Obituaries Listing
Robert L. Drake
Mar 1, 2009
TAUNTON - Robert L. Drake, the husband of Louise (Jacques) Drake, died at Marian Manor on March 1, 2009. He was 83. Born in Lunenburg, VT, he was the son of the late Frank and Carrie M. (Avery) Drake. Raised and educated in Vermont, he served in the U.S. Navy during WW II and the the Korean Conflict, and...
Angelina (Luis) Dutra Darosa
Feb 28, 2009
TAUNTON - Angelina (Luis) Dutra DaRosa, wife of the late Eduino V. DaRosa, died at Marian Manor on Feb. 28, 2009. She was 88. Born on the island of Fayal, Azores, she was the daughter of the late Jose and Maria (Dutra DaRosa) Garcia Luis. Educated in Portugal, she moved to this area in 1969. Employed as a tailor...
Leo F. Sylvia
Feb 28, 2009
TAUNTON - Leo F. Sylvia, husband of Diane V. (Farias) Sylvia, died unexpectedly at his home on Feb. 28, 2009. He was 75. Born in Taunton, he was the son of the late Albert and Mary (Pacheco) Sylvia. Educated in Taunton schools, he later served with the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He retired from the former Rennie...
Jacinto De Almeida Rodrigues
Feb 25, 2009
TAUNTON - Jacinto de Almeida Rodrigues, husband of Maria dos Anjos S. (Patricio) Rodrigues, died at his home on Feb. 25, 2009. He was 65. Born in St. Michael, Azores, he was the son of the late Agostinho and Angelina (da Gloria Almeida) Rodrigues Peixoto. Educated in Portugal, he moved to this area in 1969. He worked as a...
John C. Leonard
Feb 24, 2009
TAUNTON - John C. Leonard, husband of Karlyne A. (Draheim) Leonard, died at Morton Hospital on Feb. 24, 2009. He was 62. Born in Portland, OR, he was the son of the late Bernard B. and Catherine A. (Connolly) Leonard. Raised in South Boston, he lived in NC for a while before moving to the Taunton area in 20002....
Robert A. Corey
Feb 23, 2009
TAUNTON - Robert A. Corey, a Taunton resident for many years, died at Morton Hospital on Feb. 23, 2009. The husband of Agnes G. (Sylvia) Corey for the past 58 years, he was 79. Born in Dighton, he was the son of the late Antone and Mary (Lorien) Corey. Educated in Dighton schools, Mr. Corey later worked for the...
Elizabeth A. (Ferreira) Costa
Feb 22, 2009
TAUNTON - Elizabeth A. (Ferreira) Costa, wife of Laurentino E. "Larry" Costa, died at Taunton Nursing Home on Feb. 22, 2009, following a lengthy illness. She was 84. Born in Taunton, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Mary (Nunes) Ferreira. Educated in Taunton schools, Mrs. Costa was a 1942 graduate of Taunton High School. She was...
Raymond P. Emond
Feb 21, 2009
TAUNTON - Raymond P. Emond, husband of the late Dorothy (Mendonca) Emond, died at Morton Hospital on Feb. 21, 2009. He was 83. Born in Taunton, the son of the late John and Mary (Mador) Emond, he was educated in Taunton schools. An Army veteran of WW II, he fought with the 4th Division of the 12th Infantry during...
Manuel Medeiros, Jr
Feb 20, 2009
Manuel Medeiros, Jr., husband of Maria C. (Vieira) Medeiros, died at Longmeadow of Taunton on Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. He was 84. Born in St. Michael, Azores, the son of the late Manuel and Maria A. (Botelho) Medeiros, he moved to the area in 1977. A communicant of St. Anthony Church, he retired at the age of 62, after...
Patricia E. (Tupper) Ashley
Feb 11, 2009
Patricia E. (Tupper) Ashley, wife of the late Leroy L. Ashley, died on Feb. 11, 2009 at Morton Hospital in Taunton. She was of 82. Born in Sudbury, she was the daughter of the late Victor E. and Harriet E. (Russell) Tupper. Educated in Sudbury schools, she graduated from Sudbury High School in 1944, and was later employed by...
Maxine "Micki" (Norris) Englund
Jan 30, 2009
RAYNHAM - Mildred Maxine "Micki" (Norris) Englund, the former wife of Warren D. Englund, died peacefully at her Raynham home on Jan. 30, 2009. She was 78. Born in Sandyville, Iowa, she was the daughter of Belva (Campbell) Norris Wanat and the late Thomas "Verle" Norris. Educated in Iowa schools, she was a graduate of Indianola High School. She...
Annie (Kazules) Galuski
Jan 29, 2009
TAUNTON - Annie (Kazules) Galuski, wife of the late Stanley J. Galuski, died at Longmeadow of Taunton on Jan. 29, 2009. She was 93. Born in S. Boston, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna (Butkus) Kazules. A Resident of the area since 1947, she worked as a machine operator for Shawmut Woolen Mills of Stoughton...
Rita M. (Greco) King
Jan 28, 2009
Rita M.(Greco) King, 92 years old, died on Jan. 28, 2009 at Marian Manor, after a period of failing health. She was the wife of the late Manuel King and is survived by her son, Michael King of Taunton. Born in Raynham, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Lucy (Silvia) Greco. She attended Raynham schools and...
Jamahl Kareem Gomes
Jan 23, 2009
SOMERSET - Jamahl Kareem Gomes, died unexpectedly at St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River on Jan. 23, 2009. Born in Taunton, he was the son of Bernadette Gomes of Taunton and George Thomas of Providence. He was 32. Formerly of Taunton and Milford, he had been residing in Somerset for the past few years. Besides his mother and father,...
Daniel A. Borges
Jan 18, 2009
TAUNTON - Daniel A. Borges, the husband of Mary A. (Ferreira) Borges, died at his home on Jan. 18, 2008. He was 72. Born in Santa Maria, Azores, he was the son of the late Antonio and Maria L. (Andrade) Borges. A molder by trade, he was a former co-owner of Babs Foundry, Inc. in Norton for many years...
Alice (Mendoza) Reposa
Jan 18, 2009
DIGHTON - Alice F. (Mendoza) Reposa, wife of the late John R. Reposa, died at her Dighton home on Jan. 18, 2009. She was 81. Born in Raynham, she was the daughter of the late John F. and Marie (Lawrence Homen) Mendoza. Educated in Raynham and E. Taunton schools, she worked as a waitress at Bucky's Diner for over...
Gayle (Simon) Sweeney
Jan 17, 2009
TAUNTON - Gayle R. (Simon) Sweeney, the wife of Kevin P. Sweeney, died at Morton Hospital on Jan. 17, 2008, following a lengthy illness. She was 44. Born in Stoughton, she was the daughter of Barry Simon of Stoughton and the late Sonya (Land) Simon. Educated in the Stoughton school system, she later worked as a phlebotomist for Carney...
Daniel Nunes
Jan 15, 2009
BERKLEY - Daniel Nunes of Berkley died at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston on Jan. 15, 2009. He was 80. Born in Berkley, he was the son of the late Edward V. and Mary (DePonte) Nunes. Educated in Berkley and Dighton schools, he was a graduate of the former Dighton High School. An Army veteran of WW II,...
Francis J. Freelove
Jan 13, 2009
TAUNTON - Francis J. Freelove, 81, died unexpectedly at Tufts - New England Medical Center, Boston on January 13, 2009. He was the husband of Anna (Costa) Freelove to whom he was married for over 58 years. Born in Fall River, the son of the late Hale C. and Beatrice (DesMarais) Freelove, he was educated in Taunton schools after...
Antonio A. Ferreira
Jan 11, 2009
Antonio A. Ferreira, husband of Clotilde M. (Ferreira) Ferreira, died at Morton Hospital on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. He was 72. Born in St. Michael, Azores, he moved to the U.S. in 1986, and resided in Fall River for a while, before moving to the Taunton area. An electrician and fisherman in Portugal, he worked in area factories after...
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