Obituaries

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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Joseph F. Souza, Sr

Joseph F. Souza, Sr

Nov 13, 2010

Middletown, RI - Joseph Francis Souza, Sr., 99, of 228 Peckham Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, November 13, 2010 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of the late Belmeida Bettencourt Souza. Born in St. Michael, the Azores, on March 13, 1911, he was the son of the late Joseph Francis and Antonia daPont Souza.Mr. Souza retired after 24 years...

Patricia C. Anderson

Patricia C. Anderson

Nov 13, 2010

Newport, RI - Patricia C. Cregan Andersen, 81, of Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI, formerly of 2121 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, November 13, 2010 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. Born in Providence, RI on December 17, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Jennie Jorgensen Cregan.Mrs. Andersen was a member of...

Edmund J. Decosta

Edmund J. Decosta

Nov 12, 2010

Middletown, RI - Edmund J. DeCosta, 88, of Middletown, RI, formerly of 27 Hoppin Road, Newport, died Friday, November 12, 2010 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.He was the husband of Doris Louise Ibscher DeCosta. Born in Newport, RI on August 3, 1922, he was the son of the late Antone and Georgianna Pacheco DeCosta.Mr. DeCosta played on...

Clayton W. Allen

Clayton W. Allen

Nov 11, 2010

Clayton W. Allen, who lived at Atria Aquidneck Place in Portsmouth, RI, passed away on November 11, 2010 at the age of 98. Clayton was born on June 12, 1912 in Scranton, PA. He lived most of his adult life in Sea Cliff, NY where he made significant contributions to the community, including Scout Master, Properties and Finance Director of...

Cynthia M. Worcester

Cynthia M. Worcester

Nov 11, 2010

Cynthia M. Metzger Worcester, 90, of Bristol and Prudence Island, RI, died Thursday, November 11, 2010 at Atria Aquidneck Place, in Portsmouth, RI.She was the wife of the late J. Alden Worcester.Mrs. Worcester was a member of St. Michaels Episcopal Church in Bristol. She was an avid reader and sports fan, partically of the Boston Red Sox, and she especially...

Doris J. Meniz

Doris J. Meniz

Nov 11, 2010

Doris Kreider Meniz, 88, formerly of Newport, died Thursday, November 11, 2010 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Antone Meniz. Born in Portsmouth, RI on December 10, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Mrs. Beulah Borden Kreider O?Laughlin and the late Edward J. Kreider. She graduated from the former...

Isabelle Silvia

Isabelle Silvia

Nov 9, 2010

Middletown, RI - Isabelle Silvia, 96, of Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late William Francis Silvia, Sr. Born in South Dartmouth, MA on October 31, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Rose Leal Oliver.Mrs. Silvia was a communicant of...

Catherine A. Kempenaar

Catherine A. Kempenaar

Nov 8, 2010

Newport, RI Catherine A. Kempenaar, 83, of Boca Raton, Florida and Newport, RI passed away Monday, November 8, 2010 at the Village House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.She was the wife of the late Robert Kempenaar. Born in Newport, RI on December 16, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Nellie OConnor Crombie and James B. Crombie. She leaves one...

Shirley K. Stretch Miller

Shirley K. Stretch Miller

Nov 8, 2010

Tiverton, R.I. - Shirley Kling Stretch Miller, 84, of 1215 Main Road, Tiverton, RI, formerly of Little Compton, died Monday, November 8, 2010 at Sakonnet Bay Manor, Tiverton, RI. She was the wife of the late George E. Stretch. Born in Branford, CT on April 13, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Beula Avery Kling. Mrs....

George L. Schmitt

George L. Schmitt

Nov 7, 2010

GEORGE L. SCHMITT, 75, of Addy Drive, Bristol, RI, formerly of Newport, died unexpectedly at home on Sunday, November 7, 2010.Born in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late George L. and Elizabeth L. Shea Schmitt.Mr. Schmitt was employed by Sears Department Store, formerly in Newport and Middletown, RI, for 38 years. He was a longtime member of...

Jeanne Marie Mellow

Jeanne Marie Mellow

Nov 5, 2010

Jeanne Marie Mellow, 61, of Water Street, Portsmouth, RI died peacefully in her home with her family Friday morning, November 5, 2010.Gigi brightened the lives of all she touched with her sassy sense of humor and beautiful smile. Loved and revered for a most generous spirit, she was known best for her wonderful, infectious laugh.She was the wife of Dr....

Sgt. Michael F. Paranzino

Sgt. Michael F. Paranzino

Nov 5, 2010

FT. DRUM, NY ? Sgt. Michael F. Paranzino, US Army, 22, formerly of Middletown, RI, was Killed in Action on Friday, November 5, 2010 serving his country in Kandahar, Afghanistan.He was the husband of Lindsey Christopher Paranzino and father of Maxton and Logan. Born in Newport, RI on December 4, 1987, he was the son of Francis Butch and Melane...

Palma Morang

Palma Morang

Nov 4, 2010

Palma Bavicchi Morang, 86, of St. Elizabeth Manor, Bristol. RI, formerly of Keene, NH, died Thursday, November 4th. Prior to his passing in 2006, she was married to Charles H. Morang for 56 years.Born on April 5, 1924 in Dedham, MA. she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Sarah Nolfi Bavicchi.Mrs. Morang graduated from Wheaton College in 1947...

John Ellis Philcox

John Ellis Philcox

Oct 31, 2010

Newport, RI - John Ellis Philcox, 63, of 87 Malbone Rd., Newport, RI, died Sunday, October 31, 2010 at the Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, after a fight with multiple myeloma.He was the husband of Laura Harrington Philcox. John was born in White Plains, NY on Oct. 24, 1947, he was the son of the late Norman and Zelda Philcox....

Sheila Nunes

Sheila Nunes

Oct 31, 2010

Sheila Murphy Nunes, 72, of Bristol Ferry Road, Portsmouth, RI, died at her home on Sunday afternoon, October 31, 2010.Born in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Louis E. and Margaret W. Wagner Murphy.Mrs. Nunes was a 1959 graduate of Salve Regina University and received her Masters Degree from RI College. She taught school for 34 years...

Andre Jacques De Bethune, Phd

Andre Jacques De Bethune, Phd

Oct 30, 2010

Andr Jacques de Bthune, PhD, 91, formerly of 160 Bristol Ferry Rd, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, October 30, 2010, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI, of natural causes. He was the husband of Margaret Ann Maurer de Bthune of Middletown, RI.Born in Brussels, Belgium, on August 20, 1919, Dr. de Bthune was the son of the late Gaston S.P. and Marthe...

Judith Silvia

Judith Silvia

Oct 30, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Judith Neely Silvia, 65, of 9 Scotty Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died unexpectedly Saturday, October 30, 2010 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the companion of James Grimmitt of Portsmouth, RI. Born in Newport, RI on December 31, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Fanny H. Faria Neely.Ms. Silvia worked in private service...

Marie Alice Coute

Marie Alice Coute

Oct 29, 2010

Newport, RI - Marie Alice Coute, 84, formerly of Halsey Street, Newport, RI, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 29, 2010 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Antone P. Coute and the mother of the late Anthony P. Coute. Born in Fall River, MA on January 10, 1926, she was the daughter...

Phillip E. Brian

Phillip E. Brian

Oct 26, 2010

Phillip E. Brian, 63, of 150 East Shore Road, Jamestown, RI, died Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at South County Hospital, Wakefield, RI. He was the husband of Mary Elizabeth Gayron Brian.Born in New York, NY, on October 27, 1946, he was the son of the late Ernest H. and Mildred Kronk Brian.Phillip grew up in New York and spent his...

Theresa V. Johnson

Theresa V. Johnson

Oct 23, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Theresa Virginia Lewis Johnson, 96, of 437 Jepson Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, October 23, 2010 at home with her family.She was the wife of the late William Arthur Johnson. Born in Brunswick, MD on February 2, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Harry L. and Edna Thompson Lewis.Mrs. Johnson was a member of Methodist...