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Joel T. Delessio
Dec 31, 2012
Joel Thomas DeLessio, 69, of Portsmouth died Monday, December 31, 2012, at home. Born November 24, 1943, in Alexandria, VA, he was the son of the late Carmine and Grace (Pellicano) DeLessio. He was the beloved husband of Dorothy (VanCourt) DeLessio. Joel worked as a physicist and engineer for most of his life. He was a graduate of the prestigious...
Marie Brownell
Dec 31, 2012
Marie B. Brownell, 83, died December 31, 2013 at the John Clarke Nursing Center, Middletown, RI. Ms. Brownell was born April 16, 1930 in Hoosick Falls, NY to LeGrand and Edna Gooding. After graduating from SUNY-Oneonta with a degree in education Marie began her career as a primary school teacher. Even with time taken to have two sons Marie spent...
Migdalia Cortes
Dec 31, 2012
Migdalia Cortes, age 66, of Newport died Monday, December 31, 2012 at Newport Hospital. Migdalia was born January 24, 1946 in Aquadilla, Puerto Rico and was the daughter of the late Antonio and Margarita (Pabon) Lopez. She was married to Osvaldo Cortes for 24 years. She is survived by her husband: Osvaldo Cortes , three daughters: Eda Miranda, Evelyn Miranda,...
Gloria Jaclyn Gamon
Dec 30, 2012
Gloria Jaclyn (Doolittle) Gamon, 87, of Portsmouth died Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Newport Hospital.Gloria was born in Torrington, CT, on October 12, 1925, one of four children of the late Merton and Louva (Mack) Doolittle. Gloria was predeceased by her husband Thomas A. Gamon formally of New Haven, CT. Gloria was a graduate of Yale School of nursing. As...
Norman William Hall
Dec 30, 2012
Norman William Hall, 90, entered into eternal peace on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at home in Middletown, RI surrounded by his family.Norman was born on June 9, 1922, the son of the late William and Gertrude Hall in Providence, RI and brother of the late Eleanor Hall. He graduated from Hope High School in 1939. In June 1941, Norman began...
Edward Mihalick
Dec 29, 2012
Edward Mihalick, 93, of Middletown, RI formally of West Hartford, CT entered into eternal rest on Saturday December 29th 2012. Born in Blakely, PA on December 23, 1919, he was the son of the late Anna John Mihalick. He was a proud Veteran of the United States Navy where he fought in World War II at Normandy in Omaha Beach....
Romaine Olney Perry
Dec 28, 2012
Romaine Olney Perry, 94, of Waltham, MA, formerly of Cambridge, MA and Newport, RI, died Friday, December 28, 2012 at the Meadow Green Nursing Rehabilitation Center in Waltham, MA.Born in Newport, RI on November 15, 1918, Romaine was the daughter of the late Mary Howard and Rudolph H. Perry. She spent her early childhood years, living with her grandfather, Aaron...
Flovell Alice Walker
Dec 27, 2012
Flovell Alice Walker, 88, formerly of 18 Murphy Circle, Middletown, RI, died peacefully at the Forest Farm Health Care Center in Middletown, RI on Thursday, December 27, 2012.She was the wife of the late Thomas J. Walker who passed in 1984.Born in Mishawaka, IN on May 22, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Ocie (Nifong) Ewing.Mrs....
Jean M. Cleasby
Dec 27, 2012
Jean M. (Millar) Cleasby, 86, of Middletown died Thursday, December 27, 2012 at Newport Hospital.She was the wife of Frederick W. Cleasby.Born on October 21, 1926 in Bala Cynwyds, PA, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Freda (Strawhacker) Millar. Mrs. Cleasby worked as a keypunch operator for Sunoco Co. in Philadelphia. She worked at the Planetarium in...
Panagiota 'Toula' Georgiou
Dec 27, 2012
Panagiota "Toula" (Mathinos) Georgiou, 76, of Middletown died Thursday, December 27, 2012 at home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of James Georgiou.Born on August 14, 1936 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late George and Calliope (Drogos) Mathinos. Mrs. Georgiou grew up on the Point in Newport and was a graduate of Rogers High...
Anne Louise Magee
Dec 26, 2012
Anne Louise (Moriarty) Magee, beloved Mother, Nana, great-grandmother 90, formerly of Newport died Wednesday, December 26, 2012 after a long illness, at Life Care Center of Melbourne, FL. She was surrounded by her loving family.She was the wife of the late Francis Robert Magee. They were married for 60 yrs.Born September 27, 1922 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter...
David Allen Chaves
Dec 22, 2012
David Allen Chaves, 71, of Portsmouth, husband of Mary E. (Doyle) Chaves for 41 years, died December 22, 2012 at Newport Hospital.Born on June 2, 1941 in Fall River, MA, son of the late Joseph and Annie (Gracia) Chaves and father of his dearly loved daughter, the late Kelly Ann Chaves.David graduated De La Salle Academy, 1960. He served in...
Arthur A. Medeiros
Dec 22, 2012
Middletown, RI - Arthur Alfred Medeiros, 89, of 544 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, died on Saturday December 22, 2012 at home. Born in Middletown, RI on November 3, 1923, he was the son of the late Antonio G. and Mary (Escobar) Medeiros.Mr. Medeiros served in the United States Army during WWII, serving in the Burma Theater. He worked for...
William B. Weaver
Dec 21, 2012
William B. Weaver, 61, of Portsmouth died Friday, December 21, 2012 at home in Portsmouth. Bill was born October 4, 1951 in Milledgeville, GA. He is the son of Doris (Bayne) Weaver of Milledgeville, GA and the late William Weaver. Bill grew up in Georgia and attended the University of Georgia. He began his career with NHD Hardware stores and...
Bella Mary Sears
Dec 18, 2012
Bella M. Sears 89, of Girard Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of Donna Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Albert J. Sears, and sibling of her late sisters, Marie Cunningham, Azora Perry, and Angelina Gray.Born in Newport, RI on November 7, 1923, she was the daughter of the late...
Winifred T. Sullivan
Dec 18, 2012
Winifred T. (Smith) Sullivan, 83, of Portsmouth died peacefully at home on Tuesday, December 18, 2012. She was the wife of the late Robert Cornelius Sullivan who passed away in May of this year.Winnie was born on April 16, 1929 in Newport, RI. She was the daughter of the late Robert Joseph Smith Sr. and Mary Bridget (OFarrell) Smith. She...
Laurindo A. Freitas
Dec 18, 2012
Laurindo A. Freitas, 83, of Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at home.Born October 3, 1929 in Fall River, MA, he was the son of the late Antone A. and Emily (Rezendes) Freitas. Mr. Freitas served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He owned and operated the former L.A. Freitas Insurance Agency in Middletown for...
Pearl O. Currant
Dec 17, 2012
Pearl O. (Openshaw) Currant, age 87, of Portsmouth died Monday, December 17, 2012 at Village House Nursing Home of Newport, RI. Pearl was born March 27, 1925 in Lonsdale, RI, the daughter of the late John and Pearl (Gerstenlaur) Openshaw. She was married to Roger L.Currant. Pearl worked as a bookkeeper at the former Newport Savings Loan and Island Trust...
Marie Auditore
Dec 16, 2012
Marie Auditore, 71, of Newport died Sunday, December 16, 2012 at Newport Hospital.Born January 6, 1941 in Roxbury, MA, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Margaret (Horan) Auditore. Marie worked at Morse Shoe Inc. in Canton, MA for 21 years and Shawmut Inc. retiring in 1996 and relocating to Middletown, RI to be with her family. Marie...
Claire Delaney
Dec 15, 2012
Claire Delaney, 88, of Middletown, RI, died peacefully on Saturday, December 15, 2012, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown.She was the wife of the late William Delaney who passed away in 1972.Born in Manchester, NH on February 20, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Joseph A. and Diana (Proulx) Lariviere.Mrs. Delaney graduated from Towle High...
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