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Ruth Elizabeth Manchester
Jun 26, 2020
Ruth Manchester of Tiverton, Rhode Island passed away on Jun 26, 2020. Her loved ones are composing her obituary, which you will be able to read here.
Paul L Gaines
Jun 25, 2020
Paul L. Gaines Sr. passed away at his home in Newport, Rhode Island, on June 25, 2020, after a short illness. He was the husband of Jo Eva Johnson Gaines. Paul L. Gaines was born in Newport, Rhode Island, on April 20, 1932, to the late Pauline (Jackson) Gaines and Albert P. Gaines. The youngest of six children, he attended...
George Francis O'Hara Jr.
Jun 21, 2020
George Francis OHara Jr., 94, of Newport, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2020, at home surrounded by his loving family. George was born on November 13th, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts to George OHara and Ruth (Bean) OHara. George was the second oldest of nine children. He met and married Diane Spraker. They have been married for 63 years and...
Kathleen M. Viera Beaudoin
Jun 20, 2020
Kathleen Viera Beaudoin, 65, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away at home, on June 20th, 2020, surrounded by her loving family, after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Kathy was born on June 9th, 1955, to the late Manuel and Mildred Viera, also of Portsmouth, RI. She is survived by her loving husband of thirty years, Armand P. Beaudoin, of Portsmouth;...
William Keith Earley
Jun 17, 2020
Geech, AKA William K. Earley, 65, born January 3, 1955 in Newport RI, passed peacefully at home surrounded by his loved ones. He was a Tiverton High School graduate. He enjoyed spending time with his whole family, especially his grandchildren and great children playing cars and barbies. Geech is preceded in death by his mother, Delores E. Early (Gomes) and...
Cora Saccucci
Jun 16, 2020
It is with great sadness, that the Saccucci family announces the passing of their beloved mother, grandmother, and gigi. Cora Peppes Saccucci passed away from cancer Tuesday evening, June 16th. She was predeceased by her loving husband Michael in 1983. Cora was surrounded by her daughters, their families, their dogs and her wonderful caregivers. Cora was 95 and had every...
Ann Marie Hanos
Jun 13, 2020
Ann Marie (Angel) Hanos 75, of Newport, RI passed away Saturday, June 13,2020 due to kidney failure.Ann was born November 27, 1944 to the late Elbert Angel and Mary (Chilcott) Angel. Ann was born and raised in Newport, RI. She graduated from Rogers High School in 1962. She worked as a telephone operator for the New England Telephone Company after...
c John H. Johnson (Usn, Ret)
Jun 11, 2020
MSC John H. Johnson (USN., Ret.), 87, passed away on June 9, 2020, in Brooklyn, NY. He was the husband of Azalea B. (Jennings) Johnson. Born in Winsboro, SC, he was the son of the late Haughty and Mamie (Watkins) Johnson. John served in the U.S. Navy for over 23 years before retiring. He then worked a 2nd career as...
Land David Shavers
Jun 11, 2020
Land David Shavers Jr., 81, of Newport, RI, passed away on June 11, 2020.David was born on August 26, 1938 in East Providence, RI to the late Land D. Shavers Sr. and Ida Celia Mae (Greene) Shavers.A 1956 graduate of Warwick Veterans Memorial High School, David retired from the New England Telephone Company in 1998 after a long career. During...
Patricia Ann White
Jun 11, 2020
Patricia Ann White, age 71, of Middletown, RI, formerly of Irvington, NJ, passed away on June 11, 2020 at Newport Hospital.Patricia was born in New York to the late John and Ruth Byrne. She lived for many years in New Jersey, working as a secretary for ATT. In retirement, she moved to Newport and began her most rewarding work, providing...
Esther Catherine Coen
Jun 10, 2020
Esther Catherine Coen (Till), 84, of Middletown, RI, passed away on June 10, 2020. Esther was born in Pawtucket, RI to the late Joseph and Esther Till. Esther was the wife of the late Austin W. Coen Jr. Esther was a lifelong resident of the state of Rhode Island and was a 1953 graduate of William E. Tolman High School...
Laurence Paul Butler
Jun 10, 2020
Laurence P. Butler, Jr., 63, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away at home on June 10, 2020.Laurence was born in Newport, RI to Laurence P. Butler, Sr, and Alberta M. (Mendes) Butler.Laurence graduated from Rogers High School in 1976 where he was the captain of the football team. He went on to continue his education and football career at the...
Tiiu Booth
Jun 9, 2020
Tiiu Booth, 95, of Newport passed away Tuesday June 9, 2020, at her home. She was born to Aleksander and Maria Riis on January 14, 1925 in Parnu, Estonia. Her siblings Lydia, and Yuri, both of whom predeceased her. After graduating high school, she fled with her family to Germany during the Soviet invasion of her homeland. She immigrated to...
Benjamin Breyer Barker Iii
Jun 8, 2020
Benjamin Barker III, 84, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away at home, surrounded by his loving family, on June 8, 2020. Benjamin was born July 13, 1935, in Newport, RI to the late Benjamin Barker Jr. and the late Helena (McCarthy) Barker. Benjamin was married to the late Nancy (Gualteri) Barker, for 59 years. Ben graduated from Rogers High School...
Robert "Bob" Joel Richardson
Jun 8, 2020
Robert Bob Joel Richardson, 90, of Middletown, RI, passed away on June 8, 2020 in the Grand Island Genesis Health Care Center. Bob was born in Brooklyn, NY, to the late Alexander and Adele Richardson. Bob was a graduate of City College of New York and worked as an electrical engineer and technical librarian for Raytheon Company from 1964 until...
John Michael Sniezek
Jun 8, 2020
John Michael Sniezek, 64, of Tiverton, passed away on June 8, 2020 at St. Annes Hospital. Born in Fall River, he was the son of Theresa (Otis) Sniezek of Tiverton and the late George J Sniezek Sr. John was a lifelong resident of Tiverton. He was a 1974 graduate of Tiverton High School, and a 1988 graduate of the Diman...
William James Walker
Jun 7, 2020
William James Walker, 62 of Tiverton RI was called home peacefully on June 7, 2020 at Kent County Hospital. Billy was deeply loved by his devoted wife Mary L. (Souto) Walker and three children Valerie Lee (Walker) White and husband Patrick, William James Walker Jr. and Angelica Marie Walker. His life purpose of brightening the lives of others began in...
Paul Edmund Burke Jr.
Jun 6, 2020
Paul E Burke of Newport passed away June 6, 2020. He was the son of Helen and Paul Burke Sr., and brother of Michael, Ginger, James and Lisa. Paul was a graduate of La Salle military academy and Salve Regina University. He was the loving husband of Marcela Burke for 33 years and the devoted father of Ryan (wife Sheila...
William J. Day
Jun 5, 2020
William J.Day, PhD. Also known as Billy, Bill, Willy, Will, Dad, Grandpa. Bill was born in the Yorkville area of New York City and raised in Staten Island and was the son of the late Edward N. and Grace (Villar) Day. He married Karen (Pratt) Day in 1974 and was married for 46 years. Bill enlisted in the Navy in...
John Peter Mcgeough
Jun 5, 2020
John P. Jack McGeough, 79, of Middletown, RI, and Naples, FL, passed away on June 5, 2020. He was the husband of Regina Jeanne (Pisklak) McGeough. John was born in Providence to Earl and Anne (Sullivan) McGeough. He spent his childhood days in Cranston, graduated from LaSalle Academy 58, and Providence College 62 where he was a standout hockey player...
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