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Concetta A. Ward
Dec 12, 2011
Middletown, RI - Concetta A. Providenti Ward, 89, of Middletown, RI, died Monday, December 12, 2011 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.She was the wife of the late William E. Ward.Born in Warren, RI on September 27, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Crestina Gallucci Providenti.Mrs. Ward was a charter communicant of St. Barnabas Church since...
Peter Washburn
Dec 11, 2011
Little Compton, RI - Peter D. Washburn, 58, died Sunday, December 11, 2011 after a spirited battle with pancreatic cancer. Peter was the husband of Susan Bedard Washburn for 29 years, the son of Elizabeth Thompson and the late Edwin Washburn and the step-son of Carlene Washburn. Peter touched many lives though his active involvement in community organizations including the...
Daniel W. Marvelle
Dec 11, 2011
Daniel W Marvelle, 89, of Newport, RI, died Thursday, December 22, 2011. He was the husband of Janet Smith Marvelle to whom he was married for 68 years.Born in Newport on March 13, 1922, he was the son of Everett and Catherine Nyhan Marvelle. He attended Rogers High School. Mr. Marvelle served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...
Evelyn Ann Maffei
Dec 11, 2011
Leominster, MA - Evelyn Cissy Ann Maffei, 64, of, Leominster, MA died Sunday, December 11, 2011 peacefully, surrounded by love ones after a long illness at Keystone Center, Leominster, MA. Born in Germany, on September 24, 1947, she was the daughter of the late William and Margaret Shellman Scheel.She graduated Rogers High School Newport RI in 1966 and Chandler School...
Caroline Greer Murray
Dec 10, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Caroline Greer Murray, 95, died Saturday, December 10, at Aquidneck Place in Portsmouth, RI.Born in Wilmington, DE, she was a daughter of the late William Andrews and Elizabeth Wilson Murphey and the wife of the late Francis B. Murray.Mrs. Murray grew up and raised her family in Rockville Centre, NY, and moved to Portsmouth after her husband...
Caroline Greer Murray
Dec 10, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Caroline Greer Murray, 95, died Saturday, December 10, at Aquidneck Place in Portsmouth, RI.Born in Wilmington, DE, she was a daughter of the late William Andrews and Elizabeth Wilson Murphey and the wife of the late Francis B. Murray.Mrs. Murray grew up and raised her family in Rockville Centre, NY, and moved to Portsmouth after her husband...
Cecelia Gloria Silva
Dec 9, 2011
Cecelia Gloria Savasta Silva, 84, of Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, December 9, 2011 at the Newport Hospital. She was the wife of Robert W. Silva of Portsmouth.Born in Providence, RI on April 22, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Domenic and Mary Monti Savasta.Mrs. Silva worked for the Portsmouth School Department for many years. She was a loving...
Olive Mary Fell
Dec 9, 2011
Olive Mary Fell, 91, of Admiralty Drive, Middletown, RI, formerly of Bliss Road, Newport, died Friday, December 9, 2011 at her daughters home in Narragansett, RI. She was the wife of the late John Henry Jack Fell.Born in Fairfield, Maine on December 5, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Rose Cyr Thibodeau.Olive was a dedicated mother...
Jeffrey A. Archer
Dec 9, 2011
PNCM Jeffrey A. Archer, USN, 55, of 403 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly on Friday, December 9, 2011 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Barbara Moore Archer.Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on July 6, 1956, Jeff grew up in the Ft. Wayne, IN area and joined the US Navy in 1975. That same year he married Barbara...
Charles F. Mcgeown
Dec 8, 2011
Middletown, RI - Charles F. McGeown Jr. a man of great faith left his cherished JoAnn, who he started courting 61 years ago and continued throughout his life, finishing his journey to his heavenly Father on December 8, 2011.He died the same way he lived his life with dignity grace, held in the arms of JoAnn; within the exceptional care...
Marion E. Williams
Dec 7, 2011
Marion Bence Williams, 93, passed peacefully on December 7, 2011 at Newport Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. She was a lifelong resident of Aquidneck Island after having lived in Newport for many years, then Middletown, and for the past 27 years in Portsmouth.She was married to Henry E. Williams for over 70 years and recently moved to Sakonnet Bay...
Mary Paranzino
Dec 7, 2011
Middletown, RI - Mary L. Paranzino, of Middletown, RI and Pompano Beach, Fl, died Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at her home in Middletown, with her family by her side.Mrs. Paranzino was born on March 25, 1919, to the late Ada M. Pollock Radice and Joseph A. Radice.A member of Jesus Saviour Church she was a former state bowling champion and...
Louise O. Armstrong
Dec 5, 2011
Newport, RI - Louise O. Hatmaker Allen Armstrong, 94, died peacefully at home on December 5.She was born in Newport in 1917; her familys home was on Bateman Avenue in the Fifth War. Later, she resided for more than 30 years on Thurston Avenue and was a congregant of Emmanuel Church on Dearborn Street. Her home for the last four...
James Norman Mchenry
Dec 3, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - James Norman McHenry, 89, of McCorrie Lane, Portsmouth, RI, passed away at home surrounded by his loving family on December 3, 2011. The last words he heard on this earth were, I love you! from his granddaughter Jocelyn. James was born on February 5, 1922 in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and was the son of the late Mary...
Nancy Marie Harmon
Dec 3, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Nancy Marie Parsonage Harmon, 72, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2011. She was born in Newport on February 4, 1939, to the late John Joseph Parsonage and Adele Oakley Parsonage.She was predeceased by her loving husband Robert John Harmon of fifty one years, her daughter Deborah Marie Harmon, RN, and her brother, John...
Marie J. Koch
Dec 1, 2011
Middletown, RI - Marie J. Bourassa Koch, 88, of Newport, RI, died Thursday, December 1, 2011 at John Clarke Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Walter J. Koch.Born in Cascade, NH on September 9, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Delphine Label Bourassa.Mrs. Koch worked as an interior decorator for a...
Helen Barbara Goncalo
Nov 30, 2011
Helen B. Gonalo, entered into eternal life in Heaven while holding the hands of her beloved daughter, Helen and beloved grandson, Rocky, on the morning of November 30th. She was reunited with the love of her life, John who predeceased her in 2008.Helen was born on July 12, 1924 into the loving family of Joseph and Phoebe Matose. She had...
Allan F. Belden
Nov 30, 2011
Ocala, FL - Allan Freeman Belden, 91of, Ocala, FL, died Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at home surrounded by his loved ones.He was the husband of Annunziata Tina DeVirgilio Belden.Born in Fall River, MA on October 1, 1920, he was the son of the late Raymond and Rhoda Sandford Belden.Mr. Belden was a graduate of SMTI and served in WWII after...
Joyce Marilyn Adams
Nov 29, 2011
Orlando, FL - Joyce Marilyn Adams, 58 former Portsmouth, RI, resident passed away in Orlando, FL, from complications due to diabetes. Daughter of the late Albert and Marilyn (Babbitt) Adams of Island Park, she was a graduate of St. Anthonys School, Portsmouth High School class of 72 and Valencia Community College in Orlando, FL. She also attended the University of...
John Edward Prasol
Nov 29, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - John Edward Prasol, 72, of Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Newport, RI, died Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.He was the beloved husband of Ann Marie Couto Prasol of Portsmouth, and the late Norma Catherine Hickey. Born in Hadley, MA on December 1, 1938, he was the son of the late John and Nellie...
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