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Jon Watson Vashon
Mar 15, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - Jon Watson Vashon, 51, of 1 Bourbon Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, at St. Annes Hospital, Fall River, MA. He was the husband of Janice Diane Tedders Vashon. Born in Newport, RI on July 15, 1955, he was the son of the late Erlon Harry and Norma Watson Vashon.Mr. Vashon worked in security at...
Gordon Johnstone Sweeney
Mar 12, 2007
Gordon Johnstone SweeneyGordon Johnstone Sweeney, 80, of 3 Watson Street, Newport, died Monday, March 12, 2007.He was the husband of Ellen F. Quigley Sweeney of Newport, RI.Born in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Ivan F. Sweeney and Margaret M. Rouxell Sweeney. Mr. Sweeney was employed by the former Newport Electric Company for forty-five years and retired...
Selma Auerbach
Mar 10, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - Selma Brod Auerbach, 86, of 51 Middle Road, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Cranford, NJ and Chatham Township, NJ, died Saturday, March 10, 2007 at the Grand Islander Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late Milton Auerbach. Born in Manhatten, New York on June 15, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Louis and...
Mary A. Beausoleil
Mar 8, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - Mary A. Makara Beausoleil, 88, of 498 Park Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, March 8, 2007 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Leo R. Beausoleil. Born in Fall River, MA on September 16, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Jan and Sophie Pzys Makara.Mrs. Beausoleil worked...
John Eyre
Mar 8, 2007
Newport, RI - John Michael Simon William Eyre, 71, of 19 Chapel Street, Newport, RI, died Thursday, March 8, 2007 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. Born in London, England, on May 10, 1935, he was the son of the late Edward and the Hon. Pelline Acton Eyre.Mr. Eyre grew up in New York and Newport. He graduated...
Joan Dickinson
Mar 7, 2007
Portsmouth, RI ? Joan McCoomb Dickinson, 79, of 512 Boyds Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late Daniel J. Dickinson, to whom she was married for 54 years. Born in Fall River, MA, on December 4, 1927, she was the daughter of the late...
William Anthony
Mar 6, 2007
Middletown, RI - William C. Anthony, 86, of 106 Wyatt Road, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007 peacefully at home. He was the husband of the late Edna Louise Linley Anthony. Born in Newport, RI on September 1, 1920, he was the son of the late Joseph Morton and Frances Greene Anthony.Mr. Anthony was a descendent of Nathaniel Greene...
Francis H. Lapointe
Mar 4, 2007
Middletown, RI - Francis H. ?Frank? LaPointe, 75, of 16 Roy Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, March 4, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Elizabeth ?Betty? Walsh LaPointe. Mr. and Mrs. LaPointe just celebrated their 53rd Wedding Anniversary last Thursday and renewed their vows. Born in Fall River, MA on Aug. 20, 1931, he was...
Marcus Perry
Mar 2, 2007
Newport, RI - Marcus Perry, of 4 Farewell Street, Newport, RI, died Friday, March 2, 2007 at Women Infants Hospital, Providence, RI. Born in Providence, RI on February 27, 2007, he was the son of Marcus Cornelius Reckford and Tylee Perry. Besides his parents, he is survived by his brothers Kyene Gallagher of Newport, RI, David Drew of Woonsocket, RI,...
Charles A. Deveau
Mar 1, 2007
Newport, RI - Charles A. Deveau, 69, of 12 Princeton Street, Newport, RI, died Thursday, March 1, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Maria L. Escobar Silvia-Deveau and husband of the late Elizabeth Mason Deveau. Born in Newport, RI on December 10, 1937, he was the son of the late John and Adeline Huppee Deveau.Charlie...
Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Ann Rogers
Feb 28, 2007
Newport, RI ? Mary Elizabeth ?Beth? Lally Rogers, 72, of 15 Atlantic Avenue, Newport, RI, died peacefully on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, at Pine Grove Health Care Center, Pascoag, RI after a long illness. She was the wife of Warren F. Rogers of Newport.Born in Scranton, PA on July 7, 1934, she was the daughter of the late William K....
Marilyn Lee Perkins
Feb 26, 2007
Marilyn Lee Perkins Newport, RI - Marilyn Lee Perkins, 60, of 39 Homer Street, Newport, RI, died Monday, February 26, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of LeRoy Lee Allen Perkins. Born in Palo Alto, CA on October 31, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Doyle Reavis and Joan Conway Dempsey.Mrs. Perkins was named...
Sarah Cole
Feb 26, 2007
North Waterboro, ME - Sarah Brown Cole, 90, of North Waterboro, ME and St. Cloud, FL, formerly of Phillips Avenue, Middletown, died Monday, February 26, 2007 at St. Cloud Regional Medical Center, in St. Cloud, FL. She was married for over 50 years to the late Oliver C. Cole who passed away in August of 1990. Born in Newport, RI...
Armand J. Dore, Jr
Feb 25, 2007
Middletown, RI - Armand J. ?Red? Dor, Jr, 80, of 76 Purgatory Road, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, February 25, 2007 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Flora Tougas Dor for 49 years. Born in Newport, RI on May 9, 1926, he was the son of the late Armand J. and Catherine Cappuccilli Dor.?Red?...
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...
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