Obituaries

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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Arthur Dumond

Arthur Dumond

Mar 24, 2008

Middletown, RI - Arthur Dumond, 61, of 1 Admiralty Drive, Middletown, RI, died Monday, March 24, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Eleanor Gilbride Dumond. Born in Lawrence, MA on August 28, 1946, he was the son of the late Arthur and Claire Demers Dumond. Mr. Dumond was a Senior Chief in the...

Ronald Lema

Ronald Lema

Mar 24, 2008

Middletown, RI - Ronald Lema, 52, of Mixter Street, Middletown, RI, died Monday, March 24, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the loving husband of his adoring wife, Karen M. Desjardins Lema. As high school sweethearts, they were together for 34 years. Born in Newport, RI on March 16, 1956, he was the son of the late Joseph...

Donald J. Fontaine

Donald J. Fontaine

Mar 23, 2008

East Providence, RI - Donald J. Fontaine, recently of Hattie Ide Chaffee Home, East Providence, RI, formerly of Sprague Street, Portsmouth, died Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008 at Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI. He was the husband of Cecilia Depoint Fontaine for 60 years. Born at home in Portsmouth, RI on June 21, 1924, he was the son of...

Margaret Mercer

Margaret Mercer

Mar 21, 2008

Newport, RI - Margaret Pincince Mercer, 75, of 195 Admiral Kalbfus Road, Newport, RI, died Friday, March 21, 2008, at the Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late Paul Harry Mercer Sr. Born in Newport, RI, on May 4, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Rosalphe and Alice Paul Pincince.Mrs. Mercer was...

Jane A. Chaffee

Jane A. Chaffee

Mar 18, 2008

Middletown, RI - Jane Ashworth Chaffee, 93, of John Clarke Retirement Center, Middletown, RI, formerly of Paradise Avenue, died Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at her home. She was the wife of the late Albert Ashworth and the late James Chaffee. Born in Fall River, MA on March 30, 1914, Mrs. Chaffee worked as a legal secretary for many years in...

Joseph M. Bettencourt

Joseph M. Bettencourt

Mar 16, 2008

Middletown, RI - Joseph M. Bettencourt, 58, of 136 Fenner Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, March 16, 2008 at the home of his son, Anthony, in Middletown, RI, surrounded by his family. He was the husband of the late Mary Theresa Silva Bettencourt. Born in Calhetas, Sao Miguel, Azores, on December 20, 1949, he was the son of the late...

Susan I. Walsh

Susan I. Walsh

Mar 16, 2008

Newport, RI - Susan I. Simmons Walsh, 77, of 53 Admiral Kalbfus Road, Newport, RI, died peacefully with her children at her side Sunday, March 16, 2008, at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Raymond Joseph Walsh. Born in Newport, RI on May 18, 1930, she was the daughter of the late...

Jeannie Levasseur-Powell

Jeannie Levasseur-Powell

Mar 16, 2008

Portsmouth, RI - Jeannie LeVasseur-Powell, of East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2008 in the Newport Hospital.Born in Newport on October 13, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Joseph N. and Helen L. Underwood LeVasseur.Ms. LeVasseur worked for many years as a cook for the Head Start Program in Middletown. She was an...

Irene D. Galiley Merker

Irene D. Galiley Merker

Mar 14, 2008

Middletown, RI - Irene D. Galiley Merker, 97, of 600 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of 174 Boulevard, Middletown, RI, died Friday, March 14, 2008 at the John Clarke Nursing Center in Middletown. She was the wife of the late John E. Merker.Born in Shamokin, PA on September 10, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Stanaslaus and Antonia...

Birna Carvalho

Birna Carvalho

Mar 13, 2008

Birna Carvalho- 65, of Moitoza Lane, Portsmouth, died peacefully at home on Thursday, March 13, 2008 with her family at her side.She was the wife of Alfred Carvalho. They had been married for 45 years.Born in Iceland on August 12, 1942, she was the daughter of Helga Kristin Magnusdottir and the late Hedin Vilhjalmsson.Mrs. Carvalho was a sales associate with...

Beatrice Joaquin

Beatrice Joaquin

Mar 9, 2008

Portsmouth, RI - Beatrice Medeiros Joaquin, 86, of 26 Foxboro Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, March 9, 2008 at the Sarah S. Brayton Nursing Care Center, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late Mario Joaquin. Born in Fall River, MA, on July 22, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Angela Cabral Medeiros.Mrs. Joaquin...

Jeanne Ann Peckham

Jeanne Ann Peckham

Mar 8, 2008

Newport, RI - Jeanne Ann Jolie Peckham, 69, of the Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI, formerly of 1305 Wapping Road, Middletown, died Saturday, March 8, 2008 at the Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John Conley Peckham Sr. Born in Newport, RI, on December 9, 1938, she was the daughter of the...

M. Kirt Salen, Jr

M. Kirt Salen, Jr

Mar 8, 2008

M. Kirt Salen, JR. Newport, RI - M. Kirt Salen, Jr., 80, of 90 Rhode Island Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of 34 Kay Street, Newport, Darien, CT, and Ocean Drive, Vero Beach, FL, died Saturday, March 8, 2008 at home. Born in Philadelphia, PA, on July 1, 1927, he was the son of the late Moderwell K. and Margaret Joyce...

Matthew Park Jr

Matthew Park Jr

Mar 7, 2008

Matthew Park, Jr. Portsmouth, RI - Matthew Park, Jr., 74, of 2368 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Manhattan, NY, died Friday, March 7, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Barbara Kymer Park and the late Mary Hart Park. Born in Newport, RI on February 12, 1934, he was the son of...

Rose R. Souza

Rose R. Souza

Mar 6, 2008

Rose Raposa Souza Fall River, MA - Rose Raposa Souza, 84, of 297 Division Street, Fall River, RI, died Thursday, March 6, 2008 at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late Joseph Souza. Born in East Providence, RI on December 27, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Maria Farias Raposa....

Charles H. Griffiths, Jr

Charles H. Griffiths, Jr

Mar 2, 2008

RDML Charles H. Chip Griffiths, Jr., USN Ret. passed March 2, 2008 at his home in Middletown, RI surrounded by his loving family following a courageous 19 month battle with brain cancer. A 32 year Naval veteran and 1971 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Chip served on a number of submarines to include his command of the USS...

Nathaniel Potter Read

Nathaniel Potter Read

Mar 2, 2008

Palm Beach, FL - Nathaniel Potter Read, 62, of Palm Beach, Florida and formerly of Boston and Newport, died peacefully Sunday, March 2, 2008, under the compassionate care of Dr. Jeffrey Bandola at South County Hospital, RI. His death came following complications from a heart attack suffered on December 3, 2007.Born on April 3, 1945, the devoted son of the...

John Jones

John Jones

Feb 29, 2008

Portsmouth, RI - Retired Navy Lt. Commander John M. Skip Jones, passed away at home on February 29th, 2008. He was the husband of Helen Nelson Jones, to whom he had been married for 47 years. He was the son of the late George E. and Helen M. Yahrling Jones. He was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Cadestoga High...

Robert Allen Peideia, Ii

Robert Allen Peideia, Ii

Feb 27, 2008

Portsmouth, RI - Robert Allen Peideia, II, 32, of 2704 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at Newport Hospital, after a one year struggle with leukemia. Born in Newport, RI, on July 30, 1975, he was the son of Robert Allen and Christine Semenec Peideia.Bobby was a 1995 graduate of Portsmouth High School. He became a...

H. Priscilla Bernt

H. Priscilla Bernt

Feb 25, 2008

H. Priscilla Bernt, 81, a resident at Evergreen House, East Providence, RI, formerly of Woodland Way, Rehoboth, MA, died Monday, February 25, 2008 at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence.She was the wife of the late John P. Bernt.She is survived by her four children, Philip Bernt of Titusville, FL, Steven Bernt of Warwick, RI, Martha Rose and Nancy Marshall,...