Mary Alice (Ferro) Salema, 97, passed away on Oct. 9 at Silver Creek Manor. She was the wife of the late Pedro Furtado Salema.   

Born in Bristol, she was the daughter of the late Manuel Medeiros Ferro and Estefana Matias (deAndrade) Ferro. She was the mother of Joseph F. Salema and his wife Herminia of Bristol, and Stephanie S. Vieira and her late husband Jose Eduardo of Riverside; grandmother of Caroline Fedele, Jerry Salema, Lisa Martins, Joseph E. Vieira Jr. and the late Christine Vieira; and  great grandmother of Jessica Almeida, Hayley Almeida, Joshua Salema, Jacob Salema, Joseph E. Vieira III, Christian R. Vieira, Cohen Martins, and Bristol Martins. She was the sister of Joseph Ferro, Alcina Motta and the late Arthur Ferro and Diamantina Ventura.

Mrs. Salema attended Bristol schools and worked for Bristol Manufacturing before retiring.

Calling hours are Thursday, Oct. 13, 8-10:30 a.m. at the George Lima Funeral Home, 367 High St., followed by a Mass of Christian Burial, 11 a.m. at St. Elizabeth’s Church, 577 Wood St. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bristol.

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