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Alexander Joseph Gair
Jul 19, 2019
Alexander Joseph Gair USMC Ret. 90, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away Friday, July 19, 2019 at home with his family by his side. He was the husband of Beverly Jean (Brow) Gair.Born in Springfield, MA on April 6, 1929, he was the son of the late Ernest and Marie (Vocesky) Gair.Mr. Gair served in the United States Marines for 20...
Charles Edward Alvernaz
Jul 18, 2019
Charles E. Alvernaz, 39, passed away unexpectedly at Newport Hospital on July 18, 2019. He was born December 28, 1979. He was the son of Edward Alvernaz and the late Cathy Alvernaz.Charlie loved all New England sport teams especially the Red Sox and the Patriots. He loved bowling. He was a participant at Looking Upwards, where he did many activities,...
Thomas Peter Lalli
Jul 18, 2019
Thomas Tom Peter Lalli, 65, of Middletown, RI, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 18, 2019, surrounded by his loving family, at Rhode Island Hospital, in Providence, RI.He is survived by his devoted wife of 41 years, Linda M. (Sullivan) Lalli.In addition to his wife Linda, Tom is survived by his beloved daughters Gina Therese Lalli of Middletown, RI and...
Esther Dozier
Jul 17, 2019
Esther T. (DeCristofaro) Dozier, of Middletown, RI, passed away peacefully at Saint Elizabeth Manor, on July 17, 2019. Esther was the ninth of ten children born to Vincenzo and Angelina (Venti) DeCristofaro in Quincy, MA. She was predeceased by her husband, Harry L. Dozier, her daughter, Pamela Dozier, her brothers, Columbus, Enrico, Victor, George, Theodore, and James DeCristofaro, and her...
Robert Dyl
Jul 17, 2019
Robert Dyl, Sr., age 77, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on July 17, 2019, at Rhode Island Hospital. Robert was born in Fall River, MA to the late Walter and Georgianna (Baldaia) Dyl. Robert is the husband of Sandra (Rothwell) Dyl of Newport, RI. Throughout his adult life, Robert worked as an industrial engineer at various companies. Robert was...
Mary C. Roderiques
Jul 17, 2019
Mary C. (Cruz) Roderiques, 86 of, Middletown, RI, passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2019 in the Village House Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late August J. Roderiques, Jr. Born in Newport, she was the daughter of the late Antonio J. and Edith (Souza) Cruz. Mrs. Roderiques worked in banking for 33 years. She retired as a Customer...
Thomas J. Dutra
Jul 13, 2019
Thomas J. Dutra, 78, of Tiverton, RI, died peacefully on July 13, 2019 at Brookdale Sakonnet Bay after a long illness, surrounded by loving family.He was a devoted husband to Beverly A. Dutra (McCulley) for 55 years.Born on February 3, 1941 in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Frank and Delphine (Furtado) Dutra. He was raised in...
Frank Stewart Hale, Ii
Jul 12, 2019
Frank S. Hale, age 92, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away at his home on Friday, July 12, 2019. Frank was born in Newport, RI on November 26, 1926 to Harold D. Hale and Anne (Hughes) Hale. Growing up in Newport on Thurston Ave, he graduated from De La Salle Academy and enlisted in the US Army at age 17....
Anders Staats Nielsen
Jul 7, 2019
Anders Staats Nielsen was born on Sunday, July 7th, 2019 at 6:36 am. He weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and was 21 inches long. Anders fought for over 2 hours to stay with his loving parents, Leah Staats and Ian Nielsen, before passing peacefully in their arms. Anders will be loved and remembered always by his parents, Leah and Ian;...
William Joseph Murphy
Jul 4, 2019
William J. Murphy, age 84, of Chichester, NH, formerly of Eustis Ave, Newport, RI passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2019 after a brief illness in Concord Hospital, Concord, NH.Bill was born on March 27, 1935 in Newport, RI to the late James A. and Mary F. Murphy.Bill served in the Marines and was active during the Korean War. Bill...
Barbara Cordeiro
Jul 1, 2019
Barbara Ann Souza-Cordeiro, age 66, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on July 1, 2019. Barbara was born in Newport, RI to Manuel P. Souza and Margaret D. Souza. She is survived by her three children Diana Cordeiro-Fitzsimons of Trumbull, CT, James Cordeiro of Jupiter, Fl, and Nancy Cordeiro-Smith of Middletown, RI as well as three brothers Francis Souza of...
Joan K. Megley
Jul 1, 2019
Joan K. (Johnson) Megley, 88 of Newport, RI died on Monday July 1st, at Newport Hospital. Born on June 17th, 1931 in Lima, OH, she was the daughter of the late Michael T. and Kathryn (Sealts) Johnson. She is survived by her siblings Kathleen (Johnson) Ayres of Ft. Wayne, IN and Kandy (Johnson) and Jim Wolter of Spring Lake MI....
Barbara Sullivan
Jun 30, 2019
Barbara Sullivan, 87, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on June 30, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Barbara was born November 23, 1931, in Methuen, MA to Hugh and Bertha Baxter. Barbara was married for 53 years to the late CMDR F.M. Spike Sullivan. She was a career Navy wife, helping her husband serve for 27 years in the...
Helen A. Mangei
Jun 29, 2019
Mrs. Helen A. Mangei, 80, of Coventry, RI, passed away on June 29, 2019. Helen was born on November 26, 1938 in Providence, RI to Walter and Mary Andronik. Helen was the wife of the late Lawrence Mangei.She grew up in Providence and graduated from St. Xavier's Academy in 1958. She began to raise her family in Warwick and was...
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...
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