Obituary notices, week of October 5 through October 11, 2026
Eight Fall River-resident obituaries were published this week: Cournoyer, Theresa, 92; DeJesus, Petronila López, 74; Howard, Francis R., 102; Monte, Elvira Pacheco, 93; Raposo, Dinarte C.; Silva, Anna Paula; Silva, Evelyn, 88; and Souza, Jesse, 79. Howard, at 102, was the oldest person …
FALL RIVER — This week's column carries notices for 8 Fall River-resident obituaries published this week, with names from the funeral homes and aggregators that posted them: Jesse Souza, Theresa Cournoyer, Elvira Pacheco Monte, Dinarte C. Raposo, Francis R. Howard, Petronila López DeJesus, Anna Paula Silva and Evelyn Silva.
Jesse Souza, 79, of Fall River, died Friday, October 2, 2026. Echovita lists the family as being cared for by A. F. Almeida & Son Funeral Home; Legacy.com lists the family as being cared for by Pocasset Memorial Funeral Home - Tiverton. Service information was not available at press time. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/fall-river/jesse-souza-22243252.
Theresa Cournoyer, 92, of Fall River, died Monday, October 5, 2026. Service information was not available at press time. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/fall-river/theresa-cournoyer-22229623.
Elvira Pacheco Monte, 93, of Fall River, died Tuesday, October 6, 2026. Service information was not available at press time. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/fall-river/elvira-monte-22234880.
Dinarte C. Raposo, of Fall River, died Tuesday, October 6, 2026. Service information was not available at press time. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/fall-river/dinarte-raposo-22226354.
Francis R. Howard, 102, of Fall River, died Thursday, October 8, 2026. Service information was not available at press time. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/fall-river/francis-howard-22235775.
Petronila López DeJesus, 74, of Fall River, died Thursday, October 8, 2026, at a hospital in Stoughton. She was the wife of Rubén Ortiz and was born in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico. Service information was not available at press time. Full obituary at Legacy.com (Oliveira Family Funeral Home & Cremation Service - Main Street): https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/petronila-l-pez-dejesus-obituary?id=62727066.
Anna Paula Silva, of Fall River, died Friday, October 9, 2026. Service information was not available at press time. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/fall-river/anna-paula-silva-22243003.
Evelyn Silva, 88, of Fall River, died Sunday, October 11, 2026. Service information was not available at press time. Full obituary at Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/fall-river/evelyn-silva-22242478.
Notices compiled from Auclair Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manuel Rogers & Sons Funeral Home, Oliveira Funeral Homes Inc, Oliveira Family Funeral Home & Cremation Service, A. F. Almeida & Son Funeral Home, Legacy.com and Echovita.
Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.
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