TAUNTON – Georgina N. (Costa) Bettencourt, wife of the late Daniel A. Bettencourt, died at the Taunton Nursing Home on Dec. 28, 2015.
She was 92.
Born in Altares, Terceira, Azores, she was the daughter of the late Francisco C. and Maria Lourdes (Esteves) Vaz Costa.
Educated in Portugal, she moved to this area in 1969 and was a homemaker for most of her adult life.
A woman of great faith, Georgina was an active communicant of St. Anthony Church and will be remembered for her love of her church.
Survivors include 4 sons, Carlos Bettencourt and his wife Maria of E. Taunton, Manuel Bettencourt and his wife Fatima of Taunton, Daniel Bettencourt and his wife Bella of Taunton, and Mario Bettencourt and his wife Kathleen of E. Taunton; 3 daughters; Fatima Ferreira and her husband Joel of Taunton, Mary Lou D’Angelo and her husband Michael of Raynham and Aurora Resendes and her fiancé Leonard Rose, Jr. of Taunton; a sister, Odette Peixoto of CA; many grandchildren; and several great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was also the mother of the late Valdemar Bettencourt, the grandmother of the late Ryan Bettencourt and the sister of the late Manuel V. Costa, Maria Carminha Cabral and Noemia Pereira.
Her funeral will be held from the Silva Funeral Home, 80 Broadway, Taunton on Tuesday, Jan. 5th at 9 a.m. followed by a funeral mass at St. Anthony Church at 10 a.m.
Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
Calling Hours will be held at the funeral home on Monday, Jan. 4th from 5 to 8 p.m.
www.silvafuneralhome.com.