Obituaries

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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Jerrry M. Cates

Jerrry M. Cates

Oct 8, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Jerry M. Cates, 64, of Portsmouth, RI, died suddenly on Monday, October 8, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of 21 years to Karen Cates and father of James M. Cates of Boston, MA and Jeremiah T. Cates of Newport. Born in Oklahoma on Feb. 16, 1943, he was the son of the...

Hugh Christopher Whittle

Hugh Christopher Whittle

Oct 7, 2007

Middletown, RI - Hugh Christopher Whittle, 62, of 1078 Wapping Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of 75 Ayrault Street, Newport, died Sunday, October 7, 2007, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Greenwich, CT, on September 19, 1945, he was the son of the late Peter and Diana Dower Whittle.Mr. Whittle had been a resident of Newport and Middletown for...

Jesse D. Silvia

Jesse D. Silvia

Oct 7, 2007

Middletown, RI - Jesse D. Silvia, 74, of West House, Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, October 7, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on May 11, 1933, he was the son of the late Frank M. and Mary Medeiros Silvia.A life long resident of Middletown, Jesse worked as a mechanic for Harrison Ford Co. and...

Anna Davis

Anna Davis

Oct 7, 2007

Portsmouth, RI ? Anna Priller Davis, 87, of 257 Sprague Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, October 7, 2007 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center, Providence, RI. She was the wife of the late Charles R. Davis. Born in Germany, on March 14, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Johann and Maria Priller. Mrs. Davis was an avid bingo player....

Shirley Pierce

Shirley Pierce

Oct 5, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Shirley Pierce, 78, formerly of Thurston Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, October 5, 2007 at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Charles F. Pierce. Born in Fall River, Mass, on October 30, 19287, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Elsie Shoard Leach.Shirley was a 1946 graduate...

Mary Simpson

Mary Simpson

Oct 3, 2007

Mary Kemper Simpson died Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at her home in Newport. Born 101 years ago in Newark, NY, she was a daughter of the late Peter and Charlotte Bartle Kemper. After graduating from Mt. Holyoke College and the New York School of Design, she and her sister founded and ran a successful interior design business in New York...

Elizabeth D. Olaynack

Elizabeth D. Olaynack

Oct 3, 2007

Newport, RI ? Elizabeth ?Betty? D. Lazar Olaynack, nee Lazar, age 67, of 7 Kyle Terrace, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at home surrounded by her family. Betty waged a courageous battle with cancer for almost nine years, never once letting it affect her spirits and love for her family and friends, all of whom she valued above...

Raymond F. King, Iii

Raymond F. King, Iii

Oct 1, 2007

Newport, RI - Raymond F. King, III, 47, of Newport and South County, RI, passed away unexpectedly Monday, October 1, 2007. Born in Newport, RI on December 27, 1959, he was the son of the late Raymond F. King, Jr., and Constance E. Simmons Peckham and Donald F. Peckham of Middletown.Ray was an Eagle Scout, an avid lifelong sailor and...

Debra Lee Franklin

Debra Lee Franklin

Oct 1, 2007

Perryville, RI - Debra Lee Franklin, 50, of Post Road, Perryville, RI, was called home on Monday, October 1, 2007 at South County Hospital, Wakefield, RI. Born in Newport, RI on April 26, 1957, she was the daughter of Mary Harris Franklin and Charles R. Franklin also of Newport, RI.Debra attended school in Newport and was a 1976 graduate of...

Christine M. Collins

Christine M. Collins

Sep 30, 2007

Christine M. Collins, of 64 Haven Lane, Conway, NH passed away suddenly on September 30, 2007 in Lewiston, ME.She was the wife of Richard T. Collins Jr.Born in Newport, RI, on February 28, 1970. Christine grew up in Portsmouth and was a 1988 graduate of Portsmouth High School. After graduation she moved to New Hampshire. She worked as a sales...

Pauline Guthrie

Pauline Guthrie

Sep 24, 2007

Pauline McGowan Guthrie Portsmouth, RI - Pauline McGowan Guthrie, 91, a former longtime resident of Portsmouth, RI and Middletown, RI, died on Monday, September 24, 2007 at Winchester House, in Libertyville, IL of natural causes after a long struggle with Alzheimer?s Disease. Pauline was born On February 5, 1916 in Somerville, MA to the late Agnes McGrath McGowan and James...

George Walter Woolhouse

George Walter Woolhouse

Sep 24, 2007

Middletown, RI - George Walter ?Ducky? Woolhouse, 73, Middletown, RI, died Monday, September 24, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Joyce Brinton Woolhouse. Born in Newport, RI on November 30, 1933, he was the son of the late Charles and Mable Melleleu Woolhouse.Mr. Woolhouse retired from the former AP grocery store as store manager. During...

C. William Cote`

C. William Cote`

Sep 23, 2007

Middletown, RI ? C. William ?Wild Bill? Cote`, 73, of 10 Osage Drive, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, September 23, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the beloved husband of Bette Hubbs Cote. Born in Springfield, MA on July 6, 1934, he was the son of the late Clarence and Rose Frappier Cote.Captain Cote` was a graduate of Mt....

Robert Irving Dennis

Robert Irving Dennis

Sep 22, 2007

Robert Irving Dennis Middletown, RI - Robert Irving Dennis, 91, of 1052 East Main Road, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, September 22, 2007, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Elizabeth Houlihan Dennis. Born in Newport, RI, on November 2, 1915, he was the son of the late Marshall L. and Martha Eagan Dennis.Mr....

Grant Hermans Cornwell

Grant Hermans Cornwell

Sep 21, 2007

PORTSMOUTH ? Grant Hermans Cornwell, 92, of 52C Glen Meade Drive, died Friday, September 21, 2007, at home. He was the husband of the late Ellen Margaret Gandsey, to whom he was married for 62 years. Formerly of Batavia, IL, New Canaan, CT and Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, Grant lived in Portsmouth for thirteen years.Born in Lyons, NY on February...

Joseph A. Viau

Joseph A. Viau

Sep 20, 2007

Joseph A. Viau, husband of Ann Chamberlin Viau for 49 years. Born in New London, CT, on July 13, 1935, he was the son of the late Lewis F. and Sanches Viau. He was preceded in death by his sister Frances and twin brother John Viau.Father of seven children, Jo Ann and her husband Ted Beahm of Warwick, RI, Jeffrey,...

George James Winson

George James Winson

Sep 19, 2007

George J. Winson, 93, of Sherman Ave., Bristol, RI, died peacefully at home on Wednesday evening, September 19, 2007.Born in London, England, a son of the late George and Florence Mole Winson, he immigrated permanently to the United States in 1966 and eventually became a U.S. citizen. He had lived in Bristol for the past fourteen years.He was the beloved...

Virginia Winsor Kirby

Virginia Winsor Kirby

Sep 18, 2007

Middletown, RI - Virginia Winsor Ward Kirby, 90, of 305 Turner Road, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Frederick T. Kirby. Born in Newport, RI on February 20, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Charles H. and Jenney Stoddard Ward. Mrs. Kirby was a graduate of Rogers...

Carole Mercer

Carole Mercer

Sep 17, 2007

Middletown, RI ? Carole Waller Mercer, 63, of Middletown, RI, died Monday, September 17, 2007 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. She was the wife of William Wade Mercer, Jr. Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, on October 12, 1943, she was the daughter ofDoris Wood Thomas who currently resides in England and the late Jack Waller.Mrs. Mercer was a pharmacy...

Florence Dodd

Florence Dodd

Sep 16, 2007

Newport, RI - Florence Dodd, 71, of 87 Girard Avenue, Newport, RI, died Sunday, September 16, 2007 at home. She was the wife of the late Billey Dodd. Born in Providence, RI, on May 30, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Manuel A. and Mary Tavares Nunes. Mrs. Dodd worked for 30 years at Country Club Cleaners in...