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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

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...

Charles J. Romano

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

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

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

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...

Florence S. Diomandes

Florence S. Diomandes

Mar 4, 2010

Florence S. Diomandes, 92, of 14 Fowler Avenue, Newport, RI, died Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Damon S. Diomandes. Born in Boston, MA on Dec. 28, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Gregory and Kalliope Bartis Vouros. Florence was a longtime member of St. Spyridons Church....

John Joseph Brown

John Joseph Brown

Mar 3, 2010

Middletown, RI - John J. Brown, Jr., 70, of 528 Green End Ave, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. He was the husband of Arleen Tobin Brown for 46 years. Born in Newport, RI on May 4, 1939, he was the son of the late John J. and Anna Dowd Brown.Jack graduated from...

Dorothy Barbara Wendt

Dorothy Barbara Wendt

Feb 28, 2010

Middletown, RI - Dorothy Doris Charwinsky Wendt, 91, of 14 Massachusetts Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, February 28, 2010 at John Clarke Health Care Center, Middletown. She was the wife of Russell Wendt. Born in Brooklyn, NY on Jan. 8, 1919, she was the daughter of the late John and Estelle Razutis Charwinsky.Mrs. Wendt was a member of the CPO...

Anna Linea Willitts

Anna Linea Willitts

Feb 27, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Anna L. Ericson Willitts, 90, of 445 Windstone Drive, Portsmouth, died Saturday, February 27, 2010 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the beloved wife of the late William M. Willitts, her high school sweetheart, who she met again at their 50th high school class reunion and married the following year. Together they enjoyed...

Genevieve Putnam Eaton

Genevieve Putnam Eaton

Feb 27, 2010

Genevieve Putnam Eaton, 84, of 70 Harrison Avenue, Newport, RI, died peacefully on February 27, 2010 at Village House Nursing Home. Born in New York City, on May 8, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Sherbourne and Genevieve Sibley Eaton.She was a graduate of the Cadet Nursing Program at Adelphi College and held a Masters Degree from Columbia...