Obituaries
Memorial Funeral Homes Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area
Angela V. Gray
Aug 28, 2008
Angela V. Morris Gray, 86, of 417 Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI died Thursday, August 28, 2008 at the Grand Islander Healthcare Center in Middletown.Born in Newport, RI on December 12, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Antone and Adelaide Morris.Mrs. Gray lived in Santee, CA for several years where she was a member of the VFW Auxiliary. She...
Helen Bitzileos
Aug 26, 2008
Newport, RI - Helen Goulios Bitzileos 78, of 1 Katzman Place, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the loving wife of Peter Bitzileos.Born in Brooklyn, NY on March 25, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Spiros and Evangelea Tompros Goulios.From 1947-1969, Mrs. Bitzileos had worked as the manager of the...
Barbara Jean Ryden
Aug 26, 2008
Jamestown, RI - Barbara Jean Ryden, 68, of 808 East Shore Road, Jamestown, RI, died on Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at St. Clare Home, Newport, RI. Born in Erie, PA, on December 4, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Elizabeth Gertrude Gaub Corwin. Mrs. Ryden was a school teacher for Millcreek Township School District She is...
Norma E. Stohlberg
Aug 24, 2008
Norma E. Clarke Stohlberg Newport, RI - Norma E. Clarke Stohlberg, 98, of 398 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of 13 Brewer Street, Newport, died Sunday, August 24, 2008, at the Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John Albert Stohlberg Sr. Born in Newport, RI, on June 4, 1910, she was the...
Bernard J. Fagan
Aug 23, 2008
Middletown, RI - Bernard Joseph Fagan, 81, of 6 Sachuest Dr, Middletown, RI and Treasure Island, FL, passed away peacefully onto his heavenly journey to join his beloved wife, Annabelle after a courageous 35 year battle with cancer on Saturday, August 23, 2008. Born in Newport, RI on June 23, 1927, he was the son of the late Bernard and...
Manuel J. Medeiros
Aug 22, 2008
Manuel J. Medeiros Middletown, RI - Manuel J. Medeiros, 88, of John Clarke Retirement Center, Middletown, RI, formerly of 29 Center Avenue, Middletown, died Friday, August 22, 2008 at John Clarke Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Jean Lundberg Medeiros. Born in Middletown, RI, on May 11, 1920, he was the son of the...
Susan Patricia Sylvia Souza
Aug 22, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - Susan Patricia Medeiros Sylvia Souza, 51, of 242 Sprague Street, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of 47 Anson Drive, Portsmouth, died Friday, August 22, 2008, at St. Annes Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of Ronald Souza. Born in Fall River, MA, on December 10, 1956, she was the daughter of Lorraine Moniz Medeiros Hedger and her...
Grace Toner
Aug 21, 2008
Newport, RI - Grace A. Congdon Toner, 92, of 46 Park Holm, Newport, RI, died Thursday, August 21, 2008 at Newport Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Frank A. Toner. Born in Scituate, RI on June 26, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Winfield S. and Nellie Allen Congdon. Mrs. Toner worked...
Stephanie Anne Giroux
Aug 20, 2008
Middletown, RI - Stephanie Anne Giroux, 26, of 25 Massachusetts Avenue, Middletown, RI, joined our Lord in Heaven on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. Born at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota on December 20, 1981, Stephanie grew up in South Dakota, Michigan, and California, as her parents served in the US Air Force. She graduated from...
Barbara Dermody
Aug 18, 2008
Bristol, RI - Barbara Ann Tempesta Dermody, 83, of St. Elizabeth Manor, Bristol, RI, formerly of Aquidneck Avenue, Portsmouth, died Monday, August 18, 2008 at St. Elizabeths Manor, Bristol, RI. She was the wife of the late Joseph Peter Dermody. Born in Norwich, CT on March 13, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Loretta Colletti Tempesta....
Deborah Marie Harmon
Aug 17, 2008
Warren, RI - Deborah Marie Harmon, 50, formerly of Newport and Portsmouth, RI passed away suddenly on Sunday, August 17, 2008, at home. Born in Newport, RI, on July 20, 1958, Debbie was the beloved daughter of Robert J. and Nancy M. Parsonage Harmon and the granddaughter of the late John and Adele Oakley Parsonage and John and Emiline Conklin...
Kenneth James Wanamaker
Aug 15, 2008
Smithfield, RI - Kenneth James Wanamaker, 26, of 5 Hill Street, Smithfield, RI, died Friday, August 15, 2008 in Smithfield. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on September 22, 1981, he was the son of Susan Wren and Lawrence J. Moretti and William and Lynn Graham Wanamaker all of Middletown, RI.Kenny was a 1999 graduate of Middletown High School. He worked as...
Yvonne Dube
Aug 13, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - Yvonne Belanger Dube, 84, of Alan Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Joseph A. Dube. Born in Fall River, MA on October 21, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Emma Potvin Belanger.Mrs. Dube was a member of St. Anthonys Church...
Marie L. Ennis
Aug 13, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - Marie L. LeDoux Ennis, 82, of 32 Evergreen Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on May 13, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Louis P. and Lillian Crowell LeDoux.Mrs. Ennis worked at Child Family Services for the past 16 years, as a certified nurses...
Stanley H. Grossman
Aug 10, 2008
Middletown, RI - Stanley H. Grossman, 83, of 198 Tuckerman Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, August 10, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Helen VanAssche Grossman. Born in Newport, RI on November 15, 1924, he was the son of the late Louis and Zelda Podrat Grossman.Mr. Grossman served in the Air Force during World War...
Agnes Coleman
Aug 9, 2008
Newport, RI - Agnes Rosa Coleman, 85, of 4 Armstrong Place, Newport, RI, formerly of 152 Evarts Street, Newport, died Saturday, August 9, 2008 at home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Frank E. Moe Coleman.Born in Newport, RI, on September 2, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Christopher and Angelica Dutra Rosa.Aggie,...
Vernon Chester Redfern
Aug 8, 2008
Vernon Chester Redfern Portsmouth, RI - Vernon Chester Redfern, 97, of 112 Indian Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, August 8, 2008 at the Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Doris Pike Redfern. Born in Pascoag, RI, on June 5, 1911, he was the son of the late Herbert E. and Theo Crosby Redfern.Mr....
Joseph George Farias
Aug 8, 2008
Joseph George Farias, 76, of East Main Road, Portsmouth died on Friday, August 8 at Newport Hospital. Joseph was the husband of the late Josephine Moniz Farias.Born March 18, 1932 in Portsmouth, RI on his familys farm, to Domingo and Lucy Rezendez Farias. Joseph worked for the majority of his career as a Heavy Equipment Operator. Over the years he...
Joseph Paul Costa
Aug 7, 2008
Fall River, MA - Joseph Paul Costa, 89, of Gabriel House, Fall River, MA, formerly of Point Gloria, Fall River, died Thursday, August 7, 2008 at Sarah S. Brayton Nursing Center, Fall River, MA. He was the husband of the late Dorothy Flynn Costa. Born in Portsmouth, RI on May 15, 1919, he was the son of the late Manuel...
Mary O'Connor
Aug 4, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - Mary C. McGinn OConnor, 91, of Portsmouth, RI and Delray Beach, FL, died in her home on Sunday, August 3, 2008 surrounded by her family.Born in Providence, RI on January 29, 1917, she was the daughter of the late James B. and Alice Cummings McGinn. She was a devoted wife for 67 years to Charles A. OConnor,...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries

About
Memorial Funeral Homes offers a collection of obituaries for Newport and Portsmouth, RI. With services throughout Rhode Island that are updated regularly. Find local Newport and Portsmouth, Rhode Island obituaries and join us in celebrating memories and honoring their lives and legacies.