Maria Estrela Neves
Emigrated from São Miguel, Açores, Portugal, at the age of 43
TEWKSBURY – Maria E. (Pires) Neves, age 84, a resident of Tewksbury for the past 23 years, passed on Wednesday evening, February 24th, at Lowell General, following a long and courageous battle with Cancer. She was the beloved wife for 62 years of Edmundo Neves, who passed on September 11, 2009. She was born in São Miguel, Açores on October 19, 1925. She is the daughter of the late João and Catarina (Raulino) Pires. She had lived on the island of São Miguel until 1969 when the family moved to the Cambridge and Somerville area. She then relocated to Tewksbury in 1986.
She is survived by five children. Maria Eduarda Leite of Wareham, MA, Ana Maria Macedo of Tewksbury, MA, Lucie Marie Neves Aguiar of Tewksbury, MA, Marie Alice Johnston of Stoneham, MA, and Emanuel Rui Neves of Lowell, MA. Also survived by, son-in-laws, Eduardo Leite, Antonio Macedo, Gualter Aguiar, Brian Johnston; former daughter-in-law, Luciana Neves; 10 grandchildren, Sandra Barletta, Richard Macedo, Karen Melo, Christine Santos, Jessica and Jennifer Aguiar, Brianna and Catrina Johnston, Matthew and Maggie Neves; 11 great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was also sister of the late Antonio, Deodato, and João Pires.
Her Funeral Mass was held at St. William Church on February 27, followed by her burial at the Tewksbury Cemetery.