Maria daConceicao DoCouto, 87, of Bristol

Posted 7/25/18

Maria daConceicao (Vieira) DoCouto, 87, of Deerfield Beach, Fla., and formerly of Bristol, passed away on July 13, 2018, at Willow Bay Senior Resort. She was the wife of the late Jose …

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Maria daConceicao DoCouto, 87, of Bristol

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Maria daConceicao (Vieira) DoCouto, 87, of Deerfield Beach, Fla., and formerly of Bristol, passed away on July 13, 2018, at Willow Bay Senior Resort. She was the wife of the late Jose “Zeca” Couto.   

Born in Ribeira Quente, St. Michael, Azores, she was the daughter of the late Carlos Peixoto and Germana Vieira. She is survived by her daughters, Mary Lou Couto and her husband Jose, Dolores Torres and her husband Antonio; and grandchildren, Catherine Ryan, Michael Torres and Christina Torres, and great-granddaughter, Cayla Ryan. She was the sister of Norbina Arruda, Liduina Medeiros and the late Carlos Vieira. 

Mrs. DoCouto was educated in Portugal and employed by Converse for 20 years before retiring. 

Her funeral services were held July 19 from the George Lima Funeral Home, with a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated by Rev. Marinaldo Batista at St. Elizabeth’s Church. The offertory gifts were presented by Catherine Ryan, Cayla Ryan, Michael Torres and Christina Torres. Burial followed in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Michael Torres, Matt Cogdill, Christopher Murray, Paul Arruda, John Arruda and James Medeiros.

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