Former garment worker

Amy M. Ferris, 92, of 2856 East Main Road, died Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004, at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River.

Born in Newport, a daughter of the late Joseph and Antonia (Medeiros) Ferris, she was a seamstress at Lynn Sports Wear in Fall River and a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.

An organist for 11 years at Our Lady of Hope Monastery in St. Miguel, the Azores, she was a communicant of St. Anthony's Church in Portsmouth.

She leaves a brother, Joseph Ferris Jr. of Portsmouth; three sisters, Elvira Ferris of Portsmouth and Elizabeth Furtado and Laura Amaral, both of East Providence; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was a sister of the late Manuel Ferris, Mary DaPonte, Julia Barbosa and Margaret Rego.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 10, from the Connors Funeral Home, 55 West Main Road, Portsmouth. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in St. Anthony's Church, 2836 East Main Road. Burial will follow in St. Columba's Cemetery, Middletown.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Portsmouth Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, Box 806, Portsmouth, R.I. 02871, or to the St. Anthony's Capital Campaign Fund, 2836 East Main Road, Portsmouth, R.I. 02871.