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Planted a Memorial Tree in honor of Maria.
Birth date: Aug 24, 1927 Death date: Feb 19, 2025
Maria Emilia Ventura, 97, of Seminole, Florida, passed away peacefully on February 19, 2025. Born in Lousa, Portugal in 1927 to Antonio and Rosalina (De Jesus) Vidal, Maria moved to Naugatuck, Connecticut in 1971 and lived there u Read Obituary
One of my favorite memories of Vava was sitting around the dinner table at Thanksgiving with family, including our two-year-old son Ethan. While we don’t speak Portuguese, he was learning Spanish.
Our son leaned over to grab a toy from the table, and he let out some gas. He then announced, “Oh! Pedo!” Vava and I realized that word sounded the same in Spanish and Portuguese, looked at each other, and started laughing really hard!