Antonio João Figueiredo Falcao, 87, of Hartford passed away in his home surrounded by family on Saturday, January 21, 2023. He was born on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1935, in Santa Maria, Azores, Portugal in a tiny little town called Valverde. He immigrated to the United States in 1974 making Hartford his home for the next 48 years.

Antonio is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, Maria Lidia Medeiros Falcao and seven children. He is survived by his daughters, Ofelia F. Matos, Paula M. Jones, Carla Figueiredo, and Christina Falcao; his sons, Jorge Figueiredo, Nelson Figueiredo and his wife Rosemarie, and Carlos Figueiredo and his wife Tammy; his ten grandchildren, Matthew, Ryan, Cody and Jake Figueiredo, Jonathan and Jayden Crane, J.J. Murray, Josy Vasile Santiago and her husband Enrique, Kisha Jones, Korey Jones and his wife Quan; his four great-grandchildren, Braylon, Bentley, Brielle, and Gianna Jones; his three sisters, Fatima Sousa, Adelina Loura, Mariazinha DeSousa and an extended number of beloved nieces and nephews. Antonio was predeceased by his sister Maria Teresa Sousa and his beloved godchild Liliana Mare. Antonio was a kind and generous man who always had a smile for everyone and had many friends including the extended side of the Medeiros family.

Antonio was a long-time communicant of Our Lady of Fatima Church, where he proudly took his children and grandchildren to Sunday Catechism so they could make their first communion. Antonio had a forty-year career at The Taylor & Fenn Company in Windsor, where he was so admired that he was asked to stay on a part time position even after his retirement.

Antonio had a great love for animals all his life. He loved his cats Big Paw and Katrina, a stray kitty he found at Taylor & Fenn that he brought home with him. He had a great love for the sea, was a great swimmer, loved going clamming at the Connecticut shore and loved to spend weekends at Ocean Beach with his wife and seven children in tow. He loved going back to the Azores for vacations and loved to tell stories about his youth growing up on an island where he learned to snorkel and spearfish. He also loved keeping a vegetable garden when he was younger and planted a red grape arbor that still thrives to this day. He had a love for food and was a great cook. He enjoyed dancing and shared that love by taking his children and grandchildren to the Portuguese dinner dances and festivals. Christmas was his favorite holiday where he loved getting into the holiday spirit by decorating the house, setting up the tree and listening to Christmas carols.

Relatives and Friends are invited to calling hours at the Sheehan Hilborn Breen Funeral Home, 1084 New Britain Avenue, West Hartford on Thursday, January 26, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial in Antonio’s honor will follow at Our Lady of Fatima Church, 50 Kane Street, Hartford, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at www.SheehanHilbornBreen.com