FALL RIVER - Maria G. Catarina Pereira Soares, 94, of 82 Vestal St. Fall River, died Monday, May 16th in Charlton Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Agostinho Pereira Soares and Mother of Maria Joana Rodrigues of Somerset and Marilia da Conceicao Benevides of Fall River. She was the sister of Maria Conceicao Botelho of Portugal, grandmother of 7, great-grandmother of 6, and Aunt to several nieces & nephews. She was the mother of the late Joao Pereira Soares and the late Maria Liberia Botelho. She was the sister of the late Domingos Pereira Benevides.
Born in Capelas, Sao Miguel, Azores, the daughter of the late Joao Pereira and the late Catarina de Jesus Pereira. She lived in Portugal for many years working as a Self-employed Seamstress, before moving to Fall River in 1975. She was also a member of St. Michael Parish.
Her funeral will take place on Saturday, May 21st at 8:00 A.M. from the Manuel Rogers & Sons Funeral Home, 1521 No. Main St. Fall River, followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Michael Church, Essex St. at 9:00 A.M. Interment in St. Patrick Cemetery, Fall River. CALLING HOURS ON FRIDAY MAY 20TH FROM 5:00 TO 9:00 P.M.