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John Joseph Parsonage, Jr
Oct 2, 2009
Middletown, RI - John Joseph Parsonage, Jr., 73, of 116 Prospect Avenue, Lot #9, Middletown, RI, died Friday, October 2, 2009 at home with his wife by his sideHe was the husband of Vilma Ann Wright Parsonage. Born in Newport, RI on July 11, 1936, he was the son of the late John J. and Adele Oakley Parsonage.Mr. Parsonage was...
Joseph Charles Kriner, Sr
Sep 30, 2009
Newport, RI - Joseph Charles Kriner, Sr., 75, of Newport, RI, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 surrounded by his family.He was the husband of 52 years to Jean Elizabeth DeWick Kriner. Born in Danville, PA on November 8, 1933, he was the son of the late John H. and Agnes Roup Kriner.Mr. Kriner was a retired Department...
Wilhelmina R. Shaw
Sep 30, 2009
Wilhelmina Shaw, 93, of Valley Road, Middletown, RI, died peacefully on Wednesday, September 30, 2009.Born in Nantucket, MA, on July 31, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Patrick and Anastasia Kiely Robinson. She returned for summers to Nantucket during the last 59 years. Wilhelmina married Robert T. Shaw, USN, of Greensboro, NC, who served in the Navy Submarine...
Janet Walden
Sep 29, 2009
Middletown, RI - Janet Auditore Walden, 60, of Rogers Lane, Middletown, RI, died on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the St. Clare Home in Newport.She was the wife of William David Walden. Born in Boston, MA on October 30, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Margaret Horan Auditore.Mrs. Walden served in the United States Marine Corps...
Susan Kathryn Foote
Sep 29, 2009
Susan K. Foote died at home on Tuesday, September 29, after an extraordinary fight with lung cancer. She was 57.Susan described herself as a speech and language pathologist for people who didnt speak, primarily adults with developmental disabilities. She developed communication systems that empowered people with autism and other developmental challenges to participate in making the decisions that affected their...
Mark Joseph Perry
Sep 28, 2009
Middletown, RI - Mark Joseph Perry CDR, USNR ret, 51, of 62 Swan Drive, Middletown, RI, died Monday, September 28, 2009 unexpectedly in Honolulu Hawaii while on a business trip.He was the husband of Cynthia Lavin Rodgers Perry. Born in Barnstable, MA on May 28, 1958, he was the son of Benicia Odgen Perry and the late Robert R. Perry.CDR...
Frank Silvia Moniz
Sep 28, 2009
Middletown, RI - Frank Silvia Moniz, 91, of 124 Ellery Avenue, Middletown, RI, formerly of 27 Fenner Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, September 28, 2009 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.He was the husband of Rose Dorothy Marshall Moniz. Born in Middletown, RI on September 23, 1918, he was the son of the late Frank M. and Mary...
Archie William Chambers
Sep 28, 2009
Newport, RI - Archie William Chambers, 89, of 64 Harrison Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, September 28, 2009 at Village House Convalescent Home, with his beloved wife, Bet by his side.He was the husband of Elizabeth Betty Matter Chambers. Born in Council Hill, OK on January 16, 1920, he was the son of the late Dixon and Millie Lee Self...
George R. Coriander
Sep 27, 2009
Boston, MA - George R. Coriander, 90, of VA Boston Health Care System, Boston, RI, died Sunday, September 27, 2009 at VA Boston Health Care System, Boston, MA.Born in Newport, RI on September 15, 1919, he was the son of the late Philip and Martha Hazard Coriander.Mr. Coriander served in the United States Army during World War II. He was...
Ronald Albert House
Sep 26, 2009
Ronald Albert House, 67, of Barrington, RI, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2009. Born on April 10, 1942, in Fall River, MA to the late Paul and Agnes Grime House.He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Louise A. Gamage House, their two children, and a brother. He was a computer software engineer at NUWC for many years....
Stephen Matthew Biastre
Sep 26, 2009
Stephen Matthew Biastre - Born in Newport, RI on October 6, 1971, he died suddenly in Newport on September 26, 2009 at 37 years old. His parents are deeply saddened by his death. Stephen attended elementary schools in Newport, and he attended Narragansett High School. His favorite hobbies were listening to music, going to concerts, camping, had a great knack...
John Bowley
Sep 26, 2009
John F. Jack Bowley, Sr., 83, of Caswell Avenue, Newport, RI died Saturday, September 26, 2009 at home surrounded by his family.He was the husband of Frances P. Gizzi DeLanoy Bowley.Born in Newport, RI on May 5, 1926, he was the son of the late William P. and Catherine Hale Smith Bowley. Mr. Bowley was a lumber and building materials...
Elizabeth H. Rogers
Sep 26, 2009
Elizabeth Holmes Ottilige Rogers, 80, died Saturday, September 26, at Charlton Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.Born in Newport on August 18, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. Ottilige and Aimee Taylor Ottilige.She retired from the telephone company Verizon after over 45 years in both Newport and Fall River, MA. She loved spending time with her...
Gladys Marie Crosby
Sep 25, 2009
Middletown, RI - Gladys Marie Crosby, 87, formerly of Sagamore Street, Newport died Friday, September 25, 2009 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on May 27, 1922, she was the daughter of the late James F. and Frances Derbin Crosby Sr..Miss. Crosby was a communicant of St. Josephs Church. She leaves a brother Col....
Ruth M. Cook
Sep 23, 2009
Newport, RI - Ruth M. Brooks Cook, 89, of Spring Street, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at the John Clarke Health Care Center in Middletown.She was the wife of the late Raymond G. Cook, Sr. Born in Newport, RI on September 6, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Thomas E. and Mary A. Maddox Brooks.Mrs. Cook...
Hector L. Jenkins
Sep 18, 2009
Hector L. Jenkins, 60, of 117 Park Holm, Newport, RI, died Friday, September 18, 2009 at Newport Hospital. Born in Jacksonville, NC on March 18, 1949, he was the son of the late Durant and Margaret Lanier Jenkins.Hector Jenkins moved to Rhode Island with his family when he was a young boy, and has called Newport home ever since. He...
James E. Ensminger
Sep 17, 2009
James Edward Ensminger, 59, of 428 Gibbs Ave, Newport, RI, died Thursday, September 17, 2009 at Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA. He was the husband of the late Phyllis Marie Martel Ensminger.Born in Hershey, PA on July 10, 1950, he was the son of the late John and Ethel Light Ensminger, Sr.James was a 1968 graduate of Annville-Cleona High School...
Ethel Viveiros
Sep 16, 2009
Ethel Viveiros, 90, of Admiral Kalbfus Road, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at home with her family by her side. She was the wife of the late Louis Viveiros Sr.Born in Fall River, MA on April 6, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Manuel F. Rosa and Rose Cademia Silvia.Mrs. Viveiros worked as a domestic housekeeper...
Teresa Viera
Sep 16, 2009
Newport, RI - Teresa Viera, 96, of 70 Harrison Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, September 16, 2009 after a brief illness at the Villages House Nursing Home.Born in Portsmouth RI on June 18, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Antone P. and Mary Cabral Viera.Ms. Viera loved her family and friends and enjoyed traveling, crafting, sewing and made...
Andrew Deery
Sep 14, 2009
Middletown, RI - Andrew Drew Deery, 79, of 873 Mitchells Lane, Middletown, RI, died Monday, September 14, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI with his family by his side.He was the husband of Margaret Peggy Cloud Deery for 53 years. Born in Newport, RI on June 19, 1930, he was the son of the late Patrick H. and Margaret L....
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