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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...

Charles J. Romano
Mar 8, 2010
West Dover, VT - Charles J. Romano, 68, of West Dover, Vermont and Middletown, Rhode Island, died Monday, March 8, 2010 at Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI. He was the longtime companion and best friend of Gale Palladino, of Middletown, RI and Vermont.Born in Montclair, NJ on August 1, 1941, he was the son of the late John and Mary DeVita...

Eileen Houde
Mar 7, 2010
Portsmouth, RI - Eileen Glynn Houde, 63, of 89 Malee Terrace, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, March 7, 2010 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, from a cerebral hemorrhage.She was the wife of the late Joseph L. Houde, whom she married on July 3, 1967. Born proud fully in Fall River, MA on May 7, 1946, she was the daughter of...
Marcel Regnere
Mar 5, 2010
Newport, RI - Marcel Regnere, 76, of Heatherwood Nursing and Rehabilitation, Newport, RI, died Friday, March 5, 2010. He was born in Warren, RI on January 17, 1934.Mr. Regnere had worked on Aquidneck Island before retiring in 2001.He was an avid Red Sox Fan and gardener. He enjoyed traveling, the beach and automobiles. He is survived by his friends Roberta...

Benjamin O. Valles
Mar 4, 2010
Benjamin O. Valles, 85, of West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, passed away on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the V.A. Regional Medical Center in Providence. Born in New Bedford, MA on October 7, 1924, he was the son of the late John E. and Virginia Oliveira Valles.Mr. Valles was an A.B. Seaman/Tankerman for most of his life. As a US...
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