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Joyce M. Mottley
Dec 25, 2016
Joyce (Miller) Mottley, 78, of Middletown RI passed away on Christmas Day 2016 surrounded by her family.She is survived by her husband Sylvin Mottley of Middletown RI.Born February 27, 1938, in Bridge Town, Barbados, she was the daughter of the late Elmina Blackman and Reynold Grenwich.Besides her husband of 41 years, she is survived by her children, Wayne Mottley of...
Lorraine Lena Cook
Dec 25, 2016
Lorraine Lena (Swazey) Cook, 87, of Lenox, MA formerly of Portsmouth, RI, passed away peacefully at home on December 25, 2016.Born in Skowhegan, ME on September 14, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Ernest H. and Faye (Sawyer) Swazey. Wife of the late George E. Cook, with whom she was married to for 57 years.Primarily, a homemaker, she...
Barbara M. Reed
Dec 24, 2016
Barbara M. (Mattox) Reed, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2016 during her battle with liver cancer. She is survived by her husband, Arthur L. Reed Jr., their son Alan L. Reed and rescue dogs Chewy and Brigitte. She also leaves her sisters, Jean Prinski Mattox and Sr. Roberta Marie Mattox both of PA, and a brother, Robert Mattox also of...
Dom Edmund Adams Osb
Dec 24, 2016
Father Edmund Adams, a monk of Portsmouth Abbey, died peacefully after a brief illness in Newport Hospital on Christmas Eve, aged 77. Christened Thomas Frederick Adams, he was born in Cambridge, MA. He is predeceased by his family: his father Frederick Johnstone Adams, of London England, his mother Keith Folger Adams of Bronxville, NY and brother Benjamin Folger Adams of...
Kevin James Medeiros
Dec 24, 2016
Kevin James Medeiros, age 22, of Portsmouth died Saturday, December 24, 2016 at home from an accidental overdose. Kevin was born October 14, 1994, in Newport, RI; he was the dearly beloved son of Michael Medeiros and Carol Wilcox. Kevin attended Portsmouth High School and graduated from the Academy at Swift River in 2013. He went on to attend classes...
Barry N. Schubert
Dec 21, 2016
Barry N. Schubert, 71, of Portsmouth, RI, died on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at home.He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Judith A. Schubert and his son, Christopher M. Schubert. Survivors also include his brother, Arthur A. Schubert, Jr. of Reno, NV and three nieces.Barry attended Penn State and then enlisted in the US Navy serving as...
Stephen P. Ford Sr
Dec 20, 2016
Stephen P. Ford, Sr., 65, of Middletown died Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI. He was the husband of Kimberly A. (Boughton) Ford.Born on October 9, 1951 in Newport, RI, he was the son of Mary Alice (Mello) Ford of Newport, RI, and the late Reginald H. Ford, Sr. Steve owned and operated his own...
June Whye
Dec 18, 2016
June (Blackwell) Whye, 58, of Warwick died Sunday, December 18, 2016, at home in Warwick. She was the wife of the late Donald Whye for 15 years.Born on February 4, 1958 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Muriel L. (Woodson) Blackwell. In 1977 she made a home in Philadelphia, PA for 20 years where...
David Lloyd Vonderfecht
Dec 17, 2016
David L. VonDerfecht, 89, of Middletown died Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown, RI. Mr. VonDerfecht was born March 29, 1927 in Campbell, NE. He is the son of the late August and the late Louise (Kimle) Vonderfecht. He was married to Marie A. Spero for 64 years. David attended school in Hastings, Nebraska,...
Leland James Calabretta
Dec 17, 2016
Leland James Calabretta, infant son of Jessica Long and Cory Calabretta of Newport passed away Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Women and Infants Hospital in Providence. Beside his parents he leaves his maternal grandparents Rhoda Ackermann, Steve Ackermann, Bruce Long and Jane Long as well as his paternal grandparents Linda Calabretta, James Crouse and great grandmother Sharon Crouse.Leland was the...
Cassandra Leigh Fenn
Dec 16, 2016
Cassandra Leigh (Nelson) Fenn, 32, of Newport, passed away peacefully at home on December 16, 2016, after a long battle with cancer.She was the wife of the Earl "Buddy" F. Fenn, III.Born in Jacksonville, FL, on August 26, 1984, she was the daughter of Margaret Nelson.A 2002 graduate of Rogers High School, where after graduation she married her husband Earl...
Jeffrey Hall Little
Dec 16, 2016
Jeffrey Hall Little of Portsmouth passed away on Friday, December 16, 2016 at the age of 52 after a seven month struggle with leukemia. He was the son of Hubert E. "Huck" Little and Janice (Hall) Little of Portsmouth. Jeffrey was the beloved father of Nicholas Little. In addition to his parents; he also leaves his sister Cheryl Mulcahy, his...
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...
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