Irene (Mottas) Cooley, of Riverside, Passes at 72

Monday, October 25, 2021

Rebello Funeral Home and Crematory

Irene (Mottas) Cooley, 72, of Riverside, passed away Sunday, October 24, 2021 at RI Hospital.

She was the wife of the late Jeffrey Cooley and the late Manuel Arruda.

Born November 26, 1948 in Providence, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Olympia (Cabral) Mottas.

She leaves her son and daughter-in-law, Manuel and Lori Arruda of West Warwick and her granddaughter, Skylar. She was also the sister of Carol Cipolla-Rupert of Coventry, Antone “Tony” Mottas of Lake Wales, FL, and the late Arthur Mottas Jr.

Relatives and friends are invited to calling hours Wednesday, October 27 from 4 pm until 7 pm in the Rebello Funeral Home and Crematory, 901 Broadway, East Providence, followed by a service at 7 pm.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are greatly appreciated to the RI Community Food Bank, 200 Niantic Ave., Providence, RI 02907.

Rebello Funeral Home has proudly, yet humbly, been serving the funeral needs of local families since 1924. Their promise of proving the finest and most fitting funeral and memorial tributes remains their steadfast commitment. They constantly respond to the changing needs of the community to be certain that families have the tools to arrange a meaningful and healing tribute for their loved one. Enlarging and modernizing the funeral home, expanding parking facilities and adding an onsite crematory, are just a few examples of the changes they have made over the years.

Rebello Funeral Home has been nationally recognized on six different occasions by the National Funeral Directors Association for its superior commitment to the families they serve and was the first funeral home in Rhode Island to be recognized as a “NFDA Pursuit of Excellence Award” recipient.

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Irene (Mottas) Cooley, of Riverside, Passes at 72

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