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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Barry A. Mellow

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Alfred Jesse Jacome

Alfred Jesse Jacome

Apr 4, 2012

Middletown, RI - Alfred Jesse Jacome, 80, of 3 Rosedale Terrace, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, April 4, 2012, in Chelsea, AL. He was the husband of the late Winifred May Kelly Jacome. Born in Middletown, RI on December 30, 1931, he was the son of the late Manuel and Mary Viera Jacome.Mr. Jacome worked as a manager for the Middletown...

C. Henry Gilmore

C. Henry Gilmore

Apr 3, 2012

Middletown, RI - C. Henry Gilmore, Jr., 74, of 17 Squantum Drive, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Madeline Gail Sullivan Gilmore. Born in Newport, RI on November 19, 1937, he was the son of the late Clarence Henry and Josephine Reigle Gilmore.Mr. Gilmore was a 1956 graduate...

Henry J. Tierno, Jr

Henry J. Tierno, Jr

Apr 3, 2012

Henry J. Tierno, Jr., 86, of Harvey Road, Middletown, RI, died on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at Newport Hospital.He was the husband of Phyllis A. Bonci Braga Tierno and the husband of the late Grace P. Kelly Tierno.Born in Berlin, NJ on February 1, 1926, he was the son of the late Henry J. and Mae Dowdell Tierno.Mr. Tierno was...

Rene A. Tougas, Sr

Rene A. Tougas, Sr

Apr 1, 2012

Portsmouth, RI - Rene Tougas, Sr. 96, of, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Mary Armour Tougas. Born in Central Falls, RI on Nov. 20, 1915, he was the son of the late Alfonse and Corrine Lucignon Tougas. Mr. Tougas worked as an engineer for Spidell/Textron for...

Nancy Marie Volton

Nancy Marie Volton

Apr 1, 2012

Middletown, RI - Nancy Volton, 82, of Middletown, RI, died Sunday, April 1, 2012 at John Clarke Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of Richard Michael Volton of Middletown. Born in Troy, NY on October 21, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Elmer Powel and Anna Vandenburgh. She is survived by her husband Richard M....

Lydia C. Pine

Lydia C. Pine

Mar 31, 2012

Lydia Carolyn Pine, 92, of 28 Draper Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Joseph P. Pine. Born in Middletown, RI on April 4, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Caroline Pasquale Vidinha. Mrs. Pine was a member of Jesus...

Evelyn A. Finney

Evelyn A. Finney

Mar 31, 2012

Middletown, RI - Evelyn A. Finney, 86, of Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of Rogers Lane, Middletown, died Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. Born in Somerville, MA on July 19, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Francis W. and Evelyn Leonard Finney. Evelyn was an avid NY Mets fan. She became...

Doris Medeiros

Doris Medeiros

Mar 31, 2012

Middletown, RI - Doris Mary Medeiros, 93, of Middletown, RI, formerly of Freeborn Street, Newport, died Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Francis Frank Medeiros. Born in Woonsocket, RI on August 9, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Verthune and Mildred Lavagee Rondeau. Doris lived...

Robert David Sullivan

Robert David Sullivan

Mar 30, 2012

Lt Colonel retired US Army Robert David Dago Sullivan died peacefully at his home on Everett Street, Middletown. He had been diagnosed with Dementia since suffering a stroke in the late 1980s. Since the death of his wife in 2006, his condition steadily worsened. A special thanks to Jamestown Healthcare for their daily attendance, support and compassionate care given to...

Malcolm H. Joslyn

Malcolm H. Joslyn

Mar 30, 2012

Middletown, RI -CPO Malcolm H. Joslyn Josh QMC/USN Ret, of Middletown, RI, passed away peacefully at home Friday, March 30, 2012. Born in Bangor, Maine on October 1, 1937, He was the son of the late Russell James and Ardis Alva Gellerson Joslyn. Josh worked at the Bangor shoe factory before joining the Navy at 17 years old. He served...

Franz Germann

Franz Germann

Mar 28, 2012

Pensacola, FL - Franz Germann, 73, of Pensacola, FL, formerly of Newport, RI, died Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at his home in Pensacola, FL. Born in Hann Muenden, Germany on December 8, 1938, he was the son of the late August and Margarete Moritz Germann.Franz moved to the US as a young man, and attended Rogers High School graduating in...

John Johnson

John Johnson

Mar 27, 2012

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Joseph Bernath

Joseph Bernath

Mar 26, 2012

Jamestown, RI - Joseph Sam Bernath, 82, of Hamilton Avenue, Jamestown, RI, passed away peacefully on March 26, 2012 at home, surrounded by his family. Born on August 17, 1929, Joe was the son of Benjamin and Mary Bernath of Indianapolis, Indiana. He is survived by his wife Anna, of 47 years; his three children, David, Tania and Stephen; and...