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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...
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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