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Nicholas Hansen, Jr
May 7, 2009
Nicholas Hansen, 94, of Sakonnet Bay Manor, Tiverton, RI, died Thursday, May 7, 2009 at Sakonnet Bay Manor, Tiverton, RI.He was the husband of the late Gracie Russell Hansen. Born in Newport, RI on Apr. 4, 1915, he was the son of the late Nicholas and Elsie Hansen Hansen.A lifetime resident of Newport, RI, his hobbies included photography, bike riding,...
Doris Elizabeth Lewis
May 5, 2009
Newport, RI - Doris Elizabeth Rice Lewis, 96, of 38 Homer Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on March 13, 1913, at Poplar Street in Newport, RI, in a Historical Home bearing a plaque today, she later grew up at 13 Elizabeth Street in Newport. She was...
Pauline Pritchard
May 5, 2009
Bristol, RI - Pauline Hattauer Pritchard, 86, of Bristol Woods Drive, Bristol, RI, died Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.She was the wife of the late William Asher Pritchard. Born in New York City, NY on May 19, 1922, she was the daughter of the late George and Ruby Smith Hattauer. Mrs. Pritchard raised her family...
Patsy Carbo
May 4, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Patsy Carbo, 83, of 20 Debra Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, May 4, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Virginia Mae Kinder Carbo. Born in Brookfield, OH on January 3, 1926, he was the son of the late Patsy and Dolores Condi Carbo.Mr. Carbo served in the United States Army during...
Geraldine Osmanski
May 2, 2009
Bristol, RI - Geraldine Galuhn Osmanski, 79, of 4 Slocum Street, Bristol, RI, died Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.She was the wife of the late Joseph C. Osmanski. Born in Chicago, IL on May 25, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Harriett Galuhn.Mrs. Osmanski was Shopper extrordineire. She was also an...
Roy A. Greenson
Apr 30, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Roy A. Greenson, 80, of Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, April 30, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Barbara Padelford Greenson. Born in Boston, MA on February 2, 1929, he was the son of the late Harold and Ellen Livingstone Greenson.Mr. Greenson grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada and joined...
Efstratis Mellekas
Apr 26, 2009
Middletown, RI - Efstratia Toula Sologiozy Mellekas, 79, of 22 Willow Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, April 26, 2009 surrounded by her family at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of James Mellekas. Born in Pamfila, Mytiline, Greece, on March 30, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Sotirios and Zinovia Katsavelis Sologiozy. Mrs. Mellekas always had a...
Dr. Benjamin Harrison Walker, Jr
Apr 25, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Dr. Benjamin Harrison Walker, Jr., of Portsmouth, RI, died on Saturday, April 25, surrounded by his family at his home in Portsmouth after a valiant five-year battle with colon cancer. He was 50 years old. Ben was above all else a devoted husband and father, a talented and dedicated physician as well as an avid sailor and...
Ruth D. Shepley
Apr 24, 2009
Ruth D. Shepley, 72 of Middletown passed away on Friday, April 24, 2009 in Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River.Born in Newport on November 13, 1936, she was the daughter of the late William I. and Gladys Peckham Shepley.Ruth was a dedicated nurse working for over forty years. She enjoyed cooking and gardening.She leaves her twin sister Anne L. Hatch...
Cynthia Mary Small
Apr 24, 2009
Bristol, RI - Cynthia Mary Gay Small, 58, born in Waterbury, CT and eight year resident of Bristol, RI, died at home, in the arms of her husband and surrounded by her family following a courageous battle with cancer. She was the wife of Jonathan A. Small for 28 years and a loving mother of Christopher Adam Small, his fiance...
Dorothy L. Breen
Apr 23, 2009
Dorothy L. Carry Breen, 87, of Lawton Court, Middletown, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2009 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late John F. Breen who passed away in 1995.Born in Newport, RI on March 29, 1922, she was the daughter of the late William R. and Ellen Harrington Carry. Mrs. Breen was a medical transcriptionist at...
Rev. Tyler Lippincott Johnson, Jr
Apr 23, 2009
The Dr. Rev. Tyler Lippincott Johnson Jr., of Middletown, RI and Vero Beach, FL, died after having pancreatic cancer for 21 months on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 78 years old. Dr. Johnson was born on November 25, 1930, in Philadelphia, PA, son of the late Tyler and Elsie Miskelly Johnson.Tyler grew up in Philadelphia, and knew he wanted to...
Bernice Gracia
Apr 22, 2009
Middletown, RI - Bernice Almeida Gracia, 76, of 558 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at home surrounded by her family.She was the wife of the late Augustine J. Gracia. Born in Portsmouth, RI on Sep. 29, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Helen Roach Alemida.Mrs. Gracia was a communicant of St....
Frank M. Kilpatrick
Apr 22, 2009
Frank M. Kilpatrick, 90, of Riverview Avenue, Bristol, RI, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence, RI.He was the husband of 67 years to Mary G. Marenna Kilpatrick.Born in Brookline, MA on February 6, 1919, he was the son of the late Arthur S. and Mary Morey Kilpatrick.Mr. Kilpatrick worked for the...
Ronald J. Goff
Apr 21, 2009
Middletown, RI - Ronald J. Goff, 68, of 34 Rogers Lane, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.Born in Pawtucket, RI on February 25, 1941, he was the son of the late Harold A. and Catherine Short Goff.Mr. Goff attended Rogers High School but enlisted in the US Air Force and received his G.E.D. while...
Howard S. Levie
Apr 19, 2009
Professor Howard S. Levie, one of the nations foremost legal experts on the law of war and the key draftsman of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, died on April 19th at his home in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He was 101.Soldier and scholar, Professor Levie leaves a legacy of scholarly excellence in the development and study of the law of war....
Eleanor M. Dube
Apr 19, 2009
Dube, Eleanor M, 55, of Dunedin, FL, formerly of Newport, passed away on April 19, 2009. She is survived by a son, Marc Dube of Newport, a sister, Lynda Correia of Tampa, FL and nephews Christopher Correia of Watertown, MA and Kyle Correia of Newport. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Gertrude Correia, and her beloved...
Howard Levie
Apr 19, 2009
Professor Howard S. Levie, one of the nations foremost legal experts on the law of war and the key draftsman of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, died on April 19th at his home in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He was 101.Soldier and scholar, Professor Levie leaves a legacy of scholarly excellence in the development and study of the law of war....
Richard S. Lacey
Apr 17, 2009
Middletown, RI - Richard Rich S. Lacey, 62, of 953 Wapping Road, Middletown, passed away surrounded by his family on Friday, April 17, 2009 at home.He was the husband of Karen Sanders Lacey. Born in Newport, RI on March 14, 1947, he was the son of the late William J. and Nancy Shepley Lacey.Rich was a Army veteran of the...
Roger Hamilton King, Sr
Apr 16, 2009
Barrington, RI - Roger Hamilton King, Sr., 94, of 58 Bowden Avenue, Barrington, RI, died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.He was the husband of Josephine King and the late Elizabeth Griffith King. Born in Plymouth, MA, on November 4, 1914, he was the son of the late George and Bertha West King.Mr. King was a...
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