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George Herbert Clarke
Nov 1, 2018
George H. Clarke II, 76, of Newport, RI, died on November 1, 2018. George was born on March 23, 1942 to the late Robert S. Clarke and Elizabeth (Bryon) Clarke. He was the husband to Claudia Clarke.George graduated from Rogers High School, The College of Emporia, Kansas, and Providence College. He also served in the Army National Guard for six...
Phyllis Ann Baumgartner
Oct 31, 2018
Phyllis Ann (Miller) Baumgartner, 83, of Middletown, Rhode Island passed away on October 31, 2018 at home. Phyllis was born on June 6, 1935 in Providence, RI to Harold T. Miller and Hattie B. (Hall) Miller of East Providence. Phyllis graduated from Mount Hope High School in East Providence. She did her nursing training at Rhode Island Hospital becoming a...
Michael Alan Boiani
Oct 30, 2018
Michael (Mike) A. Boiani of Bristol, RI (formerly of Newport, RI) age 69, passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at Newport Hospital from complications of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.Born in Newport, RI on July 6, 1949 he was the son of the late William J. and Nancy (Landoch) Boiani. Michael is preceded in death by his sister Linda A. Robillard and...
John Francis Norbury
Oct 29, 2018
John Norbury, 57, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on October 29, 2018 at home after a courageous three year battle with cancer surrounded by his loving family. John was born on November 18, 1960 in Newport, RI. He was the son of Harold A. Norbury and Pauline (Barker) Norbury. John was married to Karen (Condry) Norbury for over 30...
Richard E Lendrum
Oct 29, 2018
Richard Dick Lendrum, 85, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on October 29, 2018 surrounded by his loving family. Richard was born October 3, 1933 in Sayre, PA to Harry Lendrum and Marguerite( Montgomery) Lendrum. Richard was married to his High School Sweetheart, Elsa Sargent for 60 years. Dick attended Rogers High School in Newport, RI and was on the...
John M. Hunt
Oct 29, 2018
John M Hunt Jr., 52, of Tiverton, RI, passed away suddenly in October. John was born in Jacksonville, FL, on November 13, 1965 to John and Alice Hunt. He was preceded in death by his mother Alice Hunt. John is survived by his father John Hunt, his sister Tina Bettencourt and her children Amy and Alyson Bettencourt. John attended Middletown...
Mabel Nell Whipple
Oct 25, 2018
Mabel N. Whipple, 86, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away on October 25, 2018. Mabel was born in Mountain Creek, AL, one of ten children to the late Fletcher and Susie (Culpepper) Manning. Mabel was the wife of the late Robert Whipple U.S.N. CPO.Mabel became a Navy Wave where she met her future husband Robert. She worked for many years for...
Kim Douglas Wray
Oct 23, 2018
Kim Douglas Wray, 63, of Catonsville, MD, passed away Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Douglas and Evelyn (Spencer) Wray. Kim loved to be in the company of family and friends, cooking, and feeding those he loved. He also enjoyed traveling, and attending yearly festivals including...
Joseph Henry Dutra
Oct 23, 2018
Joseph H. Dutra,59, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away in the arms of his loving wife Laura on October 23, 2018. Born in Newport, R.I on May 22, 1959 to the late John and Catherine Dutra. Joe was the husband of Laura L. Dutra for 23 years.Growing up in his family home on Anthony St. in Newport RI Joe attended Rogers...
Ruth Lillian Moore
Oct 20, 2018
Mrs. Ruth Moore, 90, of Middletown, RI, passed away on October 20, 2018 at Newport Hospital after a short illness. She was the wife of the late QMCM Edward R. Moore, USN (Ret). Ruth was born in Somerville, MA to Arthur and Charlotte Loveless. She grew up in Somerville in a large family and married Edward Moore in 1950. As...
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...
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