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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...
Richard Mattos Jr
Feb 16, 2014
Newport, RI - Richard Mattos, Jr., 44, of Newport, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at home surrounded by his family. Born in Fall River, MA on October 26, 1969, he was the son of Lucy (Hancock) Mattos of Newport, RI and the late Richard Mattos. Richard grew up in Rhode Island and worked as a commercial fisherman at a young...
Henry Joseph White
Feb 15, 2014
Portsmouth, RI - Henry Joseph White, 71, of Portsmouth, died peacefully at home on Saturday, February 15, 2014. Born in Newport, RI on January 8, 1943. He is survived by his wife of 17 years Sandra (Smith) Ottilige-White of Portsmouth. He was the son of the late John C. White and Gilda (Cardoza) White. He also leaves two sons Henry...
Katharine Sutherland O'Brien
Feb 15, 2014
Katharine Sutherland O'Brien, of 12 Battery Street, Newport, died on February 15, 2014. She was the widow of Donal F. O'Brien, DVM.Born in Whittier, California, on December 21, 1920, she was the daughter of William John Sutherland and Anna Lucile Reed. Her grandfather had brought his family to California from Michigan on the train in 1888 to develop water irrigation...
John W. Mason
Feb 13, 2014
John Winfred Mason, 77, of Newport, died unexpectedly on Thursday, February 13, 2014. He was the husband of Carolyn (Merritt) Mason for over 57 years. Born in Newport, RI, on June 25, 1936, he was the son of the late Winfred C. and Grace (Lewis) Mason. A native Newporter, Mr. Mason was a graduate of URI, becoming a loyal alumnus...
John A. Mcgreavy
Feb 13, 2014
John A. McGreavy, 92, of Tiverton, died on Thursday, February 13, 2014. John was born In Fall River , Massachusetts on June 13, 1921. Son of the late William F. and Catherine V. (Sunderland) McGreavy. John graduated from SS. Peter and Paul's School, Msgr. Coyle High School, and Bryant College. He attended Suffolk University Shool of Law. Mac married his...
Larry D. Settle
Feb 13, 2014
Larry Douglas Settle, 72, of Middletown, RI, peacefully died at home after a courageous battle against COPD and Parkinson's disease, surrounded by the love of his family on Thursday, February 13, 2014. Larry was born February 2, 1942, the son of John and Lola in Gallatin, Tennessee.Larry leaves behind a sister, Iris Gregory of Bowling Green, KY and several nieces...
Byron E. Franklin
Feb 12, 2014
Newport, RI - Byron E. Franklin, 84, of Newport, died on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Roberta (Johnsen) Franklin for 63 years. Born in Washington, DC on April 26, 1929, he was the son of the late Richard B. and Emma (Sullivan) Franklin. Mr. Franklin grew up in DC and...
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