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Irene A. Sillari
Apr 11, 2008
Middletown, RI - Irene A. Sillari, 95, of Forest Ave, Middletown, RI, formerly of Eastchester, NY, died Friday, April 11, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in New York, NY on March 4, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Ermelinda Rai Anselmi.She was the wife of the late Eugene F. Sillari, whom she wed in...
Alice Marie Ferreira
Apr 10, 2008
Newport, RI - Alice Marie Mello Ferreira, formally of Dearborn Street, 7C Pond Avenue and 25 Ayrault Street, Newport, died peacefully on Thursday, April 10 2008 at Village House Nursing Home after a long illness. She was predeceased by her husband, Louis Ferreira, who died in 1991, and a daughter, Rosemarie Demma Marshall, who died in 1979. Born in Newport,...
Agnes R. Clarke
Apr 9, 2008
Middletown, RI - Agnes R. Brady Clarke, 75, of 253 Meadow Lane, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of William Coggeshall Clarke. Born in Newport, RI on October 10, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Thomas F. and Agnes Donahue Brady.Rita was a physical therapist...
Bernice Gaines
Apr 8, 2008
Newport, RI - Bernice Tutt Gaines, 84, formerly of 3 Doris Terrace, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at Village House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Albert P. Gaines, Jr. Born in Appling, GA on September 26, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Celeste Tutt.She graduated from...
Helen P. Tolderlund
Apr 8, 2008
Helen P. Tolderlund, 96, of The Villages, FL, formerly of Middletown, RI, died on April 3, 2008, in Summerfield, FL. She was the wife of the late George H. Tolderlund Jr.Born in Middletown, RI, on February 16, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Julian F. and Florence S. Peckham.Mrs. Tolderlund worked for Peckham Bros. Co. Inc., of Middletown,...
Sophie Helen Weaver
Apr 7, 2008
Middletown, RI - Sophie Helen Weaver, 88, of 41 Draper Avenue, Middletown, RI, formerly of 16 Carey Street, Newport, died Monday, April 7, 2008 at Silver Creek Manor, Bristol, RI. She was the wife of the late Elmer Russell Weaver. Born in Chester, PA on November 22, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Julia Anna Monicki Lepak. Mrs....
Samuel Luther Chaplin
Apr 6, 2008
Middletown, RI - Samuel Luther Chaplin, 70, of 707 Forest Park, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, April 6, 2008 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Edith N. Maxwell Sokol Chaplin. Born in Newport, RI on April 24, 1937, he was the son of the late Arthur Wilfred and Florence Luther Chaplin.Mr. Chaplin...
John F. Caraway
Apr 6, 2008
Middletown, RI - John F. Caraway, 85, of Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, April 6, 2008 at Newport Hospital, with his wife at his bedside. He was the husband of Mary E. Silvia Caraway. Born in Mitchel, IN on June 23, 1922, he was the son of the late George and Anna Truman Caraway. Mr. Caraway worked for...
Raymond Marks
Apr 5, 2008
Raymond Marks, 77, of 181 Browns Lane, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, April 5, 2008 at home with his family at his side. He was the husband of Joan Sawyer Marks for 56 years.Born in Newport, RI on October 9, 1930, he was the son of the late Manuel and Angelina Raposa Marks. Raymond Marks was a lifelong Newport County resident,...
Theresa Mary Cavanagh
Apr 5, 2008
Newport, RI - Theresa Mary Grieco Cavanagh, 99, of the St. Clare Home, 309 Spring Street, Newport, RI, formerly of Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, April 5, 2008 at the St. Clare Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Edward J. Cavanagh. Born in New York City, NY, on July 27, 1908, she was the daughter of the...
Irene Liiv
Apr 3, 2008
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Liiv, Irene, 98, died Thursday, April 3, 2008 at the Grand Islander Center in Middletown. She was the wife of the late professor of Northern European History, Otto Liiv, PhD. Born in Tartu, Estonia, she was the daughter of the late Theodor and Rosalie Otsing Vedler.A language librarian and published translator, she received her Library Science degree...
Nada Rinker
Apr 2, 2008
Prudence Island, RI - Ndadja Nada Abrashoff Rinker, 97, entered into Eternal rest April 2nd at the Haven Health Center in Warren, RI. She was under the general care of Beacon Hospice. Born January 5, 1911 in Mount Union, Huntington County, Pennsylvania to Marie and Tasse Abrashoff, she was the second oldest of nine children, five boys and four girls,...
Jade Margaret Anne Hall
Apr 1, 2008
Newport, RI - Jade Margaret Anne Hall, 56, of 3 Ranger Road, Newport, RI, on April 1, 2008 God chose to bring home one of His own. From this life he took a loving mother, grandmother and a very caring person. Jade was born in Norfolk, VA on August 26, 1951 to the late Myrtle Nelson Hall and Charles Hall...
William H. Dugan
Apr 1, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - William Bill H. Dugan Jr., 86, of Village House Nursing Home, formerly of 2368 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, and Ward Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Lynne A. Dugan. Born in Marblehead, MA on June 21, 1921, he was the...
Jeffrie Friedman
Mar 31, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - Jeffrie Michael Friedman, 57, of Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, March 31, 2008 at home. Born in Fall River, MA, he was the son of Joseph Friedman of Portsmouth, RI and the late Ardelle Onorato Friedman.Mr. Friedman worked for several different construction companies on the island. He loved cars and took great pride in restoring vintage cars as...
Laura F. Peterson
Mar 30, 2008
Middletown, RI - Laura F. Boiani Peterson, 95, of Murphy Circle, Middletown, RI, formerly of Oakwood Road, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, March 30, 2008 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Francis A. Pete Peterson, Sr. Born in Newport, RI, on March 3, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Dandolo and Lodovina Gentile Boiani.Mrs. Peterson...
Robert Kempenaar
Mar 29, 2008
Newport, RI - Robert Kempenaar, 85, of Boca Raton, FL and formerly of Middletown, RI, died with his family by his side on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Catherine Crombie Kempenaar of Boca Raton, FL. Born in Newport, RI on March 12, 1923, he was the son of the...
Selma Shelton Robinson
Mar 28, 2008
Newport, RI - Selma Shelton Robinson, 80, of Prescott Hall Road, Newport, RI, died Friday, March 28, 2008 at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Inpatient Center, Providence, RI. She was the wife of the late Jamerson W. Robinson.Born in Lake Landing, NC on August 6, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Claudis and Annie Gibbs Shelton.Mrs. Robinson was a...
Margaret Lina Nixon
Mar 26, 2008
ROME, GA - Margaret Lina Nixon, 91, of Rome, GA, formerly of Cedartown, GA and 150 Green End Avenue, Middletown, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008 following an extended illness.. She was the wife of the late Herbert Arthur Nixon. Born in Newport, RI on July 26, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Archibald and Sophie Elling Alderson.Mrs. Nixon...
Michele Suzanne Gizzi
Mar 24, 2008
Newport, RI - Michele Suzanne Lynch Gizzi, 56, of 15 Caswell Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, March 24, 2008 at home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of James F. Gizzi, Jr. Born in Newport, RI on August 19, 1951, she was the daughter of the late William and Helen Carr Lynch. Mrs. Gizzi was a registered nurse...
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