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Louise (Freitas) White
Dec 16, 2016
Louise (Freitas) White, 84, died on Friday December 16, 2016, at Village House Nursing Center Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Alfred C. White. Born in Fall River, MA on March 19, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Emily (Rezendes) Freitas and the late Antone Freitas. Louise worked for GE Company for many years. She was...
Catharine Hansell Forbes Ward
Dec 14, 2016
Catharine Hansell (Forbes) Ward, 76, of Middletown, formerly of Wayne, PA, died Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at John Clarke Health Care Center in Middletown, RI. Catharine was born on October 23, 1940 in Bryn Mawr, PA.She is the daughter of the late William Innes Forbes Jr. and the late Catharine Hansell (Patterson) Forbes. Hansie, as she was known by her...
Elizabeth D. Wallin
Dec 14, 2016
Elizabeth D. (Hayes) Wallin, 75, of Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at Rhode Island Hospital, in Providence, RI. She was the wife of C. Roger Wallin.Born on March 8, 1941 in Norfolk, VA, she was the daughter of the late Sgt. (RCAF) Ronald and Jeanne (Owens) Hayes.Elizabeth graduated from high school in New Orleans Louisiana and attended the...
James H. Marshall
Dec 13, 2016
NEWPORT - James H. Marshall, retired entrepreneur, yachtsman and environmentalist, died Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Newport Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. He was 78.His family, many of his school-year friends and teachers knew him as J Herbert Marshall, so-named after a grandfather, and by the diminutive Bert. He was a member of the Class of 1957, DeLaSalle Academy...
Barbara A. Rainey
Dec 13, 2016
Barbara Rainey, 70, of Portsmouth, RI died Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at home surrounded by her family. Barbara was born February 14, 1946, in Patterson, NJ. She was the daughter of Arefina (Giraldi) Frances Frank of Portsmouth, RI and the late Joseph Thomas Frank.Barbara is survived by her children, Meredith Rainey of Portsmouth, RI, Kip Rainey and his wife, Christina...
Evelyn M. Jessey
Dec 10, 2016
Evelyn M. (Mello) Jessey, 86, of Oakwood Road, Middletown, RI, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, December 10, 2016.She was the wife of the late John J. Jessey.Born in Newport, RI on May 29, 1930, she was the daughter of the late John E. and Hilda M. (DeCosta) Mello. Evelyn was first and foremost the adoring wife of her...
Delphine Elizabeth "Liz" (Moore) Davis
Dec 9, 2016
Delphine Elizabeth "Liz" (Moore) Davis, age 67, of Portsmouth died Friday, December 9, 2016, at the Miriam Hospital. Liz was born on June 29, 1949, in Newport, RI, the daughter of the late Thomas and the late Margaret (Furtado) Moore. She was the wife of Robert Davis for 45 years.Liz loved her work and was involved in critical care for...
Barbara A. Prioli
Dec 5, 2016
Barbara A. Prioli, 80, of Portsmouth, RI and East Falmouth, MA, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 5, 2016 with her family and friends at her side.She was the wife of the late James A. Prioli and the late Joseph T. Daley.Born in Boston, MA, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Mary (Lynn) Walsh.Barbara grew-up in South...
Eugene W. Baer
Dec 5, 2016
Eugene W. Baer III, of Middletown, formerly of Lake Massasecum, NH, passed away on December 5, 2016. He was the husband of Catherine C. Casey. He was born July 4, 1922 in Glen Rock, NJ, the son of the late E. W. Baer Jr. and Dorothy Clauss.He lived in Allentown, PA where he enrolled in Lehigh University working nights at...
Mary Jane Trahan
Dec 4, 2016
Mary Jane Trahan, 91, of Newport died Sunday, December 4, 2016 at Village House Nursing Home in Newport, RI. Mrs. Trahan was born September 20, 1925 in Cumberland, RI; she is the daughter of the late Wilfred and Edna (Dupris) Pontbriant. She was married to the late Raymond Trahan. She is survived by her siblings Irene Bonin, Armand Pontbriant and...
Harold "Mac" Mccray
Dec 1, 2016
Harold "Mac" McCray, 85, of Portsmouth died Thursday, December 1, 2016 at home.Born on April 9, 1931 in Scotch Plains, NJ, he was the son of the late Ernest Sr. and Florence (Pettiford) McCray.He was the former husband of the late Rose (Ribeiro) McCray and the father of the late Melanie (McCray) Burden. Mr. McCray proudly served in the United...
Helen Leona Cofield
Nov 30, 2016
Helen Leona (Woodson) Cofield, 97, of Newport died Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at St. Clare Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Willis Cofield.Helen was born July 30, 1919 in Newport, RI, the daughter of the late William and Leona (Myers) Woodson. Mrs. Cofield was a member of Community Baptist Church in Newport. She is survived by...
Malcolm Warner "Mac" Chrupcala
Nov 27, 2016
Malcolm Warner "Mac" Chrupcala, 75, of Portsmouth died Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston, MA. He was born July 15, 1941 in Fall River, MA., to the late William Chrupcala and the late Ruth Olive (Brereton) Ratcliffe. He graduated from Durfee High School. He received his Bachelors' degree from Lowell State University and earned his...
Fr. Robert John Dunphy
Nov 27, 2016
Fr. Robert John Dunphy, 78, of Portsmouth died Sunday, November 27, 2016 peacefully, at home in Portsmouth after a heroic battle with cancer. Fr. Dunphy was born January 12, 1938 in Waterbury, CT, the son of the late John and Lucy (Kennedy) Dunphy. He attended St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, PA and was ordained in 1965 in Camden, NJ. He...
Elizabeth "Betsy" Lieber (Duvally) Bessinger
Nov 26, 2016
Elizabeth "Betsy" Lieber (Duvally) Bessinger, of Middletown, died peacefully at Brookdale Sakonnet Bay, Tiverton, RI on November 26, 2016. Born in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Frank Anthony Duvally and Elizabeth Horgan Duvally.Betsy is survived by her son Jay Bessinger, his wife Jeannette, and their children, Jesse and Julian, as well as her son...
Earl F. Fenn Jr
Nov 26, 2016
Earl Francis Fenn, Jr., 72, of Newport passed away peacefully in Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, on Saturday, November 26, 2016. He was surrounded by his loving son and several loyal and faithful lifetime friends. Born in Newport, RI, on February 7, 1944, he was the son of the late Gertrude (Sullivan) Fenn and Earl F. Fenn.A 1963 graduate of...
Eileen J. Raposa
Nov 25, 2016
Eileen J. (Silvia) Raposa 82, of Portsmouth, passed away Friday, November 25, 2016 in Newport Hospital, surrounded by her family.Married for 63 years, Eileen was the loving wife of Charles A. Raposa, Sr.Born in Fall River, she was the grand-daughter of the late John and Mary SilviaMrs. Raposa worked for the Portsmouth School Lunch Program as a cook for many...
John R. Barboza
Nov 23, 2016
Jesus stepped down from heaven to bring John R. Barboza, Jr. to his eternal home in heaven on November 23, 2016 at 8:45 a.m. at the Golden Gates of Heaven, greeted by his Mom and Dad, John Sr. and Emily (Furtado) Barboza, his brother, Ronald, his three sons, James A. Fairhurst, Bruce Lynn Fairhurst and Scott York Fairhurst, his niece,...
George Lucien Dion
Nov 20, 2016
George Lucien Dion, 98, of Middletown died Sunday, November 20, 2016 at John Clarke Health Care Center Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Ella (Denault) Dion for 48 years.Born on September 30, 1918 in Lowell, MA, he was the son of the late Rodolphe and Clara (Levy) Dion. Mr. Dion served in the Army during World War...
Alexander Warch
Nov 17, 2016
Alexander Warch, 21, of Middletown, died suddenly on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI. Mr. Warch was born October 3, 1995 in Newport, RI. He is the son of Kathleen Warch of Ocala, Florida.Alex was a great friend, thinker, artist and gamer, and conspiracy theorist and was very spiritual and adventurous. His friends remember him for...
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