Maria Valda Pereira

Valda DeFarias, age 69, passed away Friday, February 26, 2021 at Wake

Medical in Raleigh, NC.

Funeral services will be held 6:00 PM Monday, March 4, 2021 in the

chapel of McLaurin Funeral Home in Clayton, NC with Reverend James

Reynolds officiating. Burial will follow at Pinecrest Memorial Park.

She was born May 26, 1951 in Sao Miguel Azores to the late Maria

Joana DeFarias and the late Manuel DeFarias.

Valda was a member of The Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She enjoyed

Spending time with family and reading.

She is survived by children, Veronica Heinz and Rui Pereira;

grandchildren, Vanessa Cabral, Isabelle Heinz, and Emily Heinz; brothers

John DeFarias, Arnold Defarias and Tony Defarias.

Online condolences may be made to the family at

www.mclaurinatpinecrest.com.

The service will be livestreamed on Facebook at McLaurin Funeral Home's page.

McLaurin Funeral Home is honored to be assisting the Pereira family.