NORTH CAROLINA — Manuel A. Oliveira, 73, husband of Armanda (Pereira) Oliveira of Fall River and brother of Father Gastao Oliveira, pastor of Santo Christo Parish, also in Fall River, died September 28, 2009. Born in Ponta Delgada, St. Michael, Azores, he was the son of the late Altino Caetana Oliveira and Maria Louisa (Furtado) Oliveira. Before retirement he was an insurance agent for Neto Insurance Company. He was a member of St. Michael’s Parish, Our Lady of Light Society, and was president of the United Steel Workers Union at the Brayton Point Power Plant. He held a degree in agriculture, had served for two years in the Portuguese Army and had served as a lifeguard in Portugal. Besides his wife and priest brother, he leaves a son, Carlos Oliveira of Warwick, R.I.; two daughters, Suzanne White of Hendersonville, N.C., and Sonya Calvano of Somerset; seven grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. His funeral Mass was celebrated October 3 in Santo Christo Church, followed by burial in Notre Dame Cemetery, also in Fall River. The Manuel Rogers and Sons Funeral Home in Fall River was in charge of arrangements.