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Betty H. Ackerman
Oct 1, 2012
Betty Hodgkins Ackerman, 87, passed away October 1, 2012 at Newport Hospital surrounded by her family.She was born April 19, 1925 in Jefferson, ME, daughter of the late Earle and Meda (Sawyer) Hodgkins.She is survived by her husband of 65 years Hillie W.Ackerman of Portsmouth. She also leaves her children Wayne Ackerman of Warren, RI and Nancy Ackerman and her...
Joseph T. Alves
Sep 30, 2012
Joseph T. Alves, age 88, of Middletown died surrounded by his family on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at Heatherwood Nursing Center of Newport, RI after a battle with Alzheimer's and Cancer. Joseph was born January 2, 1924 in San Miguel, Azores. He is the son of the late Agostinho and the late Maria (Teixeira) Alves. Joseph immigrated to Newport, Rhode...
Robert B. Barker
Sep 28, 2012
Robert B. Barker, 81, of Tiverton died Friday, September 28, 2012, at the Village House Nursing Home of Newport, RI. Born November 23, 1930, in Portsmouth, RI, he was the son of the late Warren and Florence (Spooner) Barker. He was the husband of Muriel G. (Jean) Barker for almost 58 years. Mr. Barker served in the United States Army...
Madeline Andrea
Sep 28, 2012
Madeline B Andrea, 93 of the John Clarke Nursing Home, formally of 29 Donna Drive Portsmouth went to join her beloved husband in heaven in the presence of our Lord. Born on February 24, 1919 to the late Frank and Clara (Gonzalves) Medeiros. Madeline lived in Newport until the early 1960s then moving to Portsmouth. She was the wife of...
Grace M. Templeton
Sep 26, 2012
Grace M. (Morgan) Templeton, 96, of Middletown, died peacefully on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at Forest Farm Health Care Center in Middletown. She was the wife of the late James Templeton. Born on May 28, 1916 in Dayton, TN, she was the daughter of the late Craig and Susan Morgan. Mrs. Templeton loved country music, especially Dolly Parton and Vince...
Sebastiao De Oliveira Jr
Sep 26, 2012
Sebastiao de Oliveira, Jr., a Viet Nam war veteran and dutiful follower of Christ, was called to his rest on the morning of Wednesday, September 26, 2012. He was sixty-two years of age.A native of Brazil and long-term permanent resident of the United States, he made his home at 1 Bartlett Court in Newport, Rhode Island.Known to his friends and...
Thomas F. Monroe
Sep 23, 2012
Thomas F. Monroe, 69, of Wolcott Avenue, Middletown, died Sunday, September 23, 2012 surrounded by his loved ones at the Newport Hospital.He was the husband of Beatrice E. (Marques) Monroe of Middletown, RI.Born in Newport, RI on August 24, 1943, he was the son of Margaret Monroe of Newport, RI.Tom was a sheet metal mechanic at the Newport Naval Base...
Joan A. Browning
Sep 23, 2012
Joan A Browning, age 76, of Newport died Sunday, September 23, 2012 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Ms. Browning was born December 14, 1935 in Brooklyn, NY. She is the daughter of the late John and the late Eva Dina. She was a member of the VFW in Middletown, RI She is survived by her daughters: Sally Browning of Newport,...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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