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Barbara Anne Ford
Feb 18, 2015
Barbara Anne (Hale) Ford, 92, of Middletown, passed away peacefully, on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at Grand Islander Health Care Center of Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late CDR JD Ford USN/RET.Born on November 3, 1922, in Newport, RI, she was the eldest daughter of the Late Harold D. and Anne F. (Hughes) Hale.She was a graduate of...
Jeannette E. Collard
Feb 18, 2015
Jeannette E. Collard died peacefully on February 18, 2015 at the Village House Nursing Center in Newport. She was the wife of the late Adelard R. Collard. Jeannette was born in Fall River MA and began her working career at the Torpedo Station in Newport. She then moved on to Woolworth's 510 and ended her career in 1980 working for...
Isaac "Ike" Allen Robinson
Feb 14, 2015
Isaac "Ike" Allen Robinson, 65, of Middletown, answered Gods call to come home on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Newport Hospital, with his wife by his side. God called one of his soldiers homeHe was the husband of Lois M. (Platts) Robinson.Isaac was born in Florence, SC, on January 4, 1950 to the late Walter and Naomi (Gibbs) Robinson. The...
Flora C. Soares
Feb 13, 2015
Flora (Figueiredo) Soares, 86, of Middletown died Friday, February 13, 2015 at home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Norman Soares.Born on June 8, 1928 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Mary (Silvia) Figueiredo, the last surviving of 10 children.Flora graduated from Rogers High School and worked at the former GE...
Albert A. Nannini
Feb 13, 2015
Albert A. Nannini of Newport passed away at home peacefully on February 13, 2015 surrounded by close family following an extended valiant battle with ALS. He was the loving husband of Donna Lee (Lewis) Nannini.Al was born on October 29, 1938 in Providence, to the late Umberto "Albert" and Annina "Anna" (Izzi) Nannini. He graduated from Classical High School in...
Carol Ann Perry
Feb 12, 2015
Carol Ann Perry, 63, of Portsmouth, died Thursday, February 12, 2015 at St. Annes Hospital in Fall River, MA. Born on December 25, 1951, in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Albert S. and Gertiude E. (King) Perry. Carol was an avid golfer and loved playing at the Green Valley Country Club. She also loved bowling...
Clara E. Nunes
Feb 11, 2015
Clara E. (Vierra) Nunes, 88, of Middletown, RI, died on Wednesday, February 11, 2015. She was the wife of 60 years to the late Emil F. Nunes, Jr.Born in Middletown, RI in 1926, she was the daughter of the late Louise B. (Leander) and Henry R. Vierra and the step-daughter of the late Antone Rodrigues.She is survived by her son,...
Rose D. Finn
Feb 10, 2015
Rose D. (Folsom) Finn "Rosie the Riveter", 93 1/2, of Newport died Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at St. Clare Home in Newport, RI. Born on August 10, 1921 in Worcester, MA, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Sadie Folsom. Mrs. Finn worked at the torpedo station, where her children still believe that it was her job to...
Dorothy Milton
Feb 10, 2015
Dorothy M. Milton Portsmouth, RI - Dorothy M. (Borden) Milton, 85, of Portsmouth, died Tuesday February 10, 2015 at Grace Barker Nursing Center, Warren, RI. She was the cherished wife of the late Calvin C. Milton. Born in Fall River Mass. November 19, 1929 she was the daughter of the late Ernest Anna (Gomes) Borden of Portsmouth, RI. She is...
George L. "Sonny" Silvia
Feb 8, 2015
George L. "Sonny" Silvia, 80, of Middletown, passed away after a brave battle with Leukemia on Sunday, February 8, 2015 at Rhode Island Hospital, surrounded by his loving family.He was the husband of Janet Marie (Bernier) Silvia.Born on November 17, 1934 in Middletown, RI, he was the son of the late George B. and Margaret (Perry) Silvia. George was a...
Sr Jane Frances Kane
Feb 8, 2015
Sr. Jane Frances Kane, O. Carm. 96, of Newport passed away Sunday, February 8, 2015 at St. Clare Home of Newport, RI. Sr. Kane was born in Brooklyn, NY, daughter of the late Martin and Catherine (Kenny) Kane. Sr. Jane's nephew Jim and the Corpus Christi Carmelites would like to thank her dear friends, especially Janet, Jean Patsy, Ida, Manny,...
Fredric Everett Mack
Feb 8, 2015
Fredric Everett Mack, age 67, of 12 Wood Road, Middletown, died Sunday (February 8, 2015) at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence. Born in New Britain, Connecticut, he graduated from Union College in Kentucky with bachelor's degrees in physics and math, and from The George Washington University in Washington D.C. with master's degrees in business administration and math. He settled in Middletown...
Bryan L. Conrad
Feb 7, 2015
Bryan L. Conrad, 35 of Fall River, MA formerly of Portsmouth, died on February 7, 2015 at his home.Born on January 23, 1980 in South Kingstown, RI, he was the son of Robert Conrad of Newport, RI, and Elisabeth "Betsy" Lee Conrad of Portsmouth, RI. Bryan grew up in North Kingstown and later moved to Portsmouth where he resided through...
Nancy Elizabeth Bradbury
Feb 5, 2015
Nancy Elizabeth Bradbury, 80, of Portsmouth died quietly Thursday, February 5, 2015 at home in Portsmouth surrounded by her family. Born on September 18, 1934 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Pauline F. (Ward) Rusling. She was the wife of fifty years to the late Edward Bradbury, who predeceased her on June 16, 2014,...
William Howard Boatwright
Feb 5, 2015
William Howard Boatwright, Senior Software Engineer, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Newport, died February 5 as a result of an automobile accident. Bill was born in Stonington, Connecticut on January 28, 1951, the son of the late Victor Taliaferro Boatwright and Mary Howard "Billy" Boatwright. He graduated from Tabor Academy in 1970. He earned his degree in Naval Architecture from...
Laure A. Thayer
Jan 31, 2015
Laure Ann Thayer, 61, of Portsmouth died Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Newport Hospital surrounded by her family. Born in Providence, RI on October 5, 1953, she is the daughter of Anne (Nixon) Thayer of Portsmouth, and the late John O. Thayer. She was a graduate of St. Anthony's School, Portsmouth High School and the Community College of Rhode Island....
Noah Thomas Black
Jan 31, 2015
Noah Thomas Black, 19, of East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died suddenly on Saturday, January 31, 2015 in Hyde Park, NY. Born in San Francisco, California, he was the loving son of Thomas and JoAnn (Warnke) Black. When he was an infant, Noah and his family moved to Portsmouth, where he and his brother Sam grew up. He was an...
Regina M. Parker
Jan 30, 2015
Regina Marguerite (Golden) Parker, of 3421 Ardendale Lane, Sacramento, CA, formerly of 15 Appleby Street, Newport, RI, died on January 30, 2015 at Gramercy Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in Sacramento, Ca. She was the wife of the late George Winston Parker. Born in Newport, RI on July 15, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Aloysius Golden and Ida...
Penelope "Penny" J. Hiotas
Jan 30, 2015
Penelope J. Hiotas, 78, of Newport passed away Friday, January 30, 2015 at Rhode Island Hospital.Born on September 2, 1936 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Demetrios and Mersina (Karakla) Hiotas. Penelope worked many years for the Warwick School Department. She was an active member of St. Spyridon's Church where she was a Co-Chairman of the...
Alice F. Reis
Jan 29, 2015
Alice Florence Reis, age 81, of Newport died Thursday, January 29, 2015 at Heatherwood Nursing Center in Newport, RI. Alice was born February 6, 1933 in Quebec, Canada to the late Armand and the late Violet (Grant) LaFlamme. She was employed as a housekeeper for many years, both in private duty and for the Sheraton and Viking Hotels. In her...
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