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Tony Mark Clarke
Aug 25, 2017
Tony Mark Clarke, 55, of North Kingstown, formerly of Middletown and Newport, RI died unexpectedly Friday, August 25, 2017 in Newport. Mr. Clarke was born January 11, 1962 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He is the son of William Herman and the late Argenida Maria (Osorio) Clarke.The Clarke family settled in Middletown, RI in the early 1060's, when Boatswains Mate Clarke...
Stephen A. Stepp
Aug 24, 2017
Stephen A. Stepp, 60, of Newport passed away at Newport Hospital on Thursday, August 24, 2017Born in Newport, he was the son of the late James F. and Margaret A. (Vierra) Stepp. Stephen loved to cook and to try new recipes with all different kinds of food. He was also an accomplished painter and carpenter throughout Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth and...
Mary Crapo
Aug 23, 2017
Mary Crapo, 77, of Newport died Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at Newport Hospital surrounded by her loving children.Ms. Crapo was born June 10, 1940 in Westport, MA.She is the daughter of the late Orin G and the late Esther L (Babcock) Crapo. Mary and her siblings grew up in Westport, MA, and she later moved to Newport, where she raised...
Peter Alan Tiffault
Aug 23, 2017
Peter Alan Tiffault, age 53, died peacefully Wed., Aug. 23rd at home in Portsmouth. Mr. Tiffault was born January 27, 1964, in Newport, RI, the son of Pierre and the late Josephine (Alvanas) Tiffault. He was the husband of Elizabeth Marie (Coleman) Tiffault for the last 21 years. Peter graduated from Middletown High School in 1982. He worked as a...
Gary F. Greene
Aug 20, 2017
Gary F. Greene, age 63, of Newport died Sunday, August 20, 2017 at Newport Hospital. Gary was born January 9, 1954 in Layton, UT. He is the son of the late William Edwin and the late Beverly (Hawkes) Greene. Gary was an avid musician; he loved playing harmonica, guitar, ukulele, mandolin, and keyboard. A lifelong learner, Gary holds eight degrees...
Mary Jane Graf
Aug 18, 2017
Mary Jane (Beattie) Graf (88) of Middletown, RI died August 18, 2017at the Grand Islander Center after a short illness. Born March 13, 1929 in Albany, NY to John Lindley and Helen Regina Beattie, Mary Jane grew up in Schenectady, NY before attending graduating from SUNY Plattsburgh with a B.S. in School Nurse Teaching. She then became a school nurse...
Raymond Francis Gomes
Aug 18, 2017
Raymond F. Gomes, 71, Portsmouth, RI, passed away peacefully at home with his family at his side on Friday August 18, 2017.He was the husband of Cathyanne (Moniz) Gomes.Born in Providence, RI on August 30, 1945, he was the son of the late Frank S. and Mary (Matthews) Gomes.Raymond was employed as a tow truck driver for RI Towing for...
Robert J. Delehanty
Aug 18, 2017
Robert John Delehanty Jr., 91, of Newport passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday, August 18, 2017 at Village House Nursing Home. He was the son of the late Robert John and Elizabeth (Pullen) Delehanty. He leaves behind his wife Philomena (McKenna) Delehanty of over 63 years. He was predeceased by Elizabeth Delehanty Davis, Claire Sullivan, and William...
Reynaldo M. De Guzman
Aug 15, 2017
Reynaldo M. De Guzman, 74, of Middletown, RI, passed away on August 15, 2017 at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, MA.He was the husband of Victoria (Fernandez) De Guzman.Born in the Philippines on November 30, 1943, he was the son of the late Juan P. and Hilaria (Mandapat) De Guzman.Mr. De Guzman was a veteran of the United States...
Glenna Vivian Turner
Aug 15, 2017
Glenna Turner passed away at home August 15, 2017, after a long struggle with cancer. She was born on October 14, 1949, in Troy, NY and was the daughter of H. Gordon Turner and Phyllis (Meekins) Turner.She graduated from Syracuse University and received a Master's Degree in Film and Script Writing from Ohio University where she briefly taught classes in...
Gregory James Harry Mellekas
Aug 14, 2017
Gregory James Harry Mellekas, 57 of Newport passed away at home on August 14, 2017.Born in Newport, he was the son of the late James S. and Efstratia "Toula" (Sologiozy) Mellekas.Greg's story began when he took a trip to Mytiline, Greece and met the love of his life Maria (Koukouta) Mellekas. They were married on April 14, 1991.Greg was a...
Cynthia T Barrett
Aug 12, 2017
Cynthia T. (Trull) Barrett, 91, of Holyoke, MA died on Saturday August 12, 2017 at Loomis House, in Holyoke, MA.She was the wife of the late George Ellenwood Barrett.Born on August 29, 1925 in New Bedford, MA, she was the daughter of the late Carlton C. and Rosamond (Gifford) Trull. Raised in Fairhaven, MA she was the sister of the...
Roger H. Moriarty
Aug 11, 2017
Roger H. Moriarty, 88, of Portsmouth, RI, and Tequesta, FL and Malvern Pa passed peacefully on August 11, 2017 after an extraordinary life. Married to Marilyn Berg, of Penn Valley, PA, they met in college and have been together ever since. They recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Born in Newport, RI he was the son of the late Marjorie...
Richard Perkins
Aug 11, 2017
Dr. Richard Perkins, age 81, of Portsmouth died Friday, August 11, 2017 at home in Portsmouth. Dr. Perkins was born February 26, 1936 in Springfield, MA . He is the son of the late Harry and the late Anne (Dunlop) Perkins. He married Jean Carlberg. Richard graduated from Newington High School and later graduated from Trinity College and New York...
Raymond S. Woishek Ii
Aug 10, 2017
Raymond Stanley Woishek II, 68, of Portsmouth, RI passed away peacefully at his home on August 10 as a result of complications from ALS (Lou Gherigs disease). Ray was born May 10, 1949, in Staten Island, NY to Raymond Mildred E. (Goggin) Woishek. On September 6, 1969, Ray and his high school sweetheart, Donna Schoen, married in Orange, NJ. Rays...
Luis A. Trezvant
Aug 7, 2017
Luis Alphonso Trezvant 69, of Newport, RI passed away Monday August 7 after battling a long illness. Born in Newport, he was the son of the late Alphonso and Hilda (Lima) Trezvant. Louie attended Rogers High School in Newport, RI and served in the Navy as a communications specialist and worked as a computer technologist at Wang Laboratories, General Dynamics...
Norman David "Whitey" Whitehurst
Aug 6, 2017
Norman David "Whitey" Whitehurst, age 76, of Newport died Sunday, August 6, 2017 at Charlton Memorial Hospital of Fall River, MA. Mr. Whitehurst was born March 9, 1941 in Houston, TX. He is the son of the late Julian Hodge and the late Connie (Whitehurst) Wick. He was the husband of Patricia Louise Ferry for 53 wonderful years. Norman served...
Eugene E. Bishop
Aug 6, 2017
Eugene E. Bishop, 57, of Middletown died Sunday, August 6, 2017 at home. Gene was born in Newport, son of the late Broaddus and Angela (Chagaris) Bishop. Gene was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a loving father, grandfather, he leaves his daughter Katie E. Bishop and his granddaughter Mailee Walmsley.He also leaves two brothers Paul Bishop and...
John J. Slocum Jr
Aug 5, 2017
John Jermain Slocum, Jr. died peacefully Saturday evening at the Newport Hospital surrounded by his family. Mr. Slocum, born in New York City on October 29, 1941, attended the Buckley School in New York, the Groton School in Groton, MA, and Harvard University in Cambridge, MA where he received a bachelor's degree in 1964 and an MBA in 1968. He...
William J. Mccann
Aug 5, 2017
Surrounded by family, William J. McCann, 77, of Tiverton and formerly of Portsmouth, entered eternal life on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at Tockwotton on the Waterfront in East Providence. He was the husband of Ann Marie T. (Cox) McCann. Born in Fall River, MA, he was the son of the late Phillip A. and the late Cecilia F. (McMichael) McCann....
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