Obituaries
Mary Ann Auger
Mar 9, 2022
Mary Ann (Baker) Auger, 93, of New Bedford, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 9th, 2022. She was the former wife of the late Richard Auger. Born in Toledo, OH, to Ralph Baker and Katherine (Heaffner) McCahan, she lived in many places throughout her life. Mary Ann was a military wife, living across the world with her...
Ernest Vieira
Mar 9, 2022
Ernest "Ernie" Vieira, 86, of Orlando, FL formerly of New Bedford died March 9, 2022 at Orlando Regional Medical Center. He was the beloved husband of the late Patricia J. (Capra) Vieira. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Joseph and Mary A. (Rebello) Vieira, he lived in New Bedford most of his life until he moved...
Dennis P. Bruce
Mar 8, 2022
Dennis P. "Babe" Bruce, 83, of Dartmouth died after a brief illness on Tuesday March 8, 2022 at St. Luke's Hospital. He was the loving husband and best friend to Rosemarie (Motta) Bruce, his wife of 61 years. Born in New Bedford, he was the son of the late Edward F. and Mary A. (Griffiths) Bruce. Babe attended Catholic...
Andrew J. Ganhao
Mar 8, 2022
With the deepest sorrow, we announce that Andrew J. Ganhao, age 33, our most beloved son, brother, family member and friend, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Those who knew Andrew, even but for a brief time, lost a special person in their lives. Andrew will be missed every day by his mom, Paula (Santos) Young and...
Sam Graham
Mar 8, 2022
Sam Graham, 91, of Jacksonville, Florida passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Born on September 3, 1930 in Cottonwood, Alabama, he was the son of the late Frank and Maebell Graham. He was the husband of the late Delores P. (Gibbs) Graham. Sam graduated from Jackson County Training School in Marianna, Florida, before enlisting in the U.S....
Henri L. Valois
Mar 8, 2022
Henri L. Valois, 91, of New Bedford, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. He was the loving husband of the late Frances (Gifford) Valois. Born in New Bedford, son of the late Henry J. and Jeanette (LePage) Valois, he lived in New Bedford all of his life. Henri was the founder of Henri's Wheel Alignment in New...
Carolina Deburgo
Mar 8, 2022
Carolina (Barbosa) DeBurgo, 93, of New Bedford passed away Tuesday March 8, 2022 at St. Luke's Hospital. She was the wife of the late John DeBurgo. Born in Brava, Cape Verde, the daughter of the late Felesmina Barbosa and Victor Teixeira, she had lived in New Bedford since 1973. Mrs. DeBurgo was formerly employed as a machine operator at...
Muriel Medeiros
Mar 8, 2022
Muriel (Tomlinson) Medeiros, 93, of Dartmouth passed away Tuesday March 8, 2022 at the New Bedford Jewish Convalescent Home. She was the wife of John Medeiros and the late Thomas F. Galligan. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Emmeline (Cooper) and William Tomlinson, Jr., she resided in Dartmouth for many years. She was a member of...
Judith Ann Borges
Mar 8, 2022
Judith Ann Borges, 64, of Fall River died March 8, 2022 at Charlton Memorial Hospital. Born in New Bedford, daughter of Rita B. DeCastro of New Bedford and the late Umberto Borges, she lived at the Paul A. Dever School and later in Freetown and Fall River. Survivors include her mother; a sister, Donna Marie Desroches and her husband...
Armanda P. Gomes
Mar 7, 2022
Armanda P. (Fonseca) Gomes, 83, of New Bedford died March 7, 2022 at home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Virgilio Gomes. Born and raised in Sao Antao, Cape Verde, daughter of the late Manuel Jose and Paulina Firmina (Fonseca) Fonseca, she has lived in New Bedford for the last 30 years. She enjoyed...
Ernest L. Ross
Mar 3, 2022
Ernest L. "Ernie" Ross, 85, of New Bedford, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospital. He was the husband of Linda L. Ross. Click here to view the livestream of the funeral mass. He was born in New Bedford to the late Phillip Ross and Adelaide (Rodrigues) Ross. At a very early age, he...
Ronald A. Nichols
Mar 3, 2022
Ronald A. Nichols, 87, of New Bedford, passed away peacefully after a brief illness on Thursday, March 3, 2022. He was the husband of the late Joan (Downing) Nichols. Born in New Bedford, son of the late Milton and Rose (Poitras) Nichols, he lived in New Bedford all of his life. Ron was an avid golfer and artist. He...
Marguerite I. Perryman
Mar 3, 2022
Marguerite I. (Pless) Perryman, 70, of Dartmouth died March 3, 2022 peacefully at St. Luke's Hospital. Born in Boston, daughter of the late Willie James Wilson and Mary Ida (Pless) Wilson, she was raised in Miami and lived most of her life in New Bedford before moving to Dartmouth. She wintered in Dade County. Mrs. Perryman was formerly employed...
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...
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