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Daniel W. Harris Jr
Aug 13, 2018
Daniel W. Harris Jr, 88, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on August 12, 2018 at Newport Hospital. Daniel was born in Providence, RI on June 17, 1930, to the late Daniel W. Harris Sr. and the late Kathryn (McCrail) Harris.He was the husband of Pauline (St. Denis) Harris for 59 years. He served 23 years in the U.S. Navy...
Horst Roman Buresh
Aug 12, 2018
Horst Roman Buresh, [78], of Providence, passed away at the Elmhurst Rehabilitation Center in Providence on August 12, 2018.Horst was born on May 30, 1940 in Egar in the former Czechoslovakia, to Johann and Maria Buresch.He immigrated to Newport, RI from Germany in 1957 and became a U.S. citizen in 1964.Horst worked for many years at Raytheon in Portsmouth as...
Suzanne Joan Rotelli
Aug 12, 2018
Suzanne Rotelli, 81, of Tiverton, passed away, Sunday, August 12, 2018 at her home.Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Josephine (Spetrini) Rotelli.Suzanne taught school for many years in Providence.She leaves her children, Karen M. McMahon, Patrick R. McMahon and Kevin M. McMahon all of Tiverton. Suzanne is also survived by a brother Thomas Rotelli...
Hannah Skye Wertens
Aug 11, 2018
Passing into the next life, certain that the God she put her faith in welcomed her, Hannah Wertens peacefully left this earth on Saturday, August 11th at the age of 15. Born on February 17, 2003. Hannah was the daughter of Deborah Kirchner of Portsmouth. Though Hannahs physical presence is no longer, her influence will remain indefinitely as her boundless...
George Joseph Perry
Aug 11, 2018
George Perry, 88, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on August 11, 2018 at Newport Hospital.George was born on May 5, 1930 in Middletown, RI to the late Joseph Perry and Emelia Perry.George was married to Esther (Pisarczyk) Perry for 63 years.George was a member of the Middletown Knights of Columbus for over 40 years. He was also a member...
Dorothy Benisch
Aug 10, 2018
Dorothy Dotty Benisch, 83, of Newport, RI and North Palm Beach, FL, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, August 10, 2018 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on November 13, 1934 in Newport, RI to the late William Del Nero and Marion Preece. She was the wife of William F. Benisch for 65 years.Dotty graduated from Rogers...
William Emmet Beaudry
Aug 10, 2018
William Beaudry Jr., 80, of Prudence Island, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully at home on August 10, 2018.William was born in Providence, RI on February 1, 1938, to the late William and Ethel (Kerr) Beaudry.William is survived by his son Robert Beaudry of Warwick, RI, his brother William Beaudry III and his wife Melissa of Coventry, RI and Michael Beaudry,...
Marlene Cherry
Aug 9, 2018
Marlene (Heath) Cherry, 63, of Fall River, MA passed away peacefully on August 9, 2018 at Rhode Island Hospital. Marlene was born in Newport, RI on September 11, 1954, to the late Etelka M. Heath and Charles R. Carter. Marlene attended Newport Public Schools and furthered her education in Virginia and Michigan. Though she worked various jobs over her lifetime,...
Stanley Piszcz Jr.
Aug 9, 2018
Stanley Piszcz, Jr. passed away on August 9, 2018, surrounded by family and friends in his home. Stanley was born in Fall River, MA on June 11, 1936. He was married to Bonnie (Siskind) Houle-Piszcz. Stan was an Air Force and Naval Reserve Veteran receiving training in Amarillo and Lackland, Texas. After the Air Force, Stan worked for the US...
Mary Kathleen Coppola
Aug 6, 2018
Mary (Kathy) Coppola, age 57, of East Greenwich Rhode Island, passed away on August 6, 2018, at home surrounded by her family, after a courageous battle with cancer.Kathy was born June 18, 1961 in Newport, RI to the late Elbert J. Passman and Mary (Brindle) Passman. Kathy was lovingly married to the late Paul Coppola for 23 years.Kathy was a...
Douglas A. Paquin
Aug 4, 2018
Douglas A. Paquin Sr., 67, passed away Saturday, August 4, 2018 at home in Middletown surrounded by his loving family after a long battle with lung cancer.He was the husband of Theresa M. (Salveti) PaquinBorn in Portsmouth, he was the son of Shirley (Wentworth) Paquin of Middletown and the late Harry R. PaquinHe was well known in the automotive industry...
Francis Charles Spicola
Aug 3, 2018
Francis Charles Spicola, age 79, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on August 3, 2018, at the Charlton memorial Hospital in Fall River. Francis was born in Providence, RI, on August 5, 1938, to the late Francis C. Spicola and the late Margaret (Spacagna) Spicola. He was the husband of the late Bernadette (Rocha) Spicola. Francis was a mechanical engineer...
Joanne Donnelly
Aug 3, 2018
Joanne Donnelly, 71, of Newport, passed away Friday, August 3, 2018 in the Village House Nursing Center. She was the wife of the late Thomas (Fox) Donnelly.Born in Newport, she was the daughter of the late Arthur C. and Mary (DeCosta) Dias.Joanne graduated from St. Catherines Academy and was a member of their Alumni Association. She worked as a cook...
Geoffrey Hart Spranger
Aug 2, 2018
Newport, RI Geoffrey Hart Spranger, 85, of Middletown, RI passed away unexpectedly on August 2, 2018 at Newport Hospital following a brief illness. The only son of the late Joseph William Spranger and the late Ruth Marie (ne Berger) Spranger, Jeff was born in East Providence, RI on November 25, 1932. Growing up in the Edgewood neighborhood in Cranston, RI,...
Hilaria U Villacorta
Aug 2, 2018
Hilaria (Ubando) Villacorta, 94, of Middletown passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Thursday, August 2, 2018. Born on January 17, 1924 in the Philippines, she was the daughter of the late Eriberta and Andres Ubando. She was the wife of the late Aurelio D. Villacorta.Besides her husband of 76 years, she was survived by her children,...
Maria Guglielmo
Aug 2, 2018
Ms. Maria Guglielmo, age 79, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on August 2, 2018 at the Heatherwood Nursing Home. Maria was born in Caserta, Italy and moved to the US as a young woman. For the last 25 years, Maria has enjoyed the love and friendship of her extended family at Looking Upwards. Prior to her recent stay at...
Mathew Ryan Lancaster
Aug 1, 2018
Mathew Ryan Lancaster, age 28, of Portsmouth, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 after a swimming accident.Mathew was born in Fall River, MA to Shawn Lancaster and Denise (Davis) Lancaster of Portsmouth.He graduated from Portsmouth High School in 2007 and continued on to the New England Culinary Institute. He learned early on the teamwork of working in a...
Franklin H. Ray
Jul 31, 2018
On July 31, 2018, the Lord commissioned the homegoing of Franklin H. Ray, surrounded by his companion Rose and the loving friends at Orchard View Manor in East Providence, RI, at age 81. He was the first born to the union of Franklin Hopkins Ray and Elizabeth Shevlin Ray on November 25, 1936 in Portland, Oregon. Frank attended Beaverton High...
Rowan Harper Brousseau Carr
Jul 30, 2018
Rowan Harper Carr, 4 weeks old, gained her angel wings and passed away unexpectedly at the Newport Hospital on July 30th, 2018. Baby Rowan was surrounded by her loving family, who cherished, loved and adored her with all their hearts. Rowan was born July 1st in Newport, RI, to her loving parents Caitlin A Brousseau and Conor D Carr, both...
Kaitlyn Mccomas
Jul 30, 2018
Kaitlyn Hannah McComas, age 27, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on July 30, 2018, in the comfort of her home. Kaitlyn was born in Springfield, OH on December 12, 1990; she is the daughter of Darrell McComas and Arlene (Echola) McComas. Kaitlyn was well known as a people person, known to many by her nickname, Kaity; she loved gathering...
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