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Vivian Marie Reniere
Nov 7, 2015
Vivian M. Reniere, 82, of Middletown died Saturday, November 7, 2015 at home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Reniere was born January 22, 1933 in Bristol, RI. She is the daughter of the late Marshall and the late Mary (Amaral) Bailey. Mrs. Reniere was the wife of the late Donald E. Reniere, and lived for many years in Cranston....

Adriana Alvarez
Nov 6, 2015
Adriana Alvarez, 94, of Portsmouth, died Friday, November 6, 2015 at Warren Skilled Nursing Center in Warren, RI. Adriana was born October 26, 1921 in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. She is the daughter of the late Gerardo and Felina (Lopez) Alvarez. Adriana moved to Portsmouth from the Bronx, NY in 1984 and became a communicant of St. Barnabas Church. Known to...
Dorothy M. Cabral
Nov 2, 2015
Dorothy M. Cabral, 89, of Newport, died Monday, November 2, 2015 at Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown, R.I. Mrs. Cabral was born March 28, 1926 in Newport, R.I. She was the daughter of the late John F Snyder and the late Pauline (Martins) Snyder Bellavance. She was married to the late David Cabral for 66 years. In addition...
Aurelio D. Villacorta
Nov 2, 2015
Aurelio D. Villacorta, 102, of Middletown died Monday, November 2, 2015 at home in Middletown surrounded by family. He was the husband of Hilaria (Ubando) Villacorta.Born on October 15, 1913 in the Philippines, he was the son of the late Bonifacio and Gregoria (Decena) Villacorta. Mr. Villacorta worked for family printing company in the Philippines. He was a member of...
Rita D. Muldoon
Nov 2, 2015
Rita D. Muldoon, 98, of Newport, died on Monday, November 2, 2015, at the Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Harry Muldoon.Born in Newport, RI, on June 8, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Octavis and Delia (Marren) Davis.Mrs. Muldoon was a graduate of De la Salle. She worked as a secretary...
Howard Porter
Nov 1, 2015
Howard L. Porter, 88, of Middletown, formerly of Pawtucket, died peacefully on November 1, 2015 at The John Clarke Nursing Center surrounded by family. He was the loving husband of Carolyn L. (Bracken) Porter for 59 years.Born on October 17, 1927 in Johnston, RI, he was the son of the late George L. and Edna (White) Porter. Howard had the...
Philip Grauer
Oct 30, 2015
Philip Grauer, 55, of Broadway, Newport, RI, passed away on Friday, October 30, 2015 at home.Born in Newport, RI on November 19, 1959, he was the son of the late William and Margaret (Moran) Grauer.Philip was a journeyman electrician. He was a 1978 graduate of Rogers High School where he was an All-State football player and a member of the...
Manuel Alves
Oct 30, 2015
Manuel Alves, age 80, of Middletown died Friday, October 30, 2015 at Newport Hospital.Mr. Alves was born November 12, 1934 in Madeira, Portugal. He was the son of the late Joo and the late Maria Rodrigues Alves. He was the husband of Maria Da Paixo (Camara) Alves for nearly 39 years. Mr. Alves was a family man who truly enjoyed...
Anthony L. "Tony" Mcfarland
Oct 30, 2015
Anthony L. "Tony" McFarland, 86, of Newport died Friday, October 30, 2015 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of the late Filomena (DeMatteo) McFarland.Born in Russell Spring, KY, he was the son of the late Chesley and Sylvia (Gosser) McFarland. Tony was extremely dedicated to his family and was an amazing cook who also loved gardening. He was honorably...
Anthony F. Lascaris
Oct 29, 2015
Anthony F. Lascaris, 91, passed away in Lancaster, PA, after a brief illness. He was the loving husband of Despina (Malis) Lascaris. Together they celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary.He was born in Boston, MA and raised in Newport, RI. He was a graduate of Rogers High School. Upon graduation from law school, he moved to Washington, D.C. to work for...
Mary Champion
Oct 29, 2015
Mary (Korahakis) Champion, 91, of Middletown died Thursday, October 29, 2015 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Sydney Champion.Born in Fall River, MA, on November 1923, she was the daughter of the late Apostolas and Pelayia (Kacau) Korahakis. Mary moved to New Hampshire with her parents and graduated from Central High School in Manchester, NH. She...
Ydalis "Cheena" Perez
Oct 28, 2015
Ydalis A. "Cheena" Perez, 40, of Admiral Kalbfus Road, Newport, RI, passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at Village House Nursing Home with her family at her side.She was the wife of Trevyn Corea.Born in Puerto Rico on June 9, 1975, she was the daughter of Antonio Perez and Tirsa Maria Quinonez.Cheena was a housekeeper at the Newport Chalet...
Nell Gottier
Oct 28, 2015
MIDDLETOWN - To know Nell Gottier was to love her. She had a smile, a kind word, a compliment, or an encouraging word for everyone. She loved to surround herself with people and had enormous energy, shy wit and a love of life.Nell went home to be with the Lord, on Wednesday morning, October 28, 2015. Nell, 96, was born...
Robert A. Lundsten
Oct 27, 2015
Portsmouth, RI - Robert A. Lundsten, 86, of Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Farmington Hills, MI, died on Tuesday, October 27, 2015, at Philip Hulitar Hospice Center surrounded by his family.He was the husband of the late Alice Margaret (Johnsen) Lundsten. Born in Brooklyn, NY on July 17, 1929, he was the son of the late Nils and Karin (Sandstedt) Lundsten.Mr....
Angela Mary Pimentel
Oct 27, 2015
Angela Mary (Aguiar) Pimentel, 97, of Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late John Joseph Pimentel, Sr.Born in Portsmouth, RI, on August 12, 1918, she was the last surviving child of the late Joseph and Anna (Raposa) Aguiar. Angela was a loving and devoted wife and...
Marjorie H. Williams
Oct 25, 2015
Marjorie (Hopkins) Webster Williams, 87, formerly of Pond Avenue, Newport, RI, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at the John Clarke Nursing Retirement Center in Middletown.She was the wife of the late Joe M. Williams.Born in Newport, RI on November 28, 1927, she was the daughter of the late John and Catherine (Sullivan) Hopkins and the sister of the...
William Samuel Francis
Oct 25, 2015
William S. Francis, 93, loving family man, of Middletown died Sunday, October 25, 2015 at Newport Hospital of Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Gwendolyn M. James.Born on February 11, 1922 in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Harry and Abigal (Bailey) Francis. During WWII, Mr. Francis served with the Conservation Corp of Engineers....
Nathan Ryan Traibman
Oct 24, 2015
Nathan Ryan Traibman passed away peacefully at home in Portsmouth, RI overnight on Friday, October 23, 2015 at the age of 34. Nathan was born on March 6, 1981 in Newport, RI. He enjoyed working on cars and spending as much time as possible with family and friends. He looked forward to helping his uncle set up for the Portsmouth,...
Thomas S. Heald
Oct 23, 2015
Thomas S. Heald, 80, of Newport died Friday, October 23, 2015 at Forest Farm Health Care Center of Middletown, RI. Born on June 21, 1935 in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Thomas and Mae (Sherwood) Heald. Tom was the husband of the late Mary Gertrude (Sardinha) Heald, former husband of Joan Heald and husband of Patricia...
Mary Lewis Spampinato
Oct 23, 2015
Mary Lewis-Spampinato, 78, of Reddington Shores, FL died on Friday, October 23, 2015 at Suncoast Hospice Center, Pinellas Park, FL. She was the wife of Joseph V. Spampinato.Born on May 27, 1937 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Stella (Tsolas) Lewis Fotelis and the late Constantine "Charles" Lewis.Mary grew up in Newport and was a member...
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