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Lorraine E. Lahr
Sep 3, 2009
Lorraine E. Lahr, 87, of Squantum Drive, Middletown, RI, died peacefully at home Thursday, September 3, 2009 at home. She was the wife of Marvin P. Lahr.Born in Tampa, FL on Aug. 15, 1922, she was the daughter of the late William and Marian McDonald Alexander. Her father, William Alexander, designed the gun turrets on the Battleship USS Massachusetts, one...
Helen G. Perrello
Sep 3, 2009
87, of Hillside Avenue, Newport, RI passed away Thursday, September 3, 2009 at her summer home in Portsmouth.She was the wife of Robert J. Perrello for 64 years.Born in Boston, MA on June 19, 1922, she was the daughter of the late John D. and Agnes Fitzsimmons Buckley.Mrs. Perrello was a member and secretary of the Miantonomi Park Commission and...
Gregory Theodore Parkos
Sep 2, 2009
Gregory Theodore Parkos, 79, of 420 Carroll Canal, Venice, CA, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at his home in Venice, CA. He was the husband of Nadine Diggins Parkos.Born in Somerville, MA on March 11, 1930, he was the first son of Theodore and Mary Diomandes Parkos of Kerrasia, Eastern Thrace, Turkey and grew up in Newport, RI....
Evarista Neves
Sep 1, 2009
Evarista Palmira Neves, 94, of Middletown, RI, formerly of Pope Street, Newport, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Manuel Neves.Born in Faial, the Azores, on June 7, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Eleuterio Morais and Evarista de Sousa Morais. Mrs. Neves moved to America at 45...
John Cooper Douglas
Aug 31, 2009
Cincinnati, OH - John Cooper Douglas, died in his sleep on August 31, 2009, at age 26, at his apartment in Newport, RI. Born in Cincinnati, OH on December 4, 1982, he was the son of Robert C. and Cynthia Bausewine Douglas.He was a graduate of Archbishop McNicholas High School and attended Ohio University School of Music. He was an...
George Dewey Roche, Jr
Aug 29, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - George D. Dewey Roche, Jr., 66, of 2121 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died unexpectedly Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at home. Born in Fall River, MA on March 12, 1943, he was the son of the late George Dewick and Joyce Sherman Roche.Dewey had many talents and abilities, not the least was making people laugh with his...
Allen Paul
Aug 28, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Allen Larry L. Paul, 70, of 6 Third Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, August 28, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Sandra M. Pomelek Paul. Born in Massena, NY, on November 21, 1938, he was the son of the late Al and Mary Gilbo Paul. Allen was a graduate of Johnson Wales University....
John E. Smith
Aug 28, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - John E. Smitty Smith, 53, of 59 Dexter Street, Portsmouth, RI, died with his loving family by his side on Friday, August 28, 2009, after a courageous battle with cancer, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Sandra L. McCollum Smith. Born in Newport, RI, on August 9, 1956, he was the son of...
Phyllis L. Bowley
Aug 27, 2009
Middletown, RI - Phyllis Lorraine Clarke Bowley, 87, of 600 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, died peacefully at the nursing center on Thursday, August 27, 2009 with her family at her side. Born in Newport, RI on October 28, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Isaac Oswald and Genevieve Murphy Clarke.Phyllis worked at the Torpedo Station in Newport during...
Geraldine Bettencourt
Aug 26, 2009
Middletown, RI - Geraldine Jaye Turner Bettencourt, 64, of 407 East Main Road, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of Larry J. Bettencourt. Born in Newport, RI on May 15, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Hart Dew and Ruth Bradley Turner.Mrs. Bettencourt worked as a store clerk for...
Joyce Marie Bennett
Aug 23, 2009
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Joyce Nana Marie Bennett, 66, of 13 Balsam Street, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, August 23, 2009 at her home after a prolonged battle with cancer, surrounded by her family and friends. Born in Gloucester, MA, on March 13, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Alphonse and Freda Boudreau Bouchie and wife of the late Frederick...
Rosemarie Robichaud
Aug 23, 2009
Tiverton, RI - Rosemarie Robichaud, 50, of Tiverton, RI, passed away at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Mass., due to complications from cancer. Born in Newport, RI on September 15, 1958, she was the daughter of Inis Lothrop Robichaud of Newport, RI and the late Harold Robichaud.Rosemarie is survived by her partner James Floor of Tiverton, RI. Also, a brother Edward...
Mark S. Weed
Aug 22, 2009
Mark Stephen Weed, 50, of 48 Admiral Kalfbus Road, Newport, RI, died Saturday, August 22, 2009 at home. He was the husband of RI Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed.Born in Newport, RI on June 4, 1959, Mark is a 1978 graduate of Rogers High School, and a 1985 graduate of Salve Regina University. He began work at Eastern Ice...
Joaquin Mello
Aug 20, 2009
Middletown, RI - Joaquin Jack Mello, 68, of 477 Turner Road, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly Thursday, August 20, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the devoted husband of Sharon Bourcier Mello.Born in Newport, RI on December 30, 1940, he was the son of the late Joaquin and Laura Dutra Mello.Jack retired from his career as a plumber on the...
Mary Alvanas
Aug 19, 2009
Middletown, RI - Mary Raposa Alvanas, 96, formerly of 82 Jepson Lane, Portsmouth, died Wednesday, August 19, 2009, at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Manuel Alvanas, Jr. Born in the Portsmouth, RI, on July 17, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Mary Cabral Raposa.Mrs. Alvanas was a member...
Ruth Ellen Henshaw
Aug 18, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Ruth Ellen Sowden Henshaw, 89, formerly of 7 Donna Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at Village House, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late James S. Henshaw. Born in Fall River, MA on September 28, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Richard J. and Harriet Patterson Sowden. Mrs. Henshaw worked at...
Elinor M. Greichen
Aug 17, 2009
Newport, RI - Elinor M. Libby Greichen, 78, of 6 Gillies Court, Newport, RI, died Monday, August 17, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI with her family by her side. Born in Johnston, RI on July 15, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Rose Scungio Libby.Known fondly as Mother Superior of the Officers Club, Elinor retired...
John M. Teves
Aug 14, 2009
Middletown, RI - John M. Teves, 75, of 20 Spruce Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Friday, August 14, 2009 at Newport Hospital.John is survived by his beloved wife of 32 years Marilyn Tierney Teves.Born in Newport, RI on April 30, 1934, he was the son of Mary Jordan Teves of Middletown and the late Manuel Teves.John graduated from Rogers High School...
Benjamin Pimental
Aug 9, 2009
Benjamin J. BenPimental of, Portsmouth, passed away Sunday, August 9, 2009 in the Newport Hospital.He was the husband of Dorothy O. Cunha Pimental.Born in Middletown on December 21, 1923, he was the son of the late Joseph and Mary DaPonte Pimental.Mr Pimental served in the Army during WWII as a Medic in England. He worked for several years for Raytheon...
Robert T. Shaw, Jr
Aug 7, 2009
Middletown, RI - Robert T. Shaw, Jr., 54, of 196 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly on Friday, August 7, 2009 at home in Middletown, RI.Born in Newport, RI on August 17, 1954, he is the son of Wilhelmina Robinson Shaw of Middletown and the late Robert T. Shaw.Robert graduated from Middletown High School and then from Dickinson College in...
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