Obituaries

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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Volney R. Clarke, Jr

Volney R. Clarke, Jr

Oct 29, 2008

Middletown, RI - Volney Russell Clarke, Jr., 59, of Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, October 29, 2008 of Pancreatic Cancer at home in Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on October 14, 1949, he was the son of Anna Kelleyhouse Clarke the late Volney R. Clarke Sr. Volney graduated from Middletown High School in 1967. He then graduated from Johnson Wales...

George Joseph Patnode Jr

George Joseph Patnode Jr

Oct 27, 2008

George J. Patnode, JR. Newport, RI - George J. Patnode, Jr., 91, of 5 Hunter Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of Providence, Warwick and Cranston before coming to Newport in 1933, died Monday, October 27, 2008 at Newport Hospital with his children by his side. He was the husband of Eleanor Geer Patnode and the late Barbara Garden Patnode who passed...

Bento Aguiar

Bento Aguiar

Oct 26, 2008

Bento Aguiar Portsmouth, RI - Bento Aguiar, 78, of 40 Linda Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, October 26, 2008 at the Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. He was the husband of Florence T. Cadima Aguiar. Born in Portsmouth, RI, on November 24, 1929, he was the son of the late Roguel and Mary Viveiros Aguiar.Mr. Aguiar had worked as...

Lucille I. Sicilia

Lucille I. Sicilia

Oct 26, 2008

Newport, RI - Lucille I. Dufresne Sicilia, 90, of St. Clare Home Newport formerly of 28C Earl Avenue, Newport, RI, died Sunday, October 26, 2008 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Anthony Sicilia. Born in Fall River, MA on Dec. 26, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Ferdinand and Rose Richard Dufresne.Mrs. Sicilia was...

Alice M. Mcintyre

Alice M. Mcintyre

Oct 26, 2008

Portsmouth, RI - Alice M. McPartland McIntyre, 75, of Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, October 26, 2008, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in New York City to the late Mary Catherine Carroll and Owen McPartland, she was predeceased by her brothers, Joseph, George and James McPartland and her daughter, Mary Alice McIntyre.She leaves to honor her memory her devoted...

David Scott Deen

David Scott Deen

Oct 25, 2008

David Scott Deen, 44, of Newport, RI passed away in Newport on October 25th. He was born on April 12, 1964 in Stamford, Ct. the son of David Lewis Deen and Edith Find Deen.He graduated from the Bellows Falls Union High School in Bellows Falls, Vt. in 1982 and was a proud member of the football team which was undefeated...

Fred John Lopiano

Fred John Lopiano

Oct 22, 2008

Middletown, RI - Fred John LoPiano, USN, Ret. 80, of 23 Willow Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008. He was the loving husband of Jean F. Kilcline Mahoney LoPiano. Born in Lawrence, MA on August 18, 1928, he was the son of the late Salvatore and Ignazia Maida LoPiano.Mr. LoPiano served in the United States Navy during WWII,...

Frances Fanny Souza

Frances Fanny Souza

Oct 21, 2008

Portsmouth, RI - Frances Fanny Bougieum Souza, 84, of 116 Cedar Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Manuel R. Souza. Born in Casablanca, Morroco, on December 8, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Seymour and Fanny Benha Bouganim.Mrs. Souza came to the United...

Frederick Demello, Jr

Frederick Demello, Jr

Oct 20, 2008

Newport, RI - Frederick deMello, Jr., beloved son, brother, uncle, great uncle, companion and friend 43, of 76 Broadway, Newport, RI, died Monday, October 20, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on October 22, 1964, he was the son of Delores Newton Vincent of Chaumont, NY and the late Frederick deMello, Sr. Fred worked as a...

Manuel J. Venancio

Manuel J. Venancio

Oct 20, 2008

Middletown, RI - Manuel J. Venancio, 93, of Paquin Place, Middletown, RI, died Monday, October 20, 2008 at Grand Islander Health Care Center with his daughters by his side. He was the husband of the late Angelina Souza Venancio. Born in Middletown, RI on June 3, 1915, he was the son of the late Joseph and Violet Bettencourt Venancio.Mr. Venancio...

Robert Lawrence Gray

Robert Lawrence Gray

Oct 20, 2008

Portsmouth, RI - Robert Lawrence Gray, Sr., 67, of 33 Gormley Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, October 20, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI, with his daughter Victoria by his side. He was the husband of the late Carolyn A. Marley Gray, for 30 years. Born in Newport, RI on November 4, 1940, he was the son of the late...

Lillian H. Stewart

Lillian H. Stewart

Oct 18, 2008

Lillian H Stewart Newport, RI - Lillian H Stewart, 89, of 2 1/2 Pond Ave, Newport, RI, formerly of 111 West Main Rd, Middletown, and 9 Warner St Newport, died Saturday, October 18, 2008 at home in Newport. She was the wife of the late Randolph Stewart, Sr. Born in Newport, RI on April 25, 1919, she was the daughter...

Stanley F Oczkowski

Stanley F Oczkowski

Oct 18, 2008

Stanley F. Oczkowski, 80, of Wood Road, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, October 18, 2008, at the Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. He was the husband of Patricia Belanger Oczkowski.Born in Lowell, MA, on July 20, 1928, he was the son of the late Stanley W. and Estelle Mucial Oczkowski.Stanley was a proud Veteran of the US Navy, serving during WWII,...

Grace H. Martley

Grace H. Martley

Oct 16, 2008

Middletown, RI - Grace H. Hamilton Martley, 82, of 11 Admiralty Drive, #3, Middletown, RI, formerly of East Orange Grove Rd, Tucson, AZ, died Thursday, October 16, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Robert G. Martley. Born in Pawtucket, RI on August 1, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Robert H....

Esther Botelho

Esther Botelho

Oct 16, 2008

Newport, RI - Esther Marcucci Botelho, 87, of 40 Dudley Avenue, Newport, RI, died Thursday, October 16, 2008 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Everett J. Botelho. Born in Fall River, MA on October 5, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Guido Joseph and Theresa Girodano Marcucci.Mrs. Botelho worked...

Mary Ann Dewick

Mary Ann Dewick

Oct 15, 2008

Newport, RI - Mary Ann Dewick, 82, of 15 Prescott Hall Road, Newport, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 15, 2008, at Village House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of James Robert Dewick. Born in County Kerry, Ireland, on May 25, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Dennis and Honora Walsh...

Judith M. Souza

Judith M. Souza

Oct 14, 2008

Judith Mary Souza, 53, of 340 King Road, formerly of 320 Main Road, Tiverton, RI passed into eternal rest on October 15, 2008.She is survived by a brother John Souza of South Yarmouth, MA and sisters Joan Shepard of St. Petersburg, FL and Joyce Souza of Greenville, RI. She was the sister of the late Thomas Souza of Fall River,...

Howard Alling Spaulding

Howard Alling Spaulding

Oct 12, 2008

Homosassa, FL - Howard Alling Spaulding, 89, of 77 Sycamore Circle, Homosassa, RI, died Sunday, October 12, 2008, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Evelyn C. Henke Spaulding of Oakmont, PA. Born in Monticello, NY, on June 9, 1919, he was the son of the late Dr. Ralph Lockwood and Amy Alling Spaulding.Following...

Gertrude Koczon

Gertrude Koczon

Oct 11, 2008

Gertrude Koczon, 89, of Forest Avenue, Middletown, formerly of Middle Road, Portsmouth, died Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Newport Hospital.She was the former wife of the late Joseph Pobzeznik.Born in Tiverton, RI on June 17, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Mary Brazil Gomes.Mrs. Koczon was a communicant of St. Anthony Church in Portsmouth.She is survived...

Raymond Bender Slack Jr

Raymond Bender Slack Jr

Oct 6, 2008

Raymond B. Slack Jr., 74 of Woodbury, CT passed away Oct. 2, 2008 after a long illness. He had recently relocated to Tiverton, RI to be closer to his daughter. Born in Flint, MI, he was the son of Donna and Raymond B. Slack, Sr. A graduate of General Motors Institute and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a M.S in Metallurgical...