Maria C. Pereira, a/k/a 'Lourdes Cabral', age 94, of Fall River, passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017. She was the wife of her beloved late husband, Jose Moniz Pereira, for 67 years. Born in Capelas, Sao Miguel Azores, she was the daughter of the late Agostinho Cabral Viveiros & Isabel do Rosario and sister of the late Nicolau Cabral, Jose Cabral, Agostinho Cabral, Joao Cabral, Manuel Cabral, Isabel Pontes, Luisa Cabral, and Conceicao Pavao.

After residing in the Azores for 46 years, she immigrated to Fall River, Massachusetts in 1968 and was naturalized as a citizen of the United States in 1998. She was employed for many years at Fall River Knitting Mills in Fall River, and was a communicant of Espirito Santo Church on Alden Street in Fall River. She enjoyed cooking, baking her famous biscoitos, sewing, listening to the radio, watching the Price is Right, writing poems, playing cards, and spending time with her husband and family.

She was the devoted mother of Maria L. Viveiros and her husband Jose of Fall River, Jose M. Moniz and his wife Maria of Fall River, Abel Moniz and his wife Fatima of Westport, and the late Nicolau C. Pereira. She was also the loving grandmother of Rita DeOliveira, Leslie Roberge, Sandra Rosa, Elizabeth Gariepy, Steven Moniz, Leonard Moniz, Nancy Moniz, and Stacy Camara, and many great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Her Funeral Mass was celebrated on Wednesday, April 19th, in Espirito Santo Church followed by her committal at Notre Dame Cemetery.