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Muriel L. Lyon
Jul 9, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Muriel L. Lyon, 90, of 86 Belmont Drive, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Stoneham, MA, died Thursday, July 9, 2009 at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Karl H. Lyon, Sr.Born in Somerville, MA on November 17, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Frank...
Stanley H. Lorence
Jul 6, 2009
Middletown, RI - Stanley H. Lorence, 87, of Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI, formerly of 41 Bourbon Street, Portsmouth, died Monday, July 6, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Elsie Leah Paquin Coggeshall Lorence. Born in St. Ansgar, IA on June 24, 1922, he was the son of the late Anton and Anna Mach...
John C. Standish
Jul 6, 2009
MIDDLETOWN, RI, John C. Myles Standish, CDR, USN Ret of Middletown, RI, died on Monday, July 6, 2009.He was the husband of the late Lucille E. Standish. Born in Whitman, Plymouth County, MA he was the son of the late Harold and Ruth Corthell Standish. Myles graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1943. A few months later he...
Carl Gunnar Oaklund
Jul 3, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Carl Gunnar Oaklund, 74, of 12 Third Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, July 5, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Rosemary Souza Oaklund. Born in New York City, NY on February 3, 1935, he was the son of the late Axel and Violet Johansson Oaklund.Mr. Oaklund worked as an automobile painter for 14...
Stephen Thomas Benisch
Jul 3, 2009
Newport, RI - Stephen Thomas Benisch, 54, died Friday, July 3, 2009 at home in Middletown after a courageous battle with cancer.Born in Newport, RI on October 24, 1954, Stephen is survived by his parents William and Dorothy Benisch of Newport, Hope Yordy and their daughter Nicole Benisch, and Donna Benisch and their daughter Jessica Benisch. He is also survived...
Doris Blanche Vivieros
Jul 2, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Doris Blanche Dyer Vivieros, 88, of 193 Forest Avenue, Middletown, and formerly of 271 Sprague Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, July 2, 2009. She was the wife of the late Gabriel John Vivieros. Born in Fall River, MA, on June 13, 1921, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Delia Janson Dyer.Mrs. Vivieros was...
Patty June Freehan
Jul 1, 2009
Patricia June Patty Freehan, 51, of Mulberry Road, Bristol, RI passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at home surrounded by her family and those who loved her.Born in Pittsfield, MA on October 2, 1957, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Mary A. Murtha Freehan. Patty attended the Maher Center for many years, enjoying the workshop and...
Ronald Martin
Jun 30, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Ronald Martin, 74, of 77 President Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at St. Lukes Hospital, after battling interstitial fibrosis for a year.He was the husband of the late Amelia Oliveira Martin. Born in Fall River, MA on October 15, 1934, he was the son of the late Manuel Scotty and Mary Machado Martin.Ronald Martin...
Catherine Rhoda Zurybida
Jun 30, 2009
Middletown, RI - Catherine Rhoda: Cox Zurybida, 85, of Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI.She was the wife of the late Vladymir Zurybida. Born in Jamestown, RI on July 25, 1923, one of fifteen children, she was the daughter of the late Henry W. and Catherine ONeil Cox.Mrs. Zurybida was a communicant of St....
Eileen Dorothy Potts
Jun 30, 2009
Eileen D. Stewart Potts, 88, of Shangri-La Lane, Middletown, RI died Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at Heatherwood Nursing Subacute Center in Newport.Born in Newport, RI on January 28, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Dorothy Mayberry Stewart.Mrs. Potts was a harness specialist at Raytheon Corp. before retiring.She enjoyed walking, plant hopping, animals, and will be sadly missed by...
Marge Raposa
Jun 29, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Helen Marjorie Marge Finnegan Raposa, 84, of Portsmouth, RI, died peacefully at Newport Hospital on Monday, June 29, 2009. She was the wife of Joseph Raposa Jr., of Portsmouth, RI. She was born on June 23, 1925 in Fall River, MA, the daughter of Owen and Esther Turcotte Finnegan. She attended Sacred Heart Academy in Fall River....
George Lincoln Sisson
Jun 28, 2009
Bristol, RI - George Lincoln Sisson 89, of 472 Poppasquash Road, Bristol, RI, formerly of Hope Street, Bristol, died Sunday, June 28, 2009, with his wife at his side, at St. Elizabeths Manor, Bristol.He was the husband of Mary Patricia Doyle Sisson. Besides his wife of 50 years, he is survived by his son Mark S. Sisson of Seattle, WA....
Esther Elizabeth Macdonald
Jun 28, 2009
Newport, RI - Esther Elizabeth Moser MacDonald, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 28, 2009.She was the wife of the late John Mac MacDonald. Esther, affectionately known as Anecky by her family and friends, was born in Cincinnati, OH on December 31, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Nellie Thompson Moser.She was a talented seamstress in...
Roger Jerome Brown
Jun 27, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Roger Jerome Brown, CWO-4/ W4, USN, ret. 79, of 160 Belmont Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Newport Hospital.He was the husband of the late Dorothy Jean Vieira Brown. Born in Hastings, MI. on September 1, 1929, he was the son of the late Lemual F. and Harriet Rogers Brown.He served honorably in the...
Jean Elizabeth Kelly
Jun 26, 2009
Kelly, Jean E. 61, of Old Beach Road died peacefully at Newport Hospital on Friday, June 26th. She was the wife of John Michael Kelly. She was born in Providence. She was raised in Pawtucket, the daughter of the late Edward and Ruth Caine Egan. She graduated from St. Marys Academy, Bay View and Salve Regina University. After teaching in...
Edward R Levine
Jun 24, 2009
It is with great sadness that we announce the untimely passing of Edward R. Levine of Newport RI. Ed died on Wednesday June 24, 2009 after a brief illness. Ed was born on April 3, 1947 in New York City, and was the son of Ben and Rose Morgenvesser Levine. He is a graduate of the Bronx High School of...
Ann M. Wicks
Jun 23, 2009
Middletown, RI - Ann M. Pelchuck Wicks, 92, of 261 Turner Road, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at the Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown.She was the wife of the late William Z. Wicks. Born in Oyster Bay, NY on January 15, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Melvina Emma Waicul Pelchuck.Mrs. Wicks...
Hilda E. Chase
Jun 21, 2009
Newport, RI - Hilda Esther Monks Chase, 80, of 12 Everett Street, Newport, RI, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2009. She was the wife of the late James G. Chase, Jr. Born in Oldham, England, on November 5, 1928, she was the daughter of the late John and Hilda James Monks.Mrs. Chase loved to read, cook, sew, watch old movies,...
Leo Francis Risko
Jun 20, 2009
Leo Francis Risko, The family of Leo F. Risko sadly notes his passing at Newport Hospital on June 20th of a short illness. Born on September 11th, 1923 in Providence to John Risko and Lillian Hickey Risko, Mr. Risko was a graduate of LaSalle Academy and Rhode Island State College now URI, from which he received a bachelors degree in...
Anne M. Corbin
Jun 18, 2009
Anne M. Kelleher Corbin, 78, of Main Road, Tiverton, RI, died peacefully at home on Thursday, June 18, 2009 with her family at her side.She was the wife of the late Peter M. Corbin, HMC, USN, Ret.Born in Boston, MA on December 12, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Margaret Sullivan Kelleher.Mrs. Corbin was a member...
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