NORWOOD - Betty E. Almeida, 78, a 35-year resident of Norwood, died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007, at home after a lengthy illness.
Born in Fall River, daughter of the late Joseph S. and Deolinda (Furtardo) Almeida, she was a registered nurse and worked as a nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist in Boston and New York.
A 1949 graduate of the Union Hospital School of Nursing in Fall River, she received a bachelor's degree from Boston University and a master's degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
Miss Almeida worked as a volunteer at the Norwood Ecumenical Food Pantry, Caritas Good Samaritan Hospice and St. Timothy's Health Ministry.
She leaves her sisters, Priscilla C. Almeida of Lynn and Deolinda Correia of Norwell; her grandnephew and grandniece, Adam Correia and Sasha DeGraeve; her friend, Janet Dunphy of Norwood; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral will be held Saturday, Feb. 3, at 10 a.m., from the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole St. (Rte. 1A), Norwood, followed by a funeral Mass at 11 a.m., at St. Timothy Church.
Burial will follow in Church Hill Cemetery in Norwell.
Visiting hours are Friday, Feb. 2, from 4 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home.
Instead of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Norwood Ecumenical Food Pantry, 150 Chapel St., Norwood, MA 02062.
Born in Fall River, daughter of the late Joseph S. and Deolinda (Furtardo) Almeida, she was a registered nurse and worked as a nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist in Boston and New York.
A 1949 graduate of the Union Hospital School of Nursing in Fall River, she received a bachelor's degree from Boston University and a master's degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
Miss Almeida worked as a volunteer at the Norwood Ecumenical Food Pantry, Caritas Good Samaritan Hospice and St. Timothy's Health Ministry.
She leaves her sisters, Priscilla C. Almeida of Lynn and Deolinda Correia of Norwell; her grandnephew and grandniece, Adam Correia and Sasha DeGraeve; her friend, Janet Dunphy of Norwood; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral will be held Saturday, Feb. 3, at 10 a.m., from the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole St. (Rte. 1A), Norwood, followed by a funeral Mass at 11 a.m., at St. Timothy Church.
Burial will follow in Church Hill Cemetery in Norwell.
Visiting hours are Friday, Feb. 2, from 4 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home.
Instead of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Norwood Ecumenical Food Pantry, 150 Chapel St., Norwood, MA 02062.
NORWOOD - Betty E. Almeida, 78, a 35-year resident of Norwood, died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007, at home after a lengthy illness.
Born in Fall River, daughter of the late Joseph S. and Deolinda (Furtardo) Almeida, she was a registered nurse and worked as a nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist in Boston and New York.
A 1949 graduate of the Union Hospital School of Nursing in Fall River, she received a bachelor's degree from Boston University and a master's degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
Miss Almeida worked as a volunteer at the Norwood Ecumenical Food Pantry, Caritas Good Samaritan Hospice and St. Timothy's Health Ministry.
She leaves her sisters, Priscilla C. Almeida of Lynn and Deolinda Correia of Norwell; her grandnephew and grandniece, Adam Correia and Sasha DeGraeve; her friend, Janet Dunphy of Norwood; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral will be held Saturday, Feb. 3, at 10 a.m., from the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole St. (Rte. 1A), Norwood, followed by a funeral Mass at 11 a.m., at St. Timothy Church.
Burial will follow in Church Hill Cemetery in Norwell.
Visiting hours are Friday, Feb. 2, from 4 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home.
Instead of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Norwood Ecumenical Food Pantry, 150 Chapel St., Norwood, MA 02062.
Born in Fall River, daughter of the late Joseph S. and Deolinda (Furtardo) Almeida, she was a registered nurse and worked as a nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist in Boston and New York.
A 1949 graduate of the Union Hospital School of Nursing in Fall River, she received a bachelor's degree from Boston University and a master's degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
Miss Almeida worked as a volunteer at the Norwood Ecumenical Food Pantry, Caritas Good Samaritan Hospice and St. Timothy's Health Ministry.
She leaves her sisters, Priscilla C. Almeida of Lynn and Deolinda Correia of Norwell; her grandnephew and grandniece, Adam Correia and Sasha DeGraeve; her friend, Janet Dunphy of Norwood; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral will be held Saturday, Feb. 3, at 10 a.m., from the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole St. (Rte. 1A), Norwood, followed by a funeral Mass at 11 a.m., at St. Timothy Church.
Burial will follow in Church Hill Cemetery in Norwell.
Visiting hours are Friday, Feb. 2, from 4 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home.
Instead of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Norwood Ecumenical Food Pantry, 150 Chapel St., Norwood, MA 02062.
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