All Obituaries

Rita C. (Beaudoin) Dumont, 79, of Fall River, wife of Wilfred Dumont, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2019.  She was a loving mother, grandmother and wife who treasured time spent watching her grandchildren. Her hobbies included sewing, gardening, singing in the choir and breeding siamese cats.  She volunteered many years at Rose Hawthorne Home.     She had been employed by Stop & Shop and worked previously at Bell Shops. Besides her husband of 59 years, she...

Emilie M. (Vautrin) Jolivet of Fall River passed away on March 23 at Catholic Memorial Home in Fall River after a brief illness. She was 95. Born in Fall River, she was the wife of the late Loridas J. Jolivet Jr. to whom she was married for 65 years. Emilie graduated from St. Anne's School in Fall River and was a 1943 graduate of B.M.C. Durfee High School in Fall River. After working at Anderson Little and Davis Screen in Fall River, she was a 20-year employee of Aetna Life &...

Joan (Valentino) Berube, 75, of Tiverton, passed into eternal rest on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Rhode Island Hospital after a long illness. She was the wife of Richard E. Berube for the past 56 years.  He always referred to his wife as “Hollywood Beautiful”. She was employed by Lawson Products for many years. Besides her loving husband, she leaves behind five children, Joanne Gosselin, Russell Berube, Richard Berube, Jennifer Perry, and Jeffrey Berube, all of Tiverton; A...

Lt. Lionel L. “Zip” DuPont, FRFD, Retired,96, died Wednesday, March 20, at Clifton Rehabilitation Nursing Center in Somerset, MA. He was born on November 21, 1922, in Fall River, MA, to Joseph L. DuPont and Rhea Cadieux DuPont. Zip was a WWII veteran, who joined the Navy in the summer of 1941 after graduating from Msgr. Prevost High School in Fall River. He was an aviation mechanic and saw action in deployments that took him to Trinidad and Brazil. He later embarked on a 31-year...

Marie Lucienne "Lucy" (Labouliere) Valcourt, 100, of Fall River, wife of the late Joseph A. Valcourt, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2019.           A homemaker, she also worked in the Nutrition Program of the Council on Aging.           She leaves six children, Ronald Valcourt and his wife Carol of Somerset, Robert Valcourt and his wife Brenda of Tiverton, Joseph Valcourt and his wife...

M. Lucille Andrade, 74, of Fall River, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2019.               A member of Master Builder Ministries, she lived for her love of God and her family and friends. She enjoyed worshiping God, being a prayer warrior and studying the bible.               She is survived by her three children, Glenda Marie Caldwell and her husband Hugh Michael of...

       Vivianne R. (Bileau) Chouinard, 83, of Fall River, passed away on Saturday, March 16, 2019,at Charlton Memorial Hospital, surrounded by her loving family.  She was the wife of the late Emile Chouinard and Edward Charette.  Born in Woonsocket, RI, she was the daughter of the late Wilfred and Marie Anne (Tessier) Bileau.      A homemaker, she centered her life around her family. She also worked various jobs throughout her life.  Mrs....

Gilbert A. "Gil" Howard, 75, of Swansea, husband of the late Marcelle "Marci" (Maynard) Howard, passed away Friday, March 15, 2019.                 A US Army Veteran of the Vietnam War, he was a service manager for General Motors and Mack Truck in Boston and Peterbilt in RI and ended his career with a small home repair and landscaping business. He was a member of the Town of Swansea Planning Board and the...

Lawrence G. "Larry" Wylie, 75, of Fall River, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2019.               A decorated Veteran of the US Navy for 25 years, he was a member of the VFW and Bristol Veterans Association. He joined the Navy in 1960, serving on the USS Intrepid and many other ships, until finally serving on the USS Midway. After that, he retired in 1985 in Newport, RI from the Surface Warfare Officers School Command. He...

  Mayetta L. (Carr) LeVasseur, 93, of Fall River, formerly of Augusta, ME, widow of Joseph J.B. LeVasseur, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019. She was a member of Penney Memorial United Baptist Church and was a graduate of Cony High School, Class of 1944. She traveled around the country with her husband and children until his retirement from the Marine Corps in 1964, settling in Fall River, where she founded and managed the first soup kitchen in the city with her husband....