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Portrait of Cezarina Rodrigues Fernandes
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Cezarina Rodrigues Fernandes

January 29, 1924 – December 31, 2019
Lived 95 years
Cedar Grove · Dorchester, Massachusetts
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Cezarina Fernandes, age 95, of Randolph, MA passed away Tuesday evening, December 31, 2019, in the comfort of her home surrounded by her family. She was born January 29, 1924, in Cova Feijoal, Fogo, Cabo Verde, the daughter of Antonia Monteiro Rodrigues and Manuel Rodrigues Tavares. Gigi, as she was lovingly known to her family, was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Manuel Fernandes, along with three siblings. Gigi is survived by her eleven children, Antonia Lopes, Alberto Fernandes, Pedro Fernandes, Luis Fernandes, Maria Andrade, Manuel Fernandes, Justino Fernandes, Justina DoCanto, Victoria Fernandes, Manuela Fernandes, and Balbina Fernandes, along with 29 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. She also leaves many other family members and friends who will sadly miss her. She enjoyed dancing, listening to Morna, adored the color purple and polka dots (or "pingu pingu" as she called it) to go along with her unmatched sense of humor.

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1924
Born January 29
1928
Cezarina was 4 when Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin
1939
Cezarina was 15 when World War II began in Europe
1942
Cezarina was 18 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1958
Cezarina was 34 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1963
Cezarina was 39 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1971
Cezarina was 47 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
Cezarina was 57 when MTV began broadcasting
1998
Cezarina was 74 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2007
Cezarina was 83 when the first iPhone went on sale
2010
Cezarina was 86 when Instagram was launched
2019
Passed away December 31, age 95
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