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Willard Byron Potter
Jan 12, 2010
Willard Byron Potter Middletown, RI - Willard Byron Potter, 83, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Daisy Constantopoulos Potter. Born in Blackduck, MN on May 11, 1926, he was the son of the late Byron and Irma Klug Potter.Mr. Potter served in the United States Navy during World War II, the Korean...

Herbert W. Bloom, Jr
Jan 12, 2010
Middletown, RI - Herbert W. Bloom, 82, of Village House Nursing Home, 70 Harrison Avenue, Newport, formerly of 66 Phelps Road, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Newport Hospital. Born in Newport, RI on September 18, 1927, he was the son of the late Herbert W. Bloom and Marion DeLaVergne Simmons.Mr. Bloom served in the United States Army...

Sue Anne Kotlewski
Jan 8, 2010
Sue Anne Kotlewski, 68, of 17 Seacrest Drive, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Buffalo, NY, died Friday, January 8, 2010 at Newport Hospital.She was the wife of Frank Kotlewski for 38 years. Born in Buffalo, NY on May 22, 1941, she was the daughter of the late George and Anna Sullivan Barlow. She worked for several years as a clerk in...

James E. Tedder
Jan 7, 2010
Newport, RI - James E. Tedder, 80, of Newport, RI, died Thursday, January 7, 2010 at home surrounded by his family.He was the husband of the late Billie A. Chandler Tedder. Born in Haines City, FL on September 20, 1929, he was the son of the late John R. and Carolyn Batchlor Tedder.Mr. Tedder enlisted in the USN September 9,...

William S. Randall
Jan 7, 2010
William Bill Stacy Randall, 93, of Panama City, died on Thursday, January 7, 2010.Bill was born July 18, 1916, in Newark, NJ, to the late George John Randall and Ada May Hammel of Orange, NJ. As a boy, Bill delivered sales circulars for his father and worked at the corner AP. In 1933, Bill started his 45-year career at Prudential...
Forrest A. Edward
Jan 6, 2010
Middletown, RI - Forrest A. Edward, 75, of Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.He was the husband of the late Marilyn June Reid Edward. Born in Newport, RI on February 21, 1934, he was the son of the late Horton W. and Evelyn Taber Edward.Mr. Edward retired from the United States Army in...
Efstathios H. Kyriakides
Jan 5, 2010
Efstathios Kyriakides, 86, husband of the late Parthena Konstontinides Kyriakides died January 4, 2010 in his home. Born November 15, 1923, he was son of the late Haralambos and Despina Alexandrides Kyriakides.Mr. Kyriakides was born in Russia, and moved to Greece in 1938. He later emigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1963 and owned and operated restaurants in...

Robert A. Dube
Jan 5, 2010
Portsmouth, RI - Lt. CDR Robert A. Dube, USN, ret. 88, of 61 Pine Tree Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at home surrounded by his family.He was the husband of Jeanne Madeline Bessette Dube. Born in Pawtucket, RI on November 10, 1921, he was the son of the late Harmon and Alida Laliberte Dube.Mr. Dube retired from...
Mary Rozes
Jan 4, 2010
Newport, RI - Mary Macris Rozes , 95, of 8 Annandale Terrace, Newport, RI, died Monday, January 4, 2010 at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Spiros A. Rozes. Born in Tripotama, Greece on February 17, 1914, she was the daughter of the late James and Pauline Dimitropoulos Macris.Mrs. Rozes was a Communicant of St....

John Joseph Jessey
Jan 3, 2010
Middletown, RI - John Joseph Jessey, 81, of 29 Oakwood Road, Middletown, RI, died on Sunday, January 3, 2010, surrounded by his loving family.He was the husband of Evelyn Mello Jessey for 60 years. Born in Newport, RI on December 25, 1928, he was the son of the late John and Grace Johnston Jessey. He retired from the US Navy...

Carlton A. Sexton
Jan 2, 2010
SEVERNA PARK, Md. - Carlton A. Sexton,94, of Severna Park, Maryland, formerly of Middletown, Rhode Island, died on Saturday, January 2, 2010, at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital, Randallstown, Maryland. Born on March 14, 1915 in Fall River, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Arthur and Ethel Waring Sexton. He graduated from Durfee High School in Fall River,...
Winifred Mary Taylor
Dec 31, 2009
Winifred Mary Wyni Barker Taylor, 85, of Forest Farms Assisted Living, Middletown, formerly of 16 High Street, Middletown, passed away at Newport Hospital on Thursday, December 31, 2009.She was the wife of the late Lt. Col. Robert C. Taylor, USMC Ret..Born in Middletown, RI on May 27, 1924, Winifred was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Winifred Staunton Barker.The...

John William Toulan, Iii
Dec 28, 2009
Tiverton, RI - John William Toulan, III, 54, of 69 Nanaquaket Road, Tiverton, RI, passed away Monday, December 28, 2009 at home surrounded by his family.He was the husband of Deborah Chace Toulan. Born in Boston, MA on May 27, 1955, he was the son of Lillian E. McDermott Toulan of Fall River, MA and the late John W. Toulan,...
Donald Carl Gall
Dec 27, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Donald Carl Gall, 68, of 121 Islington Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2009 at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.He was the husband of Patricia A. Jutkiewicz Gall. Born in Coral Gables, FL on April 2, 1941, he was the son of the late Oscar W. and Eloise A. Barden Gall.Mr. Gall served in the Navy...

Sheila Margaret Jeanes
Dec 25, 2009
Bristol, RI - Sheila M. Jeanes, of Bristol, RI, formerly of Eustis Avenue, Newport, died peacefully at Newport Hospital on Christmas Day, 2009. Born in Newport she was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Josephine Rehill Jeanes.Sheila worked at the James L. Maher Center in the horticulture program for 40 years. She was active in the Black Light...
William Andrew Simmons
Dec 25, 2009
William Andrew Simmons Middletown, RI - William Andrew Simmons, 91, of 385 Third Beach Rd, Middletown, RI, died Friday, December 25, 2009 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of the late Mary Whitehead Simmons. Born in Port Chester, NY on September 9, 1918, William joined the US Navy in World War 2 and served in the Pacific Theater. He...

Yolanda F. Icart
Dec 24, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Yolanda F Icart, 80, of 101 Pheasant Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died unexpectedly December 24, 2009 in Portsmouth, RI.She was the wife of Roger Paul Icart. Born in New York, NY on July 11, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Nicolas and Assunta Cerbone.She is survived by her husband Roger Paul Icart of Portsmouth, RI, and...

Gary Wayne Williams
Dec 24, 2009
Gary Wayne Williams West Greenwich, RI - Gary Wayne Williams, 65, of 24 Blueberry Heights, West Greenwich, RI, formerly of Santa Monica, CA, died Thursday, December 24, 2009 at Woodpecker Hill Health Center, Greene, RI.He was the husband of Barbara Louise Allan Williams. Born in Napa, CA on January 1, 1944, he was the son of the late Kenneth C....

Anna Virginia Kelly
Dec 24, 2009
Newport, RI - Anna Virginia Thomas Kelly, 96, of 12 Homer Street, Newport, RI, died Thursday, December 24, 2009 at Newport HospitalShe was the wife of the late John Kelly for 70 years. Born in Newport, RI on June 7, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Margaret Collins Thomas. She was a member of Community Baptist...

Catherine Elizabeth Mcguinness
Dec 23, 2009
Newport, RI - Catherine Elizabeth Sanquedolce McGuinness, 69, of 398 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport.She was the wife of the late Thomas McGuinness, Jr. Born in Westerly, RI on June 19, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Gustance and Carmela Gulluscio Sanquedolce.Mrs. McGuinness was raised and lived most of her...
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