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Emma Jane Reuther
Mar 22, 2013
Tiverton, RI- Emma Jane "Chickie" (McLoughlin) Reuther, 75, of Tiverton, died Friday, March 22, 2013 at home after a nine year battle with Ovarian Cancer. She was surrounded by her husband of 50 yrs., George C. Reuther, and her family. Jane was born on November 9, 1937 in Mineola, N.Y. and the daughter of the late Robert and Emma (Jensen)...

Antone Moniz Jr
Mar 21, 2013
Middletown, RI - Antone Moniz, Jr., 93, of Middletown, died Thursday, March 21, 2013 at home surrounded by his family.He was the husband of the late Florence (Dopart) Moniz.Born on April 8, 1919 in Middletown, RI he was the son of the late Antone Moniz Sr. and Mary (King) Moniz.Mr. Moniz served in the United States Army during World War...

Zenon St. Laurent
Mar 20, 2013
PORTSMOUTH, RI - ZENON (BABE) R. ST. LAURENT, 108, of Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at Warren Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a brief illness.Born on July 19, 1904 in Fall River, MA, he was the son of the late Victorien and Lenore St. Laurent.He was the husband of the late Lillian Bouchard.Mr. St. Laurent owned and...

Christopher Barker
Mar 18, 2013
Christopher Barker, 63, of Prairie Avenue, Newport, RI, died on Monday, March 18, 2013 at Newport Hospital.He was the husband of Mary Magee.Born in Newport, RI on July 25, 1949, he was the son of the late John and Dorothy (Harrington) Barker.Christopher was a graduate of Rogers High School and studied Architectural Engineering at Roger Williams University. He was a...

Regina L. Calibani
Mar 17, 2013
Newport, RI - Regina Louise (Thompson) Calibani, 90, of Fowler Ave, Newport, died Sunday, March 17, 2013 at Village House Nursing Home Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Everett Calibani. Born in Presque Isle, Maine on November 15, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Lamont Thompson and Mary Ellen (Sweeney) Thompson.Mrs. Calibani was a dedicated...

Channie Toney
Mar 14, 2013
Channie (Sutton) Toney, 77, of Park Holm, Newport, RI, died on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of Cleveland S. Toney. Born in Gatesville, NC on January 28, 1936, she was the daughter of the late John and Edon Nowell Sutton. Mrs. Toney was a member of the Florence Gray Senior Citizens Center in Newport...

Richard J. Weeden
Mar 13, 2013
Richard "Rick" Weeden, 67, died on March 13, 2013, following a 34 year battlewith Parkinson's disease.Born January 14, 1946 in Providence, RI, Rick grew up in Barrington, RI. Hegraduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with an engineering degree, andworked with the Raytheon Corporation where he specialized in sonartechnology.A resident of Portsmouth, RI, Rick was well known for his love of the...

Christina Gabriel
Mar 13, 2013
Christina Ann Gabriel, died March 13, 2013 surrounded by her family at Venice Regional Medical Center in Venice, Florida. She was eleven days shy of her sixty-seventh birthday.'Tina', was born on March 24, 1946 in Brooklyn, NY. Her parents were Herbert and Helen (Salvetti) Williams. She married the late Peter J. Gabriel on February 24th 1968 in Blue Point, NY....

Alfred "Fred" Rolando
Mar 11, 2013
Alfred "Fred" Rolando, 92, of Newport died peacefully at home surrounded by his lovingfamily on Monday March 11, 2013.He was the loving husband of Olive (Harrison) Rolando.Born in Newport on December 23, 1920, he was the son of the late Camillo and Margherita(Conti) Rolando. Fred was a 1938 graduate of De La Salle Academy. He was a veteran of WWII,...

Carol Hedly
Mar 11, 2013
Carol Hedly, 73 , of Cameron, North Carolina, formerly of Portsmouth, RI, passed away on March 11, 2013 at home surrounded by her loving family.Carol was born on June 7, 1939 in Newport, RI. She was the daughter of the late Ernest and the late Doris (Woolhouse) Mellor.Carol was an avid quilter and loved arts and crafts. She and Tom...

John F. Aleicho
Mar 6, 2013
John F. Aleicho, 75, of Donna Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at home with his family at his side after fighting a long, hard eight year battle with pulmonary fibrosis.He was the husband of Patricia A. (Gray) Aleicho.Born in Newport, RI on October 8, 1937, he was the son of the late Jose' R. and Mary...

Sally Brewster Brownell
Mar 6, 2013
BROWNELL - In Newport, RI, on March 6, 2013, Sally Brewster (Jones) Brownell, 93, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her children. Her husband, Dr. Henry Harry Ward Brownell, MD, preceded her in death on February 22, 2005. Sally was the only child of Harry Seymour and Rebecca Walker (Brittin) Jones. She was born in Fairfield, CT November 12,...

Maria L. Rege
Mar 4, 2013
Maria L. Rege, cherished mother, sister, daughter, and friend passed on Monday, March 4, in Providence, Rhode Island.A longtime Newport resident, Maria was born on March 19,1966 in Holyoke, Mass. She was the daughter of the late Richard W. and Joan W. Rege of Chicopee, Mass. A graduate of Chicopee High School, Maria attended Springfield College, where she earned both...

James E. Betty
Mar 3, 2013
Middletown, RI - James E. Betty, 100, of Middletown, RI, died on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at Blenheim Newport.He was the husband of Marie-Louise (Spooner) Betty and the late Catherine (Welch) Betty.Born on October 19, 1912, in Middletown, RI, he was the son of the late James A. and Abbie (Tucker) Betty.Mr. Betty attended Rogers High School. He worked as...

Donna V. Combra
Mar 3, 2013
Donna V. Combra, 57, of Portsmouth, RI died peacefully at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, on Sunday, March 3, 2013, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Russell E. Combra and the mother of Andrew and Brian Combra, all of Portsmouth, RI. Born in Newport on January 30, 1956, she was the daughter of Virginia (Botelho) Jennings...

Louise Cheetham
Feb 28, 2013
Tiverton, RI - Louise (Barboza) Cheetham, 70, of Tiverton died Thursday, February 28, 2013 at home surrounded by her family. Born April 6, 1942 in Bristol, RI, she was the daughter of late Manuel and Mary (Cabral) Barboza. Mrs. Cheetham worked as a hairdresser for 25 years. She enjoyed horseback riding, photography, and Bingo. Nothing gave her more joy then...

William J. Nash Sr
Feb 27, 2013
Middletown, RI - William "Bill" Joseph Nash, Sr., 74, of Middletown died Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Barbara (Arruda) Nash.Born December 22, 1938 in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late James T. and Phyllis (Basso) Nash.Bill grew up in Newport and was a 1957 graduate of De La Salle. He...

Terry L. "Sam" Chiodo
Feb 27, 2013
Portsmouth, RI, - Terry Lynn "Sam" (Damms) Chiodo, 46, of Portsmouth died Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Rhode Island Hospital of Providence, RI. Born April 27, 1966 in Ellenville, NY, she was the daughter of the late Patricia A. Porter and surviving father Richard Damms. Terry was a very spiritual person, and loved attending CrossPoint Church in Newport. She was...

Herbert Blaine Reid Jr
Feb 26, 2013
Portsmouth, RI - Herbert Blaine Reid, Jr., 91, of Portsmouth died Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at RI Veterans Home of Bristol, RI. He was the husband of the late Helen Marie (McCoomb) Reid.Born on April 22, 1921 in Fall River, MA, he was the son of the late Herbert B. and Mary (Broderick) Reid. Mr. Reid served in the United...

Francis "Sticks" Winthrop
Feb 25, 2013
Portsmouth, RI - Francis John "Sticks" Winthrop, 69, of Portsmouth died Monday, February 25, 2013 surrounded by his family at Warren Skilled Nursing Center of Warren, RI. He was the husband of Patricia A. (Chandler) Winthrop.Born on September 20, 1943 in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Frank J. and Dorothy (Cawley) Winthrop. He worked as a...
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