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Barbara N. Angel
Apr 10, 2009
Barbara N. Clarke Angel, 92, of Blenheim-Newport and Bay Ridge Drive, Middletown, RI , formerly 15 Everett Street, Newport, died Friday, April 10, 2009 at Village House Nursing Rehabiltation Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Alfred L. Angel.Born in Newport, RI on September 22, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Charles Leslie and Lydia...
Robert John Harmon
Apr 10, 2009
Robert John Harmon was born in Newport on March 2, 1935, and passed away on Friday, April 10, 2009. He was the son of the late John Garrah F. Harmon and Emeline Conklin Harmon. He leaves his wife, best friend, traveling companion and love of his life for 51 years, Nancy Parsonage Harmon.Bob was predeceased by his daughter, Deborah M....
Thomas Joseph Dimedia
Apr 9, 2009
Newport, RI - Thomas J. DiMedia, 61, of Newport, RI, died Thursday, April 9, 2009 at home.Born in New York, NY on Apr. 1, 1948, he was the son of the late Peter Dimedia and Betty Goldstein DiCresce.Tom loved cooking, playing the piano, riding his motorcycle, and boating.Besides his mother, he is survived by two daughters, Rachelle DiMedia of Newport,...
Francis R. Tierno
Apr 8, 2009
Francis Robert Tierno, 87 years old.Born July 9th, 1921 in Berlin N.J.Francis attended grammar school in Berlin. After graduation, he attended Camden County Vocational School in Pennsauken, NJ. After completing four years, he graduated top of his class. He then went to work at a local American Store.At the age of eighteen, he joined the Army Air Corp with training...
Michaela Colleen Neuman
Apr 8, 2009
Fall River, MA - Michaela Colleen Neuman, 32, of 1620 North Main Street, Fall River, RI, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at home. Born in Newport, RI on May 17, 1976, she was the daughter of Clyde and Colleen Mulligan Neuman.Michaela was a 1995 graduate of Portsmouth High School and a 2000 graduate of Ultra Sound Diagnostics School in Florida...
Judith Stevens
Apr 6, 2009
Judith Judy Miriam Vincent Stevens, 69, passed away peacefully at home in Portsmouth, RI, with family by her side on Monday, April 6, 2009.Born in Hartford, CT, on April 27, 1939, Judy was the daughter of the late Joseph P. Vincent and Rowena Washburn Vincent Merrill. She was the middle sibling of 3 children and a step sister. As a...
Ann F. Fernandes
Apr 5, 2009
Ann F. Lopes Fernandes Tiverton,- Ann F. Lopes Fernandes, 84, of Tiverton, died Sunday, April 5, 2009 at St. Elizabeths Manor Bristol, RI.She was the wife of John Jack H. Fernandes. Born in Portsmouth, RI, on February 8, 1925, she was the daughter of the late George S Lopes and Catherine Holland.Mrs. Fernandes was a Communicant of St Christophers Church...
Lee Prescott Tolman
Apr 3, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Lee Prescott Tolman, 94, of 11 Fox Run Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, April 3, 2009 at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. Born in New York, NY, on June 7, 1914, he was the son of the late Charles P. and Hazel Kelley Tolman.He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1936 with a Bachelors...
Cliff T. Black, Jr
Apr 3, 2009
Newport, RI - Cliff T. Black Jr., 78, of 24 Burdick Avenue, Newport, RI, died Friday, April 3, 2009 at home.He was the husband of the late Helen Mae McFeters Black of 49 years. Born in Anderson, SC on September 24, 1930, he was the son of the late Cliff T. and Ruth Whitten Black.Mr. Black served in the United...
A. Barbara Wilson
Apr 3, 2009
Middletown, RI - A. Barbara Wilson, 71, of 217 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of Elizabeth, NJ, died Friday, April 3, at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of Thomas Wilson Sr., of 49 years. Born in Elizabeth, NJ on September 8, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Catherine Morgan White.Mrs. Wilson was a member...
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...
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