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Jane Erskine Demant
Jan 9, 2014
Somerset, MA - Jane Erskine (Chase) Demant, 90, of Somerset, MA, died Thursday, January 9, 2014, at Clifton Rehabilitative Nursing Center Somerset, MA. She was the wife of the late Aksel E. Demant. Mrs. Demant was the eldest child of Martha (Jackson) and Nathaniel S. Chase of Fall River, MA. She graduated from BMC Durfee High School and the F...
Linda Marie Parsons
Jan 9, 2014
Middletown, RI - Linda Marie (DeConto) Cavaca Parsons, 64, of Middletown, died Thursday, January 9, 2014 peacefully at home. She was the wife of George "Skip" Parsons of Middletown, RI and the former wife of Roger Cavaca of North Kingstown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on May 14, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Vincent DeConto and Dorothy...
Barbara Underwood Eggeman
Jan 7, 2014
Barbara Underwood Eggeman, age 93, of Middletown died peacefully on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Barbara was born January 17, 1920 in Newport, RI, the daughter of the late Louis Tilley Underwood and the late Edith Noble (Chase) Underwood. She was married to Navy Chief Robert Taylor Eggeman for 36 years until his passing in 1978.Barbara was a native Newporter and...
Jean Marie Hamill
Jan 5, 2014
Newport, RI - Jean M. (Camara) Hamill, 56, of Annadale Road, Newport, died January 5, 2014, unexpectedly and peacefully at home. Born in Newport, RI, on February 20, 1957, she was the daughter of the late Frances M. (Grande) Camara who passed May 2013. She married her high school sweetheart, the late George Michael "Mike" Hamill who passed March 2005....
Edward J. Murtaugh
Jan 3, 2014
Edward J. Murtaugh, Attorney, died at home on January 3rd in Portsmouth, RI at age 92.Edward was born in Poughkeepsie, NY on April 5, 1921. He was the son of the late John and Mary (Immekus) Murtaugh. He leaves his beloved wife, Claire DeBlois-Murtaugh and was the husband of the late Eleanor (Mahoney) Murtaugh. He was predeceased by his son,...
Rose Beatrice Cowan
Jan 2, 2014
Rose Beatrice Cowan, 92, of Turner Road, Middletown, died Thursday, January 2, 2014 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. Born in Bristol, RI on May 2, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Couto) Lema. Rose worked as a seamstress for Chesterfield Mill in Fall River, MA for 30 years. She was also a...
Carolyn M. Flood
Jan 1, 2014
Carolyn M. Flood, 99, of Portsmouth, formerly of Pawtucket, RI and Atria Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, died Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at St. Clare Home Newport, RI. Born in Pawtucket, RI on March 10, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Mike and Nellie Swool.Carolyn was born and raised in Pawtucket, RI. As a young woman she worked in the...
Joyce Sandra Simonelli
Jan 1, 2014
Portsmouth, RI - Joyce Sandra (Goldsmith) Simonelli, 61, of Portsmouth, died Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI. She was the beloved wife of Anthony Simonelli Jr. Born in Chelsea, MA on July 7, 1952, she was the daughter of Harriet (Lerner) Shepatin and the late Melvin Goldsmith and Max Shepatin. Mrs. Simonelli was a graduate of...
Russell T. Lacey
Dec 31, 2013
Portsmouth, RI - Russell T. Lacey, 86, of Portsmouth, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at Charlton Memorial Hospital Fall River, MA. He was the husband of Phyllis R. (Wilson) Lacey of Portsmouth, RI. Born in Boston, MA on May 16, 1927, he was the son of the late William and Mae (Keating) Lacey. Mr. Lacey was a resident of Portsmouth...
Alexander Rexer Tamke
Dec 31, 2013
Cranston, RI - Alexander Rexer Tamke, 78, formerly of New Orleans, Louisiana, died on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 in Cranston, Rhode Island. Mr. Tamke was born on February 17, 1935 in New Orleans to the late Frederick W. Tamke and Alexandra (Rexer) Tamke. He was predeceased by his brother Frederick W. Tamke, Jr. He is survived by two sons, Alexander...
Anne F. Kluth
Dec 31, 2013
Anne Frances Blain Kluth, 87, of Newport, Rhode Island, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at Newport Hospital. She was married to the late William A. Kluth, (who died this past August) for 66 years. Born in Holyoke, MA on October 30, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Anna Lacy Blain and Edgar Blain. Anne moved to Newport at...
Robert E Pine
Dec 30, 2013
Robert E. Pine Sr.Crystal River, Florida--Robert E. Pine Sr., 67, of Crystal River, Florida died suddenly on Monday, December 30, 2013 at his home.Born in Newport, RI on October 6, 1946, he was the son of the late Joseph Pine Sr. and Emily (Carvalo) Pine and step-son of Mary (Amaral) Pine. He was the husband of the late Beverly Pine....
Marie-Louise Betty
Dec 30, 2013
Marie-Louise Betty, 96, formerly of Beacon Street, Middletown, died on Monday, December 30, 2013, at Village House in Newport.She was the wife of the late James E. Betty and the late Richard Campbell.Born on September 7, 1917, in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late John Hudson and Marie Jonnet Spooner.She leaves her sister, Marcelle Casavant, of Middletown.Marie-Louise...
Mark Roland Fernandez
Dec 29, 2013
Mark Roland Fernandez, 47, formerly of Newport, RI, died on December 29, 2013 at Boston Medical Center in Boston, MA.Born on February 23, 1966 in Bourne, MA, he was the son of Pauline (Jacklyn) Fernandez of Newport, RI and Melvin Fernandez of Portsmouth, RI, and the grandson of the late Roland and Muriel Jacklyn of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.Mark had...
Catherine Medeiros
Dec 28, 2013
Catherine Medeiros Newport, Catherine Medeiros, 90, of Newport, died Saturday, December 28, 2013 while visiting with her family.She was the wife of the late Joseph Raymond Medeiros. Born in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Stavros and Mersine (Mellekas) Sologiozy.Mrs. Medeiros was a graduate of Rogers High School. She was employed by the Newport School Department for...
William C. Hogan
Dec 28, 2013
Glendale, NY - William C. Hogan, 48, of Glendale, NY, died Saturday, December 28, 2013 at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens Flushing, NY. Born in Brooklyn, NY on March 15, 1965, he was the son of Helen (McKee) Hogan of Glendale, NY and the late Thomas Hogan.William graduated from St. Agnes High School in NYC and received his...
H. Henry "Hank" Liiv
Dec 27, 2013
Middletown, RI - H. Henry "Hank" Liiv, 80, of Middletown, died unexpectedly on Friday, December 27, 2013, at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI. He was the husband of Tiina M. Liiv of Middletown, RI. Born in Tartu, Estonia, in 1933, he was the son of Otto Liiv and Irene (Vedler) Liiv. Hank was an executive with General Electric for almost...
Marion B. Munch
Dec 27, 2013
Portsmouth, RI - Marion B. (Sickinger) Munch, of Portsmouth, died on December 27, 2013 at the Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown.She was the wife of the late Frank Robert Munch.Born in Jersey City, NJ, on January 7, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Albert Sickinger and Minnie (Tiedemann) Sickinger and step-daughter of the late Lillian Sickinger....
William Taylor Fowler
Dec 26, 2013
William Taylor Fowler, 86, of Rhode Island Ave, Newport, RI, formerly of Fayson Lakes, Kinnelon, NJ, died Thursday, December 26, 2013 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center in Providence, RI. Born in Atlantic City, NJ on August 20, 1927, he was the son of the late Robert Buschner Fowler and Mildred (Taylor) Fowler.He was raised in Ventnor, New Jersey and graduated...
Mary T. Reardon
Dec 25, 2013
Mary Theresa Reardon Fort Worth, - Mary Theresa Reardon, 83, beloved wife and mother, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at Bethesda Gardens Assisted Living in Fort Worth, TX after a long illness. Mary was born in Boston, MA on Feb. 2, 1930, the daughter of the late William G Farrenkopf and Catherine (MacDonald) Farrenkopf. She graduated from Jeremiah Burke High...
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