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Barbara J. Girr
Apr 22, 2012
Newport, RI - Barbara J. (Nahan) Girr, 88, of 5 Mumford Avenue, Newport, RI, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late James Albert Girr.Mrs. Girr was born to the late John Benedict and Theresa Bridget (Hussey) Nahan in 1923. She was born in Newport and has lived there her entire...
Beatrice Silveira
Apr 22, 2012
Middletown, RI - Beatrice (Raposa) Silveira, 90, of 3 Silveira Drive, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at home surrounded by her family.She was the wife of the late Joseph Dennis Silveira.Born in Fall River, MA on May 1, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Emily Raposa.Mrs. Silveira helped her husband in his business as...
Maureen Collier
Apr 20, 2012
Newport, RI - Maureen Collier, 83, of 48 Homer Street, Newport, RI, died Friday, April 20, 2012 at South County Nursing Rehabilitation. Born in New York, NY on October 18, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Louis McVeigh and Isabelle (McManus) McVeigh. Maureen lived in Ireland as a child, but resided on Aquidneck Island for over forty years....
Joseph Patenaude
Apr 18, 2012
Portsmouth, RI - Joseph Gerald "Jerry" Leo Patenaude, 73, of 35 Elaine Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at home surrounded by his loving and dedicated family. He was the husband of Gertrude M. (Garside) Patenaude. Born in Lowell, MA on January 30, 1939, he was the son of the late Leo J. and Anita (Robillard) Patenaude...
Edward J. Pado
Apr 17, 2012
Edward Joseph Pado, 91, of 10 Dexter Street, Newport, RI, died April 17, 2012, at Village House Nursing Home, surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of the late Mary (Reagan) Pado, having been married for 60 years prior to her passing. Born in Donora, PA, on July 9, 1920, he was the son of the late Michael...
Lauren Levesque
Apr 14, 2012
Little Compton, RI - Lauren R. Schwarz Levesque, 54, of Little Compton, RI, died Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of Maurice Levesque. Born in Newport, RI on December 21, 1957, she was the daughter of Ruth (Price) Schwarz-Gifford and the late William T. Schwarz, Jr.Lauren was an avid gardener. She...
Leslye Marilyn Gammons Brawley
Apr 14, 2012
Leslye Marilyn Brawley, 89, of Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Henry N. Brawley.Born in Wakefield, MA on June 29, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Lester and Mary McGrath Gammons. Leslye grew up in Wakefield, and upon marriage to Henry, they moved to Middletown,...
Mary T. Petrucci
Apr 13, 2012
Mary T. Petrucci, 83, of 28 Connection St, Newport, RI, died Friday, April 13, 2012 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was born on December 20, 1928. Mary worked for over 25 years in the jewelry business, all of them with Anson Jewelers in Cranston, RI. Her family was her greatest accomplishment, and she surrounded herself with children and grandchildren....
Reginald Ford
Apr 13, 2012
Reginald H Ford Jr., 65, of Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, April 13, 2012 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. He was the husband of Mary Halliday Ford.Born in Newport, RI on September 7, 1946, he was the son of Mary Mello Ford of Newport and the late Reginald H. Ford.Reggie graduated from Rogers High School class of 1964. He joined...
John E. Rogers
Apr 12, 2012
MIDDLETOWN - John Jack E. Rogers of Middletown, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, April 12, at the age of 89. He was the husband of the late Mary Lou Serbst Rogers. They were married for 54 years before her death in 2004. Born in Newport, the son of the late Gerald and Catherine Rogers, he lived in Middletown...
Madeleine E. Silvia
Apr 12, 2012
Middletown, RI - Madeleine E. Silvia, 91, of 70 Harrison Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of 64 Berkeley Court Middletown, RI, died Thursday, April 12, 2012 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Manuel P Silvia. Born in Portsmouth, RI on February 25, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Anna...
Dean C. Scanlon
Apr 11, 2012
Middletown, RI - Dean Cavanough Scanlon, 66, of Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. He was the husband of Carol Ann Livesey Scanlon. Born in Fall River, MA on July 21, 1945, he was the son of the late George and Irene Petit Scanlon.Mr. Scanlon was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. He joined...
Nora T. Peterson
Apr 11, 2012
Nora Thompson Peterson, 73, of Dudley Avenue, Middletown, RI, passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2012.She was the wife of the late Paul William Peterson.Born in Waterbury, CT on April 29, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Alta Doll Thompson.Mrs. Peterson graduated in 1960 from the Backus Hospital School of Nursing in Norwich, CT and worked...
Barry A. Mellow
Apr 9, 2012
Portsmouth, RI - Dr. Barry Alan Mellow, aka Lombasso Karaunch, 68, of Water Street, died peacefully in his home surrounded by his family on Monday, April 9, 2012. There was nobody on the planet like Barry Mellow and there never will be. From roses and guns to yoga and cartooning, Barry was the exception to the rule; a jack of...
June Nesbitt Gibbs
Apr 8, 2012
June Nesbitt Gibbs, 89, died April 8, at home, after a two-month battle with cancer.She was born June 13, 1922 in Newton, Massachusetts, to Samuel and Lulu Glazier Nesbitt. She graduated from Newton High School in 1939 and Wellesley College in 1943. She served as a lieutenant in the navy during World War II, breaking the German submarine code in...
Muriel Anne Cornell, Phd
Apr 7, 2012
Muriel Anne Shapiro Lash Cornell, PhD, a retired Professor of English and Linguistics, of Crosspointe Drive, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, and formerly of Sea Spray on Ocean Avenue, Newport, died Saturday, April 7, 2012 at home from the ravages of Alzheimers disease, surrounded by many of her loving family members.Born in Brooklyn, NY on January 9, 1928, she was the...
William Jackson Gaines
Apr 7, 2012
Major Ret. William Jackson Gaines, of Newport. RI, died on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Newport Hospital. The son of the late Albert P. Gaines. Sr. and Pauline P. Jackson Gaines, he was born on March 2, 1923 in Newport, RI. He attended the local schools and graduated from Rogers High School in 1940. He worked at various shoe repair...
Robert Barker
Apr 5, 2012
Newport, RI - Robert Hatton Barker, Jr., 48, of 529 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, died Thursday, April 5, 2012 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Catherine Morton Barker. Born in Chicago, IL, on June 17, 1963, he was the son of Nina Feggestad Barker of Highland Park, IL, and the late Robert H. Barker, Sr. Bob...
Christopher Anselm Taylor
Apr 4, 2012
Portsmouth, R.I. _ Christopher Anselm Taylor, 59, of 182 Armando Drive, died on April 4th at home following a thirteen month battle with brain cancer.Born March 3, 1953, in Newport, he was the son of Adelle Baker Taylor and the late Gerald Moran Taylor. Christophers accomplished career began in broadcast engineering and spanned a range of related fields culminating in...
Denton B. Harris
Apr 4, 2012
Tiverton, RI - Denton B. Harris, 84, of Tiverton, RI, died Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at Sakonnet Bay Retirement Living, Tiverton, RI. He was the husband of Carrie (Robinson) Harris.Born in Orange, Massachusetts, on May 2, 1927, he was the son of the late Warren Augustus and Ruth (Ballard) Harris.Mr. Harris served in the US Navy during World War II....
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