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Mary C Barabe
Jun 27, 2019
Mary Barabe, 80, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on June 27, 2019, at home. Mary was born in Providence, RI to the late James Smith and the late Margaret (Toolan) Smith. Mary was the wife of the late Thomas Alfred Barabe. Mary studied at Salve Regina University as a nun with the Sisters of Mercy in her youth and...
Victor Trautwein, Jr.
Jun 26, 2019
Victor Trautwein, Jr., of Portsmouth, RI, passed away on June 26, 2019, at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, CT, with his family at his side, after a brief illness. He was 88 years old. Vic (as he was commonly known) was born September 28, 1930, in Chicago, IL, to the late Victor and Charlotte (Marquet) Trautwein. He graduated from Dartmouth College...
Victor Rudolf Trautwein
Jun 26, 2019
Victor Trautwein, Jr., of Portsmouth, RI, passed away on June 26, 2019, at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, CT, with his family at his side, after a brief illness. He was 88 years old.Vic (as he was commonly known) was born September 28, 1930, in Chicago, IL, to the late Victor and Charlotte (Marquet) Trautwein. He graduated from Dartmouth College in...
Jose Silva Arruda
Jun 24, 2019
Jose Arruda, age 83, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on June 24, 2019, in Providence. Jose was born on March 15, 1936, in St. Michael, Azores, Portugal to the late Francisco and the late Etelvina (Silva) Arruda. He was the husband of the late Maria (Mello) Arruda. Jose proudly served in the Portuguese Army before coming to the US....
James Bruce Osborn
Jun 24, 2019
James Bruce Osborn, 75, of Newport, Rhode Island, died peacefully at his home on June 24, 2019, after a long illnessJim was born April 21, 1944, in Norfolk, VA to Ralph Osborn and Mildred (Schauer) Osborn.When Jim was eleven years old, his dad, a Naval officer, was transferred to Newport and, for the next sixty-four years, Jim called Newport his...
Joseph Charles Ponte
Jun 22, 2019
Joseph Charles Ponte, Sr., 94, of Newport, RI, passed away peacefully on June 22, 2019 at home.Joe was born in Bristol, RI to Manuel Ponte and Mary (Sousa) Ponte. He was the husband of the late Arlene Barbara (Christensen) Ponte for 68 years.Joe is survived by his son, Joseph C. Ponte, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth (Beth Gerrie) Ponte of...
Patricia Soares
Jun 21, 2019
Patricia Soares, 72, of Middletown, RI, passed away on June 21, 2019, at Newport Hospital surrounded by her family. Patricia was born on March 20, 1947, in Newport, RI to Manuel D. and Dolores (Breau) Silveira. Patricia was married to Anthony Soares for 21 years. Patricia is survived by her children; Rhonda L. Smith of Middletown, and Paul Maigler also...
William J. Souza
Jun 19, 2019
Mr. William Souza, 92, beloved father and grandfather of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on June 19, 2019. William was born on August 19, 1926, in Portsmouth, RI to John Souza and Mary (Furtado) Souza. William was married to the love of his life, the late Mary (Dutra) Souza for 46 years...
Ettore Pasquale Passaretti
Jun 19, 2019
Ettore (Ed) Pasquale Passaretti, 99, of Opelika, Alabama, passed away on June 19, 2019, in Newport, Rhode Island. He lived most of his life in northern New Jersey, (Paramus, Clifton, East Rutherford and Vernon). He moved to Alabama with his son Steve and his wife three years ago. Ettore was born on March 1, 1920, in Patterson, NJ. He was...
Manuel F. Garcia
Jun 18, 2019
Manuel ( Manny) F. Garcia Jr. of Middletown, RI passed away at the age of 90, peacefully in his sleep at home after a long illness on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Manny was employed for 30 years by the Newport Water Department, retiring in 1979. Son of the late Manuel and Lillian ( De Costa) Garcia. He is survived by...
Theodore James Young
Jun 18, 2019
Theodore Ted James Young of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on Tuesday June 18, 2019. He was 70 years old. Born on November 1, 1948, in Newport, Rhode Island, he was preceded in death by his father Charles Theodore Young and his mother Georgia Gianarakos Young. Ted graduated from Harker Preparatory School in 1968 and attended St. Joseph (Jesuit) College....
Bessie Drolet
Jun 18, 2019
Bessie Winn Drolet, of 10 Corey Trail, Wyoming RI, passed away at South Kingston Nursing Rehabilitation Center on June 18, 2019, surrounded by her loving family, friends, and staff. She was preceded in death by her mother Maude Trask Sampson, father Ernest Sampson Sr., brother Ernest Sampson, Jr., sister Priscilla Rook, grandson R.J. (Richard), grand-daughter Alicia Cormier, son Glenn Winn,...
Evan Anthony Macdonald Jr.
Jun 16, 2019
Mr. Evan A. MacDonald Jr, 77, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on June 16, 2019, at Newport Hospital surrounded by his family.Evan was born in Newport on June 22, 1941, to Evan and Cecile MacDonald. He was the husband of Elizabeth MacDonald (Silvia) for 55 years.He graduated from DeLaSalle Academy and Rhode Island Trade School.Evan was employed for 40...
Grace H. Szaro
Jun 16, 2019
Grace Helene (Woodall) Szaro, 73, of North Kingstown, RI passed away on 6/16/2019, comforted by her loving children, after her brave battle with cancer. Born in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Marvin and Louise (Sherwood) Woodall who raised her in Newports Fifth Ward. Grace lived and worked in Newport during much of her life. She graduated...
Sacramento Sousa
Jun 15, 2019
Sacramento (Figueiredo) Sousa, age 67, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on June 15, 2019 at St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River. She was the wife of the late Manuel F. Sousa.Born in Santa Maria, Aores, she was the daughter of Ines Moura Fontes and the late Manuel Figueiredo.On June 15th, exactly 11 weeks after her husbands passing, Manuel decided...
Ada Martha Webster-Maney
Jun 11, 2019
Ada Martha Webster Maney, 94, of Barrington, RI (formerly Bristol, RI) passed away peacefully in her home on June 11, 2019, surrounded by her family. She was one of 12 children born to Albert and Martha (Mather) Benn of Pawtucket, RI, on November 30, 1924. She is survived by two of her siblings, Pattie Kwon and Ronald Benn. In 1942,...
Olga Vitello
Jun 10, 2019
Olga (Zadrozny) Vitello, 85, of Provincetown, MA, and Newport, RI passed away at home on June 10, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Robert A. Vitello. Following Bobs career in hospital administration, the family moved from Minneapolis to Rochester, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Jackson Heights Queens before settling in East Greenwich RI. Born in Quincy,...
Laurence George Tonne
Jun 9, 2019
Laurence Tonne Jr., 100, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully on June 9, 2019, at home surrounded by his loving family. Laurence was born April 28, 1919, in New York, NY to Laurence G. Tonne and Gladys May Jeese. Laurence was married to the love of his life, the late Eileen (Grimm) Tonne for 72 years. Laurence served in...
Sheila Anne Sconyers
Jun 8, 2019
Sheila Anne Sconyers, 81, of Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Rhode Island Ave, Newport, passed away on June 8, 2019. Sheila was born in Newport, RI to Joseph and Ivy (Eastwood) ONeill, and was the wife of the late Gardner Cy Sconyers, Jr.Sheila and Cy raised their children in their Rhode Island Avenue home for 55 years. She was a true...
Philip Oliveira
Jun 5, 2019
Philip Oliveira, 81, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on June 5, 2019.Philip was born in Dighton, MA, on October 31, 1937, to the late Philip Oliveira and the late Lillian (Heroux) Oliveira.He is survived by his children, Philip Oliveira of Middletown, Dominic Oliveira of Newport, and Cassandra Towson of Apex, NC, his siblings, John Oliveira of Tiverton and Isabella...
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