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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Catherine Anne Dickinson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...