All Obituaries

FALL RIVER... Irenieu “Duke” Trindade 90, of Fall River passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at Charlton Memorial Hospital. Duke was married for 67 years to his loving wife Pauline Mendonca Trindade. He was also the son of the late Diogo and Laura Trindade. He is preceded in death by his sisters Palmira Dominion and Del Furtado. Duke graduated from BMC Durfee High School, class of 1947. He served a short time in the US Airforce. In life he was a supervisor for the United...

EAST PROVIDENCE... Jeannette A. (Berube) Frazier, 86, of Tiverton, RI, passed away Thursday, September 12, 2019, at Waterview Villa Nursing Home, East Providence. She was the wife of the late John R. Frazier. She was born in Fall River a daughter of the late Hermenegile Francois (Pete) Berube and Maria (St. Pierre) Berube and had lived in Tiverton most of her life. Mrs. Frazier was a communicant of St. Theresa’s Church, 265 Stafford Road, Tiverton and she enjoyed yard sales and...

FALL RIVER… Cynthia M. (Almas) Moniz, 70, of Fall River passed away September 7, 2019 at Charlton Memorial Hospital.    She was the widow of Dennis P. Moniz.    She was born in Fall River a daughter of the late Ernest P. and Dorothy (Oliveira) Almas and had been a lifelong resident of the city.    Mrs. Moniz was employed by CHF Industries for 20 years as a folder and worked at Carousel MFG. as a chair lady.    Survivors include a daughter...

SOMERSET ... Jeanne (King) Souza, 84, of Tiverton passed away September 6, 2019 at Somerset Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of Joseph W. Souza of Tiverton. She was born in Fall River a daughter of the late Maurice and Leona (Ouelette) King and had lived in Tiverton for the last 59 years. Mrs. Souza was employed by the Tiverton Public Schools as a cafeteria worker. She enjoyed bowling, bingo, trips to the casinos, karaoke, her cats, and spending time with her...

FALL RIVER… Americo S. Mendes, 86, of Fall River passed away August 31, 2019 at St. Anne’s Hospital. He was the loving husband of Maria L. (Reis) Mendes to whom he had been married for 63 years. Born in VilarinhoLousa, Portugal, he was a son of the late Julio and Maria Agosta Mendes. Mr. Mendes worked for over 20 years as a Laborer for F. C. Construction before retiring in 1995. He was a communicant of Santo Christo Church and was a member of Academica and St. John’s...

BOYNTON BEACH, FL… Maria R. (Couto) Rodrigues, 100, of Boynton Beach Florida, formerly of Fall River and Peabody, passed away August 29, 2019. She was the widow of Antonio P. Rodrigues. Born in Maia, St. Michael, Azores, she was a daughter of the late Joaquim B. Santos and Emilia P.Couto. She had lived for many years in Fall River, Peabody and Florida. She worked for many years in the local clothing industry prior to her retirement. She was a communicant of Santo Christo Church...

FALL RIVER …   Mary A. (Souza) Gonsalves, 84, of Tiverton passed away Saturday, August 24, 2019 at Charlton Memorial Hospital.   She was the widow of Arthur Gonsalves.   Mrs. Gonsalves was born in Tiverton a daughter of the late Manuel and Seraphine (Botelho) D Souza and had been a lifelong resident of Tiverton.   Mary was employed as a trimmer for various mills until her retirement.   She was a communicant of Holy Ghost Church in...

FALL RIVER…Mary (Arruda) Cabral, 84, of Fall River passed away August 21, 2019 at St. Anne’s Hospital. Raised in Bermuda, she was a daughter of the late Anthony and Alexandrina (Melo) Arruda. Mrs. Cabral worked for many years as a Machine Operator in the local Garment Industry before her retirement. She enjoyed spending time with her family and loved her dog, Mollie. Survivors include her daughters: Donna Ouellette of Somerset and Deborah Cabral of Fall River, her sister:...

PROVIDENCE… Lorraine (Correia) Borges, 86, of Cumberland, RI, passed away Monday, July 29, 2019, at Hope Health Hulitar Hospice Center.    She was the widow of Alphonse Borges.    Mrs. Borges was born in Fall River a daughter of the late Manuel D. and Belmira (Carvalho-Giesta) Correia and had lived in Cumberland for the last 4 years.  Prior to, she had lived in Tiverton since 1961.    She had been a volunteer at Southpointe Rehabilitation Center...

FALL RIVER... Florence (Costa) Almeida, 90, of Swansea, formerly of Somerset, passed away, Thursday, July 25, 2019 at Charlton Memorial Hospital.    She was the widow of Alfred D. Almeida.    Mrs. Almeida was born in Fall River, a daughter of the late Simeon and Vera (Silvia) Costa, and had lived in Somerset for 40 years prior to moving to Swansea in 2007.    She was a sewing machine operator for the former Anderson Little for 44 years before her retirement....