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Laurie Humes-Page
Nov 10, 2019
A life full of love is a life thats been lived. Laurie (Cosimini) Humes-Page, 61, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on November 10, 2019. Laurie was born on November 2, 1958, in Central Falls, RI, to the late Richard F. Cosimini and Margaret (Jenard) Sepe. Laurie is survived by her children, Francis Cappello (Eric), Jean Sydney Humes (Joshua) and...
Theodore Leo Barra
Nov 8, 2019
Theodore L. Barra, Jr. 77, of Tiverton, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2019 in St. Anne's Hospital.He was the husband of the late Barbara A. (Stoos) Barra.Born in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Theodore L. and Viola (McKeever) Barra, Sr.Mr. Barra served in the Navy and two tours in the Vietnam War. He was very...
Glenda C. Thomas
Nov 8, 2019
Glenda C. (Lopes) Thomas, age 77, of East Providence, R.I., passed away on November 8, 2019. She was the loving wife of Edwin Thomas.Glenda was born in Newport, R.I. to the late Amario Lopes and Evelyn (Thatcher) Lopes. She grew up in a military family. And for several years during her childhood she lived at Bowser Court in Newport. After...
Michael D. Scott
Nov 8, 2019
Michael D. Scott, Sr., 78, of Middletown, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2019 in the Kingston Center for Nursing.He was the husband of the late Donna L. (Marley) Scott.Born in Newport, he was the son of the late DeLoss and Alvera (Mello) Scott.Michael worked for J.T. OConnell on Mill Street in Newport and went on to teach carpentry at...
Nancy M. Barker
Nov 8, 2019
Nancy M. (Gaulteri) Barker, 83, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away at home on November 8, 2019. She was the wife of Benjamin Barker III. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Ruth (Kesson) Gualteri. Beside her husband, she leaves her son Benjamin Barker IV and his companion Annmarie Chaves, her daughter-in-law, Heidi Barker, and...
Ronald Cooper Bahnsen
Nov 7, 2019
Ronald Cooper Bahnsen, Sr., 69, of Portsmouth, RI, lost his courageous battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia on Thursday, November 7, 2019, at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Center in Providence, RI.Born in Newport, RI on July 12, 1950, he was the son of the late Alfred H. and Deloris C. Bahnsen.Ron retired from the Portsmouth School Department as a custodian working...
Isabel A. Pacheco
Nov 7, 2019
Portsmouth, RI - Isabel Betty A. Pacheco 86, of 44 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI passed away on Thursday November 7, 2019, at the Grand Islander, with her family by her side. She was the wife of the late Edward Pacheco for 52 years. Born in Portsmouth, RI on May 17, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Frank...
Nicholas James Delaney
Nov 7, 2019
The only son of Nicholas Martin Delaney of Milltown, County Galway, Ireland and Nora Kilduff Delaney of Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, Ireland, Nicholas was born in New York City on November 4th, 1934. He passed from this illusion on November 7th, 2019 at the age of 85. Graduating from Manhattan College in 1956, he received a Bachelor of Civil Engineering with...
Beverly Ann Zakrajsek
Nov 6, 2019
Beverly (Barker) Zakrajsek passed away peacefully, on November 6, 2019. She was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Winifred (Staunton) Barker and was preceded in death by her sister, Winifred Taylor and her four brothers, Richard, Howard, Walter and Robert Barker.Beverly was a lifelong resident of Newport who loved knitting, scrap booking, taking trips to Ireland and doting on...
John Bernard Prettyman
Nov 6, 2019
John Bernard Prettyman, age 75, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away on November 6, 2019 at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, MA. John was the husband of Ethel J. "Penny" (Ames) Prettyman. John was born in Milton, DE to the late James A. Prettyman and Katherine (DeShields) Prettyman. He was an excellent student and graduated from Milton High School at...
Cindy Gail Greenman
Nov 6, 2019
Cindy Gail (Corey) Greenman, age 62, of Middletown, Rhode Island, formerly of Palm Beach, FL, passed away peacefully and without pain, on November 6, 2019. Cindy was born in Newport, RI on February 22, 1957 to Manuel and Carolyn (Marley) Corey. Cindy is survived by her loving daughter Melissa Greenman-Pichaske and her husband Mike Pichaske of Tiverton, RI. She also...
James G. Mellin
Nov 6, 2019
James Grant Mellin, 83, of Middletown, passed on Nov.6,2019 after a long illness. He was born Dec.23, 1935, and grew up in In Woodstock, N.Y. He made the Navy his career and served 20 years before retiring and settling in R.I. His first love was his wife Shirley, along with golf and coffee. Jim was predeceased by his wife of...
John Bernard Prettyman
Nov 6, 2019
John Bernard Prettyman, age 75, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away on November 6, 2019 at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, MA. John was the husband of Ethel J. Penny (Ames) Prettyman. John was born in Milton, DE to the late James A. Prettyman and Katherine (DeShields) Prettyman. He was an excellent student and graduated from Milton High School at...
Jeanne Peirce
Nov 5, 2019
Jeanne (Cournoyer) Peirce, 92, died on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at the Royal Middletown Nursing Center in Middletown, RI. She was the widow of the late Dr. Frederick A. Peirce, Jr. Born in Webster, MA on April 14, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Anatole Arthur and Loria (Plasse) Cournoyer. Jeanne was a 1948 graduate of the Massachusetts...
Ricky A Flannery
Nov 5, 2019
Ricky Flannery, age 64, of Newport, RI, passed away peacefully on November 5, 2019 at Newport Hospital with his dear friends by his side.Ricky was born in Maine and lived in Nashua, New Hampshire before moving to Newport in 1991. He was a loyal employee of TJMaxx for the many years and considered everyone there his family. Ricky loved sports...
James O. Richardson
Nov 3, 2019
James O. "Cable" Richardson, of Middletown, died peacefully Sunday, November 3, 2019, in his home. He was born March 6, 1955, in Newport, RI, to Jack and Alice Richardson. He married the love of his life, the late Julie Richardson, on May 24, 1980.He leaves behind, Jaclyn Reynolds (Wyatt) of Newport, and Justin Richardson (Lindsey) of Warwick; one grandson Benjamin...
Master Chief Gerard M. Downing, Jr. Uscg, Ret.
Nov 3, 2019
Master Chief Gerard M. Downing, Jr., USCG, Ret. (Jerry), 81, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away at Newport Hospital on November 3, 2019 with his family by his side. Jerry was born in Newton, MA to the late Gerard M. Downing and Edith (Davies) Downing. He was the husband of the late Louise Mae (Alley) Downing. Jerry is survived by...
Margaret Mary Cassels
Nov 1, 2019
Margaret M. Cassels, age 84, of Middletown, passed away on All Saints Day, at her home with her family. Margaret was born in 1935, in Washington, DC, to Timothy Harrington and Helena (McElroy) Harrington. Margaret is survived by her children; Helen Cassels, Christine Cassels and her spouse Andrea, all of Middletown, William of Delaware, Ohio, Peter and his wife Kathleen...
Patricia Ann Simmons
Nov 1, 2019
Patricia Ann Simmons of Middletown, beloved wife of Alexander B. Simmons Jr for 55 years, and daughter of the late James P. and Margaret M. Sullivan, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and her beloved dog Riley on Nov 1st. She is survived by her children Christine Feisthamel (Anthony), Brian Simmons (Karla), and Michelle Collins (James), and her grandchildren Brendon,...
Richard Thomas Flood
Oct 30, 2019
Richard Thomas Flood Jr., 84, son of and Ellen (Holdrege) and Richard T. Flood, and the husband and best friend of the late Sally (Elliot) Flood, died on October 30, 2019. Born in Boston, Mass., on August 10, 1935, he was a graduate of Noble and Greenough School in the Class of 1953 and Williams College in the Class of...
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