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Rodney P. Bowley
Jan 19, 2011
Newport, RI - Rodney P. Bowley, 73, of 38 Bedlow Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at home. He was the husband of Paula Peloquin Bowley. Born in Newport, RI on February 27, 1937, he was the son of the late John F. and Mary Amoruso Bowley.Mr. Bowley grew up in Newport and was a 1954 graduate of...
Laura Barlow
Jan 18, 2011
Bristol, RI - Laura Balzano Barlow, 95, of 111 High Street, Bristol, RI, died on January 18, 2011 at St. Elizabeths Manor after a short illness.She was the wife of the late Charles T. L. Barlow to whom she was married for 47 years. Born in Bristol on September 14, 1915, she was the youngest daughter of the late Francesco...
Ruth Patricia Abbruzzi
Jan 18, 2011
Newport, RI - Ruth P. Sullivan Abbruzzi, 95, of 6 Thurston Avenue, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at John Clarke Retirement and Nursing Center. She was born August 6, 1915 in Newport RI, the daughter of the late Sgt. Cornelius Sullivan, NPD and Anne Shine Sullivan.She was the wife of the late Louis Duke Abbruzzi.Ruth is survived by...
Louise M. Libby
Jan 18, 2011
SOLOMONS ISLAND, MD - Louise M. Libby, 98, of Solomons Nursing Home, Solomons Island, MD, formerly of Newport, Rhode Island and Palm Beach, Florida, and Highlands County, Florida passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at the nursing home.Born in Newport, RI on December 12, 1912, she was the wife of the late Joseph Reed Libby, of Newport, who passed...
Irene Lemke
Jan 17, 2011
Middletown, RI - Irene Lemke, 89, of Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Monday, January 17, 2011 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Boston, MA on March 21, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Alice Burmester. She is survived by her grandchildren James Riley, Sean P. Riley, Sheila Lavault, Colleen Medeiros and Sharon Riley....
Isobel Nardiello
Jan 17, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Isobel Nardiello, 71, of Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, January 17, 2011, at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA, after a long illness. She was the wife of Frank Carmen Nardiello.Born in Glasgow, Scotland, on October 20, 1939, she was the daughter of the late John Vincent and Isabella MacLeod Murphy.Besides her husband of 49 years, she is...
John H. Quarry
Jan 17, 2011
Newport, RI - John Quarry, 46, of Girard Avenue Newport passed away January 17, 2011 in Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.Born in Newport, on October 30, 1964, he was the son of Robert and Marlene Backus Quarry of Gouverneur, NY.John worked in construction for Newport Roofing Company and formerly for R.J. Cauley.Besides his parents, John leaves his brothers and sisters Roland...
Mary Sanger
Jan 16, 2011
Mary S. Starlight Sanger, 65, of Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2011 at Forest Farm Health Care Center in Middletown.Born in Hagerstown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Sabin P. and Dorothy Stonebraker Sanger of Wellesley, Massachusetts and sister of the late Stuart F. Sanger.Mary was an avid painter and artist, and...
Alice Duce
Jan 12, 2011
Middletown, RI - Alice Duce, 94, of 467 Wolcott Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, January 12, 2011 at Kent County Memorial Hospital, Warwick, RI with her daughter and granddaughter by her side.She was the wife of the late Herbert William Duce.Born in Westfield, MA on December 1, 1916, she was the daughter of the late George E. and Adelaide Burnett...
John Henry Macgowan
Jan 12, 2011
JOHN H. JACK MACGOWAN A man of all seasons January 25, 1918 - January 12, 2011 A resident of Corne Street, Newport, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully at Newport Hospital on Jauary 12. Jack, as his friends knew him, was raised in Southampton, New York, after emigrating from his birthplace in St. John, New Brunswick Canada, when he was eight...
Gordon Feid
Jan 11, 2011
Major Gordon Feid, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, 88, of 400 Sea Meadow Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at his daughters home in Contoocook, NH. He was the husband of the late Lucille O. Gagne Feid, they were married for sixty-five years.Born in North Attleboro, MA on March 31, 1922, he was the son of the late Charles...
Loretta M. Mizerek
Jan 11, 2011
Loretta Mary Robicheau Mizerek, 91, of Newport passed away unexpectedly on January 11, 2011 at Newport Hospital.A daughter of the late Malcom and Genevieve Doucette Robicheau, she was born on October 26, 1919 in Salmon River, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 1920, Lorettas family immigrated to Newport beginning her 90 years of residing in Newport.On September 5, 1942, she married her...
Rita E. Levesque
Jan 11, 2011
New Bedford, MA - Rita Elizabeth Joyce Levesque, 85, of New Bedford, MA, formerly of Portsmouth, RI died Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at St. Lukes Hospital, New Bedford, MA. Born in Lowell, MA on March 28, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Ida Lord Joyce.Rita was a devoted mother and grandmother whose greatest joy in life...
Herbert Walter Baker, Jr
Jan 10, 2011
Middletown, RI - Herbert Walter Baker, Jr., 71, of Bayview Park, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, January 10, 2011 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Madeline Aleicho Baker of Middletown.Born in Newport, RI on April. 6, 1939, he was the son of the late Herbert W. and Mary Amaral Baker. Herbert worked in the Newport School Department retiring in...
Aaron B. Carlin
Jan 9, 2011
Tiverton, RI - Aaron B. Carlin, 65, of Tiverton, RI, died Sunday, January 9, 2011 at St. Annes Hospital, Fall River, MA. He was the mate of Ann Nancy Levesque for over 20 years. Born in Shoemaker, CA on January 5, 1946, he was the son of the late Arthur and Virginia Williams Carlin.Cal, as he was known by his...
Pamela Ann Dozier Mclaren
Jan 8, 2011
Pamela Ann Dozier McLaren, RN, of Easton, NH, formerly of Middletown, RI, died on Saturday, January 8, 2011.Born in Chelsea, MA, she was the daughter of Esther DeCristofaro Dozier of Middletown, RI and the late Harry L. Dozier, MCPO, USN, Ret., who passed away in 1979.Pamela was a 1970 graduate of Middletown High School. She worked for many years as...
Josephine M. Green
Jan 8, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Josephine M. Green, 81, of 44 Stagecoach Road, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Newport, RI, died Saturday, January 8, 2011 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Rochester B. Green, USN. Born in Newfoundland, Canada, on February 26, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Mary Yard Mullins.Josephine grew...
William Harrison Brown
Jan 7, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - William Harrison Brown, 89, of 102 Greenfield Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Massapequa Park, NY, died Friday, January 7, 2011, at home.He was the husband for 68 years of Angelina Gondoli Brown. Born in Brooklyn, NY on September 30, 1921, he was the son of the late Alfred C. and Isabel Dryden Brown.Mr. Brown was the founder...
Evelyn Mae Smith
Jan 7, 2011
Evelyn Mae Smith, 89, of 18 Colony Drive, Middletown, RI, died Friday, January 7, 2011 at Heatherwood Nursing Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late William A Smith. Born in Fall River, MA on October 9, 1921, she was the daughter of the late John Ernest and Myra Leeming Wilde.Evelyn grew up in New Bedford, and married...
Evelyn Mae Smith
Jan 7, 2011
Middletown, RI - Evelyn Mae Smith, 89, of Colony Drive, Middletown, RI, died Friday, January 7, 2011 at Heatherwood Nursing Center in Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late William A Smith. Born in Fall River, MA on October 9, 1921, she was the daughter of the late John Ernest and Myra Leeming Wilde.Evelyn grew up in New...
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