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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....
Margaret Louise Hicks
Feb 7, 2007
Margaret L. Grondin Hicks Portsmouth, RI - Margaret L. Grondin Hicks, 96, of 15 Sakonnet Drive, Portsmouth, a retired Personnel Manager, died at home on Wednesday, February 7, 2007. She was the wife of the late Frederick F. Hicks. Born in Fall River, MA on January 3, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Jeremiah F. and Mary Jane...
M. Doris Bloom
Feb 6, 2007
M. Doris Morrissette Bloom, 75, of 44 Martens Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, February 6, 2007, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John D. BloomBorn in Fall River, MA, on March 11, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Napoleon and Marie Faucher Morrissette.Mrs. Bloom was a communicant of St. Barnabas Church, and...
Edna Boretti
Feb 5, 2007
Newport, RI - Edna Boretti, formerly of Atlantic Avenue and Third Street, Newport and later of Middletown, died Monday, February 5, 2007, in San Diego, CA. She was the wife of the late James Douglas and Albert Boretti. She was the companion of Alfred Laverdiere of San Diego, CA. Born in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the...
Carlo J. Michalski
Feb 4, 2007
Middletown, RI - Carlo J. Michalski, 34, of 394 Third Beach Road, Middletown, RI, was born into eternal life on Sunday, February 4, 2007. Born in Newport, RI on July 20, 1972, he was the son of John and Joan Sherman Peabody, He was preceded in death by his father Carlo Michalski. CJ was a graduate of Middletown High School....
Hope F. Chase
Feb 3, 2007
Hope F. Chase of 480 Oliphant Lane, Middletown, died Saturday, February 3, at the John Clarke Retirement Center. She was the wife of the late John F. Chase, Jr.Born in Portsmouth, RI, on August 2, 1913, she was the daughter of Roscoe and Inez Orswell Levens.Mrs. Chase and her husband owned and operated the Tilley Avenue Greenhouses in Newport for...
William Vance Young, Sr
Feb 3, 2007
William V. Young, Sr., 59, of 50 Chapel Terrace, Newport, RI, died Saturday, February 3, 2007, at Newport Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, NY on July 4, 1947 he was the son of Betty Piper Young of Newport and the late William J. Young.Mr. Young was the former owner of Broadway Shoe Repair in Newport before retiring. He was a US...
Lillian P. Daly
Feb 2, 2007
Lillian P. Daly, 89, of 191 Forest Avenue, Middletown, formerly of 144 Massasoit Drive, Warwick, died Friday, February 2, 2007 at Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown. She was the wife of the late Thomas J. Daly.Born in East Hampton, MA on November 23, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Stacia Tryba Peters.She had worked...
Roxy Edgar Ernsberger
Feb 2, 2007
Roxy Edgar Ernsberger, 70, of 119 Washington Street, Newport, Rhode Island, died Friday, February 2, 2007 at Newport Hospital, following an extended illness. He is survived by his wife Claire Humes Ernsberger of Newport, Rhode Island and Milford, Delaware, his mother Margaret Ernsberger of Maryville, Tennessee, his three children Nicole Cook of Atlanta, Georgia, Evan Ernsberger of Norman, Oklahoma, and...
Jesse Joseph Moniz
Feb 2, 2007
Jesse Joseph Moniz, 79, of 182 Newport Avenue, Middletown, RI, entered into eternal peace on Friday, February 2, 2007, surrounded by his family, in the home he built 50 years ago, after a long, courageous battle with colon, thyroid, and prostate cancer. He was the husband of Mary E. Viera Moniz, and the former husband of the late Alice Guthrie...
Dorothy M. Lavoie
Jan 30, 2007
Tiverton, RI - Dorothy M. Lavoie, of 75 East Beardsworth Road, Tiverton, RI, died Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at home. She was the wife of Omer Lavoie of Tiverton, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on March 5, 1933, she was the daughter of the late John and Clara Soares Gomes.Mrs. Lavoie was a seamstress for many Fall River Garment Worker...
Hope Wicher
Jan 30, 2007
Prudence Island, RI - Hope Lambert Wicher, 94, of 32 Chase Avenue, Prudence Island, RI, died Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Warwick, RI, on October 14, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Lewis K. and Bertha Moffett Lambert.Mrs. Wicher grew up in Newton, MA and attended Newton High School,...
Arthur A. Albro Jr
Jan 30, 2007
Middletown, RI - Arthur A. Albro, Jr., Mr. Albro was the husband of the late Louise E. DeBlois Albro who preceded him in death in 2001 and the son of the late Middletown Police Chief Arthur A. and Martha A. Albro.He was a 10th generation descendent of John Albro who arrived in Boston from Ipswich, England in 1634 on the...
Kathryn C. Barry
Jan 29, 2007
Newport, RI - Kathryn C. Barry, passed away at Newport Hospital, on January 29, 2007 at the age of 94. For the past several years she resided at The Village House Center, 70 Harrison Avenue, Newport, where she was known for her independent and self-reliant spirit. Prior to her residence at Village House, she lived in her family home located...
Frank A. Botelho
Jan 28, 2007
Middletown, RI - Frank A. Botelho, 72, of 27 Murphy Circle, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, January 28, 2007 at home surrounded by his loving family after courageously battling ALS. He was the husband of Ann C. Kinsella Botelho. Born in Middletown, RI on January 26, 1935, he was the son of the late Manuel and Agnes Amaral Botelho.Frank graduated from...
Wilfred C. Paquin
Jan 28, 2007
Portsmouth, RI ? Wilfred C. ?Bill? ?Pop-Pop? Paquin, 68, of 6 Heritage Drive, Portsmouth, formerly of Wapping Road, Portsmouth, died Sunday, January 28, 2007 at home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Geraldine Jones Paquin. Born in Newport, RI on July 31, 1938, he was the son of the late Harry and Leah Delisle Paquin.Mr. Paquin owned...
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