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David Perry Simmons
Mar 6, 2014
Newport, RI - David Perry Simmons, 65, of Newport, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI. Born in Jacksonville, FL on April 23, 1948, he was the son of the late Richard Perry and Laura Elizabeth (Guito) Simmons. David graduated from Miami Central Senior High School in 1966. From 1969-1973, he served in combat forces...

Francis M. Lacerda
Mar 5, 2014
Francis M. Lacerda, 74, of Middle Road, Portsmouth, RI, died at home on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 with his family at his side.He was the husband of Anna (Silvia) Lacerda.Born in Portsmouth, RI on June 21, 1939, he was the son of the late Joseph and Mary (Bettencourt) Lacerda.Mr. Lacerda was a backhoe operator for JA Landscaping in Tiverton for...

Robert S. Lyons
Mar 4, 2014
Robert S. Lyons of Franklin, MA, died Tuesday, March 4, 2014 in the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Springfield, MA he was the son of the late Michael and Mary Barrett Lyons. Mr. Lyons was raised in Springfield, MA. He went on to raise his family in Livingston, NJ and retired to Franklin, MA. He was a graduate from...

Betty Jean Monte
Mar 3, 2014
Portsmouth, - Betty Jean Monte, 81, of Portsmouth, died Monday, March 3, 2014 at Charlton Memorial Hospital Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late Joseph Monte and the former wife of the late Albert LaFlamme. Born in Fall River, MA on November 2, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Claire (Sharples) Marsh.While living...

Jeanne M. Brown
Mar 2, 2014
Jeanne M. Brown, formerly of Atlantic St., Newport, RI, and more recently Blenheim-Newport and the Grand Islander, Middletown, RI, died peacefully on Sunday, March 2, 2014. She was the wife of the late Stanley P. Brown who passed in 2006.Born in Newport, RI on August 15, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Moulton and Elsie (Duby) Friend. Jeanne...

Shirley Ann Sheehan
Mar 2, 2014
NEWPORT, RI - Shirley Ann (James) Sheehan, 79, of Newport, RI, died on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Grand Islander. She was the wife of the late Austin R. Sheehan. Born in Newport, RI on August 8, 1934, she was the daughter of the late John and Dolly (Stratton) James.Mrs. Sheehan was a 1952 graduate of Rogers High School...

Susan Mary Rokosa Woodstock
Feb 28, 2014
Susan Mary Rokosa Woodcock, 69, of Tiverton, RI passed away peacefully at home on February 28th, 2014 after a courageous battle against cancer. Her final moments were spent embraced by her children and touched by the warm rays of a brilliant sunset over Mount Hope Bay. She lived a life full of learning, listening, giving, traveling, and strong connections to...

Samuel Boyd, Jr
Feb 28, 2014
Samuel Boyd, Jr., 77, of Mitchell's Lane, Middletown, RI, died on Friday, February 28, 2014 at home with his family at his side.He was the husband of Brenda L. (Antone) Boyd.Born in St. Augustine, FL on March 27, 1936, he was the son of the late Samuel and Georgia (Davenport) Boyd.Mr. Boyd was a US Army veteran of the Korean...

Natalie Helen Virgadamo
Feb 27, 2014
Natalie Helen Virgadamo of Portsmouth, RI died on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Newport Hospital after a short illness. She had recently celebrated her 99th birthday with her family.She was the wife of the late Salvatore L. Virgadamo, a Newport attorney, and happily married for 45 years. She was the daughter of the late Antonio G. Ferretti and Helen (Vernengo)...

Paul F. Biastre
Feb 27, 2014
Newport, RI - Paul F. Biastre, 67, of Newport, RI, passed away after a 14 year illness with Parkinson's Disease with his wife Barbara of 46 years and son Adam by his side.Born in Newport, RI on October 14, 1946, he was the son of the late Henry J. and Frances May (Smith) Biastre.Paul attended St. Josephs Catholic Grammar School...

Vincent Rein
Feb 26, 2014
Vincent Rein, 93, of Newport, died on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on Apr. 1, 1920, he was the son of the late Alvin Rein and Isabella (Pinto) Rein. He was the husband of the late Ellen (Barnum) Rein. They were married August 25, 1942. He was an engineer...

Amado Cebu Loyola
Feb 25, 2014
Bristol, RI - Amado Cebu Loyola, U.S.N. Retired, 90, of Bristol, died Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Yolanda G. (Guinto) Loyola. Born in Naic, Cavite, Philippines, he was the son of the late Pedro and Lapaz (Cebu) Loyola.Mr. Loyola served in the Navy for 20 years serving during WWII, the Korean War and...

Gardner Lawton Coggeshall Jr
Feb 25, 2014
Tiverton, RI - Gardner Lawton Coggeshall Jr., , of Tiverton, RI, died on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River with his family by his side. He was the husband of Joan (Ashworth) Coggeshall whom he was married to for nearly 49 years. Born in Newport, RI, on April 9, 1942, he was the son of...

Helen E. Grossman
Feb 24, 2014
Middletown, - Helen E. Grossman, 90, of Middletown, died Monday, February 24, 2014 at Grand Islander Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late Stanley H. Grossman. Born in the Bronx, NY, she was the daughter of the late Howard O. and Bertha (Steinhilber) Van Assche.Mrs. Grossman lived in New York City as a young woman and worked...

Michael A. Thomson
Feb 23, 2014
Michael Anthony Thomson, age 56, a resident of the Rhode Island Veterans Home, died February 23 at The Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center in Providence.He was born in Cleveland, Ohio in March 1957 and was the son of David and Mary Beth Thomson of Middletown. Michael graduated from Middletown High School in 1975. Following his service in the U.S. Navy, he...

Joseph Salafia
Feb 19, 2014
Joseph E Salafia Sr. of Middletown, RI and Singer Island, FL passed away on February 19, 2014. He was the husband of Carmel (Regine) Salafia for 63 years. Born in Providence, RI, he was the son of James and Rose (Viola) Salafia. He is survived by his son Joseph Salafia Jr.and his wife Marlaine. He leaves behind his granddaughter Emily...

Robert E. Cinotti
Feb 18, 2014
Robert E. Cinotti, 75, of Jepson Lane, Middletown, RI, died on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at Newport Hospital.He was the husband of 52 years to Wilma (Sylvia) Cinotti.Born in Newport, RI on October 1, 1938, he was the son of the late Victor and Eloise (Cox) Cinotti.Mr. Cinotti was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was a...

Margaret Reed Scott
Feb 17, 2014
Margaret Reed O'Brien Scott of Sedona, Arizona, died on February 17, 2014, in Kailua, Hawaii, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was the wife of CDR Richard F. Scott, USN, retired.Born in Newport on April 6, 1948, she was the daughter of Donal F. O'Brien, DVM, and Katharine Sutherland O'Brien. She attended Middletown High School, where she...

Louise A. Ritchie
Feb 16, 2014
Louise "Vivi" Alderson Ritchie, 99, widow of the late Kenneth L. Ritchie, of Middletown, RI, passed away on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Newport Hospital.Born in Newport, RI on November 15, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Archibald and Sophie Elling Alderson.Mrs. Ritchie was a 1932 graduate of Rogers High School and after high school was a bookkeeper...

Beverly F. O'Brien
Feb 16, 2014
Middletown, RI - Beverly F. OBrien, 70, of Middletown, RI, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Miriam Hospital Providence, RI. Born in Fall River, MA in 1943, she was the daughter of the late Joan A. Moquin OBrien. Beverly graduated from Somerset High School in 1961. After high school she worked as a dietician at the former Union Hospital in...
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