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Lillian Shore
Dec 22, 2018
Lillian (Nascimento) Shore, 90, of Warren, passed away on December 22, 2018 at the Grace Barker Nursing Center. For fifty-five years, she was the wife of the late Edward Shore. Born in Tiverton, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Adelaide (Rezendes) Nascimento. Lillian worked for many years for the Green Valley Country Club. She leaves her brothers...
Jeanette Gloria Cerce
Dec 21, 2018
Jeanette Gloria (Napier) Cerce, age 68, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on December 21, 2018 at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, MA. Jeanette was born in Fall River, MA, on September 11, 1950, to the late William Napier and late Martha (MacDonald) Napier. Jeanette was the loving wife of Douglas S. Cerce, Sr. Jeanette held many jobs in...
George Clifton Towle, Jr.
Dec 21, 2018
George Clifton Towle, Jr., 90, passed away Friday night quietly in his sleep at Village House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on December 18, 1928, in Providence, Rhode Island to the late George Clifton Towle, Sr. and Mildred (Marston) Towle.Mr. Towle attended Newport schools and was retired from the Newport Electric Corporation, where he worked for thirty-three years....
Barry W. Clark
Dec 20, 2018
Born on February 17,1946, Barry was the husband of Mary (Landers) Clark for 48 years, he was the son of Wilbur and Dorothy Clark. He is survived by daughters, Lisa OBrien and her husband, Jim of Middletown, Megan Tyson and her husband, Michael, of Charlotte, NC, and son David Clark and wife Kendra of Pine Valley NJ. He is also...
Margaret Mary Rosa
Dec 19, 2018
Margaret M. Rosa, 51, of Newport, RI, passed away surrounded by her loving family in Providence, RI, on December 19, 2018, due to complications from colitis she had courageously battled for over 20 years. Born May 29, 1967 in Newport, RI to Albert Rosa Sr. and Margaret Gaudet Rosa, Margaret was the wife and loving companion of Andrew Hazelton of...
Thomas Gracia Moitoza
Dec 19, 2018
Thomas G. Moitoza Jr., 92, died peacefully December 19, 2018, at Orchard View Manor, Riverside, RI.Born in Portsmouth October 10, 1926, he was the son of the late Thomas G. and Filomena Fanny Perry (Escobar) Moitoza.Tom was a 1948 graduate of Rogers High School where he was a member of the ROTC Battalion. He was a World War II veteran...
Michael B Weiderman
Dec 18, 2018
Michael Weiderman, age 61, of Warwick, Rhode Island, formerly of Newport, Ri, passed away on December 18, 2018 at home surrounded by his loving family.Michael was born October 18, 1957 in Newport, RI to the late Axel c. Weiderman and the late Elizabeth A. (Walker) Weiderman.Michael is survived by his son Michael Weiderman and his girlfriend Kathryn Mimnaugh of Warwick,...
Lucy Johnson
Dec 15, 2018
Lucy Johnson, 91, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully at Newport Hospital on December 15, 2018.Lucy was born in 1927 in Ossining, NY and was the daughter of the late Andrea Mastrorilli and the late Agatha Marzola. She was predeceased by 6 siblings and her husband Harry G. Johnson in 2012, to whom she was married for 56 years....
Billie Jo Ann Burke
Dec 13, 2018
Billie Jo A. Burke, 50, of Warren, RI, passed away peacefully on December 13, 2018. Born in Glendale, CA, Billie Jo was the daughter of Michael A. and Nancy J. (Garrity) Burke of Portsmouth, RI. She is survived by her daughter Cynthia Jane (Cece) Herren.Billi Jo attended Our Lady of Fatima School, Warren, RI, and the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth....
Betsy Shivers Brownell
Dec 12, 2018
Betsy Shivers Brownell was surrounded by love as she moved on to the next phase of her journey at Newport Hospital on December 12, 2018. She leaves behind her siblings and their spouses, Susan (Dale) Taulbee of Boca Raton, FL, Bonnie Brownell, Anne (Mike) Laposky both of Greeneville, TN, Ned (Olinda) Brownell of Fredericksburg, VA, and several nieces and nephews:...
Raymond Elliot Chase
Dec 11, 2018
Raymond E. Chase, 94, of Portsmouth, RI, died on Tuesday, December 11, 2018.Raymond was born in Fall River, MA, to Joseph Rogers Chase and Eliza Gray (Sowle) Chase. He was raised by Eliza and his step-father, the late John H. Marshall. Ray was a World War II army veteran, serving as a corporal in the European Theater of Operations. Ray...
Antone F. Rodrigues
Dec 9, 2018
Antone Rodrigues, 91, of Middletown, formerly of Portsmouth, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2018 at Royal Middletown. He was the husband of the late Louise (Leander) Rodrigues. Born in Tiverton, he was the son of the late Joseph M. and Maria (Soares) Rodrigues. Antone served in the Army during the Korean War, he went on to work for the Town...
Robert J. Delehanty Iii
Dec 8, 2018
Robert J. Delehanty III, age 64, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, December 8, 2018. He was the son of Philomena Phyllis Delehanty of Newport and the late Robert J. Delehanty Jr. He leaves behind his three daughters Taylor (24) of Newport, Morgan (21) of Orlando, FL, and Ailish (19) of Portsmouth and two grandchildren, Jalen and Avery...
Margaret E. Peabody
Dec 6, 2018
Margaret E. Peabody, 79, of Newport, died unexpectedly at home on Thursday, December 6, 2018. She was the wife of Jack Peabody for the last 42 years. Miggy, as her friends and family called her, was born in Newport on July 26, 1939 to the late Frank A. Toner and Grace Anne (Congdon) Toner. She grew up in the Tilley...
Robert Vincent Souza
Dec 6, 2018
Robert V. Souza Jr., 59, of Middletown, passed away on December 6, 2018 peacefully at home. Born in Newport, he is the son of Robert V. Souza Sr. of Carolina, RI and the late Rita (Ferry) Souza. Besides his father, Robert leaves his son Eli Ariel Kuzminsky of North Kingston and his brother Mick Souza and his wife Carla of...
Adele E. Hopf
Dec 5, 2018
Adele Hopf, 65, of Newport, passed away Wednesday, December 5 at Newport Hospital. Adele was born on December 1, 1953 in Newport, RI, she died four days after her birthday. Born in Newport, she was the daughter of Audrey (Linehan) Hopf and the late John T. Hopf of Newport. She has been a resident of Newport and Middletown most of...
Dorothy Chaves Gould
Dec 5, 2018
Dorothy Chaves Gould, 83, of Middletown, RI passed away on December 5, 2018. Dorothy was born in Newport, RI to the late Joseph Chaves and Rosalind (Dutra) Chaves. She was the wife of the late Raymond Gould.Dorothy, or Dot, as friends and family knew her, lost her valiant battle with cancer on December 5. Dot was first and foremost a...
Bruce Charles Foulke
Dec 4, 2018
Bruce C. Foulke, 81, of Newport, RI, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on December 4, 2018. Bruce was born and raised in Hillsdale, MI to the late Harold and Lucile Foulke. Bruce was husband to Kathleen (Kathy) Foulke for 45 years, sharing a life in Gloucester, MA, Silver Spring, MD, San Diego, CA, and Newport, RI.Bruce grew up as part...
Keith Robinson
Dec 3, 2018
Keith Robinson, 62, of Portsmouth, passed away on December 3, 2018 at the Heatherwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was the husband of Cynthia J. Westley. Born in Newport, he was the son of the late Clarence and Frances (Pendleton) Robinson. Beside his wife Keith leaves his children, Tori Westley, Justin Westley, Tylyr Westley and grand children Mark Cleaves, Jade...
Gloria Marie Silvia
Nov 29, 2018
Gloria Marie "Glo" Silvia, age 57, of 55 Park Holm, Newport, died suddenly on Thursday, November 29, 2018 at Rhode Island Hospital. Gloria was born in Newport to Joseph P. Silvia and Josephine (White) Silvia.She enjoyed being outside with friends and spending leisure time at Newport Grand.She leaves behind her daughter Erica Lee Silvia and her son Robert Joseph Silvia,...
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