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Jose M. Mozes
Sep 19, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - Jose M. Mozes, 33, of Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, September 19, 2008 in an automobile accident. He was the husband of Marta Soares Mozes. Born in Portugal on December 28, 1974, he was the son of Carmindo Lima Mozes and Maria Mozes.Jose was born in Portugal and moved with his family to Venezuela as a young child....
Elizabeth H. Bernier
Sep 18, 2008
Middletown, RI - Elizabeth H. Bernier, 87, of 14 Pocahontas Drive, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, September 18, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Raymond Joseph Bernier. Born in Framingham, MA on January 1, 1921, she was the daughter of the late John Edgar and Ruth Lamson Stripp.Mrs. Bernier was a graduate from the...
Joseph John Catanzaro
Sep 17, 2008
Tiverton, RI - Joseph John Catanzaro, 67, of 45 Blackbird Street, Tiverton, RI, formerly of 931 Symes Pond Road, Barnet, VT, died Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at home. He was the husband of Marion L. Papineau Catanzaro. Born in Providence, RI on October 8, 1940, he is the son of Anna Faella Catanzaro of Greenville, RI.Mr. Catanzaro was a truck...
Isabella M. Cesario
Sep 14, 2008
Newport, RI - Isabella M. Cesario, 84, of Newport, RI, died Sunday, September 14, 2008 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Cornelius D. Cesario.Born in Newport, RI on May 8, 1924, she was the daughter of the late William and Grace Lewis Peacock.Mrs. Cesario worked at the former Lincoln Store on Thames...
Donna Lee Scott
Sep 14, 2008
Middletown, RI - Donna Lee Marley Scott, 66, of 8 J.H. Dwyer Drive, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, September 14, 2008 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of Michael D. Scott, Sr. Born in Newport, RI on April 23, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Wealthy Rose Marley.Mrs. Scott was employed and cherished by her colleagues...
Lucille Marilyn Lima
Sep 13, 2008
Tiverton, RI - Lucille Marilyn Marsh Lima, 74, of 225 Brayton Rd., #101, Tiverton, RI, died Saturday, September 13, 2008 peacefully at home surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with cancer. She was the wife of the late Albert A. Lima. Born in Fall River, MA on February 10, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Charles...
Donald Ray Wall
Sep 13, 2008
Newport, RI - Donald Ray Wall, 39, of Farewell Street, Newport, RI, died unexpectedly on Saturday, September 13, 2008, at his mothers home. Born in Newport, RI on August 1, 1969, he was the son of Pauline Sylvester Wall of Newport, RI and the late Larry L. Wall. Donald was an avid sports fan who loved watching football, professional wrestling,...
Lawrence Eugene Taylor
Sep 12, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - Lawrence Eugene Taylor, 64, of 760 Anthony Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, September 12, 2008 at Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA. He was the husband of Rose Elise Weyhgandt Taylor. Born in Quincy, MA on July 13, 1944, he was the son of the late Laurence Melvin and Marion Stone Taylor.Lawrence Taylor honorably served in the...
James J. Manning, Jr
Sep 6, 2008
Middletown, RI - Lt. James Joseph Manning, Jr., Ret., Newport Police 92, formerly of 7 Mumford Avenue, Newport, RI, died on Saturday, September 06, 2008 at St. Clare Home in Newport. He was the husband of the late Lillian M. Davison Manning. Born in Newport, RI on November 10, 1915, he was the son of the late James Joseph and...
M. Delores Boyle
Sep 6, 2008
M. Delores Roderick Boyle, of 12 Annandale Terrace, Newport, Rhode Island died on September 6, 2008 at St. Clare Home, Newport. She was the wife of the late U.S. District Court Judge Francis J. Boyle.Born in Pawtucket R.I. on February 11, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Roderick, Jr. originally from San Miguel, Azores and the late...
Dorothy A. Piermont
Sep 5, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - Dorothy A. Piermont, 82, of Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, September 5, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was born in Newport, RI on January 21, 1926, she was the eldest child of the late Herbert and Martha Hall. She was a lifelong resident of Portsmouth. Dorothy worked for Newport public schools as a cook and also...
John J. Medeiros
Sep 4, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - John J. Medeiros, 87, of 33 Freeborn Street, Portsmouth, RI, died on Thursday, September 4, 2008, at home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Laura Medeiros, of Portsmouth. Born in Portsmouth, RI on November 10, 1920, he was the son of the late Jose J. and Angelina Ferreira Medeiros.Mr. Medeiros was a carpenter for...
Athena Coppit
Sep 4, 2008
Middletown, RI - Athena Alexander Bobby Coppit, 82, of 8 Wilson Road, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, September 4, 2008 at St. Clare Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late George Lee Coppit. Born in Newport, RI on February 4, 1926 in the Corne House to James E. and Elizabeth Kelly Alexander. Mrs. Coppit was a graduate of...
J. Roger Sisson
Sep 3, 2008
J. Roger Sisson, 87, of Tiverton, RI died peacefully on Wednesday, September 3 surrounded by his children. Born in Portsmouth, RI on August 14, 1921, he was the second of four children born to the late George L. and Mary Corcoran Sisson. He was the loving and devoted husband of 64 years to the late Jacqueline Hamel Sisson, who died...
Marguerite A. Peckham
Sep 3, 2008
Middletown, RI - Marguerite A. Peckham, 97, of 1312 Wapping Road, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at John Clarke Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on August 26, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Margaret Patterson Peckham.Marguerite was a librarian at the Redwood Library for 20 years, retiring in 1976. She...
Edward Gamer
Sep 3, 2008
Middletown, RI - Edward Gamer, 74, of Balsam Avenue, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly Wednesday, September 3, 2008 in Maui, Haiwaii. He was the husband of Mary Ann Dias Gamer. Born in Newport, RI on April 26, 1934, he was the son of the late William F. and Isabelle Peabody Gamer.Retired from Federal Civil Service, Ed was a United States Marine...
Doris Purdy
Sep 1, 2008
Middletown, RI - Doris Ciak Purdy, 94, of 54 Maple Ave, Middletown, RI, died Monday, September 1, 2008 at home. She was the wife of the late John Oliveira. Doris was born in Webster, Massachusetts, on October 1, 1913. She is survived by three sons Robert Purdy of Newport, RI, Charles Purdy of Middletown, RI, and Walter Purdy of Groton,...
Jean Elizabeth Williams
Aug 31, 2008
Jean E. Souza Williams Providence, RI - Jean E. Souza Williams, 48, of 3704 Cincinnati Street, Northport, RI, formerly of 1802 Battement Court, Severn, MD and Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, August 31, 2008 at Philip Hulitar Center, Providence, RI. Born in Newport, RI on Aug. 4, 1960, she was the daughter of Arthur and Betsy Bjerke Souza of Pawtucket, RI.Jean...
Michaele Katherine Pine
Aug 30, 2008
Michaele K. Pine Middletown, RI - Michaele K. Pine, 63, of Rogers Lane, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, August 30, 2008 at St. Clare Home in Newport with her family by her side. Born in Brooklyn, NY on Dec. 4, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Michael Bruno and Kathyrn Fitcher Marchetti.Michaele was a teacher for the Head Start...
John Joseph O'Connor Jr
Aug 29, 2008
John Joseph OConnor, Jr. Newport, RI - John Joseph OConnor, Jr., 81, of 33 Bedlow Avenue, Newport, RI, died on Friday, August 29, 2008, at Newport Hospital. Born April 22, 1928, in Holyoke, MA, the son of John J. OConnor and Margaret Kane Lalli, he was the husband of the late Louise Donahue OConnor and brother of the late Carole...
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