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Emily A. Archambault
Dec 28, 2017
Emily Ann (Correia) Archambault, 92, of Portsmouth, RI, died on Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Royal Middletown Nursing Center. She was the wife of the late Albert J. Archambault.Born on April 14, 1925 in New Bedford, MA, she was the daughter of the late Antone and Julia (Santos) Correia. Mrs. Archambault worked at Raytheon for several years. Emily enjoyed dancing...
Thomas D. Horrocks Jr
Dec 28, 2017
Thomas Donald Horrocks, Jr., 62, of Portsmouth died at Mass General Hospital of Boston, MA. Mr. Horrocks was born May 30, 1955 in Scranton, PA. He is the son of the late Thomas Donald Sr. and the late Lois (Whitby) Horrocks. Thomas worked for Manheim New England as a TRA supervisor. The things he loved most were camping with his...
Sally Goddin
Dec 27, 2017
Sally Goddin, 66, of Newport departed peacefully at home Christmas 2017 into her Savior's arms. Ms. Goddin was born May 1, 1951 in Providence, RI. She is the daughter of the late Conway and the late Evelyn Faye (Clapp) Goddin of East Greenwich, RI.Sally's childhood passion was horse riding. After high school in Warwick, she developed a very strong love...
Robert A. Riegel Sr
Dec 26, 2017
Robert Allen Riegel, Sr., 84, of Middletown has left us to be with his wife Abbie and son Michael, on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at Grand Islander Health Care Center. Robert was born July 2, 1933 in Newport, RI, the son of the late Charles Joseph Riegel and Maude (Sisson) Riegel. He was the husband of the late Abbie (Greenman)...
Antone Raposo
Dec 26, 2017
Antone Raposo, 86, of Middletown, formerly of Tiverton, died on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at Newport Hospital. Antone was born January 9, 1931 in Fall River, MA, and was the husband of Lena (Arruda) Raposo. Tony grew up in Fall River and began his career with the Newport Finishing Corp as the Comptroller. He has been an accountant with Mas...
Ruth E. Brockway
Dec 26, 2017
Ruth E. (Glines) Brockway, 95, formerly of Portsmouth, died Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Village House Nursing Home in Newport, RI. Mrs. Brockway was born February 22, 1922 in Fall River, MA. She was the daughter of the late Alfred H. and the late Florence (Viles) Pierce. She is survived by her daughter, Pamela G. Douglas and her husband William...
Panagiotis "Peter" Bitzileos
Dec 26, 2017
Panagiotis "Peter" Bitzileos, 89, of Newport died on December 26, 2017 in the Philip Hulitar Hospice Center, Providence.He was the husband of the late Helen (Goulios) Bitzileos.Born in Paros, Greece, he was the son of the late Ioannis "John" and Aneza (Rousou) Bitzileos. He served in the Greek Royal Navy.Peter worked for the Newport Housing Authority, retiring as a superintendent...
Catherine Purcell
Dec 22, 2017
Catherine E. (Pinter) Purcell, 71, of Middletown died peacefully Friday, December 22, 2017 at Newport Hospital of Newport, RI with her family by her side. Born April 2, 1946 in Chicago, IL, Cathy and her family spent numerous summers staying with her grandparents in Newport, RI. Cathy studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and volunteered in Appalachia. After she got...
Edward R. Dowski
Dec 20, 2017
Edward R. Dowski, age 82, of Portsmouth died Wednesday, December 20, 2017 peacefully at home in Portsmouth in his sleep. Edward was born February 10, 1935 in Buffalo, NY. He is the son of the late Peter and the late Mary (Chowaniec) Dowski. He is survived by his wife of 59 years Aldona (Slapelis) Dowski ; a son Edward R....
Calvin Jacobs Jr
Dec 19, 2017
Calvin Jacobs, Jr., age 82, of Jamestown died Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at Newport Hospital. Mr. Jacobs was born June 10, 1935 in Columbia, SC, the son of the late Calvin and the late Stella (Jacobs) Jacobs, Sr. Mr. Jacobs served honorably in the US Navy before his retirement. In his spare time he was an avid fisherman and golfer,...
Leonard A. Parker
Dec 19, 2017
Leonard A Parker, 95, of Portsmouth died Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at home in Portsmouth. Mr. Parker was born January 31, 1922 in Mobile, AL. He is the son of the late Irving and the late Josephine (Tipps) Parker. He was married to his loving wife, Minnie Francisco for 57 years. Leonard was a very handy man, and loved tinkering...
Ruth E. Brockway
Dec 16, 2017
Ruth E. (Glines) Brockway, 95, formerly of Portsmouth, died Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Village House Nursing Home in Newport, RI. Ruth was born February 22, 1922 in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Alfred H. and Florence (Viles) Pierce. She is survived by her daughter, Pamela G. Douglas and her husband William of Middletown, RI,...
Capt. George Anagnostos
Dec 15, 2017
Captain George Anagnostos of Portsmouth, RI died on Friday, December 15, 2017 at Newport Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Born on June 21, 1933 in Manchester, NH, he was the son of the late Apostolos and Anastasia (Kaltsas) Anagnostos. George was the husband of Ellen (Kasiaras) Anagnostos for 60 years.George earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Tufts University...
John Charles Minyo
Dec 14, 2017
John Charles Minyo, 76, of Portsmouth died Thursday, December 14, 2017 at Charlton Memorial Hospital of Fall River, MA. John was born June 29, 1941 in Coaldale, PA. He is the son of the late Michael and the late Mary (Pandosh) Minyo. He married his wife Cheryle in 1973. John worked for many years at Gleeson's Package Store. He was...
David James Cantagallo
Dec 13, 2017
David James Cantagallo, age 34, of Newport died Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at Newport Hospital. David was born July 14, 1983 in Providence, RI, the son of Carole L. (Sasso) Cantagallo and his father David L. Cantagallo. He had been getting his life together and this came as a complete shock to everyone. David was extremely tech savvy, he loved...
Mary C. Mello
Dec 12, 2017
Mary C Mello, 99, of Portsmouth died Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, MA. Mrs. Mello was born April 20, 1918 in Swansea, MA. She is the daughter of the late Antone and the late Mary (Borges) Souza. She was married to the late Edward S Mello for 46 years.. Mary was a loving and...
Arthur J. Santos
Dec 11, 2017
Arthur J. Santos, 85, of Newport, RI passed peacefully on Monday, December 11, 2017 at Newport Hospital. He was the loving husband of the late June (Groux) Santos. Arthur is survived by his children, Joann M. Anderson and her husband, Don, Marjorie E. O'Neill and her husband, Stephen, Matthew J. Santos and his wife, Mary; his four grandchildren, Lilly and...
Paul Foster
Dec 11, 2017
Paul Foster, 67, of Newport, RI passed away suddenly on Monday December 11, 2017. Paul was born on October 4, 1950, in Reading, PA.Paul was the Kitchen Manager at Salve Regina for the last 15 years. In his spare time, he enjoyed fishing, playing pool, darts, cards, watching football (Dallas Cowboys fan) and spending time with his family. He is...
Dorothy E. Allhands
Dec 8, 2017
Dorothy E. Allhands, age 95, of Middletown died Friday, December 8, 2017, in Newport. Dorothy was born August 10, 1922 in Newport, RI, the daughter of the late George T. and the late Susan (Spingler) Lewis. She was the wife of the late Byron T. Allhands. Dorothy enjoyed bowling, knitting, bingo, T.V., car rides, and hot fudge sundaes from the...
Karen Biestek
Dec 8, 2017
Karen Kannenberg Biestek, 57, of Middletown, R.I., passed away at home Friday afternoon, December 8, 2017 with her family by her side. She was the wife of David Biestek.Born in Glendale, CA, She was the daughter of Carol (Priebe) Kannenberg of Farmington, CT and the late Donald Kannenberg.Karen was a service coordinator for over 25 years at Looking Upwards. Dedicating...
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