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Rosemary T. Grauer
Sep 2, 2016
Rosemary T. Grauer, 62, of 400 Broadway, Newport, RI, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on Friday, September 2, 2016 at Newport Hospital after a two month illness.Born in Newport, RI on August 20, 1954, she is the daughter of the late William and Margaret (Moran) Grauer.Rosemary was the office manager for the dental office of Dr. John...
Evelyn Ledoux
Sep 1, 2016
Evelyn LeDoux (formerly Evelyn Tonnes) died peacefully at home in Middletown on September 1, 2016. She was born on August 24, 1919 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was the daughter of Louis P. LeDoux and Nellie Gaylock LeDoux and the stepdaughter of Lillian Crowell LeDoux. She was the wife of the late Ernest R. Tonnes for 30 years and of the...
Robert H. O'Loughlin Sr
Sep 1, 2016
Robert H. OLoughlin, Sr., age 65, of East Providence died Thursday, September 1, 2016, at Rhode Island Hospital of Providence, RI. Mr. OLoughlin was born November 7, 1950, in Newport, RI. He is the son of the late Harold F. and the late Louise M. (Roberts) OLoughlin. He is survived by his sons: Bruce OLoughlin and Raymond O'Loughlin.Calling hours will...
John D. Murphy
Aug 30, 2016
John D. Murphy, formerly of 19 Chapel Street, Newport, passed away on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at Heatherwood Rehabilitation Health Care Center in Newport.He was the husband of the late Janet Murphy.Born in Newport, RI on August 7, 1948, he is the son of the late Harry and Margaret (Seargent) Murphy, and the brother of the late Howard and Henry...
Jesse Paul Furtado
Aug 30, 2016
Jesse Paul Furtado, 42, of Scituate, RI, formerly of Newport and Portsmouth, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 in Portsmouth, RI.He was the son of Janice (Americk) Furtado of Portsmouth, RI and the late Charles Furtado.Jesse was a longtime Newport resident, and worked for over 15 years as a commercial fisherman out of Newport, RI and Gloucester, MA. He...
George E. Elshant Jr
Aug 29, 2016
George E. Elshant, Jr., 65, of Middletown died Monday, August 29, 2016 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport. He was the husband of Catherine "Cate" E. (Smith) Elshant.George was born in Newport, son of Geraldine (Augustus) Elshant of Middletown and the late George E. Elshant, Sr.He served as a military policeman in the Army National Guard. George worked for...
Anne G. Floyd
Aug 28, 2016
Anne G. Floyd, 88, of Newport, died Sunday, August 28, 2016, at home, cared for by her daughter, loving friends and relatives, and the wonderful staff of Visiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol Counties.Mrs. Floyd was born November 19, 1927 in Wakefield, MA, the daughter of the late Charles andthe late Esther (Danforth) Getchell. She was the wife of...
Dennis P. Crowley Sr
Aug 28, 2016
Dennis Patrick Crowley, Sr., 67, of New Bedford, MA and Bradenton, FL, died on August 28, 2016. He was born August 24, 1949 in Newport, RI. He was the youngest child of John Joseph Crowley and M. Adele (McClanahan) Crowley. He leaves his wife, Mary (McCarthy) Crowley; his son, Dennis Patrick Crowley, Jr. and his wife Brandee (Hutchins) Crowley; his...
John Souza
Aug 28, 2016
John Souza, 79, of Portsmouth died surrounded by his family on Sunday, August 28, 2016 at Rhode Island Hospital. John was born May 13, 1937 in Tiverton, RI, the son of the late Joseph Peter Souza and Rose (Ferreira) Souza. He was the husband of Dorothy (Birkett) Souza. John worked as a commercial fisherman out of Newport for over 50...
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,...
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