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Alfred F. Almeida
Nov 29, 2013
Middletown, RI - Alfred F. Almeida, 80, of Middletown, died Friday, November 29, 2013, at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Middletown, RI, on March 1, 1933, he was the son of the late Manuel F. and Sarah (Lopes) Almeida, Jr., and the husband of Doris (Pinheiro) Almeida. Mr. Almeida served in the US Army during the Korean War and...

Sarah "Sally" Reimer
Nov 29, 2013
Sarah "Sally" (King) Reimer, 97,died on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, at the John Clarke Nursing Center in Middletown with her family at her side. Sally was born at home in Newport, R.I., the daughter of Geoffrey and Sarah Bailey King. She attended Newport public schools and was a graduate of Rogers High School and later the Newport Secretarial School.During World...

Constance Barbara "Bobby" Watts
Nov 27, 2013
Newport, RI - Constance Barbara Bobby (Frazier) Watts, 81, of Newport, died Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John Henry Watts Sr. Born in Newport, RI on January 24, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Walter L. and Beatrice C. (MacDonald) Frazier.Mrs. Watts managed the Robert Potter League...
George H. Parlow
Nov 27, 2013
Portsmouth, George H. Parlow, 84, passed away November 27, 2013 after a long struggle with emphysema and congestive heart failure. He was the loving husband of 62 years to Jean (Nagle) Parlow. He was the beloved father of Christopher Parlow, Richard Parlow and his wife Debbie, Susan Noruk and her husband Jeff and Elizabeth Zachary and her husband Lee. He...

John "Jack" J. Gallagher
Nov 26, 2013
Newport, - John J. "Jack" Gallagher, 77, of Newport, died peacefully Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at his home in Newport, RI surrounded by family and friends after a long battle with cancer. He was the husband of the late Manning (Donovan) Gallagher. Born in Providence, RI on November 11, 1936, he was the son of the late Patrick Gallagher and...

Frank P. "Mickey" Mello
Nov 26, 2013
Frank P. "Mickey" Mello, of Beacon Terrace North, Middletown, died Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at Newport Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Margaret "Peggy" (Connerton) Mello whom he married in 1955.Born in Portsmouth, RI, he was the son of the late Manuel T. and Eva B. (Perry) Mello.He was a 1946 graduate of Rogers High...

Mary Ann Liversedge
Nov 25, 2013
Newport, RI - Mary Ann (Ryan) Liversedge, 87, of 15 Hall Avenue, Newport, RI, died on Monday, November 25, 2013, at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport.She was the wife of the late Charles Austin Liversedge. Born in Newfoundland, Canada, on April 16, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Mary (Nolan) Ryan. She is survived by...

Ronald "Ron" F. Kardel
Nov 23, 2013
Ronald "Ron" F. Kardel, 49, of Newport, died November 23, 2013 at home surrounded by his family. Born in Newport, RI on August 11, 1964, he is the son of Rosemary L. (Cain) Kivlehan of Newport and the late Edward L. Kardel.Ronald was a client at the James L. Maher Center where he enjoyed spending time with his friends there....

Jean Smith
Nov 23, 2013
Middletown, RI - L. Jean Smith, 84, of Middletown, died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at John Clarke Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Robert Smith. Born in Newport, RI on Mar. 18, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Issac Clarke and Genevieve (Murphy) Clarke. Jean loved doing crafts and antiquing, and loved...

Isabel Negus
Nov 22, 2013
Tiverton, RI - Isabel Young Negus, 88, of Tiverton, passed away Friday November 22, 2013 in Newport Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Newport, RI on Jan. 16, 1925, she was the daughter of the late William Young and Elizabeth Oliver Young, and the sister of the late Edward Young of Newport and William Young of Ontario, OR She...

Lynn A. Dafoe-Rapoza
Nov 22, 2013
Lynn A. Dafoe-Rapoza, 48, of Jamestown, passed away on November 22, 2013 at her home after a courageous yearlong battle with cancer. She was the wife of long time Jamestown resident Steven Rapoza. She is survived by her husband, parents James and Sandy Dafoe of Tallahassee, FL, and her brother Eugene Dafoe, his wife Cathy, and their four daughters of...

John "Johnny O" Allen Oliveira
Nov 18, 2013
John Allen Oliveira, Sr., 75, of Portsmouth died Monday, November 18, 2013, at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, MA. Born October 22, 1938 in Fall River, MA, he was the son of the late John and Flora (Silvia) Oliveira.He was the husband of Regina (Woytaszek) Oliveira. Mr. Oliveira was the owner and operator of Oliveira's Garage on East Main...

Barbara Ann Ray
Nov 18, 2013
Middletown, RI - Barbara Ann (Bishop) Ray, 57, of Middletown, died Monday, November 18, 2013 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John "Jack" T. Ray. Born in Prince Georges County Virginia, on July 3, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Broaddus and Angela (Chagaris) Bishop. She was great lover of animals. She...

Austin Jerry Page
Nov 17, 2013
Austin Jerry Page, of Middletown, RI, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2013 with his wife Rosemary and his son Randall by his side.He is also survived by his two daughters-in-law, Sharon Page Harrison of Texas and Katherine Page of California; his five grandchildren, Aaron Page and his wife Amy and Victoria Page Hodgkiss of Virginia, Nathan Page and Carrie...
Claire M. Risko
Nov 17, 2013
The family of Claire M. Risko sadly notes her passing in Newport, RI on Sunday, November 17, 2013, after a short illness. She was 88. Born on October 20, 1925 in Providence, RI, she was the daughterof the late J. Joseph Dolan and Mary (O'Connor) Dolan. She had two brothers, the late John J. Dolan, Jr. and the late Paul...

Rose M. Gomes
Nov 17, 2013
Newport, RI - Rose M. (DeMello) Rodericks Gomes, 104, formerly of Eustis Avenue, Newport, died Sunday, November 17, 2013 at John Clarke Health Care Center Middletown, RI. Rose was the wife of the late Francisco L. Gomes and the late Joseph Rodericks. Born on the farm at Sachuest Point in Middletown, RI on October 8, 1909, she was the daughter...

Linda Marie Medeiros
Nov 14, 2013
Middletown, RI - Linda Marie Medeiros, 61, of Middletown, died Thursday, November 14, 2013 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on August 13, 1952, she was the daughter of Hermina "Minnie" (Lopes) Medeiros of Middletown and the late Joseph Carl Medeiros. Linda worked as a housekeeper for the James L. Maher Center. She was a communicant of...

Cornelius Moriarty
Nov 11, 2013
Newport, - Cornelius J. Moriarty Jr. 90, of Newport, formerly of Middletown, died Monday, November 11, 2013 at Newport Hospital. Born in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Cornelius J. and Emma (Oesterlein) Moriarty. Mr. Moriarty served with the Army Air Corp during WWII in the Pacific Theater as part of the 139th Army Airways Communication System...

Catherine Mary Mccall
Nov 10, 2013
WAYNE, PA - Catherine Mary McCall, 82, of Wayne, PA, formerly of Newport, RI, died peacefully at home in the loving embrace of her family on November 10th 2013. Born in Newport, RI on December 3, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Frank Lopes and Anna Coughlin Lopes. She was the wife of the late Commander Walter McCall...

Beverly J. Pine
Nov 8, 2013
Beverly Janet Pine, 81, lifelong resident of Newport RI, and recent resident of Crystal River, FL, died Friday, November 8, 2013 in Florida. Daughter of Charles Edward and Catherine Anne Bush (Miller) she was born in Newport on August 12, 1932. She was the wife of Robert Edward Pine. Beverly owned and operated Beverlys House of Beauty for over twenty...
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