Olavo Bilac Martins de Macedo

Olavo Bilac Martins de Macedo, Sr., 89, a resident of Stoughton, died at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton on Monday, December 19, 2016. He was the husband of the late Maria Adelaide "Lálá" (Silva) Macedo for 62 years. Son of the late Manuel and Kilda (Vieira Martins) Macedo, he was born and raised in Brava, Cape Verde before moving to Randolph in 1976 with his family, where he resided until moving to Stoughton 15 years ago. Mr. Macedo's business / commerce career spanned 45 years. As a young man he moved to Guine-Bissau where he worked as a manager in a trading post for many years, then moving back to Cape Verde as manager of Casa Do Leão until finally immigrating to the US in 1976. For years, he was a co-owner / manager of Feijoo Barbosa in Stoughton and then owner of AVP Jewelers in Stoughton until his retirement in 1999. He enjoyed playing guitar and singing "mornas", but his greatest joy was spending time with his family and friends, especially at family gatherings.

Mr. Macedo is survived by his children, Quilda M. Macedo of Milton, Claudette M. Martins and her husband José Alberto of Portugal, Olavo B. Macedo, Jr. and his wife Carolyn of Canton, Lucas S. Macedo and his wife Nawal of North Grafton, Kathleen C. Haddad and her husband Robert of Attleboro and Melissa S. Macedo of Pawtucket, RI. He was the grandfather of Ricardo Martins, Christopher Macedo and his wife Erica, Justin Pohl and his wife Verena, David Martins, Katelyn Haddad, Nicole Macedo, Ryan Macedo, Tyler Haddad and Olivia Macedo and the great-grandfather of Marlon, Jonathon and Lennon. He was the brother of Alceu DeMacedo and his wife Silvia of Plymouth, Nilza Varela and her late husband Ulisses of Brockton, Palmira DoVale and her late husband Jose of East Providence, RI, Fernanda Macedo of Boston, Eugenia "Jenny" Carvalhal and her late husband Alberto of Riverside, RI and the late Lourdes Almeida and her late husband Fausto of Portugal, and the late Carlos Macedo and his wife Aida of East Povidence, RI and the late Joaquim Macedo and his late wife Margarida of New Bedford. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. James Church, 560 Page St., Stoughton on Thursday, December 22 at 10:30 AM. Visiting Hours will be held from the Farley Funeral Home, 358 Park St., and (Rt. 27) Stoughton on Wednesday from 4-7 PM. Interment will take place at Evergreen Cemetery, Stoughton. In lieu of flowers donations in Olavo's memory may be made to the American Heart Association http://honor.americanheart.org/goto/DeMacedo).