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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Gary F. Greene

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Roger R. Roberts

Roger R. Roberts

Aug 3, 2017

Roger Richard Roberts, age 88, of Newport died Thursday, August 3, 2017, in Newport, RI. Mr. Roberts was born May 5, 1929, in Fall River, MA, the son of the late James F. and the late Mary (Dooley) Roberts. He was the husband of Cynthia (Andrews) Roberts. A patriotic and family focused man, Roger worked as a lineman for the...

Mark J Dondero Iii

Mark J Dondero Iii

Aug 3, 2017

Mark Jerome DonDero III, age 55, died on Thursday morning, August 3rd, 2017. Born in Lexington Park, Maryland, April 15, 1962. The son of Mark Jerome DonDero II and Edith Nagle DonDero. He passed away at Heaterwood Rehabilitation and Health Center, formerly a resident of Portsmouth. Mark was an electrician most of his life, lastly working for Don Jestings and...

Mary Agnes "Duponte" Blair

Mary Agnes "Duponte" Blair

Aug 2, 2017

Mary Agnes "DuPonte" Blair, 94, of Afton, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 in Grove, Oklahoma. She was born June 2, 1923 in Newport, Rhode Island; the daughter of Cornelius and Honora (Crowley) Murphy. Mary married John DuPonte on June 10, 1944 in Newport, Rhode Island and together they had one daughter, Patricia (Patti). After her husband passed...

Raymond Patrick Segerson

Raymond Patrick Segerson

Aug 2, 2017

Raymond Patrick Segerson (Buddy), 89, of Middletown, RI, passed away, Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at Newport Hospital, Newport RI surrounded by his loved ones.Buddy was born in Newport to the late John and Mary Segerson on October 19, 1927. He grew up in Newport and graduated from De La Salle high school 1945. He briefly served in the Army during...