Maria De Lurdes Baptista passed away on March 30, 2023. She was 79. Born in Branca, Portugal she moved to Newark in 1983. Visiting will be on Tuesday morning April 4, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. at the Armitage Wiggins Funeral Home 596 Belgrove Drive in Kearny. Her service will be at 10:00 a.m. and burial will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Newark.
Maria was the wife of Manuel Fontoura Baptista and is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and their families.