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Mary Margaret Clark
Jan 11, 2020
Mary Margaret. Clark, 87, of Stagecoach Rd, Portsmouth, RI, passed away peacefully at Newport Hospital on January 11, 2020, following a brief illness. Mary was the wife of Lofton E. Lee L.E. Clark who preceded her in death in 2013. Born in Ponchatoula, LA, Mary was the daughter of the late Doris Jeanette (Milton Wells) Fendlason and the late Marcel...
Margaret C. Taylor
Jan 9, 2020
Margaret Cecelia (Payton) Taylor passed away on January 9, 2020, at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Center, surrounded by family, after a courageous battle with cancer. Peggy, a lifelong Newport resident, was born on July 20, 1940, the daughter of John W. Payton and Margaret Monnie (Gladding) Payton. She is survived by her husband of fifty-five years, Charles G. Taylor, and...
Gloria Ann Silvia
Jan 8, 2020
Gloria Ann Silvia, 81, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away at home on January 8, 2020. Gloria was born in Newport, RI, and was the youngest of ten children born to the late Frank M. Silvia and Mary (Medeiros) Silvia. Gloria was educated by Middletown Public Schools. She spent many years caring for her elderly mother. She began The James...
Cecelia Borden
Jan 6, 2020
Cecelia (Pearce) Borden, 105, of Portsmouth passed away on January 6, 2020, at the Grand Islander Nursing Home in Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Robert MacCormick and the late Richard Borden.Born on February 12, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Cecelia Crocker Pearce and Richard Benjamin Pearce originally from England. She was the sister of...
Norbert Joseph Armand Labine
Jan 6, 2020
Dr. Norbert Labine, 82, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, passed away on January 6, 2020, at home surrounded by his loving family. Norbert was born February 21, 1937, in Woonsocket, RI to the late Maurice Labine and the late Simonne (Rageotte) Labine. Norbert was married to Sarah Shreter-Labine of Tiverton, Rhode Island, for 29 years. Norbert served in the US Air...
William F. Benisch
Jan 5, 2020
William F. Benisch, 85, of Newport, RI and North Palm Beach, FL, passed away on January 5, 2020 at The Waterford Nursing Facility in Juno Beach, FL. William was born on December 9, 1934 in Newport, RI to the late William Maurice Benisch and Millicent A. Rusling Tuttle. He was the husband of the late Dorothy (Del Nero) Benisch for...
Ann Dolbashian
Jan 3, 2020
Ann Dolbashian (Towle), 86, passed away on Friday, January 3, 2020 at Tockwotton on the Waterfront, East Providence, RI. She was the beloved wife of the late Edward Dolbashian. Born in Cranston, RI, she was the daughter of Gwendolyn (Dawley) and Kenneth Towle. Ann was a resident of Portsmouth, RI, from 1947 until she moved to Tockwotton in 2017. A...
Mary Frances Silvia
Jan 2, 2020
Mary Frances (Souza) Silvia, 90, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on January 2, 2020. Mary was born on April 28, 1929, in Newport, RI to the late Joseph Souza and the late Mary (Barella) Martin.Mary was the wife of the late John P. Silvia. Mary worked as a pastry chef for many years, but is more recognized now for...
Shelley F. Jean
Jan 2, 2020
Shelley F. Jean, age 66, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on January 2, 2020. She was the wife of the late Gerard Jean Sr. Shelley was born in Newport to Edward Foster III and Shirley (Perry) Foster, and graduated from Rogers High School. Shelley had the gift in life of knowing what she wanted to do from a young...
Arletta W. Kalogeras
Dec 31, 2019
Arletta W. (Roche) Kalogeras, 90, of Bristol, RI, passed away on December 31, 2019, at the Grace Barker Health Center in Warren.Arletta was born on November 15, 1929, in Prince Edward Island, Canada, to the late Seymour Roche and the late Kathleen (McGee) Roche. She was the wife of the late Charles Kalogeras.Arletta obtained her nursing degree in Canada and...
Anita Iglesias
Dec 30, 2019
Marie Kathryn Anita (Hebert) Iglesias of Portsmouth, RI, age 89, passed peacefully on December 30th in the comfort of her home. Of French Canadian descent, she was born on March 31, 1930 in Newport, Vermont, the daughter of Alexander and Blanche Hebert. Anita was a talented artist and as a young woman, worked as a Draftsman for EG in Boston,...
Randall Arthur Perkins
Dec 30, 2019
Randall A. Perkins, age 75, of Newport, RI, formerly of Holliston, MA, passed away on December 30, 2019, in Newport. He was the beloved husband of Janet (Kracke) Perkins of Newport. Randy was born in New York, NY to Kendrick D. Perkins and Janet (Fournier) Perkins. He grew up in the North Haven, CT area. After high school, he served...
Guiomar Fernandes
Dec 29, 2019
Mrs. Guiomar (Nunes) Fernandes, 88, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on December 29, 2019. She was the wife of the late Fernando Rego Fernandes.Guiomar was born in St. Michaels, Azores, to the late Antonio Nunes and Isabel (Medeiros) Nunes.She worked as a seamstress in the Fall River mills as a young woman. She also worked at Transcom, KVH Industries....
Carol A. Sarro
Dec 29, 2019
Carol Ann Sarro (nee Sandre), of Bristol, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 29th, 2019, at the age of 73, surrounded by her family. Carol was born on October 17th, 1946 in Rhode Island to Chester and Christine (Troia) Sandre. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois before moving back to Rhode Island. She was also a...
Charles E. Renaud
Dec 29, 2019
Mr. Charles E. Chuck Renaud, 79, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on December 29, 2019. He was the husband of Linda (Rowell) Renaud of Newport. Chuck was born on June 1, 1940, in Concord, NH to Charles Renaud and Clairvine (Crevier) Renaud. As a young man, he served in the National Guard and was stationed at Ft Dix, NJ...
Jonia Goncalves
Dec 28, 2019
Jonia Goncalves, 92, of Raynham, MA, and formerly of Newport, RI, passed away on December 28, 2019, at home with her family by her side.Jonia was born December 9, 1927, in Newport, RI to Lena(Fernandes)Avelino.Jonia was married to the late Jose Goncalves for 40 years.Jonia is survived by her son, Rick Goncalves of Raynham, MA and her grandchildren, Madison and...
Jean Vaas
Dec 27, 2019
Jean Vaas, 89, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on December 27, 2019, at the Wingate Residences in Providence, RI. Jean was born July 4, 1930, in Newport, RI to Benjamin Goday and Anna (Pomelek) Goday. When she was a child, she thought the July 4th fireworks were all for her birthday. As far as her friends and family were...
Janet W. Marvelle
Dec 26, 2019
Mrs. Janet (Smith) Marvelle, 96, of Roseneath Ave, Newport, RI, passed away on December 26, 2019. She was the wife of the late Daniel W. Marvelle Sr. Janet was born in Newport, RI to Everett Smith and Jennie (Kaull) Smith. As a young woman during WWII, she worked in the torpedo assembly facility. Over the years she also worked at...
Christina Catherine Carr
Dec 26, 2019
Mrs. Christina C. (Platt) Carr, 92, of Newport, RI, passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2019. She was the wife of the late John Carr, former Newport Fire Department Captain. Christina was born in Fall River, MA to George Platt and Annie (McConnell) Platt. As a young woman she worked as an accountant for the Newport Housing Authority. Over the...
Lorraine O'Brien
Dec 25, 2019
Mrs. Lorraine (Cardoza) OBrien, 91, of High St. Middletown, passed away on December 25, 2019. She was the wife of the late William OBrien. Lorraine was born in the winter of 1929in Newport, RI to William and Angeline (Rego) Cardoza, also of Middletown. Mrs. OBrien was a real estate agent for Gallery of Homes working alongside her late cousin, Frank...
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