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Arthur John Escallier
Feb 6, 2009
Middletown, RI - Arthur John Escallier, 75, of 6 Concord Drive, Middletown, RI, died Friday, February 6, 2009, at home with his family. He was the husband of Catherine Myrtle Gilman Escallier. Born in Elsinore, CA on June 23, 1933, he was the son of the late John Arthur and Angelina Quintana Escallier.Mr. Escallier was born and raised in California....
Maddox John Guinguing Pinksaw
Feb 5, 2009
Middletown, RI - Maddox John Guinguing Pinksaw, died at birth on Thursday, February 5, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the son of Matthew Pinksaw and Gloria Guinguing of Middletown, RI. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his grandparents Michael and Nancy Pimental Pinksaw of Jamestown, RI, and Wilfredo and Mamerta Guinguing of Middletown, RI,...
Joseph Rego
Feb 5, 2009
Middletown, RI - Joseph Papa Joe Rego, 91, of 1653 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, February 5, 2009 in the home that he build for his family with them by his side. He was the husband of the late Dorothy M. Mello Rego. Mr. Rego was born in Portsmouth, RI on September 12, 1917 the son of the...
Harold Robert Emerson
Feb 4, 2009
, RI - Harold Hal Robert Emerson, 63, of 25 Thurston Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Muroc, CA on April 27, 1945, he was the son of the late Harold R. Emerson, Sr. and Martha Lynn Emerson. Hal moved to Newport in 1978. Hal was raised in Belmont Massachusetts and...
Mathew E. Mello
Feb 3, 2009
Newport, RI - Mathew Mello, of Newport, died on February 3, 2009 at Rhode Island Hospital, after a courageous battle with a malignant brain tumor which was diagnosed in 2007. Mat was 36 years old. He leaves his loving wife Gigi ODonnell Mello, his parents Ernie and Maggie Mello of Florida and his brother Andrew also of Florida, his grandparents...
Beverly A. Stedford
Feb 1, 2009
Newport, RI - Beverly A. Monteiro Stedford, 64, of 33 Chapel Terrace, Newport, RI, died Sunday, February 1, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Oscar C. Stedford. Born in Newport, RI on March 1, 1944, she was the daughter of the late John and Jennie Pena Monteiro.Mrs. Stedford worked at the Village House Nursing Home,...
Vittorio Albini
Feb 1, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Vittorio Albini, of 56 King Charles Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died at his home on Feb. 1, 2009, at 3:20 AM.Husband to Ilda Longo Albini, Mr. Albini was born on September 25, 1931 in Pontelandolfo, Italy, to the late Rocco and Orazia Ciarlo Albini. He and his family immigrated to Waterbury, Connecticut on September 4, 1971. Vittorio Vito...
Mary Edith Wicks
Jan 31, 2009
Mary E. Lariviere Wicks, 65, of 4 Cordiero Terrace, Middletown died Saturday, January 31, 2009, in Newport Hospital. She was the wife of William R. Wicks.Born in Fall River, MA on June 17, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Mary Silvia Lariviere.Mrs. Wicks worked for the familys business Wicks Nurseries as a plant propagator. She had...
Brian K. Audette
Jan 28, 2009
Newport, RI - Brian K. Audette, 47, of 76 Broadway, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at home. Born in Norwalk, CT on July 27, 1961, he was the son of William A. Audette of Middletown and the late Margaret Pavao Audette. He was also the stepson of Marsha Audette. Brian worked as a service attendant for many years....
Karl Michael Suleski
Jan 28, 2009
Newport, RI - Karl Michael Suleski, 84, of 70 Harrison Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at Village House Nursing Home in Newport. He was the husband of the late Dorothy M. Schranz Suleski. Born in Hadley, MA, on January 30, 1924, he was the son of the late John and Mary Kopczynski Suleski. He is survived by...
Lillian Hall Foberg
Jan 26, 2009
Middletown, RI - Lillian Hall Sherman Foberg, 91, of Middletown, died peacefully on Monday, January 26, 2009 at Heatherwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Newport with her family by her side. She had formerly resided at Village House Nursing Home in Newport. She was the wife of the late Charles W. Foberg. Born in Newport, RI on June 16, 1917,...
Martha E. Skipper
Jan 25, 2009
Middletown, RI - Martha E. Clark Skipper, 85, of 7 Orville Drive, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, January 25, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Donald Byron Skipper. Born in Jessup, MD on November 13, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Burns and Bertha Disney Clark.Mrs. Skipper worked as a secretary...
Lucy T. Silvestri
Jan 25, 2009
Newport, RI - Lucy T. Silvestri, 75, of Newport, RI, died Sunday, January 25, 2009, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on February 9, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Anna Gulgelmo Silvestri.Originally from Newport, Lucy was a graduate of St. Catherines Academy, Class of 1952. Ms. Silvestri moved to California in...
Betty D. Wert
Jan 24, 2009
Middletown, RI - Betty D. Wert, 77, died peacefully Saturday, January 24, 2009 at the Newport Hospital surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Curtis E. Wert, Sr. Born in Mobile, AL on November 23, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Sylvester Joseph Anastasia Carmello and Mary Wiggins Carmello.Betty was a lifelong resident of...
Cynthia Lorraine Mcgaughey
Jan 23, 2009
Middletown, RI - Cynthia Lorraine McGaughey, 59, of 114 Rogers Lane, Middletown, RI, died Friday, January 23, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Lynn, MA on August 11, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Earl Burns and Jeanne Kelley.Ms. McGaughey enjoyed cooking, baking and sewing. She is survived by her son Scott John McGaughey of Maine,...
Joan Elizabeth Francis
Jan 20, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Joan Brown Francis, of 222 Lawrence Drive, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Tiverton, Rhode Island and Spring Lake, NJ, died Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at St. Annes Hospital in Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late Leon W. Francis, Jr., who died on Sunday, January 11. Born in Spring Lake, NJ, she was the daughter...
Marion Elizabeth Roberts
Jan 20, 2009
NEWPORT - MARION E. ROBERTS, 82, formerly of 26 Prescott Hall Road, passed away peacefully on January 20, 2009 at John Clarke Nursing Center surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of Sidney D. Roberts, Sr. for 58 years. Born in Newport on July 25, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Rose Turner and step-...
Joseph Francis Roderiques
Jan 20, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Joseph Francis Roderiques, 84, of 518 Turnpike Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of the late Mary Louise Sinnett Roderiques. Born in Middletown, RI on August 2, 1924, he was the son of the late August and Francelina Vieira-deMello Roderiques.Mr. Roderiques served in the United...
Virginia Lee Polek
Jan 19, 2009
Newport, RI - Virginia Wilson Lee Polek, 70, of Dartmouth Street, Newport, RI, a retired registered nurse died Monday, January 19, 2009 at the home of her daughter. Born in Newport, RI on October 1, 1938, she was the daughter of the late William Elmer and Annis Rondina Wilson. She lived Succusunna, NJ for many years before returning to Newport....
Susan Jean Carey
Jan 18, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Susan Jean Brown Carey, 50, of 86 Norseman Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, January 18, 2009 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. Born in Newport, RI on June 29, 1958, she was the beloved daughter of Roger Jerome Brown, Sr. of Portsmouth, RI and the late Dorothy Jean Vieira Brown.Susan was a communicant of St. Anthonys Church....
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