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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Henry B. Ward

Henry B. Ward

Apr 4, 2010

Henry Burrill Ward, 83, of Stockton Drive, Middletown, RI, died on Sunday, April 4, 2010 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Barbara E. Moreau Ward.Born in Newport, RI on September 8, 1926, he was the son of the late Harry A. and Gladys Langley Ward.Mr. Ward was a civil engineer at the Public Works Center at the Newport...

Walter M. Conley

Walter M. Conley

Apr 2, 2010

Walter M. Conley Middletown, RI - Walter M. Conley, 88, of 65 Crest Street, Middletown, RI, formerly of Tuckerman Avenue, Middletown, died Friday, April 2, 2010 at the John Clarke Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.He was the husband of 50 years, to the late Elizabeth Ann Chapman Conley, who died in November of 2009. Born in Newport, RI on April...

Alfred V. Corey

Alfred V. Corey

Mar 31, 2010

Alfred V. Corey, 101, of 301 Bulgarmarsh Road, Tiverton, RI, formerly of Middletown, RI passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at the Warren Center in Warren, RIHe was the husband of Helena Arruda Corey and the former husband of Emilia P. Corey.Born in Fayal, Azores, Portugal on July 15, 1908, he was the son of the late Antonio and Maria...

Sophia Dias

Sophia Dias

Mar 30, 2010

Newport, RI - Sophia Galante Dias, 90, of 9 Bradford Avenue, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Elias B. Dias. Born in New Bedford, MA on May 13, 1912 she was the daughter of the late Antonio M. and Alexandrina Tavares Galante.Mrs. Dias volunteered for...

Brian Carl Free

Brian Carl Free

Mar 30, 2010

Middletown, RI - Brian C. Free, at the age of 42 passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 from a long time illness. He was the son of the late Herbert Free of Alabama and the late Alice Bollin Free of Newport, RI.Brian was an avid Red Sox and Patriots Fan. He had a real passion for sports to include...

John Volpe

John Volpe

Mar 30, 2010

Jamestown, RI - John Volpe, 88, of 275 East Shore Road, Jamestown, RI, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Eleanor M. White Volpe. Born in Providence, RI on May 26, 1921, he was the son of the late Ermelindo Volpe and Doratea Barricelli Volpe.Mr. Volpe worked for 50 years...

Michael Joseph Oliveira

Michael Joseph Oliveira

Mar 29, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Michael Joseph Oliveira, 58, of 114 Ormerod Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, March 29, 2010 at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.He was the husband of Sharon Ann Cook Oliveira. Born in Newport, RI on April 7, 1951, he was the son of the late Joseph E. and Mary Vierra Oliveira.Mr. Oliveira worked as a materials specialist at...

Calvin P. Ford, Jr

Calvin P. Ford, Jr

Mar 29, 2010

Middletown, RI - Calvin P. Ford, Jr., 79, of 417 Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI, formerly of 15 Cathy Circle, Portsmouth, died Monday, March 29, 2010 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Deronda Hart Ford. Born in Newport, RI on November 30, 1930, he was the son of the late Calvin P. and Henrietta...

Mary Dumont

Mary Dumont

Mar 29, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Mary Jones Dumont, 81, of 120 Gormley Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, March 29, 2010 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of Armand Dumont. Born in Kansas City, MO on December 21, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Lula Skinner Jones.Mrs. Dumont grew up in Independence, MO and moved around as...

Jeanette L. Magnan

Jeanette L. Magnan

Mar 29, 2010

Middletown, RI - Jeanette L. Benjamin Magnan, 89, of 48 Maple Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Monday, March 29, 2010 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Wilfred J. Magnan. Born in Central Falls, RI on Nov. 13, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Lorriana Benjamin.Mrs. Magnan was a loving mother, grandmother and...

Marguerite L. Hinkel

Marguerite L. Hinkel

Mar 27, 2010

Marguerite L. Spencer Johnson Hinkel, 92, formerly of Algonquin Drive, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Village House Nursing Rehabilitation Center in Newport. She was the wife of the late CDR Harold Hinkel, USN Ret. and also the late William Johnson. Born in Exeter, NH on January 1, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and...

Lorraine Andrade

Lorraine Andrade

Mar 26, 2010

Lorraine Andrade, 61, of Peckham Street, Fall River, MA, formerly of Newport, RI passed away on Friday, March 26, 2010 at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River.She was the wife of Kenneth Jason Eberhart of Fall River, MA.Born in Newport, RI on January 1, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Manuel Anthony and Georgina Teresa Monteiro Andrews.Known to...

Mary F. Nelson

Mary F. Nelson

Mar 25, 2010

Mary F. Gaspar NelsonMiddletown, RI - Mary F. Gaspar Nelson, 94, formerly of 10 Maitland Court, Newport, died Thursday, March 25, 2010 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Albert W. Nelson.Born in Fall River, MA on Feb. 28, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Adrian and Mariana DeCosta Gaspar.Mrs....

Joseph D. Sheehan

Joseph D. Sheehan

Mar 22, 2010

Joseph Dean Sheehan, 72, of AHEPA Apartments, 87 Girard Avenue, Newport, RI, died on Monday, March 22, 2010 at his home.Born in New Haven, CT, on April 15, 1937, he was the son of the late John H. and Ethel B. Hines Sheehan, and preceeded in death by his brother, John Jr.Mr. Sheehan was ordained in 1964 by the Maryknoll...

Jerry Leek

Jerry Leek

Mar 19, 2010

Jerry Patton Leek Middletown, RI - Jerry Patton Leek, 88, of Blenheim, Middletown, RI, formerly of Squantum Drive and Valley Road, died on Friday, March 19, 2010 at Newport Hospital, Newport. Born in St. Joseph, MO on January 29, 1922, she was the daughter of the late William B. and Ota Nelson Patton.Mrs. Leek worked as a bookkeeper in the...

M. Elizabeth Ward

M. Elizabeth Ward

Mar 18, 2010

Middletown, RI - M. Elizabeth Betty Cardoza Ward, 66, of 1 Buck Road, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly Thursday, March 18, 2010 at home. Born in Middletown, RI on July 6, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Mary Corey Cardoza. Betty worked as a bookkeeper for several years at the James L. Maher Center, retiring two years...

Jason Robert Paul Donovan

Jason Robert Paul Donovan

Mar 17, 2010

Newport, RI - Jason Robert Paul Donovan, 35, of Newport, RI, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at home.He was the beloved husband of Lara Pasternak Donovan and the proud father of Kyle Paul Donovan. Born in Newport, RI on February 6, 1975, he was the son of Paul and Maureen Toppa Donovan of Newport.Jason grew up in Newport...

Evelyn C. Chapman

Evelyn C. Chapman

Mar 16, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Evelyn C. Aguiar Chapman, 92, of 2368 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Charles Chapman. Born in Fall River, MA on April 27, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Roguel and Mary Viveiros Aguiar.She is survived by her son Al...

Helen O. Radomsky

Helen O. Radomsky

Mar 10, 2010

Helen Olga Radomsky, 93, of the John Clarke Retirement Center, 600 Valley Road Middletown, RI, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Alexander Radomsky.Born in Chicago, IL on August 10, 1916, she was the daughter of the late John and Katherine Lewitsky.Helen was an artist. Drawing many beautiful pictures...

Steven Patrick Barlow

Steven Patrick Barlow

Mar 9, 2010

Steven Patrick Barlow, 42, of Newport, RI, passed away on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, as the result of a motor vehicle accident.Born in Newport, RI on May 10, 1967, he was the son of Sylvia Johnson Barlow of Newport and the late Howard L. Barlow, Sr. Steven worked locally as a painter and was...