Obituaries

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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Joyce Fly

Joyce Fly

Jul 15, 2007

Middletown, RI - Joyce Wing Graves Fly, 63, of Middletown, RI, died Sunday, July 15, 2007, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Richard N. Fly. Born in Rochester, NH, on July 15, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Christine Wing Graves.Mrs. Fly had worked as an assembler for 16...

James F. Robinson

James F. Robinson

Jul 15, 2007

James F. Robinson, 89, of 65 Kaufman Road, Tiverton, RI, died Sunday, July 15, 2007 at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Mildred Whalen Robinson. Born in Bethel, Delaware, on July 1, 1918, he was the son of the late Bessie Hopkins.Mr. Robinson grew up in Delaware and enlisted in the US Navy at...

Kathleen Barbara Torrenti

Kathleen Barbara Torrenti

Jul 12, 2007

Kathleen Barbara Murphy Torrenti, 57 of 5 Brenda Road Old Saybrook, CT formally of Middletown, RI died Thursday, July 12, 2007 at Yale New Haven Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Thomas C. Torrenti of Old Saybrook, CT.Born in Cranston, RI on January 21, 1950. She was the daughter of Barbara B Murphy of Middletown, RI and the late...

Shirley Riess

Shirley Riess

Jul 11, 2007

Middletown, RI - Shirley F. Riess, 70, of Middletown, Rhode Island, died at home on Wednesday, July 11th after a valiant 29 month battle with pancreatic cancer, surrounded by family and friends. A lifelong Aquidneck Islander, Shirley was born in Newport to Margaret Frederick and William Christmas Freeborne. She is survived by her daughter Alyson F. Novick, son-in-law Robert R....

Helen Marie Mcphee

Helen Marie Mcphee

Jul 10, 2007

Newport, RI - Helen Marie Carreiro McPhee, 86, of 53 Gould Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at the Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Arthur Joseph ?Mac? McPhee. Born in Portsmouth, RI, on September 4, 1920, she was the daughter of the late John and Evelyn Bratton Carreiro.Mrs. McPhee...

Margaret T. Lalli

Margaret T. Lalli

Jul 9, 2007

Portsmouth, RI ? Margaret Mullian Lalli, 78, of Portsmouth, RI, died on Monday, July 9, 2007, at home. She was the wife of the late Frank J. Lalli, Sr. Born in Norfolk, VA on February 9, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Roy Fulton and Jessie Lukeman Mullian.Mrs. Lalli worked as a realtor for Aquidneck Realty and Century...

Mae Ann Ball

Mae Ann Ball

Jul 8, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Mae Ann DeCosta Ball, 82, of 29 Thurston Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, July 8, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Arthur A. Ball. Born and raised on the DeCosta Farm in Portsmouth, RI on October 10, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Mary Viera DeCosta.She...

Anna M. Murphy

Anna M. Murphy

Jul 8, 2007

Newport, RI - Anna M. Thornton Murphy, 64, of 197 Park Holm, Newport, RI, died Sunday, July 8, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Galway, County Ireland, on February 6, 1943, she was the daughter of the late John P. and Elizabeth Niland Thorton.Anna worked at the Sportsman Restaurant for 35 years and for 7 years at Lil...

Stuart Leo Caulfield

Stuart Leo Caulfield

Jul 8, 2007

Newport, RI - Stuart Leo Caulfield, 80, of 13 Chestnut Street, Newport, RI, died Sunday, July 8, 2007 at Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA. He was the husband of Dolores J. Carroll Caulfield. Born in Westerly, RI on January 11, 1927, he was the son of the late Stuart L. and Helen Smith Caulfield.Mr. Caulfield was honorably discharged from the...

Marion Carol Silvia

Marion Carol Silvia

Jul 7, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Marion Carol Pappas Silvia, 73, of 111 Locust Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, July 7, 2007, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Herbert M Silvia.Born in Boston, MA, on July 22, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Bonner Pappas.Mrs. Silvia was a communicant of St. Barnabas Church. She...

Virginia L. Heffernan

Virginia L. Heffernan

Jul 7, 2007

MIDDLETOWN, RI ? Virginia L. Forrest Heffernan, in Newport Hospital on July 7, 2007, at the age of 89. A resident of the Grand Islander Healthcare Center, she died from complications associated with a recent hip fracture. Born on July 10, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Edwin R. Forrest and Elizabeth H. Dwyer Forrest. Mrs. Heffernan was...

Sr. Teresa Catherine Connolly, Fcj

Sr. Teresa Catherine Connolly, Fcj

Jul 7, 2007

Portsmouth, RI ?SR. TERESA Catherine CONNOLLY, FCJ, of St. Philomena Convent, Portsmouth, died peacefully on Saturday, July 7, 2007.Sr. Teresa was born in Castlegar, Co. Galway, Ireland, in 1912, the fifth child of a family of eleven. She entered the Society of the Sisters Faithful Companions of Jesus in 1935 in Bunclody, Ireland. For many years, Sister oversaw the students?...

Alma V. White

Alma V. White

Jul 7, 2007

Portsmouth, RI ? Alma V. Pargen White, age 80, of 51 Ann Avenue, Portsmouth, passed away peacefully at home on July 7, 2007, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Lawrence ?Bud? White. Born in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas J. Pargen and the late Alma V. Lasonde Pargen.Alma...

Joseph F. Rodrigues

Joseph F. Rodrigues

Jul 7, 2007

Middletown, RI - Joseph F. Rodrigues, Jr., 78, formerly of 40 Freebody Street, Newport, died Saturday, July 7, 2007 at the Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown. Born in Middletown on May 11, 1929, he was the son of the late Jose F. and Gloria Marques Rodrigues.Mr. Rodrigues was a US Army veteran of the Korean War. He was...

Jennamarie Hull

Jennamarie Hull

Jul 5, 2007

Pawtucket, RI - Jennamarie Hull, 19, of 286 Glenwood Avenue, Pawtucket, RI, died at home on Thursday, July 5, 2007. Born in Newport, RI on January 31, 1988, she was the daughter of David G. and Laura Purdy Hull of Middletown, RI. Besides her parents, she is survived by her grandparents, George and Barbara Perry Hull and Robert and Dorothy...

Albert J. Mc Aloon

Albert J. Mc Aloon

Jul 4, 2007

Albert Jeremiah Mc Aloon, 92, of 7 Algonquin Drive, Middletown, passed away at Newport Hospital after a brief illness on July 4, 2007. Mr. Mc Aloon, the husband of 67 years of the late Rita E. Mc Aloon d. July 4, 2005 and the son of Vincent J. Mc Aloon and Mary A. Mc Aloon, was born in Pawtucket, RI...

Gertrude Anna Woodhead

Gertrude Anna Woodhead

Jul 1, 2007

Middletown, RI - Gertrude Anna Woodhead, 58, passed away surrounded by her loving family on July 1st at Newport Hospital after a 2 year courageous battle with cancer. Gert was born in Newport, RI on November 18, 1948, to the late Charles and Gertrude Woodhead.She was a hairdresser for many years and owned her own business, Newport Hair Works Inc.,...

Thomas E. Clarke

Thomas E. Clarke

Jun 29, 2007

Thomas E. Clarke, Sr., 81, of Middletown, RI, died Friday, June 29, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Barbara Augustus Clarke.Tom was born in Newport, RI on March 31, 1926; he was the son of the late Isaac Clarke and Genevieve Murphy Clarke.Mr. Clarke served in the United States Army during World War II and...

Robert J. Marlin

Robert J. Marlin

Jun 26, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Robert J. Marlin, 87, of 100 Quaker Hill Lane, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Silver Spring, MD and Iowa, died Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Marianne Will Marlin. Born in Keokuk, IA on November 24, 1919, he was the son of the late Earl and Kathryn...

Carol Lee Cardoza

Carol Lee Cardoza

Jun 26, 2007

Carol L. Cardoza, 38, of Chace Avenue, Tiverton, RI, died Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.Born on May 2, 1969 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of George L. Cardoza, Jr. and the late Patricia F. Carmen Cardoza.Carol enjoyed movies, music, dancing and working on cars with ?Gramps?.She is survived by her children, Samantha J....