TAUNTON – Cecelia M. (Arruda) Woods, wife of the late Harold E. Woods, died at the Life Care Center of Raynham on April 16, 2013.
She was 96.
Born in Taunton, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Maria (Cabral) Arruda.
Raised and educated in Taunton, she was a 1935 graduate of Taunton High School.
Mrs. Woods was employed by the former Children’s Shop for many years, and later worked for Hercules Manufacturing, retiring in 1971.
She was a communicant of the former Our Lady of Lourdes Church.
Survivors include a son, Harold E. Woods of Buzzards Bay; a daughter, Donna Gastaldo of San Juan, Puerto Rico; 4 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; and 19 nieces and nephews.
She was also the sister of the late Joseph and Louis Arruda, Mary Crawley, Alveda DiFiore, Constance Borge, Rose Pedro and Louise O’Keefe.
Her funeral will be held from the Silva Funeral Home, 80 Broadway, Taunton on Saturday, April 20th at 9:00 a.m. followed by a funeral mass at Annunciation of the Lord Church at 10:00 a.m.
She will be interred with her husband at the Massachusetts National VA Cemetery in Bourne on Monday, April 22nd at 2:30 p.m.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
Calling hours will be at the funeral home on Friday, April 19th from 5 to 8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.
www.silvafuneralhome.com.