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Sarah Ann Howe
Jun 29, 2010
Portsmouth, RI - Sarah Ann Drury Howe long-time resident of Aquidneck Island, died Tuesday in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She was 92.Born in Providence, RI in 1917, she grew up in Middletown, RI. She attended the Wheeler School in Providence, RI and taught nursery school at Milton Academy in Massachusetts and the Park School in Baltimore, MD. In 1944 she married...
William Clinton Unangst
Jun 26, 2010
William Clinton Unangst, 73, of 46 Goldenrod Drive, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, June 26, 2010 at Tuft Medical Center, Boston, MA. He was the husband of Constance Mary Shea Unangst.Born in Wellsboro, PA on May 16, 1937, he was the son of the late Arthur and Ellen Short Unangst.Lt. William Unangst was a 20 year veteran of the US Navy....
Ida Wilson Smith
Jun 25, 2010
Ida Wilson SmithMiddletown, RI - Ida Wilson Smith, 98, of 600 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of Darien, CT, and 11200 102 2nd Avenue, Seminole, FL, died Friday, June 25, 2010 at the John Clarke Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late James Moore Smith.Born in Lincoln, RI on October. 16, 1911, she was the daughter...
James F. Reynolds, Jr
Jun 23, 2010
James F. Reynolds, Jr., 59, of Park Holm, Newport, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at Newport Hospital.He was the husband of 24 years to Anna M. Bernier Reynolds.Born in Woonsocket, RI on July 22, 1950, he was the son of the late James F. Reynolds, Sr. and Alice Norine Hingley Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds was a former auto mechanic...
Edward W. Young
Jun 22, 2010
Newport, RI - Edward W. Young, Newport, RI, passed away on June 22 at Newport Hospital, after a brief illness. He was the son of the late William and Elizabeth Oliver Young.Ed worked for the Newport Creamery from 1952 to 1997 retiring as plant manager. He saw service for his country first in the US Merchant Marine and was later...
William F. Decosta
Jun 22, 2010
Tampa, FL - William Francis DeCosta, 75, passed away peacefully at home with family by his side on Tuesday, June 22, 2010.Born in Newport, RI on May 21, 1935, he was the son of the late Antone and Georgianna Pacheco DeCosta.Bill DeCosta served faithfully and honorably with the United States Air Force, he received three commendation medals. His meritorious services;...
Tom Kroger
Jun 21, 2010
Middletown, RI - Tom Kroger, 58, of 215 Honeyman Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Monday, June 21, 2010 at home surrounded by his family.He was the loving husband of Kathleen Berube Kroger for 32 years. Born in Fall River, MA on March 17, 1952, he was the son of the late Dr. Louis Eugene and Frances Connelly Kroger.Mr. Kroger was a...
Ann L. Howayeck
Jun 21, 2010
NEWPORT, RI - Ann L. Mendes Howayeck, 87, of Tucson, AZ and Newport, RI, passed away on Monday, June 21, 2010 at the home of her daughter, Janice ODonnell.She was the wife of the late Thomas Howayeck. Born in Fall River, MA on November 2, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Mary Theresa Connors Mendes.Mrs. Howayeck...
James Franklin Rossman
Jun 20, 2010
Rossman, James FranklinOf Jackson, MI and Newport, Rhode Island died Sunday June 20, 2010 two months shy of his 90th birthday. Beloved husband and father. Survived by his daughter Barbara Rossman and grandson David Rossman-Robinson of Spokane, WA; son James H.and daughter in-law Pamela Rossman of Jackson, Michigan, and daughter Ann Rossman of Newport, RI. Also survived by his neices...
Mary Elizabeth Chambers
Jun 20, 2010
Mary Elizabeth Andrews Chambers, age 84, of Kingston Avenue, Newport, RI, passed away on Sunday, June 20, 2010 at home. She was the wife of the late Walter H. Chambers.A lifelong resident of Newport, she was born on June 20, 1926, the daughter of the late Manuel and Alice Gomes Andrews.Mrs. Chambers was a communicant of St. Joseph Church and...
Emma Frid
Jun 18, 2010
Emma Jacobsen Frid of John Clarke Nursing Home and Blenheim, Newport, passed away on Friday, June 18, 2010 at the age of 92. Born in Vernsted, Denmark on May 29, 1918, she was one of thirteen children of Henry Jacobsen and Emilie Larsen Jacobsen.She met her future husband, Tage Frid, before he headed to Iceland after Denmark was liberated in...
Margaret Rose Farrell
Jun 15, 2010
Middletown, RI - Margaret Rose Cleary Farrell, 51, of 129 River Run Road, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 surrounded by family.She was the loving wife of Michael John Farrell for thirty years. Born in Massapequa, NY on December 19, 1958, she was the daughter of the late John and Margaret Sweeney Cleary of Tiverton. She worked...
Deronda J. Ford
Jun 15, 2010
Middletown, RI - Deronda J. Hart Ford, 74, of 417 Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the loving wife of the late Calvin Poole Ford, Jr. She joined her husband on June 15th hours after the day they celebrated 58 years of marriage. Born in Fall River, MA on Jan. 13,...
Gerald Paul Mcosker
Jun 14, 2010
McOsker, Gerald P., 70, of Middletown, formerly of Little Compton, Newport, and Providence, died June 14, 2010. He was the husband of Marcia Ide McOsker and the son of the late John C. and Ruth E. McOsker.A lifelong resident of Rhode Island, Gerald McOsker was a 1957 graduate of Classical High School, a 1961 graduate of Providence College, and a...
Marie Hope Tobin
Jun 13, 2010
Newport, RI - Marie Hope Nana Childs Tobin, 91, of 17A Pond Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of 6 Warner Place, Newport, died Sunday, June 13, 2010 at home with her family.She was the wife of the late Richard Tobin. Born in Barnstable, MA on January 18, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Parkman and Florence Larkin Childs.Mrs. Tobin...
Gerald Antonio Velilla
Jun 13, 2010
Newport, RI - Gerald Antonio Velilla, 56, of 10 Whitfield Place, Newport, RI, died Sunday, June 13, 2010 at home surrounded by his family. Born in Trinadad, West Indies, on October 13, 1953, he was the son of Joan A. Phillips Velilla of Newport, RI and the late Jesus Velilla-Valdez.Mr. Velilla attended De La Salle Academy and served in the...
Catherine R. Viera
Jun 11, 2010
Portsmouth, RI - Catherine R McNamara Viera, 89, formerly of 3217 East Main Road, Portsmouth, passed away peacefully June 11, 2010 at the Heatherwood Nursing and Rehab. Center in Newport. Born in Fall River, MA on February 21, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Francis A. McNamara and Elizabeth Connors McNamara. She was the widow of Frank P....
Lawrence Bradley Lufkin
Jun 11, 2010
Lawrence B. Lufkin Tiverton, RI - Lawrence B. Lufkin, 59, of 50 Cherry Lane, Tiverton, RI, formerly of Washington, Street, North Attleboro, MA, died Friday, June 11, 2010 at home. Born in Ft. Pierce, FL on February 27, 1951, he was the son of the late Bradley and Mary Davis Lufkin.Mr. Lufkin worked as a restaurant manager for the past...
Michael George Alexander, Sr
Jun 11, 2010
Middletown, RI - Michael George Alexander, Sr. 64, of Middletown, RI, died suddenly on Friday, June 11, 2010. Born in Newport, RI on November 12, 1945, he was the son of the late George P. and Helen A. Sylvia Alexander.Michael was a lifelong resident of Aquidneck Island and graduated from Rogers High School. He was a longtime personal aide to...
Ethel E. Kyle
Jun 10, 2010
Ethel M. Kyle of Middletown RI died Thursday, June 10, 2010 at the age of 80.She is survived by her husband of 59 years, James W. Kyle.Born in Buffalo, NY, she was the daughter of the late Helen and Herbert McCauley.In addition to her husband, she leaves a daughter, Elizabeth Ellen Kyle, and three sons: James Herbert Kyle of Keene,...
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