Victoria M Ferreira, a resident of Mahopac, formerly of Yonkers died on Friday April 6, 2018 at the Waterview Hills Nursing Home in Purdys. She was 97 years old. She was born on October 21, 1920 to Jose dos Santos Martins and Joaquina Varatojo in Portugal where she was raised and educated. She came to the United States in 1969 and settled in Yonkers. Mrs. Ferreira was a nurse’s aide in Hudson View Nursing Home for thirteen years retiring in 1982. She enjoyed traveling and spending time with her family. In 1941, she married Joao Leiras in Portugal. Mr. Leiras died in 1956. In August 1961, she married her second husband, Isidoro Ferreira in Portugal. Mr. Ferreira died in 1983. Victoria is survived by two sons, Fernando Leiras and his wife Marie of Baltimore, MD and Joaquim Leiras and his wife Adelia of Portugal, one daughter, Ana Clara Silva and her husband Victor of Mahopac and one sister, Olinda Henriques and her husband Afonso of Yonkers. She is also survived by a sister in law, Vitoria Martins, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She was predeceased by a brother, Aniceto Martins. Visiting hours will be at Whalen & Ball Funeral Home on Sunday from 4-8pm. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in Our Lady of Fatima Church on Monday April 9th at 10am. Interment will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Donations in her memory may be made to either American Diabetes Association or the Alzheimer’s Association.
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168 Park Ave.
Yonkers, N.Y. 10703
(914)965-5488
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