Debra A. Peixoto

Portsmouth, RI - Debra A. Gomes Peixoto, 51, of 30 Anselmo Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, November 6, 2008 at home with her family. She was the wife of Hildeberto Bert Manuel Peixoto. Born in Fall River, MA on June 15, 1957, she was the daughter of Olinda Anselmo Gomes of Portsmouth, RI and the late Benjamin Gomes, Jr. Debra was a 1975 graduate of Portsmouth High School, a 1976 graduate of Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School receiving an advance program certificate and was attending CCRI with studies towards an associates degree. She was an Administrative Assistant with Science Applications International Corporation SAIC and formerly Aquidneck Management Associates, Ltd., with some onsite assignments at Naval Undersea Warfare Center NUWC. She also worked at Aquidneck Data Company ADC, the Peoples Credit Union, the Zayres Department Store and the Lil Scrapbook store. Debra was a scrapbooking enthusiast, love photography, ceramics, knitting, crocheting and cooking. She loved nothing more than being with her family. Besides her mother and husband of 30 years, she is survived by her son Michael S. Peixoto of Portsmouth, RI, her sister Laurie L. Sacrey, her sister-in-law Nancy McLeish, her nephew Matthew Sacrey, her niece Maia McLeish, her father-in-law Manuel Peixoto, her aunts Connie Rezendes and Louise Disclafani and her uncles Thomas Gomes, George Gomes and Charles Gomes. She was the daughter of the late Benjamin Gomes, Jr., the daughter-in-law of the late Maria Salome Peixoto, the granddaughter of the late Mary and Joseph Anselmo and Benjamin Gomes, Sr. and Georgiana Gomes, and the niece of the late Mary Linhares and Irene Vincent. Her funeral will be held on Monday, November 10, 2008, at 9:00 am from the Connors Funeral Home, 55 West Main Road, Portsmouth, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 am in St. Anthonys Church, 2836 East Main Road, Portsmouth. Burial will be in St. Columbas Cemetery in Middletown. Calling hours will be held on Sunday, November 9, 2008, from 2-5 in the funeral home.Donations in her memory may be made to ALS Association, RI Chapter, 2915 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886, Muscular Dystrophy Association, ALS Division, 931 Jefferson Blvd., Suite 1005, Warwick, RI 02886, Home and Hospice Care of RI, 169 George Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 or to Visiting Nurse Services of Newport Bristol Counties, 1184 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI 02871.