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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

John F. Nunes

John F. Nunes

Dec 10, 2010

John F. Nunes, age 73, of 616 Wolcott Avenue, Middletown, died Friday December 10, 2010. He was the husband of Suzanne Hale Nunes. They were married 47 years.Born in Newport on February 9, 1937, he was the son of the late Joseph L. and Mary Medeiros Nunes.A graduate of De La Salle Academy and Providence College, class of ?59, he...

Ronald L. Cloutier

Ronald L. Cloutier

Dec 9, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Ronald L. ?Rocky? Cloutier, 70, of Brownell Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, December 9, 2010 at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. He was the husband of Barbara A.Gray Cloutier.Born in Fall River, MA on January 19, 1940, he was the son of the late Donat and Juliette Pelletier Cloutier.Mr. Cloutier started working as a truck driver...

Melinda Dupont

Melinda Dupont

Dec 9, 2010

Melinda Arcieri Dupont, 63, of Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, December 9, 2010 at home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Ronald R. Dupont.Born in Newport, RI, on February 9, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Joseph G. and Barbara Beans Arcieri.Mrs. Dupont was a graduate of Rogers High School, Arthur Angelo?s School of Hairdressing, and...

Maria Machado Mullen

Maria Machado Mullen

Dec 8, 2010

Maria D. Machado Mullen, 81, of 2 Weaver Street, Fall River, MA, formerly of Newport, RI, died Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at the home of her son, surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late John James Mullen.Born in Portugal, on December 11, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Eltivinia Souza Machado.Mrs. Mullen...

Rolando G. Reyes

Rolando G. Reyes

Dec 8, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Rolando G. Reyes, 72, of Donna Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died peacefully on Wednesday, December 8, 2010, at home with his family at his side.Born in Cavite, the Philippines, on October 22, 1938, he was the son of the late Benedicto and Esther Gelera Reyes.Mr. Reyes served in the United States Navy for 22 years. He worked as...

James E. Tucker

James E. Tucker

Dec 4, 2010

MIDDLETOWN, RI - James Edward Tucker, 71 of Renfrew Avenue, Middletown, RI, formerly of Seascape Avenue, Middletown, RI, died on Saturday, December 4, 2010 in the John Clarke Nursing Center, Middletown.. He was the husband of Joan E. Rowe Tucker of Middletown, and the late Ruth Johnson Tucker. Born in Everette, WA, on August 2, 1939, he was the son...

David P. Barker

David P. Barker

Dec 2, 2010

David P. Barker, of Green End Avenue, Middletown, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2010 at the Philip Hulitar Center in Providence. He was the husband of Heidi M. Reed Barker.Born in Newport on March 22, 1965, he was the son of Benjamin B. and Nancy M. Gualteri Barker of Middletown.David was educated in the Middletown School System. He loved working...

Helen Elizabeth Shannon

Helen Elizabeth Shannon

Dec 2, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Helen Elizabeth Silverbrand Shannon, 94, of 56 Holman Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, December 2, 2010 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Omaha, NB on October 31, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Edmund and Mabel Darton Silverbrand.Mrs. Shannon attended Eastern Nazarene College in Wollaston, MA. She worked as an administrative...

Gerard Thomas Burgess

Gerard Thomas Burgess

Nov 26, 2010

Gerard Thomas Burgess, 64, of Newport, RI, died unexpectedly in Shelton, CT, on the morning of November 26, 2010.He was a loving husband of 44 years and best friend to Denice Finn Burgess. Born in Brooklyn, NY on February 6, 1946, he was the son of Dorothy A. Burgess of Middletown, and the late George J. Burgess. Gerard was a...

Jennie Marie Shorey

Jennie Marie Shorey

Nov 25, 2010

Jennie Marie Shorey Portsmouth, RI - Jennie Marie Shorey, 91, of 125 Quaker Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, November 25, 2010 at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Glenn Shorey. Born in Bath, ME on Mar. 27, 1919, she was the daughter of the late George and...

Leroy Evans Atkins

Leroy Evans Atkins

Nov 21, 2010

Middletown, RI - Leroy Evans Atkins, 78, of 3A Buck Road, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, November 21, 2010 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Ann Toppa Atkins and Barbara Camara Atkins. Born in Zion, IL on April 25, 1932, he was the son of the late Elmer and Martha Bouck Atkins. He was one of...

Richard F. Schlosky

Richard F. Schlosky

Nov 20, 2010

Schlosky, Richard F. ?Rick?, 54, of Valhalla Drive, Portsmouth, RI, passed away on Saturday, November 20, 2010 at home unexpectedly. He was the loving son of Richard and Janet Schlosky. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his sister, Susie Rucando of Portsmouth, RI, his brother, Mark Schlosky of Hingham, MA, and his sister, Diana Grinnell of Portsmouth,...

Martha Rose Soto

Martha Rose Soto

Nov 19, 2010

Newport, RI - Martha Rose VonVillas Soto, 59, of 32 Hammond Street, Newport, RI, died Friday, November 19, 2010 one day before her 60th Birthday, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center where she made her home for the last 6 months.She was the beloved wife of the late Paul Edward Soto. Born in Newport, RI on November 20, 1950,...

Rosemary B. Fagan

Rosemary B. Fagan

Nov 19, 2010

Newport, RI - Rosemary Bellinger Fagan, of 56 Ayrault Street, Newport, RI, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 19th.She was the wife of Peter S. Fagan. Born in New York, NY on May 27, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Edmund B. Bellinger an attorney and West Point graduate and Rose Bullard Bellinger. Her secondary school was Eden...

Edward Platts

Edward Platts

Nov 18, 2010

Middletown, RI - Edward Russell Robinson Platts, on October 19, 1979 Edward Russell Robinson Platts the second precious joy was born to the proud parents of Lois Platts Robinson and Isaac Robinson. On November 18, 2010 at the age of 31 that joy turned to sorrow as Edward known to others as Ed-d or Phive went to be with the...

Virginia H. Craveiro

Virginia H. Craveiro

Nov 16, 2010

Middletown, RI - Virginia H. Peters Craveiro, 92, of 158 Prospect Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Manuel Craveiro Born in Middletown, RI on February 24, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Mary Moniz Peters.Virginia was a domestic and a homemaker. She was...

Marion Ormerod

Marion Ormerod

Nov 16, 2010

Marion Ibbotson Ormerod, 93, of Lafayette Road, Tiverton, RI, formerly of 61 Cedar Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at home with her family.She was the wife of the late Henry Ormerod.The eldest of eleven children, three of which predeceased her, she was the daughter of the late William and Helen Higginson Ibbotson. Mrs. Ormerod enjoyed knitting...

Thomas E. Patykewich

Thomas E. Patykewich

Nov 15, 2010

Middletown, RI - Ninety-two years ago on May 5, 1918 Thomas E. Patykewich was born in Newport, RI. Tommy to some, Patty to others, always a smile. He was known as Dad, Uncle Pat, Grandfather, Great grandfather, Gramps and affectionately by his son as Grumps. He died on November 15, 2010, recovering from an accident after an operation.He leaves behind...

Muriel Hilda Porter

Muriel Hilda Porter

Nov 15, 2010

Newport, RI - Muriel Hilda Forrest Porter, 95, of 16 Tilley Avenue, Newport, RI formerly of 33 Mann Avenue, Newport RI, passed away November 15, 2010 at Grand Islander Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late John W. Porter, Jr. Born in Fall River, MA on April 5, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Edwin...

Joseph Thomas Driscoll

Joseph Thomas Driscoll

Nov 14, 2010

Middletown, RI - Joseph T. Twister Driscoll, 51, of Middletown, RI, died on Sunday, November 14th, with his loved ones by his side. Born in Boston, MA, on January 1, 1959, he was the son of Rose Shuman of Middletown, RI and the late Cornelius Driscoll.Mr. Driscoll served in the United States Navy for 24 years, retiring as a BMSC....