DIED

January 16, 2020

LOCATION

Amherst, Massachusetts

Carmina dos Santos Isidoro Fontes was born May 29th, 1936 in the small village of Odrinhas, near Sintra, Portugal. She started working at age 9 as a farm hand, and at 13 she chose to move to Lisbon to become a maid. Over the course of her life she worked as a nanny, head chef, bookseller, shop...

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Sending my love and deepest condolences to the whole family. I had the pleasure and privilege of meeting Carmina several times, and she always struck me with her strength, her purposefulness, her zest for life, and her love and concern for her children and grandchildren. So glad that she got to meet her great-grandson, and he his great-grandmother.

Josna Rege

February 06, 2020 | Amherst, MA

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