Anthony M. DaSilva OBITUARY
Anthony M. DaSilva OBITUARY
Anthony M. “Pal” DaSilva, 95, of East Providence and Boynton Beach, Florida, passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2025 at the Hattie Ide Chaffee Home. He was the husband of the late Ruth N. (Barrows) DaSilva.
Tony grew up in Fox Point, where his parish priest at Our Lady of the Rosary Church offered him a scholarship to attend Lasalle Academy. He credits this with changing the trajectory of his life and career. He went on to attend the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy, graduating in 1953. Following graduation, he served five years in the Navy on a mine sweeper before beginning his career as a Merchant Seaman in the private sector. He ended his career as Captain, working on a super oil tanker in Alaska. He loved to regale family and friends with tales of his many adventures on the sea, travelling the world.
Tony was active on the Heritage Committee of St. Martha’s Parish in East Providence. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, South Attleboro Council # 5876 and was also a communicant of St. Thomas More Church in Boynton Beach.
The family would like to recognize the exceptional care Tony received from Visiting Nurse Home Health and Hospice, allowing him the dignity of living independently as long as possible, and the compassionate caregivers at Hattie Ide Chaffee Home who guided him through his final days.
He leaves two stepdaughters, Beverly J. Pepe and her husband Charles Roy and Sharon P. Hallman, two grandchildren, Eric A. Hallman and his wife Tiffany and Benjamin P. Hallman and his partner, Abby Zani, two great-grandchildren, Hudson and Halley Hallman and many devoted nieces and nephews. He was the brother of the late Manuel DaSilva, Francis P. DaSilva, Madeline Simas, Virginia Botelho, and Alice Courtemanche and father-in-law of the late Eugene Hallman.
His funeral will be held on Friday, December 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM from the PERRY-McSTAY FUNERAL HOME, 2555 Pawtucket Avenue, East Providence, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM in Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Traverse Street, Providence. Burial with Military Honors will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Calling hours Thursday 5-8. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in his memory to the charity of your choice.
