Maria Adelina Marques, 81, of Fall River, wife of the late Manuel C. Marques and the late Jose Medeiros, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 8, 2025 at Sarah Brayton Nursing Home following a long illness.

Born in Agua de Pau, St. Michael, Azores, she was a daughter of the late Jose Victorino DaCosta Teves and the late Sofia (Morgado) Teves.

Prior to her retirement, she worked in the local textile industry as a seamstress for many years. She enjoyed traveling, sewing, and cooking with her family.

She leaves her step-children, Michael Medeiros of DeLand, Florida, Peter Marques and his wife, Natasha, of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Brenda Marques of Bridgewater, New Jersey, and Kevin Marques and his wife, Janet Rodriguez, of Fall River, Massachusetts; her siblings, Jose Fernando DaCosta (Margarida), Stella Teves (Emmanuel), both of Fall River, Dennis Teves (Vadalia) of Acushnet, and Adrian o Teves of Vermont; and many nieces and nephews. She was also the sister of the late Manuel Teves (Esaltina), David Teves (Belmira), Eduardo Teves (Zelia), John Teves (Ester), and Anthony Teves.

Her Funeral Mass was celebrated on Monday, December 15th, in St. Anthony of Padua Church followed by her committal at St. Patrick Cemetery.

Family members are always grateful for relatives and friends wishing to make in-person expressions of kindness and support. If you are/were unable to do so, because of health concerns or any other reason, all are urged to express their sympathy online or by mail. To ensure that said condolences and/or sympathy cards reach the family, please always make sure that submissions online are made directly through the funeral home’s website (www.silvafaria.com) and not through a third party. Thank you!