TAUNTON – Sr. Maria Isabel Franco of the Sisters of St. Dorothy, died at Marian Manor on July 27, 2014.
She was 99.
Born in São Cristovão do Douro, Portugal, she was the daughter of the late Adelino and Maria (Amalia) Julio.
She joined the Sisters of St. Dorothy in 1936.
Sr. Franco was educated in Portugal and the United States and received degrees in English and French.
She taught school in the Diocese of Providence and the Diocese of Fall River for many years, and was an instructor of Portuguese at Roger Williams and Vanderbilt University.
She resided at Villa Fatima for twenty years before moving to Marian Manor.
Survivors include her Religious Sisters and several nieces and nephews who live in Portugal.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Anthony Church on School Street in Taunton on Wednesday, July 30th at 11 a.m.
Friends may visit at the church from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. prior to the Mass.
Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery.
Arrangements are by the Silva Funeral Home, Taunton.
www.silvafuneralhome.com.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Project Forgotten Child, c/o Sr. Judith A. Costa, S.S.D, Villa Fatima, 90 County Street, Taunton MA 02780.