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Walter A. Carter
Nov 12, 2008
Las Vegas, NV - Walter A. Carter, 78, of 3455 Sandy Lane, Las Vegas, RI, formerly of Newport, Rhode Island, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at Valley Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada. He was the husband of Edith M. Rocha Carter. Born in Newport, RI on June 9, 1930, he was the son of the late George E. and Martha Carter.Mr....
Patricia Mary Hines
Nov 12, 2008
Middletown, RI - Patricia Mary St. Germain Grant Hines, 72, of 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Pawtucket, RI on December 1, 1935, she was the daughter of the late David and Elizabeth Mulvey St. Germain.Mrs. Hines grew up in Pawtucket where she first worked...
Gene C. Leek
Nov 11, 2008
Middletown, RI - Gene Leek, 62, of 738 Forest Park, Middletown, RI, died Monday, November 10, 2008 at home. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri on December 4, 1945, he was the son of Jerry Patton Leek of Middletown, and the late Gene B. Leek.Gene graduated from DeLaSalle Academy in Newport and the University of Rhode Island. Gene worked for many...
Rocco Anthony Decomo
Nov 11, 2008
Rocco Anthony DeComo, USN Retired, of 14 Canonicus Avenue, Newport, RI, died at home on Tuesday, November 11th, surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Donandrea Reilly DeComo.Born in Brooklyn, NY on August 25, 1923, he was the son of the late Peter and Michelina Marino DeComo.Mr. DeComo served in the United States Navy for 20 years, achieving...
Irene V. Wright
Nov 10, 2008
Irene V. Pee Wee Wright, 78, passed away quietly on November 10, 2008 after a short illness. Irene is survived by her brothers, Frank and Lawrence Machado and dear friend and caregiver, Jo Westfall. She was the loving wife of the Ben Wright.Irene loved to cross-stitch and donated most of her work to charity. She was retired from Prudential Insurance...
Emma Lee Howard
Nov 10, 2008
EMMA LEE VEST HOWARD, OF 87 Girard Ave, Newport, RI went to be with the Lord on Monday, November 10th, 2008 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the last John Howard II. Born in Waynesboro, VA on April 26, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Ervin and Emma Murray Vest.Mrs. Howard worked at the Newport...
John T. Pierce
Nov 9, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - John T. Pierce, Sr., 82, of 52 Cedar Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, November 9, 2008 at Newport Hospital, after a short illness. Born in Fall River, MA, on April 11, 1926, he was the son of the late Alfred H. Pierce, Sr. and Florence Vials Pierce.His family moved to Island Park when John was born and...
Joseph Semas, Jr
Nov 9, 2008
Middletown, RI - Joseph Mickey Semas, 88, of 9 Bayview Park, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, November 9, 2008 at home. He was the husband of the late Roselina Rodericks Semas and the late Beatrice Souza Semas. Born in Middletown, RI on September 14, 1920, he was the son of the late Joseph Semas, Jr. and Maria Semas. Mickey worked for...
William A. Clarke, Sr
Nov 9, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - William A. Bubba Clarke, Sr., 66, of 58 Cedar Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, November 9, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Jane Mary Sullivan Clarke. Born in Newport, RI on February 10, 1942, he was the son of the late Francis A. and Mary Mello Clarke.Mr. Clarke worked as an operation...
Mary L. Vierra
Nov 7, 2008
Middletown, RI - Mary L. Coggeshall Vierra, 81, of 5 Vierra Terrace, Middletown, RI, died Friday, November 7, 2008 at home with her family. She was the wife of the late George Vierra. Born in Norfolk, VA on December 5, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Susan Pingley Coggeshall.Mrs. Vierra worked on the Vierra Family Farm...
Herman Lee Parham
Nov 7, 2008
Newport, RI - Herman Lee Parham, 83, of 76 Warner Street, Newport, RI, died Friday, November 7, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Rose Lee West Parham. Born in Talbot County, GA on Aug. 8, 1925, he was the son of the late Jim and Lucy Mae Morris Parham.Mr. Parham was raised and attended the...
Ernest Lee Lane
Nov 6, 2008
Middletown, RI - Ernest Lee Lane, MCPO, USN, Ret, 81, of 12 Aquidneck Drive, Middletown, RI and New Port Richey, FL, passed from the loving arms of his wife Dorothy Hyder-Lane to the waiting arms of his Lord on Thursday, November 6, 2008. Born in Auburndale, FL on October 31, 1927, he was the son of the late Clifford and...
Debra A. Peixoto
Nov 6, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - Debra A. Gomes Peixoto, 51, of 30 Anselmo Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, November 6, 2008 at home with her family. She was the wife of Hildeberto Bert Manuel Peixoto. Born in Fall River, MA on June 15, 1957, she was the daughter of Olinda Anselmo Gomes of Portsmouth, RI and the late Benjamin Gomes, Jr. Debra...
Margaret Ann Gill
Nov 6, 2008
Middletown, RI - Margaret Ann Gallagher Gill, 84, of 309 Chases Lane, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, November 6, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, William F. Gill. They were married in St. Marys Church in 1952. Born in County Leitrim, Ireland, on March 31, 1924, she was the daughter of...
Muriel Laura Blackwell
Nov 2, 2008
Middletown, RI - Muriel Laura Blackwell, 85, of Middletown, RI, formerly of 58 Pearl St, Newport, died Sunday, November 2, 2008 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on June 15, 1923, she was the daughter of the late William and Leona Myers Woodson.Mrs. Blackwell was a longtime member of Community Baptist Church and faithful...
Peter F. Silvia
Oct 31, 2008
Middletown, RI - Peter F. Silvia, 63, of 6 Murphy Circle, Middletown, RI, died Friday, October 31, 2008, at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. He was the husband of Sandra Sam McLeish Silvia. Born in Middletown, RI, on May 12, 1945, he was the son of the late Joseph R. and Anna Silvia Silvia.Mr. Silvia had worked as a scheduler...
Dorothy Isabella Carey
Oct 30, 2008
Newport, RI - Dorothy Isabella Bric Carey, 93, of Spindrift, Ocean Avenue, Newport, RI, died Thursday, October 30, 2008 at home with her daughter by her side. She was the wife of the late Dr. John Edward Carey. Born in Newport, RI on October 12, 1915, she was the daughter of the late John T. and Marguerite Mulvey Bric. The...
Donald O. Anderson
Oct 30, 2008
Newport, RI - Donald Osborne Anderson, 78, of 87 Kay Street, Newport, RI died on Thursday October 30, 2008 at home. Born in Newport, RI on July 30, 1930, he was the son of the late Alfred and Kathleen McDuff Anderson. He was the husband of the late Solveig M. Gerberville Anderson.Mr. Anderson volunteered to serve in the United States...
Peter K. Lazar
Oct 30, 2008
Wellington, FL - Peter K. Lazar, of Oakberry Circle, Wellington, FL, died on Thursday, October 30, 2008. He was the husband of the late Helen Peters Lazar. Born in Albania on January 21, 1910, he migrated to this country in 1927 and had briefly lived in Boston, MA and Westbrook, ME before settling on Aquidneck Island 70 years ago. He...
Pedro D. Fresnilla
Oct 29, 2008
Pedro D. Fresnilla Middletown, RI - Pedro D. Fresnilla, 86, of the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI, formerly of Harbor Village, Middletown, died Monday, October 27, 2008 at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Josephine Arruda Fresnilla. Born in the Phillipines, on January 6, 1922, he was the son of the late...
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