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Catherine Anne Dickinson
Nov 12, 2007
Middletown, RI - Catherine Dickinson, 60, of 128 Center Avenue, Middletown, died Monday, November 12, 2007 at Newport Hospital, after a long illness. She was the wife of Philip Dickinson. Born in Bryn Mawr, PA, on February 2, 1947, she was the daughter of the late James and Madge Hibbits Kerrigan. She was known for her sharp wit, her great...
Larry L. Wall
Nov 9, 2007
Larry L. Wall, 73, of 24 Mary Street, Newport, died Friday, November 9, 2007 at Newport Hospital.He was the husband of Pauline D. Sylvester Wall.Born in Frankfort, IN on July 23, 1934, he was a son of the late Dwight A. and Frances M. Yost Wall.Mr. Wall served in the US Navy for 20 years and was a veteran of...
Robert P. Munro
Nov 9, 2007
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Robert P. Munro, 62, of Dudley Avenue North, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, November 4, 2007, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on July 11, 1945, he was the son of the late Franklin and Abby Mack Munro. Mr. Munro served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. He was part of the...
Helen A. Matley
Nov 8, 2007
Middletown, RI - Helen A. Malone Matley, 83, of Middletown, RI, died Thursday, November 8, 2007. She was the wife of the late Charles Andrew Matley, Sr. Born in Portsmouth, RI on October 17, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Jane Jackson Malone.Mrs. Matley was the youngest girl in the family of nine, growing up...
Bessie A. Defillippo
Nov 8, 2007
Newport, RI - Bessie A. Wood DeFillippo, 102, of 19 Appleby Street, Newport, RI, died Thursday, November 8, 2007 at Heatherwood Nursing and Rehabilitative Center, in Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Nicholas DeFillippo. Born in Newport, RI on November 5, 1905, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Louisa Jackson Wood of this city....
Keith James Coriander
Nov 7, 2007
Manhattan, NY - Keith James Coriander, 51, of 5000 Broadway, Manhattan, NY, died November 7, 2007 in New York. Born in Newport, RI on June 16, 1956, he was the son of Philip Coriander and Joanne Gray Coriander of Newport.Keith was a 1974 graduate of Rogers High School. He worked as a makeup artist for Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf...
Annis Mary Wilson
Nov 6, 2007
Newport, RI - Annis Mary Rondina Wilson, 97, of Dartmouth Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late William E. Wilson. Born in Fano, Italy, on October 26, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Getulio and Virginia Tombari Rondina, she lived in Newport all...
Patricia Ann Stevenson
Nov 6, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - Patricia Ann Sullivan Stevenson, 76, of 287 Fischer Circle, Portsmouth, RI, died on Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at the Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Capt Roger Stevenson, USN, MC, Ret. Born in St. Louis, MO on June 12, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Col. William Sullivan, MD, US Army, Ret....
Rose Ann Makeever
Nov 4, 2007
Middletown, RI - Rose Ann Nunes Makeever, 77, of 25 Stockton Drive, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, November 4, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on Aug. 18, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Octavio and Rose Dutra Nunes.Rose, a graduate of Rogers High School, worked at the Newport Hospital for 22 years. She use...
John R. Walaski
Nov 4, 2007
Middletown, RI - John R. Walaski, 43, of 5A Bristol Road, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, November 4, 2007 at home. Born in Salamanca, NY on February 15, 1964, he was the son of Lorraine Soares Passmore of Middletown and the late Martin Samuel Walaski, JR. John worked on the fishing boats on Perry Mill Wharf. Besides his mother he is...
John A. Stroup
Nov 2, 2007
Newport, RI - John A. Stroup, 33, of 3 Shimoda Way, Newport, RI, died Friday, November 2, 2007 at Newport Hospital. Born in Newport, RI on August 28, 1974, he was the son of Harry Stroup, Jr. of Middletown and Susan Aguiar Stroup of Newport. In addition to his mother and father, he is survived by his former wife Alicia...
Mary Louise Netter
Nov 2, 2007
Mary Louise Netter, 86, of Harrison Ave, Newport, RI, formerly of Newton, MA, died Friday, November 2, 2007 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Shelley Netter of Newport. Born in Durham, NC on July 16, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Etta Downey Royster. Mrs. Netter worked as a seamstress...
Manuel C. Silvia, Jr
Nov 1, 2007
Middletown, RI - Manuel C. Silvia, Jr., Retired Middletown Fire Chief, 84, of Sachuest Way, Middletown, RI, formerly of Turner Road, Middletown, died Thursday, November 1, 2007 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Mary E. Ferreira Rodrigues Silvia. Born in Middletown, RI on February 20, 1923, he was the son of the late...
Martha E. Santos
Oct 31, 2007
Middletown, RI - Martha E. Crouch Santos, 67, of 233 Morrison Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. She was the wife of Francis P. Santos. Born in San Diego, CA on November 17, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Arthur E. Crouch, Sr. and Ruth Burrell Crouch. Besides her husband...
Donald Peckham
Oct 31, 2007
Middletown, RI - Donald Francis Peckham, 78, of 43 Bay View Park, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Constance Eileen Simmons Peckham. Born in Newport, RI on June 1, 1929, he was the son of the late Leroy and Charlotte Louise Dorstrom Peckham.Mr. Peckham served in the...
Phyllis C. Collier
Oct 31, 2007
Newport, RI - Phyllis C. Collier, 50, of 30 Toppa Blvd., Newport, RI, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at home surrounded by her loving family, after a long and courageous battle with chronic illness. Born in Newport, RI on April 25, 1957, she was the daughter of Gloria M. Andrews Collier of Newport, RI and Ernest Collier, Jr. of Norfolk,...
Patrick M. Richards
Oct 30, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - Patrick M. Richards, 76, of 57 Mailcoach Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA. He was the husband of Linda M. Poppe Richards. Born in New Castle, PA on January 29, 1931, he was the son of Rose Pacella Richards of New Castle, PA and the late Patsy Richards.Mr. Richards...
Christine Chaplin Gavan
Oct 30, 2007
Christine Chaplin Gavan, 60, of Newport, beloved wife and mother died at home on Tuesday October 30, 2007.Born in Newport, she was the daughter of the late Dorothy Harlow Chaplin. Survivors include her husband Terrence Gavan; her father, the Reverend George Chaplin; three children, Kirstie Anderson of Candia, NH, Colleen Gavan of San Diego, CA and Conor Gavan of Newport;...
Urania Ventura
Oct 29, 2007
Newport, RI ? Urania Sousa Ventura, 80, of 20 Xavier Terrace, Newport, RI, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family, on Monday, October 29, 2007 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Abilio Ventura. Born in Arrifes, Sao Miguel, Azores, on September 27, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Angelo and...
Florence Mae Gray
Oct 29, 2007
Newport, RI - Florence Mae Gray, 84, of 69 Hillside Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, October 29, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on April 21, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Howard William and Ida Sutton Jackson.Florence was a 1974 graduate of Roger Williams College, receiving her degree in Social Sciences. Florence Gray...
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