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Jean V.C. Douglas
May 1, 2006
Jean Van Curen Douglas, of 58 Kay Street, Newport, RI, was born November 29, 1922, in St. Clairsville, Ohio, only child of Dale and Frieda Van Curen. Jean studied art at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, for two years before moving to New York City at age 20. She attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School and began working at J. Walter...
Mildred June Pires
Apr 30, 2006
Mildred J. Close Jaynes Pires 85 of Harrison Avenue Newport, formerly of Girard Avenue Newport died Sunday, April 30, 2006 in the Village House Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport.She was the wife of the late John J. Pires and former wife of the late Alexander J. Jaynes.Born in Boston, MA on June 19, 1920, she was the daughter of the...
Helen Barry Crowell
Apr 28, 2006
Helen Barry Crowell, of Old Westport Road Dartmouth, MA, formerly of Reservior Avenue Middletown, RI died Friday, April 28, 2006 in the Alden Court Nursing Home Fairhaven, MA.She was the wife of the late Arthur W. CrowellBorn in Newport, RI on May 29, 1911, she was the daughter of the late David and Ida Roy Barry.Mrs. Crowell had worked as...
Russell Lee Monteiro
Apr 27, 2006
San Diego, CA - Russell Lee Monteiro, 60, of 13095 Calle de los Ninos, San Diego, CA, formerly of Newport, RI, died Thursday, April 27, 2006 at home. Born in Newport, RI, on June 25, 1945, he was the son of the late John and Jennie Pena Monteiro.Mr. Monteiro was a communicant of St. Josephs Church. He worked as a...
Gertrude Angela Reise
Apr 27, 2006
Jamestown, RI - Gertrude Angela Raposa Reise, 88, of 25 Seaview Avenue, Jamestown, RI, formerly of 38 West Narragansett Avenue, Newport, RI, died Thursday, April 27, 2006, at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late John A. Reise. Born in Fall River, MA, on May 26, 1917, she was the daughter of the...
Joseph Henry O'Connor
Apr 26, 2006
Middletown, RI - Joseph Henry OConnor, 80, of 50 Bay View Park, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at Newport Hospital. He was the beloved husband of the late Ruth Marjorie Kirchner OConnor to whom he was married for 54 years. Born in Providence, RI, on July 15, 1925, he was the son of the late Bernard and...
Marguerite M. Spence
Apr 23, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Marguerite M. Gordon Spence, 92, of 55 Silva Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Lee Avenue, Newport, RI, died Sunday, April 23, 2006, peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Newport, RI, on October 4, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Ellen Anderson Gordon. She is survived by her sons...
Norma Smyth
Apr 23, 2006
JAMESTOWN, RI ? Norma Whaley Smyth, of 17 Friendship Street, Jamestown, RI, formerly of Narragansett, RI, died Sunday, April 23, 2006 at home with her family. She was the wife of Frederick C.B. Smyth. Born in South Kingstown, RI, she was the daughter of the late H. Clifford and Elizabeth Doherty Whaley. Norma graduated from South Kingstown High School. She...
Frances Barbara Guadagni
Apr 22, 2006
Frances Barbara Leary Guadagni Middletown, RI - Frances Barbara Leary Guadagni, 79, of 969 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of 135 Gibbs Avenue, Newport, died Saturday, April 22, 2006, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Michael James Guadagni. Born in Newport, RI, on March 10, 1927, she was the daughter of the late David...
Dorothy Rita Toppa
Apr 21, 2006
Rita Toppa, 87, of Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of 72 Warren Ave, Middletown, died Friday, April 21, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Nicholas Toppa. Born in Newport, RI, on April 14, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Mae Dillon Devlin.She was also known as Ma Toppa to...
Hazel May Maloney
Apr 19, 2006
Hazel May Green Maloney Newport, RI - Hazel May Green Maloney, 83, of 31 Sheffield Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, April 19, 2006, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Robert Paul Maloney. Born in Eustis, FL, on January 19, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Grandville Nevin and...
Howard F. Holland
Apr 18, 2006
Newport, RI ? Howard Franklin Hound Dog Holland, 86, of 248 Broadway, Newport, RI, formerly of Tilley Avenue and Pond Avenue, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of the late Louise Gray Holland. Born in Chelsea, MA, on October 6, 1919, he was the son of the late James and Daisey Stockbridge...
Max Unger Iii
Apr 18, 2006
Center Ossipee, NH ? Arthur ?Max? Hugo Unger III, 38, of 13 Barrington Circle, Center Ossipee, NH, formerly of Newport, died Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at Sea aboard the boat Eulah McGrath. He was the beloved husband of Carrie Chase Unger. Born in Newport, RI, on March 21, 1968, he was the son of Roberta Pacheco Settle of Newport, RI...
Otto Kurt Kraft
Apr 15, 2006
Middletown, RI - Otto Kurt Kraft, 56, of 6 Namquid Drive, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, April 15, 2006 at Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I. He was the husband of Faith Hope Souza Kraft. Born in Mt. Clemens, MI on April 22, 1949, he was the son of the late Donald Benoit and Catherine Kunst Kraft.Mr. Kraft served in the United...
Odell Felix Favier
Apr 15, 2006
Newport, RI - Odell Felix Favier, 88, of Village House, died Saturday, April 15, 2006, at the Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Rose Mazza Favier. Born in Menfro, MO, on July 9, 1917, he was the son of the late Felix J. and Iva Ferrer Favier.Mr. Favier graduated from Rogers High School...
Michael J. Kelly
Apr 14, 2006
Middletown, RI - Michael J. Kelly, 92, of 50 Trout Drive, Middletown, RI, formerly of 51 Annandale Road, Newport, RI, died Friday, April 14, 2006 at home. He was the husband of Kathleen Tiernan Kelly. Born in Newport, RI, on September 19, 1913, he was the son of the late Mortimer and Ellen Donnelly Kelly.Mr. Kelly was a graduate of...
Clara Perry Vars
Apr 14, 2006
Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Clara Perry Vars Middletown, RI - Clara Perry Vars, 92, of John Clarke Nursing Home, Middletown, RI, formerly of 50 Third Street, Newport, RI, died Friday, April 14, 2006, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Harold Saunders Vars. Born in Newport, RI, on March 19, 1914, she was the...
Ruth E. Macomber
Apr 13, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Ruth E. Pelissier Macomber, 91, of Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of 35 Water Street, Portsmouth, died Thursday, April 13, 2006, at the Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late William P. Macomber, Jr. Born in Hadley, MA, on April 13, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Charles...
Julia Lorillard Wampage Pell
Apr 13, 2006
Julia Lorillard Wampage Pell MIDDLETOWN - Julia Lorillard Wampage Pell of Middletown, Rhode Island, died of lung cancer on April 13, 2006, at Newport Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Washington, D.C. on May 9, 1953. She is survived by her life-partner, Julie Smith, her step-daughter, Elise McCaffrey, her parents, former Senator and Mrs. Claiborne Pell,...
Viola P. Herbert
Apr 13, 2006
Viola P. Perry Herbert Newport, RI - Viola Perry Herbert, 81, Newport, RI, died Thursday, April 13, 2006 at the Heatherwood Nursing Center, Newport. She was the wife of the late Wendell H. Herbert Born in Portsmouth, RI on Jan. 24, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Souza Perry. She is survived by her daughter...
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