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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Frances M. Young

Frances M. Young

Apr 23, 2008

Middletown, RI - Frances M. Morris Young, 65, of 24 Smythe Street, Middletown, RI, departed this life to enter into eternal rest with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. She was the wife of Philip Young.Frances Fran Mary Morris was born on September 18, 1942 in Newport, RI to...

James L. Cayer

James L. Cayer

Apr 23, 2008

Portsmouth, RI - James L. Cayer, 63, of 54 Maize Corn Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Catherine L. Sylvia Cayer. Born in Pawtucket, RI on October 22, 1944, he was the son of the late Louis J. and Eileen Hall Cayer.Mr. Cayer graduated from Cumberland High...

Kathleen Kelly

Kathleen Kelly

Apr 23, 2008

Kathleen Kay Tiernan Kelly, 88, of 50 Trout Drive, Middletown, RI, formerly of 51 Annandale Road, Newport, died Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at St. Clare Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Michael T. Kelly.Born in Newport, RI, on July 12, 1919, she was the daughter of the late James and Mary Buckley Tiernan.Mrs. Kelly was a...

Robert Alvin Klenk

Robert Alvin Klenk

Apr 22, 2008

Portsmouth, RI - Robert A. Klenk, 86, of Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008. He was a WWII Navy veteran and was one of the countrys leading aluminum impact extrusion experts.He leaves behind his wife of 57 years, Elizabeth Buck Klenk of Portsmouth, where they moved upon his retirement in 1986. Prior to that, they lived for many years...

Isabelle Elliott

Isabelle Elliott

Apr 22, 2008

Middletown, RI - Isabelle Smith Elliot, 92, of 600 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of 3 Keeher Avenue, Newport, died peacefully Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at John Clarke Nursing Center, Middletown, RI. She was the former wife of the late Robert L. Elliot. Born in Lonsdale, RI on August 12, 1915, she was the daughter of the late James and...

Richard E. Sullivan

Richard E. Sullivan

Apr 22, 2008

Portsmouth, RI - Richard E. Sullivan, 75, of Henry Davis Ct., Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Noreen Curt Sullivan. Born in Fall River, MA on June 10, 1932, he was the son of the late Walter E. and Mary Etta Curran Sullivan.Mr. Sullivan was a graduate of B.M.C....

Alphonzo Zeigler

Alphonzo Zeigler

Apr 21, 2008

Newport, RI - Alphonzo Zeigler, 51, of 90 Girard Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of Chadwick Street, died Monday, April 21, 2008 at home surrounded by his family. He was the beloved husband of his beloved wife Tami Marie Litterio Zeigler. Born in Newport, RI on August 19, 1956, he was the son of Marie Jones Zeigler of Newport, RI and...

Martin George Belko

Martin George Belko

Apr 19, 2008

Middletown, RI - Martin George Belko, 84, USMC Retof 17 Wood Road, Middletown, RI, died suddenly at home on Saturday, April 19, 2008. He was the husband of Virginia Edward Belko, and father of Linda L. Burns of Middletown, RI, and the late Robin Mason. He was the grandfather of Trevor, Caleigh, and Colby Mason. Born in Perthy Amboy, NJ...

Gerald F. Rogers, Dmd

Gerald F. Rogers, Dmd

Apr 19, 2008

Dr. Gerald F. Rogers, DMD, of 221 Corey Lane, Middletown, RI, formerly of Ayrault Street, Newport, died on April 19, 2008, at South County Hospital, following a brief illness, and a life well-lived.He was the husband of the late Mary Regina McCarthy Rogers. Born in Newport, on October 2, 1920, he was the son of the late Gerald and Catherine...

Victoria M. Patykewich

Victoria M. Patykewich

Apr 19, 2008

Victoria M. Christensen Patykewich, 89, of 57 Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI, formerly of 134 Webster Street, Newport, peacefully passed away Saturday, April 19, 2008 in Middletown, RI, with her family at her side. She has left behind her loving husband of 67 years, Thomas E. Patykewich.Born in Newport, RI on Nov. 23, 1918, she was the daughter of the late...

Mary Eva Favro

Mary Eva Favro

Apr 15, 2008

Mary Eva DeVeau Favro Portsmouth, RI - Mary Eva DeVeau Favro, 88, of 136 Cedar Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of 29 Norbert Street, Warren, RI, Bristol, RI, and Prudence Island, died Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at the Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI. She was the wife of the late Ernest Raymond Favro. Born in East Providence, RI, on May...

Jay E. Britton

Jay E. Britton

Apr 13, 2008

Portsmouth, RI - Jay E. Eckhardt Britton, 65, of 319 Fischer Circle, Portsmouth, RI, died on Sunday, April 13, 2008, at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Center, Providence. She was the wife of Johnnie John W. Britton of Rindge, NH. Born in Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1943, she was the daughter of Margaret Jay Eckhardt...

William J. Gearon

William J. Gearon

Apr 13, 2008

Newport, RI - Attorney William J. Gearon, 90, of Berkeley Terrace, Newport, RI passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2008 at the Village House Nursing Home in Newport.He was the beloved husband of Esther OGara Gearon for sixty-three years.Born in Woonsocket, RI on December 4, 1917, he was the son of the late Dr. Jeremiah J. Gearon and Julia Sharkey...

Irene A. Sillari

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...