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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Cdr. Francis Marion Meredith, Ret.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...