her family, after a hard-fought battle with multiple illnesses. She is survived by her loving husband Mike, who for their 51 years together as a couple, nearly 48 years married, was her partner in every sense of the word. Especially in the last...
Lawrence Novia
Feb 27, 2022
Lawrence Novia, 92, of New Bedford died February 27, 2022 at Alden Court. He was the husband of the late Maria D. (Bizzarro) Novia. Born in New Bedford, son of the late Antonio and Loretta (Tolla) Novia, he lived in New Bedford all of his life. Mr. Novia was formerly employed by the City of New Bedford department of...
Amy M. Miller
Feb 27, 2022
Amy M. (Bowman) Miller, 41, of Mattapoisett passed away on February 27, 2022 at St. Luke's Hospital following a long illness. She was the loving daughter of Rosemary T. (Zajac) Bowman and the late Walter E. Bowman, III, and the mother of the late Peter Michael Walter Miller who passed away as an infant in 2008. Amy graduated from...
Mary G. Emsley
Feb 26, 2022
Mary G. Emsley, 69, of Acushnet, formerly of Westport, died February 26, 2022 at home, surrounded by loved ones, after a short but fierce battle with cancer. Born in Millbrook, Nova Scotia, Canada, the daughter of the late Robert and Ethel Gordon, Mary immigrated with her family to Attleboro, MA as a teenager where she later graduated from Attleboro...
Judith Parker Marcy
Feb 26, 2022
Judith (Amaral) Parker Marcy, 77, of Berkley passed away Saturday February 26, 2022. She was the wife of Leonard T. Marcy and the late Robert E. Parker, Jr. Born in Taunton, the daughter of the late Joseph R. and Ida M. (Silvia) Amaral, she lived in Berkley for most of her life. Judith was formerly employed as a science...
Alan D. Duarte
Feb 25, 2022
Alan Domingo Duarte, 51, of Fall River passed away Friday February 25, 2022 from complications of Covid-19. Born in Boston, the son of Alan J. Gomes and the late Bernice Ann Duarte, he lived in Boston for most of his life before moving to New Bedford and Fall River. Alan was an evangelist who carried the word of the...
Kyle P. Demoranville
Feb 24, 2022
Kyle P. DeMoranville, 34, of Dartmouth passed away suddenly on Thursday February 24, 2022. Born in New Bedford, the son of Greg DeMoranville and Rica (Atwood) DeMoranville, he lived in Dartmouth for most of his life. He was a graduate of Dartmouth High School. He received his Associate's Degree in Video and Audio Production Technology from New England Institute...
Pastor Christian Manuel Harris
Feb 23, 2022
Pastor Christian Manuel Harris also known to many as Calvin Harris was born to the late Bernice Harris Chisholm on July 12, 1946 in New York, NY. He departed this life on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at the Lyons, NJ Veterans Nursing Facility. At a young age he joined the family of Lawrence and Lilly Ruth Nix and their...
Julia M. Bence
Feb 23, 2022
Julia M. (Lopes) Bence, 99, of Mattapoisett died February 23, 2022 at St. Luke's Hospital. She was the wife of the late Frederick W. Bence, Jr. Born in Fairhaven and raised on the family farm, daughter of the late Antonio S. and Maria (Gaspar) Lopes, she lived in Mattapoisett most of her life. She enjoyed spending time at Shaw's...
Jeanette A. Morris
Feb 23, 2022
Jeanette A. (Mason) Morris, 82, of Holmdel, New Jersey, formerly of New Bedford, passed away peacefully, Wednesday February 23, 2022. She was the wife of the late John A. Morris. Born in Harlem, New York, the daughter of the late William H. and Eugenia (Fonseca) Mason, she lived in New Bedford for many years before moving to New Jersey...
Barbara A. Gomes
Feb 23, 2022
Barbara A. Gomes, 77, passed away on February 23, 2022, unexpectedly surrounded by her family at St. Luke's Hospital. She was born in Acushnet, MA, daughter of the late Mildred Aguiar and Levi R Gomes, but lived most of her life in New Bedford. She was a graduate from New Bedford High School and Diman Nursing School, where she...
Sheila M. Treacy
Feb 22, 2022
Sheila M. Treacy, 78, of East Falmouth, formerly of New Bedford, died Tuesday, February 22, 2022 suddenly at Falmouth Hospital. Born in Worcester, daughter of the late Daniel J. and Patricia B. (McKenna) Treacy, she lived in New Bedford for most of her life. Sheila was a graduate of Holy Family High School. She was formerly employed at The...
Ronald J. Labbe
Feb 22, 2022
Ronald J. Labbe, 88, of Marion died Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at Tobey Hospital after a brief illness. He was the husband of Mary (Morais) Labbe. Born in New Bedford, son of the late Emil and Alice (Carrier) Labbe, he lived in New Bedford, Fairhaven, and Marion during his life. He was a communicant of St. Rita's Church. Ronald...
Manuel V. Jeronimo
Feb 21, 2022
Manuel Vasco Jeronimo, 90, of New Bedford died February 21, 2022 peacefully at St. Luke's Hospital surrounded by his family. He was the husband of the late Juvelina C. (Costa) Jeronimo. Born in Sao Miguel, Azores, son of the late Joao and Maria dos Anjos (Carvalho) Jeronimo, he has lived in New Bedford for the last 50 years. Mr....
Vanadious "Van" Morse
Feb 20, 2022
Vanadious "Van" (Carroll) Morse, 90, of New Bedford died Sunday, February 20, 2022 at St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Milton Lee Morse, Jr. Born in Pawtucket, RI, daughter of the late William and Sophie (Lysowski) Carroll, she lived in New Bedford for most of her life. Van was a devoted...
Victoria M. Garzon
Feb 19, 2022
Victoria M. Garzon, 40, of New Bedford died February 19, 2022 unexpectedly at home. Born in New Bedford, daughter of Veronica A. (Jorge) Garzon and Wolman W. Garzon of New Bedford, she lived in New Bedford all of her life. She enjoyed cooking and camping. Survivors include her parents; her companion, Lamarr V. Antone of New Bedford; her 3...
Michael Edgar Couture
Feb 18, 2022
Michael Edgar Couture died at home on February 18, 2022, in his eighty-sixth year. Born January 23, 1937, to Anna (Olszowy) Couture Piekelniak and Edgar Couture, he was the beloved Godson and nephew of Rose (Couture) and Ernest Quintin. He is lovingly remembered by his wife of thirty-three years, Diane Brown-Couture; his son Quintin and his partner Jenny Lee...
Jamie A. Bouchard
Feb 18, 2022
Jamie A. (Knox) Bouchard, 62, of New Bedford died suddenly on Friday, February 18, 2022 of an unexpected heart condition. Jamie was a native of New Bedford, born on July 22, 1959. She is survived by her loving husband Bruce E. Bouchard, with whom she shared 42 years of marriage; their 3 children, Jessica and her husband Dan Pratt,...
Judith A. Zajac
Feb 18, 2022
Judith A. (Hierholcer) Zajac, 78, of New Bedford died Friday, February 18th at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River after an eleven year battle with cancer. She was the wife of Peter T. Zajac for over forty years. Born in Acushnet she was the daughter of the late William F. and Helena M. Hierholcer and a lifelong resident of...
Judith A. Walmsley
Feb 18, 2022
Judith A. (Cabral) Walmsley, 77, of New Bedford passed away Friday February 18, 2022 after a long illness. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Albert Cabral and Adelaide (Sousa) Cabral, she lived in New Bedford for most of her life. She was a graduate of New Bedford High School and Kinyon-Campbell Business School. Judy was formerly...
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