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Leon Shaw
Feb 22, 2007
Middletown, RI - Leon Maxwell Shaw, 88, of 52 Linden Street, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, February 22, 2007 at Grand Islander Nursing Home. He was the husband of the late Doris M. Hollis Shaw. Mr. Shaw lost his wife of 62 years January 18th, 2007. Born in Newport, RI on September 16, 1918, he was the son of the late...
Elizabeth Ann Manchester
Feb 22, 2007
Newport, RI - Elizabeth ?Bette? Ann Sullivan Manchester, 79, of 398 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of John Clark Retirement Center, Middletown, died Thursday, February 22, 2007 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on March 18, 1927, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Moriarty Sullivan. Bette worked at the Naval...
Janice S. Post
Feb 21, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - Janice S. Post, 78, of 14 Pioneer Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at home. Born in Hartford, CT on November 11, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Max and Erna Brunn Senkel. Mrs. Post was a former member of St. Peter?s Lutheran Church in Newport. She enjoyed gardening. She is survived by...
Estelle G. Drummond
Feb 21, 2007
Newport, RI - Estelle G. Drummond, 76, of 84 Evarts Street, Newport, Rhode Island, died Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Thornton Benjamin Drummond, Jr. Born in Newport on February 4, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Albert P. and Pauline Jackson Gaines. She attended Calvert Cranston Elementary, Mumford, and...
James E. Harvey, Jr
Feb 21, 2007
Newport, RI - James E. Harvey, Jr., 72, of 87 Van Zandt Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Kathleen Virginia Cobb Harvey. Born in Lexington, VA on September 3, 1934, he was the son of the late James E. and Lucy Wares Harvey.Mr. Harvey was a commercial fisherman...
Alice Mary Sanches
Feb 21, 2007
Newport, RI - Alice Mary Sanches, 94, of 7 Dexter Street, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at Heatherwood Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late William Sanches. Born in Newport, RI on June 10, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Soares Santos. Mrs. Sanches was a communicant of St. Lucy?s...
Grace Lucille Skipp
Feb 21, 2007
North Providence, RI - Grace Lucille Skipp, 94 years old, passed away Wednesday, February 1st, at the Golden Crest Nursing Center, North Providence, RI. She was born in September 23, 1912, in Providence, RI, to Veronica M. and Washington Irving Bucklin, a former track coach for Brown University. Grace was married to the former Herbert M. Skipp, who preceded her...
Leroy Milton Jennings
Feb 20, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - Leroy M. Jennings, 85, of 11 Ann Court, Middletown, RI, formerly of Lebanon, MO 36 Education Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Carmelita Margaret Knight Jennings.Born in Stoutland, MO on July 8, 1921, he was the son of the late Leroy and Edith...
Richard Donohue Jr
Feb 19, 2007
Newport, RI - Richard ?DL? Donohue, Jr., 66, of 16 Champlin Place, Newport, RI, died Monday, February 19, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on May 23, 1940, he was the son of the late Richard and Madeline Pike Donohue.Mr. Donohue served 5 years in the United States Marine Corp and was stationed in Japan. For...
John S. Pencak Sr
Feb 19, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - John S. Pencak, Sr., 84, of 691 Park Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, February 19, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Madeline G. Gosciminski Pencak. Born in Fall River, MA on December 27, 1922, he was the son of the late Joseph and Katherine Renkewicz Pencak.Mr. Pencak was a member...
William John Brand Iii
Feb 15, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - William John Brand, III, 42, of Child Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, February 15, 2007. Funeral services will be private.
Georgene Simmons
Feb 15, 2007
Fall River, MA - Georgene Bade Simmons, 66, formerly of 76 Callendar Avenue, Newport, died Thursday, February 15, 2007 at Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late George Robert Simmons. Born in Neptune, NJ on September 23, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Carl Bade and Catherine Chamberlain Mather.Mrs. Simmons owned and...
Cdr. Francis Marion Meredith, Ret.
Feb 14, 2007
Middletown, RI ? Cdr. Francis Marion Meredith, USN, Ret. 70, of Porter Road, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Ann Underwood Meredith. Born in Fairmont, WV on September 9, 1936 he was the son of the late Marion and Jane Clayton Meredith. Frank graduated from Fairmont High School in...
Paul M. Sullivan
Feb 13, 2007
Middletown, RI - Paul Sullivan, 39, of Middletown, Rhode Island died peacefully at home on February 13, 2007 after a long, courageous battle with Glioblastoma Multiforme, a rare form of brain cancer. He is survived by his wife Michelle Lyon, his children, Zebadiah 12, Addison 11, and Isla 6. He also leaves his mother, Alice Sullivan, brothers, Ted and Dave,...
Lucia A. Loyola
Feb 13, 2007
Newport, RI - Lucia A. Loyola, 73, of 87 Girard Avenue, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA. Born in Montesarchio, Italy on December 13, 1933 she was the daughter of the late Carlo Federico and Pasqualina Iannelli Geleng.Mrs. Loyola worked on the Newport Naval Base, retiring in 1980. She loved flea marketing, playing...
Achilles Valtaras
Feb 11, 2007
Achilles Valtaras Portsmouth, RI - Achilles Valtaras, 83, of 96 Lambie Circle, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Cambridge, MA, and Greece, died Sunday, February 11, 2007 at his daughter?s home in Portsmouth, RI. He was the husband of the late Victoria Kontos Valtaras, to whom he was married for 54 years. Born in Bulgaria on November 8, 1923, he was the...
William F. Mello
Feb 11, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - William F. Mello, 73, of 74 Cove Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, February 11, 2007 at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. He was the husband of Lorraine Almeida Mello. Born in Newport, RI on September 25, 1933, he was the son of the late Francisco and Georgianna DaCosta Mello.Mr. Mello worked for Raytheon in the custodial...
Gertrude Gidget Jenkins
Feb 10, 2007
Gertrude ?Gidget? Theresa Brasher Jenkins, 53, of 4 Russell Avenue, Newport, RI, died peacefully on Saturday, February 10, 2007, at home.She was the wife of Richard Jenkins.Born in Lowell, MA, on June 16, 1953, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Rita Guillemette Bijoel.Mrs. Jenkins had worked as a certified nursing assistant at Newport Hospital from 1987 until...
Barbara Crane Sullivan
Feb 10, 2007
Barbara Crane Sullivan, 88, of 55 Miantonomi Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, February 10, 2007 at John Clarke Nursing Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late John Rae Sullivan.Born in Newport, RI on June 6, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Justin and Grace Langley Crane.Mrs. Sullivan was a 1936 graduate of Rogers High School...
Amelia K. Capochiano
Feb 7, 2007
Amelia Katherine Capochiano Newport, RI - Amelia Katherine Louise ?Millie? Burkinshaw Beans Chamberlin Capochiano, 92, of 508 Broadway, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, February 7, 2007, at Briarcliff Nursing Home, Johnston, RI. She was the wife of Michael Capochiano of Newport. Born in Newport, RI on January 26, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Kathryn Girr Burkinshaw.Mrs....
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