RIP

John Maciel passed away on March 29th, 2016, at 98 years of age.

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1~ Maciel family Name History

2~ Costa Sisters: (L->R) Sarah Oliver, Mary Maciel, Anna Matoes, Lena Lopes

3~ Mary (1888-1979) & Anthony Maciel (1888-1958) President, Portuguese Fraternities of the US

4~ Frank Maciel, Their mother Emida(?) de Caldeiro, Anthony Maciel- Faial, Acores, Setembro de 1951

5~ John Maciel, Anthony Maciel Sr., Mary Maciel, Anthony 'Mickey' Maciel Jr.; 229 Mauran Avenue, 1940

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FLORIDA HOUSE

Just prior to this Odie and I sold our interest in the Florida property in Naples. When we purchased the home there in 1986, the owners of the property sold only to a senior citizen over 65 years of age. Sometime later, the Florida legislature passed a law which in effect declared that restriction on age was illegal. But this was several years after we purchased our home and we lived there for several years where all owners were over 65. After being there for about 10 years, we found we were attending more funeral affairs at the clubhouse than parties. When Odie’s best friend died we decided it was time to leave. We later wished we hadn’t called it quits at that time since we had to find a home and it was just as bad up north, we were beginning to lose many of our old friends up [there, too.] As of this writing, August of 2009, Odie and I are the oldest couple of our old gang still alive.

MAURAN AVENUE HOUSE

In 1996 Mickey and Margaret were living in the Mauran Avenue house after my parents died. By my parents will, their properties in East Providence and in Bristol were left to Mickey and Margaret for their lives, then to come to me after their deaths. I received a call from Mickey. He stated that they were having financial difficulties and suggested that we sell the Narrows summer home and split the money. But I and Odie had talked about the place for a summer home, and I suggested that he give up the Bristol property to us, keep the Mauran Avenue home and take out a reverse mortgage on that property, to which he eventually agreed.

JOE AND MARTHA FOREJT

At this point I will make a note of our relationship with the Forejts. When Joe and I left for overseas, Martha had invited Odie to visit her in Harrisburg, which she did, and they became very friendly. Then while we were living in the North Kingston condo after we were all retired, we received a call from them and that they were planning a trip to Nova Scotia and asked us to join them. At the time Odie and I had talked about buying a motor home and I asked if he had any experience with one. He told me that for a few years with some friends, they rented one to go hunting in Montana. He suggested that we rent one and join them on their trip. It was a great trip and the forerunner of other trips to the Grand Canyon and other Western parks, to California and also Hawaii with them, and Canada.

DAVID AND JAY

David, born in 1957, after St. Raphael Academy, started at Providence College, but became ill and dropped out before completing his freshman year. He, too, like Carlos, was very interested in water skiing and went to school in Florida, eventually graduating from Florida State University where he was active on the water ski team.

Jay, after Moses Brown, went on to Boston University and after his graduation worked for a local insurance firm for a while before transferring to State Street Bank in Quincy, MA. At some point [1984] Jay won a trip to California for two and he and David went together. As I understand, Jay took in all the events guaranteed by the trip but David fell in love with California and wanted to stay “on the beach.” He eventually came home but made plans to return to California, which he finally did. Later he married Diana Bell and they had a daughter, Sierra Isabella on December 10, 1990. David and Diana eventually divorced, but Sierra at this writing is living with her father in California.

At this point I feel there is very little that I can add about the four boys. They are all away from “home” and have their own lives to record and I will recount little except some items that relate to us.

CARLOS AND PAUL

Carlos had been named after a son who had been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cardanha, and died in infancy. After graduation from Providence College, Carlos began working at the Furniture Store. As a matter of fact all four sons helped out at the store during the summers when they became old enough to work. Carlos expressed a desire to learn how to install linoleum, tile and carpeting and we had him go to an Armstrong school, and he became a good floor covering mechanic. He had always been active in water skiing and had been a member of the Lincoln Water Ski Club, and eventually became active in the American Water Ski Association, and later became a representative of a water ski boat manufacturer.

In 2009, Carlos was honored [for his lifetime contribution] by the Water Ski Association for his many years as a judge and a boat driver. [Carlos had become the youngest to attain ranks of Senior Judge AND Senior Boat Driver.]

Paul graduated from East Providence High School in 1969 and went on to Wentworth Institute in Boston. He was very interested in computers (of which I have NO knowledge and why I am not able to put down on paper exactly what he does.) While in Boston he worked part-time at a “computer” company nearby, and quit school before getting a degree after he was offered a job. He changed jobs (for better pay?!) and as of today (2009) he is working in San Jose, CA. His company has had him [go] on trips to Europe and Asia. Why? I don’t know. Apparently he knows why and likes it.

In 1972, Paul married his Bristol sweetheart, Claudia Cameron, and they have two children, Jonathan born November 23, 1972, and Bethany, born May 10, 19??.

Jonathan and Bethany spent their summers in Bristol Narrows in the water. Jonathan eventually attended boat building school in Maine and is presently working in the boat building industry in Salem, MA, and married Amy Brown in November of 2010. Bethany eventually found her way to Boulder, CO led by a college classmate and is now a hairdresser.