Eduardo Vieira FONTES ®

   Eduardo também usou o nome Dadinho.

  Eventos de relevo na sua vida:

• Formação: matriculara-se, 1951, Lisboa, , Lisboa, Portugal. no curso de Altos Estudos Ultramarinos da então Escola Superior Colonial.

Fonte: Relação nominal dos antigos estudantes cabo-verdianos matriculados na Escola Superior Colonial (1914-1970), (em 2012 era o Instituto Superior das Ciências Sociais e Políticas da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa), que constitui o anexo 3 da TESE apresentada em 2012 por Crisanto Avelino Sanches de Barros, para obtenção do Título de Doutor em Ciências Políticas e Sociais.

• Nota biográfica: publicada no Expresso 50, 29 Abr 2009.
Saiba mais sobre Eduardo Fontes, através deste artigo com o elucidativo título de "A surpreendente vida de 'Dadinho' Fontes" da autoria de José Pedro Castanheira, publicado pelo jornal Expresso.

• Descendência: filhos. .
• José Eduardo
• Lígia Maria
• Maria de Lurdes
• Maria de Fátima
• António Manuel
• Maria do Rosário

• Condolências, agradecimentos. Eduardo V. Fontes, of Rumford, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family on November 9, 2021. He was the husband of the late Regina Barbosa (Ferreira) Fontes.

Born in Assomada, Santiago in the Cape Verde Islands on August 30th, 1922, Eduardo was the son of the late Manuel Fontes and Teodora (Monteiro) Fontes; he lived, studied, and worked in three Continents. In 1958 he graduated, with honors, from the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas at Universidade de Lisboa, in Lisbon, Portugal. His first job was as an elementary school teacher in Entradinha in 1945. Later he occupied several positions of increased responsibility within the Portuguese administration in Africa.

He emigrated to the United States in 1976 and was one of the founding members of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, High Street, Pawtucket, RI. Eduardo was also one of the founding members, editor, and contributor of the Archipelago Cultural Magazine. He was an avid reader and writer, publishing two memoirs.

He leaves six loving children, José Eduardo Fontes and his wife Maria Ivone Oliveira Fontes of East Providence, Lígia Maria Fontes of East Providence, Maria de Lurdes Fontes Borts and her husband David Asa Borts of Riverside, Maria de Fátima Fontes Veiga and her husband Luther Veiga of East Providence, Antonio Manuel Fontes and his wife Carla Alhinho of Lisbon, Portugal and Maria do Rosário Fontes and her husband Jon D. Carson of Lincoln. Eight grandchildren, Alexander Borts, Patricia Veiga, Keila Veiga, Andrew Borts, Dulce Fontes, Liana Borts, Gabriela Carson and Luca Fontes. He is also survived by two brothers, Emídio Fontes, Aquiles Fontes, four sisters, Severa Fontes, Santa Fontes, Maria José Fontes and Paulina Monteiro. He was the brother of the late, Vital Fontes, Joana Fontes Pestana, Fernando Fontes, José Marcos Fontes, Maria Fontes, Jaime Vieira Fontes, Marcelino Rodrigues and Margarida Fontes. In lieu of flowers, please kindly make a donation to the RI Food Bank.

Due to the current state of Covid-19, and per family request, his funeral will be private.

Eduardo casou com Regina Maria Barbosa FERREIRA ®, filha de António Barbosa FERREIRA ® e Eugénia Ramos PINTO. (Regina Maria Barbosa FERREIRA ® nasceu a 10 Set 1927 em Cabo Verde e faleceu em Jan 2021 em Rumford, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.)