Mrs. Barbara Gomes-Beach of Wareham, formerly of Boston, passed away peacefully, Sunday, April 30, 2017 at home. She was surrounded by her four children and her sister Isabelle Gomes-White. Barbara was the daughter of the late Julia Lopes-Gomes of Wareham and the late Roy Gomes, Sr., of Waterbury, CT. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from UMass Boston and a Master’s-in-City Planning from MIT. She is survived by her four children, fourteen grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and a host of sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, June 2, 2017 from 10 AM- 12 Noon at Morning Star Baptist Church, 1257 Blue Hill Avenue, Mattapan.

You may make donations to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston or the Oak Grove Cape Verdean Cultural Center in Onset.