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Joan G. Heald
Mar 12, 2017
Joan G Heald, 81, of Newport, RI died on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Providence, RI, after a brief bought with cancer.Joan was born in New Jersey. She is the daughter of the late George Sullivan and the late Mildred (Spence) Sullivan. She was the wife of the late Herman V. Weed and...
Cdr William D. Travis
Mar 12, 2017
CDR. William D. Travis, U.S.N. Ret. 72, of Middletown died Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center, Providence, RI. He was the husband of Beverly J. (Wordell) Travis of Middletown, RI and the late Margaret R. (Potter) Travis.Born in Jacksonville, IL, he was the son of the late Forest and Dorothy (Kane) Travis. CDR Travis received his education...
Joan M. Kardel
Mar 10, 2017
Joan M. Kardel, 59, of Middletown died Friday, March 10, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, MA. Born on January 23, 1958 in Plainfield, NJ, she is the daughter of the late Edward and the late Rosemary (Cain) Kardel. Ms. Kardel worked for over thirty years at the Heatherwood Nursing Home in Newport. She enjoyed reading, gardening, and...
Pat Maida
Mar 10, 2017
Patricia "Pat" J. (Teves) Marques Maida, 79, of Middletown died unexpectedly on Friday, March 10, 2017, at Newport Hospital after a brief illness.Born on September 30, 1937 in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Seraphin and Georgina (Medeiros) Teves.Pat was born and grew up in Fall River, and graduated from Bridgewater State College with her teaching...
Mary Theresa Leyden
Mar 9, 2017
Mary Theresa (Silvia) Leyden, 94, of Middletown died Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Thomas Leyden.Born on December 11, 1922 in Middletown, RI, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary (Medeiros) Silvia. After accompanying her husband Tom in his military career, they settled in Middletown....
Sandra Lorraine Robison
Mar 9, 2017
Sandra Lorraine Robison, age 65, of Tiverton died Thursday, March 9, 2017 at St. Annes Hospital of Fall River, MA. Sandra was born June 16, 1951 in Attleboro, MA. She is the daughter of the late Howard and the late Doris (Allen) Black. She married Perle Ray Robison. She is survived by: her husband, Ray Robison; two sons, Adam Wood...
Carol S. Carr
Mar 9, 2017
Carol S. (Sherman) Carr, 79, of Middletown, RI, died on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at the John Clarke Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Frank C. Carr.Born on June 3, 1937 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Willard and Martha (Peckham) Sherman. Mrs. Carr received her Master's in Education at Southern...
Emily Rinaldi
Mar 8, 2017
Emily Rinaldi, age 101, of Bristol died Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Silver Creek Manor of Bristol, RI. Mrs. Rinaldi was born January 19, 1916 in Bristol, RI. She is the daughter of the late Antone and the late Marie (Almeida) Santos. She married Salvatore William Rinaldi. She is survived by one daughter: Pauline DePalma of Bristol, RI and one...
Deborah Marie Pierce
Mar 8, 2017
Deborah Marie Pierce, 58, of Providence died Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Home and Hospice of Rhode Island, Providence, RI. Born on September 19, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Catherine (Turner) Pierce.Deborah worked at the Marriot for eight years in the housekeeping department. She enjoyed painting sculptures, a good time, a...
Manuel R. Peters Iii
Mar 5, 2017
The sun was set on Sunday, March 5, 2017 when Manuel R. Peters III, age 79, of Portsmouth passed away surrounded by his family at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center of Providence, RI. The sunrise came on May 7, 1937 when Manuel was born in Middletown, RI. He was the son of the late Manuel R. and the late Maria (Silvia)...
Ann R. (Gill) Hibbard
Mar 3, 2017
Ann R. (Gill) Hibbard, 84, of Prudence Island, left this earth on March 3. She was the daughter of the late Muriel (Buckley) and Raymond Gill of Pawtucket. Ann was predeceased by Albert (Dudley) Hibbard, her husband of 57 years. Ann is survived by two daughters, Katherine Hibbard of Prudence Island and Beth Hibbard Oman of Michigan. She is also...
Keanna Lee Fenwick
Mar 2, 2017
Keanna Lee Fenwick, 26, of Newport died Thursday, March 2, 2017 at Newport Hospital.Ms. Fenwick was born on July 8, 1990 in Leonard Town, MD.She was the daughter of Charles E. Fenwick, Sr. and Roberta (Grundel) Fenwick of Newport, RI. In addition to her parents, she is also survived by her first love and boyfriend, Jason Abdullah, her children Kalysha...
Fernando Rego Fernandes
Mar 1, 2017
Fernando Rego Fernandes, 88, of Newport died Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Newport Hospital.He was the husband of Guiomar (Nunes) Fernandes.Born on March 7, 1928, in San Miguel, Portugal, he was the son of the late Francisco and Georgina (Cabral) Fernandes.Mr. Fernandes worked as a greens keeper for 42 years at Wanumetonomy Country Club and was a landscaper for 30...
Ermelinda Amaral
Feb 28, 2017
Ermelinda (Andrade) Amaral, 93, formerly of Newport, RI, died on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at St. Elizabeth's Manor, Bristol, RI.She was the wife of the late Jose Amaral.Born on November 1, 1923 in San Miguel, the Azores, she was the daughter of the late Jose Matias and Maria D'Conceicoa (Souza) Andrade.Mrs. Amaral worked as a housekeeper for over 25 years...
David K. Long
Feb 28, 2017
David K. Long, 76, of Bristol, RI and Fairfield, CT, passed away in Providence, Rhode Island.Born on September 30, 1940 in Akron, Ohio, he was the son of the late Max and Patricia (Finnegan) Long. David received a B.A. in English and Speech Communication from the University of Akron in 1965. He received the M.A. in Speech Communication from the...
Martha Jane Braley
Feb 28, 2017
Martha Jane (Todd) Braley, 78, of Leonard Terrace, Newport, RI, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, February 28, 2017.She was the wife of the late Roger L. Braley, Jr.Born in Tuscumbia, AL on September 15, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Fred W. and Leola W. (Willingham) Todd.Mrs. Braley was a Certified Nursing Assistant in the Newport...
Osvaldo Cortes
Feb 28, 2017
Osvaldo Cortes, 64, of Newport died Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at Newport Hospital. Osvaldo was born October 16, 1952 in Aquadilla, Puerto Rico. He is the son of the late Juan Cortes-Nieves and the late Carmen Muniz. He was the husband of the late Migdalia Lopez-Pabon. Osvaldo was a former resident of 76 Broadway and a longtime resident of Bayside...
Frederick M. Kelly
Feb 27, 2017
Frederick Mayer Kelly, 94, of Newport, RI, died Monday, February 27, 2017 at John Clarke Nursing Center in Middletown.He was the husband of the late Geraldine A. (Smith) Kelly.Born on July 22, 1922 in Providence, RI, he was the son of the late Thomas Raymond and Harriet Mary (Bacheller) Kelly. Mr. Kelly was a manager in the meter department for...
Sylvia Marie Craig
Feb 25, 2017
On Saturday, February 25, 2017, an earthly angel ascended to Heavenly Angel. Sylvia Marie Craig, 58, peacefully passed away, comforted by family and friends by her side, and enfolded in the loving prayers of those who loved her.Born May 22, 1958, at St Anne's Hospital, Fall River, MA, a life-long resident of Portsmouth, RI, and proud 1976 graduate of Portsmouth...
Thorsteinn Gislason
Feb 24, 2017
Thorsteinn Gislason, of Bristol, passed away on Feb. 24 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Marianne Becker Gislason, to whom he had been married for more than 40 years.Mr. Gislason was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, and was the father of Thorsteinn (Ragnheidur), Salem, NH, and Olafur (Katherine), Jamestown, RI; stepfather of Geoffrey Lane (Julie), Dallas, Texas, Courtney Lane...
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