Funeral Homes in Fall River, MA

Facts about the city

• Some of the notable people born here have been: Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf (actor and entertainer), George Stephanopoulos (author and journalist), Emeril Lagasse (tv chef and chef), Greg Gagne (baseball player), Jacques Steinberg (writer and journalist), David Poisson (lawyer), and Johnny Diesel (musician and singer-songwriter).

Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Fall River's population was 88,857 at the 2010 census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state.Located along the eastern shore of Mount Hope Bay at the mouth of the Taunton River, the city became famous during the 19th century as the leading textile manufacturing center in the United States. While the textile industry has long since moved on, its impact on the city's culture and landscape remains to this day. Fall River's official motto is "We'll Try," dating back to the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1843. It is also nicknamed "the Scholarship City" because Dr. Irving Fradkin founded Dollars for Scholars here in 1958.Fall River is well known for Lizzie Borden, Portuguese culture, its numerous 19th century textile mills and Battleship Cove, the world's largest collection of World War II naval vessels and the home of the USS Massachusetts (BB-59). Fall River is also the only city in the United States to have its city hall located over an interstate highway.Fall River was the only city on the East Coast of the United States to have had an exposed waterfall falling in part of its downtown area flowing less than a half mile into a sheltered harbor at the edge of downtown. Fall River was and is unique for the fact that it has two large lakes (originally one lake) along with a large portion of protected woodlands on the eastern part of the city, which is higher in elevation, with the Quequechan River draining out of the ponds and flowing 2.5 miles through the heart of the city, emptying out an estimated 26 million gallons a day into the deep Mount Hope Bay/ Taunton River estuary in the western part of the city. The Quequechan River once flowed through downtown unrestricted providing great waterpower potential for the mills and finally in the last half mile of its length down a series of eight steep waterfalls falling 128 feet, into the Taunton River at the head of the deep Mount Hope Bay. Fall River is one of the few places on the east coast of the United States to have such special and rare features in its geography, along with the natural Fall River granite quarried there. The Quequechan River's enormous waterpower potential and natural granite helped form and shape Fall River into the city it is today.

Fall River Obituaries

It was noted by Sarasota Herald-Tribune on April 11th, 2022 that Sumner Alpert died in Sarasota, Florida.  Alpert was 95 years old and was born in Fall River, MA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Sumner's life.

It was reported by Naples Daily News on February 15th, 2022 that Gordon Jennings passed on in Naples, Florida.  Jennings was 87 years old and was born in Fall River, MA.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Gordon's life.

It was written by Orlando Sentinel on October 14th, 2021 that Paula Magee (Martin) passed away in Orlando, Florida.  Ms. Magee was 74 years old and was born in Fall River, MA.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Paula's life.

It was written by Chicago Tribune on September 26th, 2021 that Charlesd Henry Cosgrove passed away in Illinois.  Cosgrove was 94 years old and was born in Fall River, MA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Charlesd Henry's life.

It was disclosed by Tampa Bay on September 5th, 2021 that Richard Paul Jaryna passed away in Holiday, Florida.  Jaryna was 76 years old and was born in Fall River, MA.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Richard Paul's life.

It was written by New Haven Register on August 3rd, 2021 that Beatrice Bolduc (Moniz) passed away in Connecticut.  Ms. Bolduc was 92 years old and was born in Fall River, MA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Beatrice's life.

It was reported by Naples Daily News on April 1st, 2021 that Barbara-Ann McKinney died in Naples, Florida.  McKinney was 80 years old and was born in Fall River, MA.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Barbara-Ann's life.

It was disclosed by Providence Journal on March 29th, 2021 that June E Gennannt perished in Fall River, Massachusetts.  Gennannt was 85 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor June E's life.

It was reported by Asheville Citizen-Times on March 13th, 2021 that Lawrence "Larry" Mueller perished in Tennessee.  Mueller was 96 years old and was born in Fall River, MA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Lawrence "Larry"'s life.

It was reported by Providence Journal on March 7th, 2021 that Paul A Raposa perished in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.  Raposa was 67 years old and was born in Fall River, MA.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Paul A's life.

History

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One interesting aspect of Fall River's cultural history is the importance of Soccer to the area, which was introduced to the area in the 1880's. It was brought over by English and Scottish immigrants who were employed in the local textile factories. It popularity was maintained as a flood of new residents arrived from Portugal decades later. For decades teams and players from the area were some of the best in the nation.

The official website for the city of Fall River is https://www.fallriverma.org/.