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Virginia C. Carrellas
Aug 27, 2016
Virginia C. (Elshant) Carrellas, 93, of Newport died on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at St. Clare Home in Newport. She was the wife of the late Alfred J. Carrellas, Sr.Born on March 10, 1923 in Middletown, RI, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Mary (Mendonca) Elshant. Virginia attended Portsmouth Public Schools and was a 1942 graduate of...
Lucy Armoian Dunlea
Aug 27, 2016
Lucy Armoian Dunlea, 91, of Portsmouth passed away peacefully on the morning of August27, 2016 surrounded by her loving daughter and three loving granddaughters, with Frank Sinatra singing "My Way" in the background. Lucy was born January 1, 1925 in Boston, MA., and was the daughter of the late Harry and the late Nellie (Sarnessian) Armoian. Lucy was the wife...
Lois E. Kennedy Kessler
Aug 26, 2016
Lois Loie E. Kennedy Kessler, 82 of Newport, RI and formerly Summit and New Providence, NJ died peacefully at home in Newport on Friday August 26, 2016 surrounded by her loving family.She was the wife of the late John (Jack) N. Kessler.Born in Montclair, NJ, on June 3, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Josephine and Rudolph S....
Thomas Riley Foster Mccomas
Aug 26, 2016
Thomas Riley Foster McComas, 7 Months and 11 days old, of Middletown died at Newport Hospital. Thomas was born January 15, 2016 in Newport. He is the son of Kaitlyn McComas and Jay Thomas Foster IV. Even at only seven months Thomas had the most beautiful heart and soul a mother could ever ask for their child. He was always...
Charlotte Irene Mccarthy
Aug 24, 2016
Charlotte "Angel" McCarthy, 42, of Tiverton passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at home in Tiverton. She was the wife of James J. McCarthy. Charlotte was born in Charleston, SC, daughter of Charles Nabors and Susan Rae (Hunt) Salmond of Baltimore, MDCharlotte was stationed in Sicily and Okinawa in her earlier years prior to moving to Maryland.She and Jim...
Margaret Ellen Avery Medeiros
Aug 24, 2016
Margaret Ellen Avery Medeiros, 89, of Newport, died Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, Rhode Island.She was the wife of the late George Michael Medeiros Sr.Born on February 16, 1927 in Fort Barnwell, Craven County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Sallie Avery. After the death of her parents she...
Paul M. Barrow
Aug 23, 2016
Paul Michael Barrow, 61, of Middletown died peacefully in his home Tuesday, August 23, 2016. Mr. Barrow was born February 26, 1955 in Ripley, Tennessee. He is the son of the late Paul English and the late Ilene Sterling Barrow. Paul (Mike) graduated from URI in 1980 with a B.S. in Physical Education. In 1982 he attended Naval Officer Candidate...
Charles "Charlie" John Michael
Aug 23, 2016
Charles "Charlie" John Michael, 84, of Middletown, RI, died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, August 23, 2016.He was the husband of Agnes (Botelho) Michael.Born in Newport, RI, on March 20, 1932, he was the son of the late John C. and Catherine (Bozas) Michael, natives of Skiathos, Greece.Mr. Michael was self-employed, a graduate of Rogers...
Mikiko Ring
Aug 21, 2016
Mikiko Ring, 85, of Middletown, passed away on Sunday, August 21, 2016 with her family at her side.She was the wife of the late James J. Ring.Born in Kyoto, Japan on March 11, 1931, she is the daughter of the late Yaso and Massa (Yamashina) Hayashi, and the sister of the late Kiyoshi and Hitoshi Hayashi.Mrs. Ring was a central...
Doris C. Robinson
Aug 20, 2016
Doris Carol Robinson, 91, of Middletown passed away Saturday, August 20, 2016 at John Clarke Health Care Center in Middletown, RI. Mrs. Robinson was born July 19, 1925 in Colerain, NC, she was raised by her grandparents, completed public education and then moved to Brooklyn, NY, where she met her husband, William H. Robinson Jr.Doris worked as a secretary for...
Mary Purcell
Aug 20, 2016
Mary C. Purcell died suddenly before dawn on Saturday August 20, at St. Elizabeth Manor in Bristol, Rhode Island after a long illness from pancreatic cancer.Mary was born in Boston in 1941, the daughter of the late Warren R. and Catherine M. Purcell, and had been a resident of Portsmouth, RI, since 2007.A graduate of the College of New Rochelle,...
William James Hall
Aug 19, 2016
William J. Hall, 78, of Carver Street, Portsmouth, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2016 at home.He is the husband of Mary Ann (Crowell) Hall.Born on December 7, 1937 in Newport, RI, and preceded in death by his parents William Hall and Violet (Kettle) Hall and sister Lorraine (Hall) Davol.Mr. Hall was a veteran of the US Army and retired...
Allen N. Aballo
Aug 18, 2016
Allen N. Aballo, 52, of Middletown passed away Thursday, August 18, 2016 at Miriam Hospital in Providence. Allen was born in Pawtucket, RI, son of Anne (Trecida) Aballo if Westport, MA and the late Raymond R. Aballo.Allen worked as an assembler for Transcom.Besides his mother, he leaves his brother Paul G. Aballo of Tiverton and his niece Jennifer R. Aballo.A...
Lydia R. Raposa
Aug 18, 2016
Lydia (Rebello) Raposa, 94, of Middle Road, Portsmouth, RI, passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Center in Providence.She was the loving wife of the late Manuel J. Raposa.Born in Fall River, MA on December 25, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Louisa (Rodrigues) Rebello.Mrs. Raposa was co-founder of Green Valley...
Norman F. Brown
Aug 17, 2016
Norman F. Brown, 99, of Portsmouth died Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at Grand Islander Health Care Center of Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Beatrice O. (Bolduc) Brown.Born on February 19, 1917 in Fall River , MA, he was the son of the late Herbert and Lollie (Tozier) Brown. Mr. Brown was the owner of Ideal Egg...
Daniel J. Condry
Aug 15, 2016
Daniel J. Condry, 81, of Middletown, RI, passed away on Monday, August 15, 2016 at Newport Hospital surrounded by his loving family.He was born on February 5, 1935 in Fall River, MA, the son of the late James W. and Janet (Hart) Condry. He leaves his wife of 60 years, Kathleen (Hughes) Condry.Dan was a career man in the hotel...
George W. Vieira Jr
Aug 15, 2016
George W. Vieira, Jr., 95, of Newport, RI, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 15, 2016 in Orlando, FL surrounded by his loving family.George was born on December 5, 1920 in Jamestown, RI, to George W. and Lena (Kilby) Vieira, Sr.George attended Rogers High School in Newport and after went to work for William P. Clark Co. until they closed....
Julie Beauchesne
Aug 15, 2016
Julie Beauchesne, age 52, of Tiverton, RI, a resident of the King Road Group Home, died peacefully on Monday, August 15, 2016.She is survived by her mother, Hortense "Sis" (D'Alessio) Courtsal of Middletown, RI; her father, Gerald Beauchesne of Towson, MD; and her brother, Gerald Beauchesne, Jr. of Wanaque, NJ.A celebration of life gathering of residents and staff of the...
Robert William Cruz
Aug 12, 2016
Robert William Cruz, 50, of Smithfield, RI, died unexpectedly on August 12, 2016 in his home.Born in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late John and Calleen (Baker) Cruz.Robert was a person who always turned peoples frowns into smiles, caring, always spoke his mind and loved his dog Hera dearly.He leaves his brother Jackie Cruz and sister-in-law Lilly...
John J. Ferreira
Aug 12, 2016
John J. Ferriera, 83, of Middletown died Friday, August 12, 2016 at Grand Islander Health Care Center of Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Diane M. (Clarke) Ferriera.Born on December 25, 1932 in Middletown, RI, he was the son of the late Manuel R. Jr. and Mary A. (Vidinha) Ferreira. John is a graduate of Rogers High School. For...
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