Guilmira "Julie" Arruda

Guilmira “Julie” (Silvia) Arruda, 94, of Fairhaven, formerly of Fall River, Tiverton and Winter Haven, FL, died at the Life Care Center in Raynham on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. She was the wife of the late Louis S. Arruda with whom she shared 68 years of marriage.

Born in Fall River, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Da Luz (Camara) Silvia. She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Church in Fairhaven. She was a homemaker and also worked in the textile industry in Fall River. She was a CNA for a few years at the Catholic Memorial Home in Fall River. She was an amazing seamstress and sewed for her family.

The family would like to thank the staff at Life Care in Raynham for the tremendous care provided to Julie.

She is survived by two daughters, Joyce A. Magno and her husband, Albert of Fairhaven and Gail Davis and her husband, James of Swansea; her son, Carl Arruda and his companion, Laurie Duclos of Swansea. She was the mother of the late Gail Ann Arruda and sister of the late Manuel, Thomas, Fortunato “Jimmy”, George, Joseph, Mary and Margaret Silvia and Georgianna Carvalho.

Grandmother of Kimberly and Keith Medeiros, Jared and Kyle Arruda, Melissa Griffin and the late James E. Davis IV. Great-grandmother of Austin, Alanah, Sebastian, Ethan, Isabella, Brielle, and Reagan.

Visitation will be held on Friday, May 17, 2019 from 8:00 – 9:30 AM in the Waring-Sullivan Home at Fairlawn, 180 Washington St., Fairhaven followed by a Funeral Mass at 10:00 AM in St. Mary’s Church, Main St., Fairhaven. Burial in Pocasset Hill Cemetery, Tiverton, RI. Flowers welcome or donations in memory of Julie may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

For online tributes, please visit: www.waring-sullivan.com