NEW BEDFORD, Mass. – Ralph M. Precopio, 75, of Mattapoisett, Mass., died in New Bedford, Mass., Wednesday, March 2.

He was the loving husband of Floria J. (Lunt) Precopio, father of Maria D. and Ralph M. Precopio Jr., Linda S. Ellsworth, and Judith A. Valentine, Ph.D., grandfather of Jeff, Rachel, Heather, and Jennifer, great-grandfather of Connor and Victoria.