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Manuel Peixoto
Jul 16, 2013
Manuel Peixoto, 84, of Middletown, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, MA surrounded by his loving family. Born in Norte Pequeno, Faial, Azores, on August 30, 1928, he was the son of the late Joao Silveira Peixoto and Madalena (Francisca) Peixoto. He was the husband of the late Maria Salome (Pinheiro) Peixoto. Manuel loved...
Robert "Bob" E. Morrow
Jul 15, 2013
Middletown, RI - Robert E. Morrow, 52, of Middletown, died unexpectedly on Monday, July 15, 2013 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on March 27, 1961, he was the son of the late John Morrow and Leah (Kelley) Morrow. Bob grew up in Portsmouth and graduated from Portsmouth High School. He began his career right away with...
Hilda M. Violette
Jul 13, 2013
Hilda M. (Taplin) Hedderson Violette of Middletown passed away, Saturday, July 13, 2013 at the Forest Farm Health Care Center.She was the wife of the late Edgar O. J. Violette and the late Bernard Hedderson.Born in Belle Island , New Foundland, Canada, on October 12, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Patrick and Mary (Beesaw) Taplin. She became...
Evelyn May Mcgee Ellis
Jul 13, 2013
Evelyn May McGee Ellis, beloved mother and friend, died peacefully at home in Portsmouth on Saturday July 13, at the age of 95. Evelyn was born in Sacramento, California on May 26, 1918. After graduating from Mission High School in San Francisco, and training at Cogswell Polytechnic Institute, Evelyn went to work for the Link Belt Company. In 1937 she...
Arthur N. "Artie" Dennis Jr
Jul 9, 2013
Arthur N. "Artie" Dennis, Jr., 54, or Portsmouth, RI, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. He was the son of the late Sgt. Arthur N. Dennis, Sr., USA, Ret., and the late Eleanor G. (Winnett) Dennis of Newport, RI.Born in Germany on October 2, 1958, he is survived by three sisters, Sharon L. Reynolds and her husband Joseph, or...
Gail M. Rodrigues
Jul 9, 2013
Tiverton, - Gail M. (Beattie) Rodrigues, 53, of Tiverton, passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2013 in Rhode Island Hospital. She was the wife of Ronald B. Rodrigues. Born in Newport, she was the daughter of Donald "Duck" Beattie of Portsmouth and the late Annabelle "Sissy" (Harvey) Beattie. Gail was a 1978 graduate of Middletown High School, she went on to...
Don B. Mills
Jul 8, 2013
Don B. Mills, 96 of Portsmouth, RI passed away on Monday, July 8, 2013.Born on June 21, 1917 in Salt Lake City, UT, to the late Carl and Ethel (Banks) Mills.Don grew up in California and entered the US Navy in World War II. His engineering expertise was utilized by the Navy in the Brooklyn Shipyard during the War. He...
Helen J. Ruggeri
Jul 7, 2013
Helen J. (Zagaglia) Ruggeri, of Newport passed away, July 7, 2013 at Rhode Island Hospital. She was the companion of Jimmie M. Goff and wife of the late Armando R. Ruggeri.Born in Newport, she was the daughter of the late Geno Zagaglia and Mary E. Botelho Zagaglia Northup.Besides her companion of 23 years she leaves her children, Richard A. Ruggeri...
Carmella Teresa Marfil
Jul 6, 2013
Carmella Teresa Marfil, 60, of Kennedy Road, Foster, RI, formerly of Newport, RI, died on Saturday, July 6, 2013 at home.Born in Italy on August 22, 1952, she is survived by her parents, Ron and Ethel Sams of Middletown, RI, four siblings, Laura Jenson of Middletown, RI, Patrick Sams of Middleburg, FL, Kristin Baker of Middletown, RI, Mathew Sams of...
Jeffrey S. Henry
Jul 4, 2013
Jeffrey S. Henry, 49, of Newport, RI and lifelong resident of Stonington, CT, unexpectedly passed away on the 4th of July.Jeff was born in Westerly, Rhode Island on November 11, 1963.Jeffrey worked at American Velvet in Stonington, CT for 12 years. He was an avid angler, hunter and loved cooking. These activities were enjoyed most in the company of his...
Augustin Anthony "Gus" Toppa
Jul 2, 2013
Augustin Anthony "Gus" Toppa, 85, of Rogers Lane, Middletown, RI, died on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at the RI Veterans Home in Bristol, RI. He was the husband of Nancy (Kelly) Toppa.Born on October 11, 1927 in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Anthony and Annie (Capuano) Toppa. Mr. Toppa served in the United States Army during...
Jessica R. Raposo
Jul 1, 2013
Jessica R. (Souza) Raposo, 63, of North Ft. Myers, FL, formerly of Portsmouth, passed away Monday, July 1, 2013 in Hope Hospice, Cape Coral, FL. She was the wife of John M. Raposo.Born in Newport on July 18, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Anna (Peters) Souza.Jessica thoroughly enjoyed working as a medical secretary for Retina...
Edith W. (Covell) Simmons
Jun 29, 2013
Edith W. (Covell) Simmons of Middletown passed away, Saturday, June 29, 2013 in Newport Hospital, she was the wife of the late Stephen Simmons.Born in Newport, she was the daughter of the late George and Elsa (Bergstrom) Covell.She leaves her son Stephen N. Simmons of Newport and grandchildren Christine Wight of Vail, CO, Stacey Simmons of Centennial, CO and David...
Frederick "Ted" Hood
Jun 28, 2013
Frederick Emmart Ted Hood, 86, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, an internationally heralded yachtsman, sail maker, yacht designer and builder, died Friday, June 28 surrounded by his family.He is survived by his beloved wife of 58 years, Susan Blake Hood; his children Richard Hood and wife Carroll McGrath Hood, Frederick Hood and wife Anne Vandromme-Hood, Robert Hood and wife Sarah Hood,...
Vincent G. Girard Sr
Jun 27, 2013
Vincent G. Girard., 98, of Tiverton, RI, peacefully passed away on Thursday, June 27, 2013, surrounded by loving family. The husband of the late Florence (Sherman) Girard, he was born on May 25, 1915, in Brooklyn, NY, to the late Armand and Mary (Lyman) Girard. Mr. Girard was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He was a graduate of...
Barbara Ann Souza
Jun 27, 2013
Barbara Ann (Waltz) Souza, 63, of Newport passed away, Thursday, June 27, 2013 in Providence, she was the wife of John P. Souza Jr.Born in Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Andrew J. and Dorothy A. (Degner) Waltz.Barbara served in the Army during the Vietnam War. She had worked as a nurse's assistant for the former Carriage House...
Catherine L. O'Loughlin
Jun 27, 2013
Catherine Lillian OLoughlin, 84, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island passed away surrounded by family on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at Charlton Memorial Hospital Fall River, Massachusetts. Born in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, the daughter of Hugh and Catherine (Greene) Smith on May 31, 1929. She graduated from St. Catherine's Academy and Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School.Catherine was the loving wife and sweetheart of Francis...
Eugene Karol
Jun 27, 2013
Eugene Karol Jr. 78 of Newport, RI died unexpectedly on June 27, 2013 at Rhode Island Hospital. He was born in Providence, RI on October 18, 1934 he was the son of Eugene Karol and Loretta Karol also of Providence, RI.Mr Karol graduated from Classical High School in 1952, he then went on to University of Rhode Island with a...
Frank "Larry" Nunes
Jun 27, 2013
Newport,RI - Frank "Larry" Nunes, 91, of Middletown, died Thursday, June 27, 2013 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mary ( Medeiros) Nunes, He resided at 373 Wyatt Road in Middletown.Born in Newport, RI on July 3, 1921, He was the son of the late Frank Nunes Jr. and Susan (Cardoza) Nunes.Mr....
Mildred Lucille Osborn
Jun 25, 2013
Newport, Mildred L. (Schauer) Osborn, 100, of Newport, passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at Blenheim Newport Middletown, she was the wife of the late Ralph S. Osborn. Born in Chicago, IL on December 19, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Reinhold and Helen (Loch) Schauer. Mrs. Osborn was very active in Trinity Church. She loved painting and...
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