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Gloria Slavens
Sep 28, 2013
Middletown, RI - Gloria (Wilkins) Slavens, 88, of Middletown, RI died Saturday,September 28, 2013 in the presence of her family after a short stay at Newport Hospital Newport,RI. Born in Somerville, MA on December 2, 1924, she was the daughter of the late HerbertWilkins and Florence (Dalton) Wilkins. Gloria was a member of Business and Professional Womans of Newport and...
Frank Lema
Sep 26, 2013
Detective Frank Lema, 70, of Middletown, passed away at Rhode IslandHospital surrounded by family and friends on September 26, 2013 frominjuries sustained while serving in the Line of Duty as a PoliceOfficer at Naval Station Newport.He was the son of the late Joseph S. Lema and Lydia Lema (Marshall)and brother to the late Roy Lema and Ronald Lema. A longtime...
Lucy Rose Levada
Sep 26, 2013
Middletown, RI - Lucy R. (Bonci) Levada, 77, of Middletown, RI, died Thursday, September 26, 2013 at home surrounded by her family.She was the wife of Al Levada of Middletown. Born in Newport, RI, on January 11, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Alexander F. and Angelina (Ripa) Bonci. Lucy worked at Raytheon for nearly 30 years. In...
Bill Gleeson
Sep 26, 2013
George W. "Bill" Gleeson, 88, of Portsmouth, died Thursday, September 26, 2013 at Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown, RI surrounded by his family. He was the husband of the late B. Eileen Gleeson. Born in Portsmouth, RI on February 22, 1925 he was the son of the late John and Katherine (Smith) Gleeson.Bill graduated from De La Salle...
Rose Rosa
Sep 25, 2013
Middletown, RI - Rose Emily (Andrews) Rosa, 104, of Middletown, died Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Antonio Correia Rosa. Born in Dighton, MA on September 9, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Maria C. (Medeiros) Andrews. Mrs. Rosa was a member of Jesus...
Bertha Roggero
Sep 25, 2013
Middletown, RI - Bertha F. (Desjardins) Roggero, 90, of Middletown, died Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Joseph P. Roggero Sr. Born in Fall River, MA on December 23, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Lucien O. Desjardins Sr. and Emma (Dumont) Desjardins. She was a 1939 graduate...
Denise Renee Gaudet Matthews
Sep 24, 2013
Middletown, RI - Denise Renee Matthews, 48, of Middletown, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on July 1, 1965, she was the daughter of Carol (Byron) Gaudet of Middletown, and Richard Gaudet of Cape Cod, MA. Denise was a graduate of Rogers High School. She loved drawing, arts and crafts. Denise was...
Patricia Ann Hilton Mcquillan
Sep 22, 2013
Patricia Ann Hilton McQuillan, 83, of Bristol, RI, and formerly of Fairhaven, MA, died peacefully Sunday, September 22, 2013 at Silver Creek Manor in Bristol. She was the beloved wife of the late Alfred W. McQuillan.Born in New Bedford, MA, she was the daughter of the late Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. Everett (Schabel) Hilton.Mrs. McQuillan graduated from New Bedford High...
Margaret A. Diehl
Sep 22, 2013
MIDDLETOWN - Margaret A. (Todd) Diehl, 88, formerly of 11 Sherwood Road, passed gently in the presence of her daughters on Sunday, Sep 22, 2013. She was the wife of the late John J. Diehl, Capt., USMC (Ret), and they shared 60 years of marriage together despite her husbands combat in WWII and Korea. Raised in Indian Head, MD, 'Bubbles'...
Debra Jan Spaulding
Sep 21, 2013
Debra J. "DJ" Spaulding, 56, of Newport, RI, passed from this life, Sept. 21, 2013 in the presence of loving family members at South County Hospital in South Kingstown, RI, following a lengthy illness. Debra was born Feb. 23, 1957 in Newport, RI , and lived with her family in Middletown, RI. Debra moved to Florida after graduation from Middletown...
William Edward Miller
Sep 21, 2013
Middletown - William Edward Miller, of Fairway Drive, Middletown passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013 in the Forest Farm Health Care Center.He was the husband of Doris Jane (Davis) Miller.Born in Minerva, OH, he was the son of the late Orin and Nellie (Willard) Miller.Mr. Miller served in the Navy during the Korean War. He worked for Good Year Aerospace...
Jean Mary Neves
Sep 21, 2013
Newport, RI - Jean Mary (Andrews) Neves, 75, a lifelong resident of Newport, RI passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2013, at home surrounded by her loving family after a long and heroic battle with cancer. She was the wife of Francisco Neves.Born in Newport, RI on May 31, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Emanuel Andrews and...
Rose F. Miller
Sep 21, 2013
Newport - Rose F. (Hepburn) Miller, of Bedlow Avenue, Newport passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013 in Rhode Island Hospital. She was the wife of the late Edwin Miller.Born in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late James and Rose (Ruddy) Hepburn.Mrs. Miller had worked as a secretary for the State of Rhode Island Employment Office and the...
Josephine M. Furtado
Sep 21, 2013
Josephine (Roderick) Furtado, 95, of Sprague Street, Portsmouth died Saturday, September 21, 2013, at Grand Islander, Middletown. She was the wife of the late Manuel C. Furtado. Born in Bristol, RI, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Roderick and the late Mary (Da Ponte) Roderick. She was the loving mother of Irene Cosgrove of Portsmouth, Helen Mathieu of...
Arthur Erhardt
Sep 20, 2013
Arthur Erhardt: Born January 12, 1929, he spent his life as a dedicated friend, father, and mentor. Arthur recently passed after battling cancer at his home on Goat Island in Newport, Rhode Island. Arthur was raised in the Danbury, Connecticut area where he went to school and worked. He was proud of his service in the Navy where he was...
Patricia A. Larsen
Sep 20, 2013
Middletown, RI - Patricia A. Larsen, 70, of Middletown, RI, died Friday, September 20, 2013 at Miriam Hospital in Providence, RI.She was the wife of Ernest C. Larsen.Born in Newport, RI on July 24, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Fredrick G. and Geraldine (Sylvia) Reeve.Mrs. Larsen worked as a computer librarian for Raytheon for 15 years, retiring...
Linda Susanne Atkins
Sep 16, 2013
Portsmouth, RI - Linda Susanne (Norris) Atkins of Portsmouth passed away peacefully on Monday September 16, 2013 at home. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri on September 4, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Naoma (Hanson) Norris and the late Ralph A. Norris. She is survived by her beloved husband of fifty years Dr. Ronald W. Atkins, her two...
Donald Eugene Francis
Sep 14, 2013
Newport, RI - Donald Eugene Francis, 83, of Newport, RI, passed away peacefully, Saturday morning, September 14, 2013 in Providence, after a long illness. He was born in Newport, RI on November 19, 1929.He was the loving son of the late Abbie (Bailey) Francis. He was a great Father and provider, and a wonderful Grandfather. He touched the lives of...
Joseph Sabatino
Sep 13, 2013
Portsmouth, RI - Joseph Sabatino, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island passed away Friday, September 13 at Kindred Hospital in Boston following a year-long illness.Born March 4th, 1940, in Providence, RI, he was the son of the late Phillip and Carmel (Falcone) Sabatino and brother of the late Phillip Sabatino, Jr. At Mt. Pleasant High School Joe was a member of the...
Eileen M. Kehoe
Sep 12, 2013
Eileen M. Kehoe, 55, of Farewell Street, Newport, RI, died on Thursday, September 12, 2013 at home.Born in Brittburg, Germany on September 17, 1957, she was the daughter of the late Charles G. and Marcella (Robluski) Kehoe.An avid reader, Eileen enjoyed spending time at the Newport Public Library as well as time by the water in downtown Newport.She is survived...
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