Mary C. "Connie" (Pereira) Furtado passed away  peacefully at the age of one-hundred on February 9, 2019 at the Fall River Jewish Home after a short illness. Born in Fall River, she was the widow of Manuel "Tacky" Furtado and a daughter of the late Manuel and Maria (Souza) Pereira. Mrs. Furtado worked for fifty-four years as a machine operator mainly at the former Louis Hand Company. She was a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, the Sucordium Club of the former Sacred Hearts Academy, and served on the Board of Directors of the Melody Senior Club. She was also a Eucharistic Minister and Lector at St. Anthony of Padua Parish. She leaves her daughter, Sr. Beverly Furtado, SUSC; her sister, Alice Cabral and her husband Joseph; brothers, William and Lawrence Pereira; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Her siblings, Mary Pereira, Evangeline Leite, Olivia Arruda, Delphina Ferreira, Justina Raposa, Manuel, Louis, Carlos, Joseph and Arthur Pereira pre-deceased her. Her Funeral Mass was celebrated on Saturday, February 16th, in Holy Trinity Parish Church followed by her committal at Notre Dame Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Mrs. Furtado's memory to the Southcoast Visiting Nurse Hospice Care, 200 Mill Rd., Suite 120, Fairhaven, MA 02719; or, the Holy Union Sisters, P.O. Box 410, Milton, MA 02186.