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Cole L. Adams
Apr 28, 2017
Cole Livingston Adams, 90, of Portsmouth died on Friday, April 28, 2017, at Newport Hospital.He was the husband of the late Gilda (Carvalho) Adams and the late Esther Mudd.Born on July 15, 1926, in Clover, SC, he was the son of the late Joseph Columbus and the late Ethel (Hipp) Adams. Mr. Adams served in the United States Navy. He...
Susan L. Stroup
Apr 28, 2017
Susan L Stroup, 62, of Middletown passed away on Friday, April 28, 2017 at Royal Middletown Nursing Center in Middletown. Susan was born August 10, 1954 in Newport, RI, the daughter of Shirley Cochran of Newport and the late Frank Aguiar Sr.Susan was a lifelong resident of Aquidneck Island. For over 30 years she was a dedicated member of the...
William R. Mershon
Apr 28, 2017
William R. Mershon, LCDR USN (Ret), age 93, of Portsmouth died Friday, April 28, 2017, at Newport Hospital. Mr. Mershon, Bill to his many friends, was born June 25, 1923, in Stamford, CT, the son of the late John William Mershon and the late Lydia (Sonn) Mershon. He was the former husband of the late Jennie Lee Langdon and the...
Beatrice M. Digovanni
Apr 28, 2017
Beatrice M. Digovanni, age 88, of Middletown, died Friday, April 28, 2017, at The Village House of Newport. Mrs. Digovanni was born on November 29, 1928, in Providence, the daughter of the late Jerome Stewart and the late Kathryn Zeta (Murray) Price. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank Robert Digovanni on August 2, 2009. Beatrice was a graduate of...
Alfred "Dodo" Sutton Jackson
Apr 26, 2017
Alfred "DoDo" Sutton Jackson, 91, of Newport, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Mr. Jackson was born August 24, 1925 in Newport, RI. He is the son of the late Howard and the late Ida Mae (Lopes) Jackson. He was the husband, of 72 years, of Ella Virginia (Netter) Jackson.Dodo worked for Swan Cleaners for...
Anna M. Parente
Apr 26, 2017
Anna M. (Marcello) Parente, 89, of Middletown and Palm Beach Gardens, FL, passed away, Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at home. She was the wife of the late Francis John Parente Sr.Born in Cranston, she was the daughter of the late M.Thomas and Anna (Indeglia) Marcello.Mrs. Parente was a lifelong communicant of St. Mary's Church, Newport.Anna leaves her children Gail Frechette...
Betty J. Foss
Apr 24, 2017
Betty Jean (Westgate) Foss, 80, passed away on April 24, 2017 in Middletown, Rhode Island.She was born on October 22, 1936 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to the late Raymond Westgate and Evelyn (Call) Westgate.Betty was an active member and Sunday school teacher at Middletown Baptist Church for over 40 years. She was also foster parent to about 35 children over...
Mildred "Millie" Jacome
Apr 22, 2017
Mildred "MIlie" Jacome, 97, of Middletown died peacefully at home on Saturday, April 22, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Jacome was born September 1, 1919 in Taunton, MA. She is the daughter of the late Joaquin and the late Maria (Moniz) Rogers. She was the loving and devoted wife of the late Antone Jacome. Millie was one of...
D. Virginia Heffner
Apr 21, 2017
D. Virginia "Ginny" Heffner, 87, died Friday, April 21, 2017 at Silver Creek Manor in Bristol, RI. Ginny was born on June 23, 1929, in Newport, RI, the daughter of the late Stephen Barrett and the late Mary Josephine (ONeill) Barrett.A native Newporter, Ginny grew up in a house on Extension Street and attended Rogers High School, where she graduated...
Kenneth R. Silvia
Apr 21, 2017
Kenneth R. Silvia, age 70, passed away peacefully at his home in Jamestown, RI on Friday April 21, 2017.Born in Fall River, MA on April 16, 1947, he was the son of the late Manuel and the late Beatrice (Martin) Silvia.He is the beloved husband of 47 years of Peggy (Aguiar) Silvia and the dear father of Judd Silvia and...
Rita Catherine Morris
Apr 21, 2017
Rita Catherine Morris, 102, of Portsmouth died Friday, April 21, 2017 at St. Clare Home in Newport. Rita was born December 20, 1914 in Tiverton, RI, the daughter of the late Antone and Catherine (Fernandes) Jerome. She was the wife of the late Joseph Francis Morris. Rita worked as a supervisor for many years at the Berkshire Mill in Warren,...
s Louise S. Fields
Apr 19, 2017
Louise S. Fields, 82, of Newport died Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Royal Middletown Nursing Center in Middletown, RI. In memory of Louise S. Fields, wife and mother supreme. Born on April 20, 1934, Louise passed away on April 19, 2017, one day before her 83rd birthday. Shell be deeply missed. She leaves behind her husband, of 60 years, Howard,...
Charles E. Dates
Apr 17, 2017
Charles E. Dates, age 69, of Middletown, RI died peacefully at his home Monday, April 17, 2017. Born on June 16, 1947 in Talladega, AL. He is the son of the late Johnny and Carrie (Davis) Dates. He was a ship yard welder for 40 years in the Newport and Quonset area eventually retiring from Senesco Marine in 2014. He...
Jonathan Eells Welles
Apr 17, 2017
Jonathan Eells Welles, 62, died suddenly on April 17, 2017 at his home in Jamestown RI due to heart failure. Born in Saranac Lake, NY, he was the son of the late Edward OMalley Welles and Frances Eells Welles, formerly of Washington, DC. Retired last year from Citigroup as a Supervisory Equities Analyst, he was an alumnus of The Hotchkiss...
Walter J. Alves Sr
Apr 16, 2017
Walter J. Alves, Sr., of Middletown, RI, died on April 16, 2017 at home surrounded by his loving family.He was the husband of the late Rachel Lucille (Martin) Alves.Born on July 29, 1924 in Middletown, RI, he was the son of the late Frank and Mary (Amelia) Alves. Mr. Alves served in the United States Army during WWII. He was...
Willard Johnson Jr
Apr 14, 2017
Willard Johnson, Jr., age 84, of Middletown died Friday, April 14, 2017, at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI. Mr. Johnson was born December 30, 1932 in Tupelo, MS, the son of the late Willard and the late Mearion (Trice) Johnson. He was the husband of Pauline Edwards Johnson. Mr. Johnson served honorably in the US Navy for over 20...
Paul A. Mckenna
Apr 12, 2017
Paul Andrew McKenna, born March 26, 1965, son of the late Robert J. and Mary Jean McKenna, husband of the late Nancy (DeResendes) McKenna, father to Kyle and Brandan McKenna and Christopher Resendes. He also leaves behind his brothers and sisters, Kelly McKenna, Margaret and Peter Enkler, Mark McKenna, Raymond and Diane McKenna, Elizabeth McKenna and Kevin McCarthy, Patricia and...
Catherine Violet
Apr 7, 2017
Catherine Violet, 91, of Keeher Ave, Newport died on Friday, April 7, 2017 at Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown, RI. Catherine was born December 1, 1925 in Boston, MA. She is the daughter of the late George and Dorothea (Maniates) Gianakellis. She was the wife of the late James M. Violet, Sr. Catherine was a talented musician, singer...
George Henry Gray
Apr 6, 2017
George Henry Gray, age 71, of Bristol, died Thursday, April 6, 2017, at home. Mr. Gray was born July 1, 1945, in Newport, RI, the son of the late Boyd Gray and the late Beatrice S. Delegal. George was a long time participant in the programs provided by the James L .Maher Center.He is survived by his sister, Doris Little,...
Andrew M. Christensen
Apr 5, 2017
Andrew M. Christensen, 69, of Newport passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Newport Hospital. Andrew was born in Newport, son of the late Arnold B. and Gwendolyn (Kent) Christensen. He was the husband of Mary (Sullivan) Christensen. Besides his wife of 44 years he leaves his daughter Amy Logan and her husband Christopher, his grandsons, Reese Logan and Andrew...
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