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John O'Brien
Oct 20, 2018
John J. OBrien III, 77, of Newport, passed away Saturday, October 20, 2018 in Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Linda (Heup) OBrien.Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late John J. and Gwendolyn (Hooper) OBrien, Jr.John served our country while in the Air Force during Vietnam.Beside his wife he leaves his children: John J....
Katie Jacqueline Gross
Oct 19, 2018
Katie Chet Katjak Marlena Mellow Gross, 42, of Middletown, RI passed away on October 19, 2018 surrounded by family in the home where she grew up. Gone way too soon, Kat was a favorite human to just about everyone, including and especially her family who would do anything to have her back. Kat was first and foremost mama to Savannah...
Elvira Marie Maxwell
Oct 17, 2018
Elvira Avie Marie Maxwell, 81, of Middletown, RI, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on October 17, 2018. Avie was born on November 19, 1936 in Newport, RI to the late Mary (Cardoza) Aleicho and Jose R Aleicho. She was the wife of the late George Dietz Maxwell.Avie was a homemaker and mother of eight. After raising...
Gilbert Rego Pontes
Oct 16, 2018
Gilbert R. Pontes, 88, of Little Compton, RI, passed away peacefully on October 16, 2018. Gilbert was born in Fall River, MA on November 28, 1929 to the late Antonio Pontes and Mary (Cotta) Pontes.A life-long resident of Little Compton, Gilbert graduated from Wilbur McMahon School in 1949 and completed one year at Roger Williams University before enlisting in the...
Gracie Ellen Trindade
Oct 14, 2018
Gracie Ellen Trindade, 84, of Mount Airy, North Carolina and formerly of Portsmouth, RI, passed away peacefully on October 14, 2018 at Mountain Valley Hospice in Dobson, NC. Gracie is survived by her husband of 33 years, Edmond Trindade of Somerset MA, and her six children - Michael Noriega, Cheryl Williams, Lynne Noriega-Depin, Donna Almeida, Ellen Wilson, Karen Noriega-Baron and...
Daniel J Mangini
Oct 14, 2018
Daniel Mangini, age 95, of Middletown, RI, passed away on October 14, 2018 at the Royal Middletown Nursing Home. He was the husband of the late Mary (Gaspar) Mangini. Daniel was born in Enfield, CT to Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Mangini. After graduating High School, he began a semi professional baseball career. He was drafted in the US Navy for...
Tiger Couto
Oct 12, 2018
Tiger (Michael) Couto 53, of Coventry RI. Died peacefully at Kent memorial hospital on October 12, 2018 with his father by his side. He was the son of Richard Penardo and the late Jacquline Couto -Penardo. He was the brother of Matthew Couto and stepbrother of Katelynn Chapman. Tiger is survived by his loving nieces and nephew Jamielynn, Samantha, Penelope,...
John E. Ferreira
Oct 10, 2018
John E. Ferreira, 94, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully on October 10, 2018, at John Clarke Nursing Home in Middletown surrounded by his family. John was born on February 4, 1924 in Bristol, RI, to the late John E. Ferreira and the late Julia M. (Roderigues) Ferreira. John was the husband of the late Aurora E. (Rogers) Ferreira...
Nancy Waddell
Oct 10, 2018
Nancy (Zipp) Waddell, 69, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on October 10, 2018 at Newport Hospital after a long courageous battle with illness. Nancy was born in Hartford, CT to Elmer and Claire Zipp. She grew up in Bristol, Ct and came to Newport to attend Salve Regina College. She graduated in 1971 with a Bachelors of Arts degree,...
Marion L. Catanzaro
Oct 9, 2018
Marion (Papineau) Catanzaro, age 72, ofTiverton, passed away, Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at the Hope Hospice in Providence surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Joseph Catanzaro, with whom she shared 35 years with, before his passing in 2008. Born on December 31, 1945 in Newport, Rhode Island. She was the daughter of the late...
Gladys Eckert
Oct 7, 2018
Gladys Eckert, 97, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully on the evening of October 7, 2018, at Royal Middletown Nursing Home in Middletown, RI, a few weeks shy of her 98th birthday.Gladys was born October 22, 1920, in Easton, PA, to the late George and Wilomena (Hook) Yeager. She graduated from the Robert Morris School in 1938 and relocated...
George Addison Jones
Oct 6, 2018
George A. Jones, age 74, of Newport, RI passed away peacefully on October 6, 2018, at home surrounded by his loving family. George was born in Newport, RI on February 23, 1944 to the late Dorothy Bernice Gage. He was married to the love of his life, Regina (Regan) Jones for 42 years. George was a graduate of Rogers High...
Emily Mary Lacerda
Oct 5, 2018
Emily Lacerda, 90, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully at home, on Friday October 5, 2018. Emily was born, April 19, 1928, in Portsmouth, RI to Manuel Mello and Emilia (Garcia) Mello She was married to the late Joseph Lacerda for 53 years. Emily is survived by her children; Mary Taylor and her husband Michael of Portsmouth, RI, Manuel...
Patricia Ann Raposa
Oct 4, 2018
Patricia A. Raposa, age 78, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully on October 4, 2018, at Newport Hospital. Patricia was born in Newport, RI, on August 19, 1940, to the late Edward Smith and the late Reba (Windley) Smith. She was the wife of Alfred R. Raposa. Pat worked as the Business Manager for many years at New England...
Lois Pailin
Oct 3, 2018
Lois Pailin, age 73, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on October 3, 2018, at Newport Hospital.Lois was born on October 28, 1944, in New York, NY, to the late Randolph Stewart, Sr. and the late Lillian H. (Jackson) Stewart.Lois worked as a cook for most her life for several organizations around the Newport area, including Naval Station Newport, Belcourt...
Lee Marie Johns
Oct 3, 2018
Lee M. Johns, 51, of Newport, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2018 in Newport Hospital. Born in Muscatine, IA, Lee was the daughter of the late Ronald and Janet Lee (Culipher) Johns. She leaves her beloved partner David Henderson of Newport and her sister Tina St. Pierre of Middletown. Lee also leaves her uncle James Culipher and his wife Maureen...
Anthony Daniel Silvestri
Oct 3, 2018
Anthony Silvestri, 88, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on October 3, 2018 at Heatherwood Nursing Home in Newport. He was born August 7, 1930 in Newport, RI to Antonio Silvestri and Anna (Guglielmo) Silvestri, who came to the United States through Ellis Island in the early 1900s from Italy. Anthony (Tony, Dad and Papa) was a graduate of Rogers...
Catherine Case Pinheiro
Sep 29, 2018
Catherine C. Pinheiro, 76. Of Newport RI, passed away peacefully on September 29,2018 at Newport Hospital. Catherine was born September 19, 1942 in Newport RI, the daughter of the late Alfred and Lilian (Morgan) Edward. She is survived by her six children, Joseph Pinheiro, Eileen Pribula, John Pinheiro and his wife Missy, Bobby Pinheiro, Jean (Puerini) Waluk and her husband...
Paul Hanson Cogswell
Sep 29, 2018
Paul H. Cogswell of Portsmouth, RI passed away peacefully at Newport Hospital on Saturday, September 29, 2018. Born in Essex, Massachusetts on May 25, 1931, he was the husband of the late Loudwina G. (Sousa) Cogswell, the son of Charles Steele Cogswell and Flora Norris Cogswell and brother of Charles Edward Cogswell of Chula Vista, California and Mary Ann (Cogswell)...
Lillian Teresa Chaves
Sep 29, 2018
Lillian T. Chaves, age 98, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on September 29, 2018.Lillian was born in Fall River, MA to the late John Mathias and the late Alexandrina (Linhares) Mathias. Lillian was the loving and devoted wife to Frank Chaves.Lillian is survived by her daughters Barbara Aguiar and her husband Kenneth of Portsmouth, and Lillian "Bunny" Chaves of...
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