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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Wilma K. Lyons

Wilma K. Lyons

Jan 22, 2010

Wilma K. Luecht Lyons Middletown, RI - Wilma K. Luecht Lyons, 79, of 9 Collins Terrace, Middletown, RI, died Friday, January 22, 2010 at home surrounded by her family.She was the wife of Joseph Thomas Lyons, Sr. Born in Wilmont, MN, she was the daughter of the late Jonas A. and Augusta Hermann Luecht.Mrs. Lyons was a self employed seamstress...

Alfred Woodworth Ellis, Jr

Alfred Woodworth Ellis, Jr

Jan 21, 2010

Narragansett, RI - Alfred Woodworth Ellis, Jr., 82, of Narragansett, RI, and formerly of the Point Section, Newport, died Thursday, January 21, 2010 at South County Hospital, Wakefield, RI.He was the husband of the late Mary F. Rossi Ellis. Born in Winthrop, MA on June 11, 1927, he was the son of the late Alfred Woodworth and Gertrude Nelson Ellis.Mr....

John Thomas Pearson, Jr

John Thomas Pearson, Jr

Jan 20, 2010

Middletown, RI - John T. Pearson Jr., 93, of 203 Tuckerman Ave, Middletown, RI, formerly of Syracuse, New York, died Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Dorothy McVene Pearson. Born in Stamford, CT on March 29, 1916, he was the son of the late John T. and...

Helen A. Thomas

Helen A. Thomas

Jan 16, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Helen A Thomas, 93, of Bristol and formerly of 1194 Anthony Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Silver Creek Manor, Bristol, RI.She was the wife of the late Floyd E. Thomas. Born in Tiverton, RI on Feb. 23, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Frederick C and Martha Fraits Wilbour.Mrs. Thomas worked...

Albert T. Tifft

Albert T. Tifft

Jan 16, 2010

Albert T. Tifft Middletown, RI - Albert T. Tifft, 91, of 20 Rosa Road, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on May 10, 1918, he was the son of the late Arthur T. and Rose Schulz Tifft. Mr. Tifft went through the Newport Schools and lived on the Island all...

Robert Sloan Fallow

Robert Sloan Fallow

Jan 16, 2010

Robert Sloan Fallow Newport, RI - Robert Sloan Fallow, 86, of 49 Third Street, Newport, RI, died Saturday, January 16, 2010 at home.He was the husband of Mary Jeanne Bouchard Fallow. Born in Providence, RI on June 18, 1923, he was the son of the late William and Myrtle Hughes Fallow. He was a Veteran of the US Coast Guard,...

Gloria Eloise Gibbons

Gloria Eloise Gibbons

Jan 15, 2010

Gloria Eloise Williams Gibbons, 79, formerly of 8 Bradford Avenue, Newport, RI, passed away on Friday, January 15, 2010 at the Village House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Newport.She was the wife of Charles E. Gibbons.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on September 15, 1930, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Ivy Mildred Seale Williams.Mrs. Gibbons was...

Marie Kent

Marie Kent

Jan 15, 2010

Middletown, RI - Marie Garrison Kent, 71, of 969 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, passed away Friday, January 15, 2010 at Newport Hospital after a short illness. She was the wife of Robert C. Kent with whom she celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this past August. Born in Newport, RI on July 17, 1938, she was the daughter of the...

Susan Elizabeth Hurley

Susan Elizabeth Hurley

Jan 15, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Susan Elizabeth Hurley, 68, of 42 Clearview Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, January 15, 2010 at Newport Hospital, surrounded by her family. Born in Woonsocket, RI on December 18, 1941, she was the daughter of the Edward R. Hurley and the late Arlene ONeill Hurley.Susan was a 1959 graduate of St. Catherines School. She worked at Newport...

Neal Vars

Neal Vars

Jan 14, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Neal Vars, 62, of 3 4th Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, January 14, 2010, at home surrounded by his family, in Portsmouth, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on January 26, 1947, he was the son of the late Neal F. and Pauline Manchester Vars.Mr. Vars was a member of the Portsmouth Senior Center, and a member of...

Bessie L. Roberts

Bessie L. Roberts

Jan 13, 2010

Newport, RI - Bessie L. Walker Roberts, 84, of 98 Kay Street, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Charles L. Roberts, Sr. a police officer in Millburn N.J. Born in Newport, RI on September 30, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Louis and...

Mary Louise Samuels

Mary Louise Samuels

Jan 13, 2010

Newport, RI - Mary Louise Samuels, 93, of 14 Sea View Avenue, Newport, RI, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Born in Newport, RI on March 28, 1916, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Murphy Samuels.Mary worked as an administrative secretary at the Newport Naval Hospital for 32 years...

Billie H. Carey

Billie H. Carey

Jan 12, 2010

CAREY, Billie H., 73, of Bristol, RI, formerly of Portsmouth, RI, and Seekonk, MA died after a courageous two and a half year battle with pancreatic cancer surrounded by his loving family on January 12, 2010. He was born in Texas, the son of the late Harold and Lorene Carey of Irving, Texas. He has a late brother, James M....

Willard Byron Potter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...