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Frank Pritchard
Mar 29, 2009
Jamestown, RI - Frank C. Pritchard, 84, of Windsor Street, Jamestown, formerly of Portsmouth, the first civilian public affairs officer at the former Newport Naval Base and later at its successor command, the Naval Education and Training Center NETC, died Sunday, March 29th at home surrounded by his loving family after a long illness.A Pawtucket native, he was the husband...
E. Mary Marshall
Mar 29, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - E. Mary Marshall, 83, of Mail Coach Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, March 29, 2009 at Newport Hospital.She was the wife of 58 years to Joseph F. Marshall. Born in Newport, RI on October 17, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Angelo and Sabastiana Caccomo Marchese.She especially enjoyed her family and friends.In addition to her...
Mary M. Honnen
Mar 23, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Mary M. Peggy York Honnen, of 221 Water Street, Portsmouth, RI, passed away Monday, March 23, 2009 in the Newport Hospital. She was the wife of Albert E. Honnen for 63 years. Born in Lawrence, MA on Apr. 1, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Walter R. and Mary Scanlon York.Mrs. Honnen began working as...
Theresa Antoinette Sleeper
Mar 22, 2009
Theresa A. Brodeur Sleeper Newport, RI - Theresa A. Brodeur Sleeper, 85, of 8 Battery Street, Newport, RI, died Sunday, March 22, 2009 at home.She was the wife of the late Frederick Warren Sleeper. Born in Fall River, MA, on January 7, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Antoinette Gelinas Brodeur.Mrs. Sleeper had worked for the...
Steven C. Connery
Mar 22, 2009
Steven C. Connery, 59, of 28 Lucy Avenue, Tiverton, RI, formerly of Middletown, RI, died Sunday, March 22, 2009, at home. He was the husband of Sandra Perrotti Connery.Born in North Kingstown, RI, on January 22, 1950, he was the son of the late Robert and Marjorie Cook Connery.Steven grew up in Middletown and was a graduate of Middletown High...
Lloyd 'Lou' Conrad
Mar 21, 2009
Lloyd Thomas Lou Conrad, 89, of 30 Bliss Road, Newport, and Naples, FL died Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Patricia Maguire Conrad for 64 years.Born in French Lick, IN on January 27, 1920, he was the son of the late Thomas and Lillian Conrad.Lou graduated from URI in 1942 and then...
William Woodson
Mar 21, 2009
William Woodson, 87, of Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI, died Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on September 14, 1921, he was the son of the late William and Leona Myers Woodson.He is survived by his sister Helen Cofield of Newport, RI and several nieces and nephews.He is preceded in death...
Richard E. Bauchspies
Mar 16, 2009
Colonel Richard E. Bauchspies, US Army Retired Portsmouth, RI - Col. Richard E. Bauchspies, USA, Ret. died peacefully at home on March 16, 2009 after a long battle with cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange in Viet-Nam. Richard Dick was born in Columbus, GA, to Rollin LeRoy and Kathryne Elizabeth Schmauch Bauchspies, while his father served as an Army...
Elvira Silvia
Mar 16, 2009
Elvira F. Felizberto Silvia, 88, of 20 Selina Lane, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Bedlow Avenue, Newport, died Monday, March 16, 2009 at Elmhurst Extended Care, Providence, RI. She was the wife of the late Henry Aloysius Silvia.Born in Tiverton, RI on April 2, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Manuel F. and Maria J. Branco Felizberto.In her younger...
Claire Cecile Fay
Mar 14, 2009
Claire C. Fay, 87, of Bristol Ferry Road, Portsmouth, died Saturday, March 14, 2009 at St. Annes Hospital in Fall River, MA.Born in Quincy, MA on February 20, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Clarice Letourneau Fay.Ms. Fay graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in Fall River and later earned her Bachelors Degree from Emmanuel College in...
John E. Beaton
Mar 12, 2009
Middletown, RI - John E. Beaton, 79, of 3 Cedar Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, March 12, 2009 surrounded by his family at St. Lukes Hospital, New Bedford, MA.He was the husband of Alice Mary Paquet Beaton. Born in Lancaster, NH on May 28, 1929, he was the son of the late Phillip and Rita Newell Beaton. Mr. Beaton served...
Frank J. Alvanas
Mar 12, 2009
Middletown, RI - Frank Jesse Alvanas, 71, of 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, March 12, 2009, surrounded by his family at Newport HospitalHe was the former husband of Jean Sanches Alvanas. Born in Portsmouth, RI on September 29, 1937, he was the son of Mary Raposa Alvanas of Middletown, RI and the late Manuel J. Alvanas.Mr. Alvanas...
Donn S. Connell
Mar 10, 2009
Newport, RI - Donn S. Connell, 85, of 6 Record Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at home surrounded by his family.He was the husband of the late Dolores P. Mello Connell, his wife of 57 years. Born in Newport, RI on January 16, 1924, he was the son of the late James J. and Agnes Kelleher Connell.Mr....
Clarie Toppins
Mar 10, 2009
Newport, RI - Clarie Toppins, 77, of 27 Burnside Avenue, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Edith Ketter Toppins. Born in New Holland, NC on August 12, 1931, he was the son of the late Edwin and Maggie Patterson Toppins.Mr. Toppins worked as a custodian for Sodexho...
Carmel M. Parvo
Mar 9, 2009
Middletown, RI - Carmel M. Perry Parvo, 99, of 34 Underwood Lane, Middletown, RI, died Monday, March 9, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Joseph G. Parvo. Born in Newport, RI on February 8, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Amelia Augustus Perry.Mrs. Parvo was a communicant of Jesus Saviour...
Elizabeth Ann Medeiros
Mar 8, 2009
Elizabeth Ann Medeiros Tiverton, RI - Elizabeth Ann Medeiros, 47, of 27 Furey Ave, Tiverton, RI, formerly of Homer Street, Newport, died Sunday, March 8, 2009 at her parents home in Portsmouth, RI. Born in Honolulu, HI on September 10, 1961, she was the daughter of Joseph P. and Ann Marques Pelletier of Portsmouth.Elizabeth was a medical secretary for nearly...
Fay M. Allen
Mar 8, 2009
Middletown, RI - Fay M. Harris Allen, 88, of Middletown, RI, passed at her home of 59 years on Sunday, March 8, 2009. Born in Newport, RI on November 17, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Eva Levesque Harris. A lifelong resident of Aquidneck Island, she graduated from the 1st class at the former St. Catherine...
Edward F. Hayes
Mar 8, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Captain Edward F. Hayes, USN retired 90, of 77 Sunrise Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, March 8, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Clare D. Hayes. Captain Hayes was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 26, 1918, he was the son of the late Thomas Michael and Catherine VanLeunen Hayes.Captain Hayes...
Audrey Mae Murgo
Mar 7, 2009
Middletown, RI - Audrey Mae Murgo, 89, of Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of Center Avenue, Middletown, RI and Ocala, FL, died Saturday, March 7, 2009 at John Clarke Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Everett, MA on February 13, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Elsie Alcock Hillier.Audrey was a former member of the...
Melachrino Michael Violet
Mar 7, 2009
Melachrino Michael Violet Newport, RI - Melachrino Michael Violet, 86, of 45 Berkeley Ave, Newport, RI, died Saturday, March 7, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Marguerite Papadoulias Violet. Born in Newport, RI on April 2, 1922, he was the son of the late Michael J. and Margaret Melachrino Violet.Mr. Violet worked as a lobsterman...
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