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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Olga Herminia Torres

Olga Herminia Torres

Jan 30, 2011

Newport, RI - Olga Herminia Torres, 89, of 31 Red Cross Avenue, Newport, RI, died Sunday, January 30, 2011 at home. Born in Santa Domingo, Santa Clara, Cuba, on December 21, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Herminia Hernandez de Torres and Robert Torres Waugh.At a time when there were not many women physicians, Dr. Torres earned her...

John P. Gatta

John P. Gatta

Jan 29, 2011

Newport, RI - John T. Peter Gatta, 71, of 137 Third Street, Newport, RI, died Saturday, January 29, 2011 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Cambridge, MA on October 18, 1939, he was the son of the late Angelo and Emma Findley Gatta. Mr. Gatta worked most of his life as a painter, he was the owner of AOK...

Doris Alda Lincourt

Doris Alda Lincourt

Jan 29, 2011

Portsmouth, RI - Doris Alda Parker Lincourt, 91, of Fairview Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, January 29, 2011 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center, Providence, RI.She was the wife of the late Joseph O. Lincourt. Born in Newport, RI on August 23, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Horace and Alvhild Steijen Parker.Mrs. Lincourt was a member of St....

Henry Wilson

Henry Wilson

Jan 28, 2011

Bristol, RI - Henry Wilson, Jr., 77, formerly of 87 Girard Avenue, Newport, died Friday, January 28, 2011 at RI Veterans Home, Bristol, RI.He was the husband of the late Beatrice Robinson Wilson. Born in Charlestown, SC on February 17, 1933, he was the son of the late Henry Wilson, Sr. and Lottie Green Wilson. Mr. Wilson served in the...

Florence Kuttner

Florence Kuttner

Jan 28, 2011

Portsmouth- Florence E. Flo Perry Kuttner, age 72 of Silva Avenue, Portsmouth, RI died January 28, 2011 at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the widow of the late Robert P. Kuttner.Born in Newport, RI on October 10, 1938 she was the daughter of the late Elsie I. Watson and the late Wallace S. Perry.Flo graduated from Rogers...

William Charles Griswold

William Charles Griswold

Jan 28, 2011

Portsmouth, RI - William C. Bill Griswold, Sr., 65, of 284 Corys Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, January 28, 2011 at St. Annes Hospital, Fall River, MA. Born in Newport, RI on April 22, 1945, he was the son of the late Arthur E. and Mary K. Doyle Griswold.Bill worked for the past eighteen years for Electric Boat in Groton...

Laura Rose Medeiros

Laura Rose Medeiros

Jan 28, 2011

Laura R. Silvia Medeiros, 86, formerly of 15 Wilson Road, Middletown, RI, died Friday, January 28, 2011 at the Grand Islander Heath Care Center in Middletown after a long illness.She was the wife of Manuel Medeiros, Jr.Born in Middletown, RI on December 13, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Parvo Silvia.Mrs. Medeiros was a 1942...

Barbara Frances Lawrence

Barbara Frances Lawrence

Jan 27, 2011

Newport, RI - Barbara F. Hicks Lawrence, 85, Newport, RI, died Thursday, January 27, 2011 at home with her family at her side. She was the beloved wife of the late Steven Lawrence, Jr. Born in Newport, RI on May 8, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Ralph M. and Gladys M. Lawton Hicks. Barbara was very devoted...

Chester C. Schulze

Chester C. Schulze

Jan 27, 2011

Middletown, RI - Chester C. Chet Schulze, 72, of Bayview Park, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, January 27, 2011 at Newport Hospital with his pastor and his beloved family and friends by his side.He was the husband of the late Betty J. Kimba Schulze. Born in Freetown, NY on March 7, 1938, he was the son of the late Chester H....

Wilma G. Sandvig

Wilma G. Sandvig

Jan 26, 2011

Newport, RI - Wilma G. Brakke Sandvig, 96, of Village House, Newport, formerly of Thief River Falls, MN, died on January 26, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband Stanley Gerald Sandvig and her siblings, Arlie Blow of Tucson, AZ and Leonard Brakke of Milbank, SD. She was a member of St. Peters Lutheran Church. An avid and...

Joseph R. O'Dell

Joseph R. O'Dell

Jan 26, 2011

Middletown, RI - Joseph Rodgers Odell, Jr., 87, of Middletown, RI, passed away on January 26, 2011.He was the youngest of five children born to Sallie Bell Cooper and Joseph Rodgers ODell. He was preceded in death by his siblings and his first wife of 20 years, Ellen ODell, their son Joseph R. ODell III, his second wife of 20...

Koula Tsaparas

Koula Tsaparas

Jan 24, 2011

Newport, RI - Koula Sarris Tsaparas, 91, of Village House Nursing Center, formerly of Pond Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, January 24, 2011 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late John P. Tsaparas. Born in Newport, RI on July 3, 1919, she was the daughter of the late John F. and Mary Loftatis Sarris.Mrs....

Rose Mary Mccray

Rose Mary Mccray

Jan 24, 2011

Rose M. McCray, 81, of Paramount Apartments, 76 Broadway, Newport, RI, died on Monday, January 24, 2011 at Newport Hospital.She was the longtime companion of Edward Massey of Newport and the former wife of Harold McCray of Portsmouth.Born in Newport, RI on November 18, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Fortunato and Mary Rosa Ribeiro.Mrs. McCray was a...

Juanita Gee

Juanita Gee

Jan 24, 2011

She was born in Middletown, RI on October 11, 1917. She attended Rogers High School and later married Richard Gee of Fiskeville, RI. Together they moved to Fiskeville, where they operated the Arkwright Poultry farm until the 1960s. Mrs. Gee took on the task of farming with zest and competence. After that time, Juanita assumed the position of an accountant...

Kathleen Cecelia Fitzgerald

Kathleen Cecelia Fitzgerald

Jan 23, 2011

Kathleen Cecelia FitzGerald, 94, formerly of Newport, RI, died on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at the Grand Islander Healthcare Center in Middletown, RI.Born in Newport, RI on April 23, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Catherine Golden FitzGerald.Kathleen worked for the Newport Housing Authority from 1961 to 1993. When the elderly high rise on Chapel Street...

Henry Earl Williams

Henry Earl Williams

Jan 22, 2011

Portsmouth, RI - Henry Earl Williams, 97, of Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, January 22, 2011 at Sakonnet Bay Manor, Tiverton, RI. Born in Newport, RI on December 4, 1913, he was the son of the late Seddie and Frances Tripp Williams. Mr. Williams was a U.S. Navy Veteran of WWII. A skilled woodworker, he worked many years for the late...

George E. Barclay De Tolly

George E. Barclay De Tolly

Jan 22, 2011

Newport, RI - George E. Barclay de Tolly, 84, of 10 Pell Street, Newport, RI, died Saturday, January 22, 2011 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Poznan, Poland on January 19, 1927, he was the son of the late Baron Erick and Baroness Alda Ruhlin Barclay de Tolly and the descendant of a noble Scottish family that immigrated to...

Ana Cabral Moura

Ana Cabral Moura

Jan 22, 2011

Ana Cabral Moura, of 5 Valhalla Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at home surrounded by her family.She was the wife of the late Antonio S. Moura.Born in Santa Maria, Azores on November 8, 1919, she was the daughter of Antonio Cabral and Maria Jose Andrade Cabral. Ana moved to the United States in 1976 and resided...

Patricia Catherine Conrad

Patricia Catherine Conrad

Jan 21, 2011

Newport, RI - Patricia Catherine Maguire Conrad, 89, of 30 Bliss Road, Newport, RI, and Naples, FL, died peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Friday, January 21, 2011 at St. Lukes Hospital, New Bedford, MA after a long illness.She was the wife of the late Lloyd T. Conrad with whom she shared 64 years of marriage. Born in Newport, RI...

William F. Cormier

William F. Cormier

Jan 20, 2011

Middletown, RI - William F. Cormier, 81, of 8 Balsam Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, January 20, 2011 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Barbara J. Champlin Cormier. Born in Lawrence, MA on May 19, 1929, he was the son of the late Frank X. and Grace Clay Cormier.Mr. Cormier moved to Pascoag as a child. He...