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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Paul Vincent Quinn, Jr

Paul Vincent Quinn, Jr

Sep 23, 2012

Paul Vincent Quinn, Jr., 59, of Portsmouth, RI, died peacefully at home surrounded by his family and friends on Sunday, September 23, 2012. He was the beloved husband of Ann Marie (Sylvia) Quinn and proud father of their daughter Christina.Born April 5, 1953 in Cambridge, MA, he was the son of the late Paul V. and the late Dolores (Grover)...

Dorothy M. Casey

Dorothy M. Casey

Sep 22, 2012

Dorothy "Dot" Myrtle (Callahan) Casey, age 90, of Portsmouth, died Saturday, September 22, 2012 at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Mrs. Casey was born on July 13, 1922, in Fall River, MA. She is the daughter of the late William A. and the late Myrtle E. (Stevenson) Callahan. She was married to the late John F. Casey for 57 years....

Elsie Mare Rodrigues

Elsie Mare Rodrigues

Sep 22, 2012

Elsie Mare Rodrigues, 88, a native of Aquidneck Island and more recently Columbus-Tryon, NC, was called Home peacefully on Saturday, September 22, 2012 while at the Elizabeth House in Western North Carolina surrounded by her loving family. Born on August 1, 1924 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Joao V. Mare and Maria (Resendes) Mare of...

Rev. Donal Raymond Kehew

Rev. Donal Raymond Kehew

Sep 19, 2012

Reverend Donal Raymond Kehew, Ph.D., 78, Pastor Emeritus of St. Andrew Church on Block Island, died on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at Mount Saint Ritas of Cumberland, RI. Known to all as Father Ray, Fr. Kehew was born on November 24, 1933 in Newport, RI, the son of the late Daniel J. and Margaret (Egan) Kehew.He was a graduate of...

Julia H. Jordan

Julia H. Jordan

Sep 19, 2012

Julia H. (Soeira) Jordan, 91, of Green End Avenue, died Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at the John Clarke Nursing Retirement Center in Middletown.She was the loving wife of Joseph M. Jordan for 71 years.Born in Middletown, RI on June 23, 1921, she was the daughter of the late William and Maria (Silvia) Soeira.She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother...

Laurie Ellen Swistak

Laurie Ellen Swistak

Sep 18, 2012

Laurie E. Swistak of Hunter Avenue, Newport, died at home in the presence of her loving family on September 18th after a heroic battle with cancer.Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts on March 24, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Everett A. and Kathleen (O'Neill) Thibodeau. She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Christopher R. Swistak and their...

Robert R. Anderson

Robert R. Anderson

Sep 16, 2012

Robert Raymond Anderson, age 60, of Newport died Sunday, September 16, 2012 at home in Newport. Mr. Anderson was born June 27, 1952 in Newport, RI. He is the son of Robert R. "Sunny" Kuiee and Julianna (Monterio) Anderson, and stepson to the late David Anderson Jr. He worked at Salve Regina University for 10 years, he also worked at...

Doris M. Schuster

Doris M. Schuster

Sep 15, 2012

Doris Marie (Seyler) Schuster, 75, of Middletown formerly of Newport died Saturday, September 15, 2012 at Newport Hospital of Newport, RI. Born on August 19, 1937 in Oil City, PA, she was the daughter of the late Millard and Martha (Riley) Seyler. Doris was proud to the have been employed by Gov. Sundlun, working as private aid to his wife...

Helen E. Swistak

Helen E. Swistak

Sep 12, 2012

Helen E. Swistak, 91, a retired Registered Nurse of Newport RI, passed away on September 12, 2012. She was the wife of Walter Swistak for 69 years. She was born in Natick, MA, the daughter of Charles H. and Ruth Pickett and step-daughter of Marion Pickett. A graduate of St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford MA in 1942, she practiced her...

Thomas James Hunt

Thomas James Hunt

Sep 11, 2012

Thomas James Hunt, of Portsmouth, died on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at home with his loved ones by his side.He was the beloved husband of Elaine F. (Doran) HuntTom was born May 24, 1942 in Providence, RI the son of the late Thomas James Hunt and Edith Levine and stepson of the late Laura (Lima) Hunt. Mr. Hunt was a...

Daniel Raymond Huckabone

Daniel Raymond Huckabone

Sep 10, 2012

Daniel Raymond Huckabone, 30, of Portsmouth died Monday, September 10, 2012. Born August 5, 1982 in Utica, NY, he was the son of James David Huckabone and Susan (Mosher) Kay.Daniel worked as a salesman in the communications field. Besides his parents, he is survived by his daughter Kalie Huckabone of Florida, his brother John Henry Kay of Pawtucket, RI, his...

Leah I. Vieira

Leah I. Vieira

Sep 10, 2012

Leah (Izadore) Vieira, 91, of Dexter Street in Portsmouth, died Monday, September 10, 2012 at Heatherwood Nursing Home in Newport. She was the beloved wife of Edward T. Vieira for 66 years. She is also survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Paul Vieira and Karen Joslin Vieira of Portsmouth, RI; and her sister, Norma Matton of Fall River, MA, and...

Donnamaria Bruton-Coutis

Donnamaria Bruton-Coutis

Sep 9, 2012

Born May 3, 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Donnamaria Bruton was the second of four children and the daughter of William and Loretta (Kent) Bruton. At age eleven, her father, a professional baseball player for the then Milwaukee Braves, (now the Atlanta Braves.) was traded to the Detroit Tigers and the family relocated to Detroit, where Donna lived for the next...

John Richard Lema

John Richard Lema

Sep 8, 2012

John Richard Lema, 79, of Portsmouth died Saturday, September 8, 2012 at home surrounded by his loving family.Mr. Lema was born March 16, 1933 in Fall River, MA. He was the son of the late Joseph and Maria (Couto) Lema. He was married to the late Anna Marie Gomes. Mr. Lema worked for many years for Pearson Yachts in Portsmouth,...

Ralph Vernon Thompson

Ralph Vernon Thompson

Sep 6, 2012

Ralph V. Thompson, 81, formerly of Portsmouth, died Thursday, September 6, 2012 at the Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown.He was the husband of the late Sheila M. (Currie) Thompson, with whom he shared 39 years of blissful marriage.Born in Logan, West Virginia on April 9, 1931, he was the son of the late Roy and Hazel (Bartoe) Thompson....

David Scott White

David Scott White

Sep 6, 2012

David Scott White, devoted husband of Camille White for more than 28 years and adoring father of Adrienne, Lauren and Robert White, joined the church triumphant on Thursday, September 6, 2012. At the time of his passing, David was surrounded by his entire family who had the opportunity to tell him how much he was loved. David was the son...

Josephine M. Barry

Josephine M. Barry

Sep 5, 2012

Josephine M. Barry, in her 95th year, of Middletown, RI, passed away on Wednesday, September 5, 2012, surrounded by her family. She was the beloved wife of the late Louis J. Barry for 52 years. She is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth Barry Sweet of Middletown, RI, and Patricia Barry Pettit of Paget, Bermuda, her two granddaughters, Elise Sweet Brady...

Barbara Vars

Barbara Vars

Sep 4, 2012

Barbara McLean Gerhart Vars, 83, formerly of Portsmouth died Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at Village House Nursing Home of Newport, RI, surrounded by her loving family. She was the loving wife of Richard Melvin Vars, with whom she would have celebrated 65 years of marriage this November. Barbara was born August 15, 1929 in Flushing, NY. She was the daughter...

Janice "Mema" Kesson

Janice "Mema" Kesson

Sep 4, 2012

Janice B. "Mema" Kesson, age 76, of Portsmouth died Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at Grand Islander Health Care Center of Middletown, RI. Mrs. Kesson was born December 12, 1935 in Newport, RI. She was the daughter of the late John Herbert and the late Gertrude (Sisson) Barker. She was married to the late John S.Kesson Jr., owner of Paramount Farms,...

Theodore Teddy Oliveira Jr

Theodore Teddy Oliveira Jr

Sep 3, 2012

Theodore "Teddy" Gomes Oliveira, Jr., 17, of Newport died on August 27, 2012 in Newport. Born on July 6, 1995 in Newport, RI, he was the son of Theodore G. Oliveira, Sr. of Maine and Sloane Z. Massey of Pawtucket, RI. Teddy was later adopted by Deborah A. (Massey) Greene of Newport, RI. Teddy grew up in Newport and attended...