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Anthony Depalma
Aug 4, 2012
Anthony DePalma, 59, of Bristol died Saturday, August 4, 2012 at home. He was born on September 17, 1952 in Providence, RI, the son of the late Anthony and Mabel (Lopes) DePalma. He was an Auto Mechanic for many years. He was an avid fisherman and loved playing golf. He loved spending time with his family. He will be dearly...
James Martland
Aug 4, 2012
James Allan Martland, 83, died Saturday, August 4, 2012 at home surrounded by his family. Mr. Martland was born February 10, 1929 in Newport, RI. He is the son of the late James and Jeanette (Allan) Martland of Newport. He was the loving husband of Lenore (Sheehan) Martland. He graduated from Rogers High school at the age of 16. He...
Anna Fonti
Jul 28, 2012
Anna (DeComa) Fonti of Canonicus Avenue, Newport, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 28, 2012 after a courageous battle with cancer.She was the wife of the late Albert Fonti, who passed away in 1997.Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Michelina (Marino) DeComa. She was preceded in death by her beloved sister Teresa LaGreca...
Caroline W. Williamson
Jul 27, 2012
Jamestown, RI - Caroline Westbrook Williamson, 86, of Green Lane, died peacefully at her son's home on Friday, July 27, 2012. She was the loving wife of the late PAUL w. Williamson, CDR, USN Retired, for sixty-one years.Born in Utica, NY, she was the daughter of the late Roland Severyne and Marion (Austin) Westbrook. She was also the sister of...
Norma (Hathaway) Stewart
Jul 27, 2012
Norma Hathaway Stewart, of Reed Street, Tiverton, died Friday, July 27, 2012 on her 89th birthday, at the Sarah Brayton Nursing Care Center of Fall River, MA. Born on July 27, 1923 in Fall River, she was the daughter of the late Asa W. and the late Mary C. (Schlegel) Hathaway. After the earliest years of her career, running a...
Dorothy W.C. Chase
Jul 25, 2012
Dorothy "Dot" Weaver Copeland Chase, 94, of Portsmouth, died at home peacefully on Wednesday, July 25th 2012 surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Herbert Manton Chase and the daughter of Norma Stanton Coggeshall and Clinton Babbit Copeland. Born at the Newport Hospital in 1918, she spent most of her life on Aquidneck Island, the majority...
Barbara Jean Deveau
Jul 24, 2012
Barbara Joan (Laurence) Deveau, 80, of 33 Third Street, Apt. 2, Newport, RI, died on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at RI Hospital, Providence, RI. She was the wife of the late Robert John Deveau.Born in Newport, RI, on January 22, 1932, she was the daughter of the late William Gordon and the late Neveu (Graziella) Lawrence. Barbara was an employee...
Barbara Luistro
Jul 21, 2012
Newport, RI, Barbara (St. Thomas) Keech Luistro, of 8 Congdon Avenue, Newport, RI, died Saturday, July 21, 2012, at the Newport Hospital. Born in Newport, RI on April 19, 1932, she was the daughter of the late George and Agnes (Salley) St. Thomas.Barbara worked as a waitress at the International House of Pancakes for 30 years, retiring in 1995. She...
John Henry King Jr
Jul 19, 2012
John Henry King, Jr., 85 of Newport, RI, died Thursday, July 19, 2012 at home, surrounded by his loving family, after a long courageous battle with cancer.John, the husband of Mary (Connerton) King, was born in Newport, RI on September 5, 1926, the son of the late John and Claudia (LaCerda) King. John graduated from Rogers High School in 1944...
Harry Gustav Johnson
Jul 17, 2012
Portsmouth, RI - Harry G. Johnson, 79, of Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Lucy (Mastrorilli) Johnson. Mr. Johnson served in the Army during the Korean War, then joined the Air Force and served 30 years with the 152nd Tactical Control Group of the NY Air National Guard, retiring...
Rose Elizabeth Salvador
Jul 16, 2012
Middletown, RI - Rose Elizabeth Salvador, 90, of Seascape Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Monday, July 16, 2012 at St. Clare Home in Newport. She was the wife of the late John Salvador. Born in Newport, RI on July 17, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Caroline (Pasquale) Vidinha.She is survived by her children, John Sadler and...
Jonathon W. Wanamaker
Jul 16, 2012
Newport, RI - Jonathon W. Wanamaker, 29, of 359 Thames Street, Newport, RI, died unexpectedly Monday, July 16, 2012 at home. Born in Little Falls, NY on August 31, 1982, he was the son of Susan (Wren) and Lawrence J. Moretti of Middletown, RI and William and Lynn (Graham) Wanamaker of New York State.Jonathon attended Middletown High School. He was...
Edward Pacheco
Jul 14, 2012
Portsmouth, RI- Edward Pacheco, 90, of 44 West Main Road, passed away on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at the Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown, RI surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Isabel "Betty" (Augustine) Pacheco. Born in Westport, MA on February 6, 1922, he was the son of the late Frank and Delina (Gendron)...
James Francis Silvia
Jul 10, 2012
James Francis Silvia, 65, of Middletown, RI died at his home on July 10, 2012.He was the only son of the late Francis P. and Dorothy M. (Souza) Silvia, lifelong residents of Middletown. Jim was a graduate of Middletown High School, class of 1965. He grew up on Green End Farm, working as a right hand man with his Father...
Thomas A. Donahue
Jul 8, 2012
Newport, RI - Thomas A. Donahue, 73, of Newport, RI, died unexpectedly Sunday, July 8, 2012 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Irene (Craft) Donahue. Born in Newport, RI on August 28, 1938, he was the son of the late George and Adeline (Ruggeri) Donahue.Thomas was a lifelong Newporter and communicant of St. Marys...
Raylene L Bento
Jul 8, 2012
Portsmouth, RI - Raylene L Bento, 83, of Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, July 8, 2012 at St. Annes Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late John J Bento.Born in Concord, NH on Oct. 29, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Catherine (OBrien) Barton. Mrs. Benton was an avid gardener and loved spending...
Alysious M. Stoos
Jul 7, 2012
Alysious Mathias Stoos, 90, of 6 Aquidneck Drive, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, July 7, 2012 at home in Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Eleanor (Kachinski) Stoos.Born in LeMars, Iowa on February 3, 1922, he was the son of the late Matthew and Bertha (Bender) Stoos. Alysious served in the US Navy for 29 years, serving during...
Michael H. Monroe
Jul 6, 2012
Michael H. Monroe, 58, of 42 Kingston Ave, Newport, RI, died Friday, July 6, 2012 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. Born in Newport, RI on February 24, 1954, he was the son of the late Florence Monroe.Michael was a graduate of Rogers High School and attended Johnson and Wales University. He was compelled to help others, and used his...
John H. West
Jul 6, 2012
John H. West, 73, of, Middletown, RI, died Friday, July 6, 2012 at Newport Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Millie E. (Oakley) West. Born in Newport, RI on June 26, 1939, he was the son of the late Harold Franklin and Winifred (Laird) West.John was a 1957 graduate of Rogers High School and began...
Irene Leanor Garcia
Jul 6, 2012
Middletown, RI - Irene Leanor (Pires) Garcia, 84, formerly of Third Street, Newport, died on Friday, July 6, 2012 at John Clarke Nursing Home Retirement Center in Middletown. She was the wife of the late Estulano Garcia with whom she shared 52 years of marriage till his passing in April 2003. Born in Faial, the Azores, on August 13, 1927,...
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