Obituaries

Rosa Couto, 84, Native of St. Michael, the Azores

Her calling hours are today and her funeral is Friday from the George Lima Funeral Home in Bristol.

Rosa Jesus (Melo) Couto, of Fatima Drive, Bristol, passed away on Jan. 20, 2014. Sh was 84.

She was the wife of Manuel do Couto. Born in Rabo de Peixe, St. Michael, she was the daughter of the late Mariano and Maria da Gloria (Pacheco) De Melo.

She was the stepmother of Louis do Couto, John Couto and Carlos Do Couto; the sister of Maria Amelia Pimental, Mariano de Melo and the late Jose Pedro Melo, Maria de Jesus Pereira, Humberto Pacheco de Melo, Edite de Melo and Edmundo Melo; step grandmother of seven and step great-grandmother of five. 

Her funeral services will be held on Friday, Jan. 24, at, 8 AM from the George Lima Funeral Home, 367 High St. Bristol with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9 am at St. Elizabeth Church, 577 Wood St. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, Bristol. 

Calling hours are today from 4 - 7 pm at the funeral home.


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