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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....
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
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
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
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...
Sally R. (Burt) Ellenwood
Aug 1, 2017
Sarah (Sally) Rose Burt Ellenwood aged 86 passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 1, 2017 at St. Elizabeth's Manor in Bristol RI. Always called Sally by family and friends, she is survived by her loving husband of 64 years, Robert A. Ellenwood. Sally is the mother of Kathleen Margaret Rodrigues, husband Richard; Robert Lee Ellenwood, wife Karen; and...
Linda C. Byers
Jul 31, 2017
Linda C. Byers, 77, of Blenheim Senior Living Community peacefully went home to the Lord with her family at her bedside on Monday July 31, 2017.Born in Uniontown, PA on December 20, 1939, she was the only daughter of the late Peter and Elvira Susano. After attending St. John's Catholic High School, Linda attended California State Teachers College of Pennsylvania,...
Harold J. Drolet
Jul 28, 2017
Harold J. Drolet, 87, of 6700 Scenic Heights, Manchester GA, previously lived at 10 Corey Trail Wyoming R.I., passed away at Grady Hospital on July 28, 2017 surrounded by his son, daughter-in-law, and grandson. He proceeded in death by his father Lawrence Samuel Drolet, mother Josephine H. Day Drolet, grandson Samuel Drolet, granddaughter Samantha Drolet, step-grandson R.J. (Richard), step-granddaughter Alicia...
Benjamin T. "Benji" Gilliard
Jul 28, 2017
Benjamin Thomas "Benji" Gilliard, age 70, of Bristol, RI, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, July 28, 2017 the Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol.Benji was born on March 16, 1947 in Newport, RI. He was the first African-American baby born at the Newport Navy Hospital. He is the son of the late Benjamin M. Gilliard. He is survived by his...
Barbara M. Davis
Jul 28, 2017
Barbara Marie Louise Davis, 88, of Middletown, formerly of Warwick, RI, died Friday, July 28, 2017 at her home in Middletown. Barbara was born August 22, 1928 in East Providence, RI, she was the daughter of the late George and Josephine (Iacobucci) Piacitelli. She was the wife of Francis P. Davis. A graduate in 1949, Magna Cum Laude, and the...
Jayne M. Butler
Jul 24, 2017
Jayne Marie Butler, 63, of Newport, RI died Monday, July 24, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Jayne was born on July 20, 1954 and grew up in Portsmouth, RI. She is the daughter of the late Russell D. Posey and the late Frances V. (Reise) Posey. She was married to her lovely husband, David Butler, for...
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