All Obituaries

Maria F. (Casemiro) Carreiro , age 78 of Taunton, passed away on February 27, 2020 at Bourne Manor. She was the beloved wife of the late John B. Medeiros and the late Manuel F. Carreiro. Maria was born Sao Miguel, a daughter of the late Joao and Rosalina (Costa) Casemiro.  Before retiring in 1998, Mrs. Carreiro was employed with Reed & Barton for over 15 years. She enjoyed cooking and baking. Maria was a loving and caring person who loved to help people. Maria was the loving...

Isabel Nazario's Arrangements are incomplete at this time

Eva F. (Pavao) Dupont, age 94, formerly of Plain St., Taunton, passed away on February 24, 2020 at Longmeadow of Taunton. She was the beloved wife of the late Daniel R. Dupont, to whom she was happily married for over 52 years. Eva was born in Fall River, the daughter of the late Manuel and Izabel (Ferreira) Pavao. Before retiring, Mrs. Dupont was employed with the former Taunton Sports Wear and with the Taunton School Dept. as a cafeteria aide for over 14 years. Eva was a communicant and...

  Karen M. Gallagher (Andrade) 71, of Whitman, passed away on Sunday February 23, 2020 at the Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital. She was the loving and devoted wife of David J. Gallagher since 1970. Born in Taunton, she was a daughter of the late Antone R. Andrade, Sr. and Javina B. “Elsie” (Barber) Andrade. She worked as an executive administrative assistant at Raytheon for fifty three years. Karen enjoyed the beach, shopping for jewelry, traveling, and music. In...

Ada M. Violette (Alegi) 96, of Taunton, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Wedgemere Health Care in Taunton. She was the wife of the late Winfred H. Violette. Born in Taunton, she was the daughter of the late Amedo and Fortunata (Palazzi) Alegi. She earned an associate degree in art at New England College of Art now known as Suffolk University. She was the oldest living Alumnus of Suffolk University. She also received a bachelors degree in art from RISDI. Ada taught...

Barbara Bettinson (Searle) 91, of Easley, SC, and formerly of Taunton, passed away on February 19, 2020 at Brookdale Easley, in Easley, SC. She was the wife of the late Frederick C. Bettinson. Born in Taunton, she was the daughter of the late Wilford and Marjorie (Saint Martin) Searle. She leaves her two daughters, Norma Valliere, of Easley, SC and Rosemary Costa, of Fall River. She was the sister of the late Marjorie Ruth. All funeral services will be private. Arrangements have...

Helene (Roche) Blair, age 80 of Nantucket, passed away on February 16, 2020 at Southeast Health Care in North Easton, MA. She was the beloved wife of the late William Blair. Helene was born in Nantucket, a daughter of the late Patrick and Ethel (Pike) Roche. Before retirement, Mrs. Blair was a high school teacher in locations including Massachusetts, California, New York, and London. Helene was a resident of Nantucket for over fifty years and was closely involved with volunteer work...

Cheryl A. Dumont (Mazziliano) of East Taunton, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2020 at the Morton Hospital. She was the wife of Rene Dumont, of East Taunton. Born in Fall River, she was the daughter of Michael Vincent and Priscilla Carmen (Marshall) Mazziliano. Cheryl worked as an assembler for Swank Inc., for several years. Her favorite holiday was Valentine’s day. She also enjoyed arts & crafts, going to Old Silver Beach in Falmouth, and spending time with her son Todd...

Elva R. (Tirado) DeJesus, age 82 of Taunton, passed away on February 13, 2020 at Longmeadow of Taunton. She was the wife of the late Victor DeJesus who passed in 2016. Elva was born in Puerto Rico, a daughter of the late Alfredo and Benincia (Sanchez) Tirado. Before retiring, Mrs. DeJesus was employed as a stitcher with the former Robertson Factory for over 20 years. She enjoyed Cooking, gardening and sewing, most of all she was a loving and caring person who was devoted to her...

Beryl (Meetis) Costa, age 81, of Mattapoisett and formerly of Taunton, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2020 at Morton Hospital. She was the beloved wife of the late Louis Costa who passed in 1992. Beryl was born in Taunton, a daughter of the late Able and Veronica (LaRoche) Meetis. Before retiring, Mrs. Costa was employed with Julius Koch Company in New Bedford for many years and also worked as a waitress. She enjoyed puzzles, knitting; going to the casino, planting flowers and...