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Chris Schoen
Aug 26, 2019
Christopher Schoen, 37, passed away at his home on Monday August 26th 2019. Chris was born in Pensacola Florida, but grew up in Middletown RI. He graduated from Middletown High School in 2000. After graduation, Chris began working at Hodges Badge Company, where he remained until the company closed in 2018. He has also worked at Applebees Restaurant as a...
Walter G. Boll
Aug 24, 2019
Walter G. Boll, 91, of Jamestown, passed away on Saturday, August 24, 2019 at home. Born in Lynbrook, NY, he was the son of the late George and Marie (Bock) Boll. Walter was a 1946 graduate from Oceanside High School in NY, he went on to graduate from Hofstra College in 1954. He served in the Navy during WWII as...
James Jerome Gaston
Aug 23, 2019
James Gaston, 60, of Middletown lost his courageous battle with cancer and passed away on August 23, 2019, with his family by his side. Born on April 3, 1959, in Newport, RI, he was the son of Melton Curly and Margaret (Chaves) Gaston. Jim graduated from Middletown High School in 1977 and then trained as a certified motorcycle mechanic. Later...
Elise Laparle
Aug 22, 2019
Elise G. LaParle, age 89 of Newport passed away on Thursday, August 22, 2019 with her family by her side. She was the wife of the late Eugene F. LaParle for 53 years. Elise was born in Newport RI to T. Raymond Kelly and A. Theresa Tilley Kelly. Elise was a lifelong islander proudly born and raised in the point...
John Peter Tomis
Aug 22, 2019
John P. Thomis Jr., 78, of Portsmouth, RI passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 following a courageous battle with cancer. Born on April 23rd, 1941 in Jersey City, NJ, John was the son of the late John P. Tomis Sr. and Helen (Bogucki) Tomis. John lived in Fairlawn, NJ prior to his family relocating to Northampton,...
Irene Rezendes Deveau
Aug 22, 2019
Irene Deveau, 92, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away at home on August 22, 2019.Irene was born in Newport, RI to Manuel and Mary (Goulart) Rezendes.Irene is survived by her three children, David Cabral, of West Roxbury, MA, Alan Cabral, of Columbus, OH, and Nancy Manning, of Muskegan, MI.She was preceded in death by her son, Michael Cabral, and her...
Constance B. Brown
Aug 21, 2019
Constance Connie B. Brown, 81, of Middletown, RI, peacefully passed away with family by her side on August 21, 2019 after a brief illness.She is preceded in death by her husband Lawrence Larry M. Brown.Connie was born in Washington D.C., the youngest of 15 children. She married the love of her life, a Navy trumpet player, and was married for...
Joan Kesson
Aug 18, 2019
Joan Kesson, 83, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away at home on August 18, 2019 surrounded by her family and friends. She was born in Providence, RI to the late William Birtwistle and Doris (McLean) Birtwistle and was the wife to the late Henry Kesson of Newport. She and Henry were life time residents of Newport after their marriage in...
Robert William Welty
Aug 18, 2019
Robert Welty, 93, of Jamestown, died peacefully on August 18, 2019. Born in Lodi, California, the youngest of a large family, he was a veteran of WWII, having served in the Third Army in the European Theater. For part of his time in the Army, he played trumpet in a band that entertained the troops. After the war, he attended...
Mary C. Donovan
Aug 17, 2019
Mary C. Donovan, 90, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on August 17, 2019, at Village House Nursing Home. Mary was born in Newport, RI to the late John I. Martins, and Margaret (Harrington) Martins. She was the wife of Joseph T. Donovan for 62 years. Mary is survived by her daughter, Karen Gallagher and husband Terry of Middletown, RI,...
Albert Leo Fecteau
Aug 15, 2019
Beloved father and brother, Albert Buddy L. Fecteau, died peacefully at Rhode Island Hospital on August 15, 2019. Oldest son of the late Albert C. Fecteau and Marilyn (Harrington) Fecteau, he was born in Waterville, Maine and raised in Hampton Bays, NY until joining the Navy in 1972. Albert graduated from SUNY Albany and completed his Master of Education in...
Jenna Willey
Aug 15, 2019
We lost our beloved daughter, sister, aunt, and friend Jenna Brienne Cattell Willey, 33, of North Kingstown / Newport RI on August 15th. From the very moment she arrived, she was a pistol and a hot tamale. She loved and lived life to its fullest. She had a huge heart and big dreams. She poked, prodded, and loved her parents,...
James Edward Crowley
Aug 14, 2019
Dom Francis Crowley, OSB, 78, of Portsmouth Abbey, passed away on August 14, 2019 at RI Hospital after a brief illness.Born James E. Crowley in Providence, RI to Daniel Crowley and Eleanor (Sauter) Crowley in 1940, he grew up in Providence and began his education at LaSalle Academy. He graduated in 1958 and continued to Providence College where he began...
Maureen Jackson
Aug 13, 2019
Maureen Jackson, formerly of Brookline, Sherborn, and Needham, MA, passed away peacefully on August 13, 2019, surrounded by her family. She is survived by her loving children, Joan M. Woods of Portsmouth, RI; John E. Turley of Long Beach, CA; and Carolyn R. and her husband Scott Stanwood of Holliston, MA. She was the cherished grandmother of Kathryn and Lauren...
Richard Melvin Vars
Aug 13, 2019
Richard M. Vars, 93, passed away on August 13, 2019. He was the husband of the late Barbara Vars, his wife of 64 years, who passed in 2012, and the father of late Rick Vars who passed in 2015. Known as Dick, he was born on July 12, 1926 to the late William and Jennie Vars. A true Newporter, he...
Helen Elizabeth Imes
Aug 12, 2019
Helen Elizabeth Imes, 85, passed away on Monday, August 12, 2019, at The Miriam Hospital in Providence, RI. She was born on July 11, 1934, in Newport, RI, to the late William S. Purcell and Helen E. Purcell (Hampton). Helen is a graduate of Rogers High School, and worked for the City of Newport before retiring after 33 years of...
Sandra Gayle Tartaglino
Aug 11, 2019
Sandra Gayle Tartaglino, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, died suddenly in a tragic boating accident on Narragansett Bay Sunday, August 11, 2019. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of John and Paula (Tracy) Tartaglino of Tiverton. Sandra was a graduate of Taunton High School (76) and then achieved her bachelors and masters degree in Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science at...
Josephine Fields
Aug 11, 2019
Josephine Fields of Newport, RI passed away peacefully at the Grand Islander Nursing Home on Sunday, August 11, 2019, at the age of 95 surrounded by her family and friends. Born on August 26, 1923, in Newport, RI. Josephine was the daughter of the late Martin and Josephine (Monteiro) Antone both of Fogo, Cape Verde. Josephine grew up on Kingston...
Phyllis Mary Martin
Aug 11, 2019
Phyllis (Maguire) Martin, age 90, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on August 11, 2019, at Newport Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late James P. Martin.Phyllis was born in Newport, RI to Philip Maguire and Catherine (O'Brien) Maguire. A lifelong Island resident, Phyllis graduated from Rogers High School, and from the University of...
Beverly L. Keith
Aug 10, 2019
Beverly L. Keith, 82, of Middletown, RI, passed away on August 10, 2019, at Silver Creek Manor in Bristol. Beverly was born in Attleboro, MA, to Lewis Hall and Marjorie (Spriggs) Hall. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She spent most of her career as an Optometrist Assistant/Office Manager with Dr. Osmond Ozzie Grimes, as well as other...
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