Obituaries

Memorial Funeral Homes Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Daniel Campbell Brawner

Daniel Campbell Brawner

Jan 3, 2006

Daniel C. Brawner, formerly of Titusville, FL, and a long time resident and native of Pensacola, FL, died peacefully in the company of family and caring staff members at the John Clarke Nursing Home in Middletown, RI, on January 3, 2006. He was born on June 29, 1918, the son of M.O. Brawner and Annie Campbell Brawner of Pensacola, FL,...

Marion Louise Simmons

Marion Louise Simmons

Jan 3, 2006

Marion Louise DeLaVergne Simmons, 95, of 66 Phelps Road, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Alfred Simmons. Born in Newport, RI, on March 12, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Mary Curran DeLaVergne. Mrs. Simmons was a homemaker who enjoyed...

Chase Landon Bourg

Chase Landon Bourg

Jan 2, 2006

NEWPORT, RI - Chase Landon Bourg, infant son of Nuncio Nicholas Bourg and Amy Kathryn Martin of Newport, died Monday, January 2, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Besides his parents he is survived by his grandparents Kenneth and Linda Bourg of Franklinton, LA, Debra Kilby Harrison of Middletown, RI, and Stephen and Lori Smith Martin of Jonesport, ME, his...

Jane A. Mcmanus

Jane A. Mcmanus

Jan 2, 2006

NEWPORT, RI - Jane A. McManus, 76, of Blenheim-Newport, Valley Road, Middletown, RI formerly of 7 Elliot Place, Newport, died Monday, January 2, 2006 at home. Born in Newport, Rhode Island on March 30, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Charles H. and Jane Fish McManus.Ms. McManus was a graduate of Newport Schools and Salve Regina College. After...

Edwin F. Mcdonnell Ret. Usn

Edwin F. Mcdonnell Ret. Usn

Jan 1, 2006

Newport, RI - Edwin F. McDonnell, Ret. USN, 83, of Bellevue Ave Newport, formerly of East Bowery Street, Newport, died Sunday, January 1, 2006 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Angela Ferrazzoli McDonnell. Born in Atlantic City, NJ on September 14, 1922, he was the son of the late Edwin V....

Lynette Beattie Harvey

Lynette Beattie Harvey

Dec 27, 2005

Middletown, RI - Lynette Beattie Harvey, 92, of Blenheim- Newport, Valley Road Middletown, formerly of 82 Young Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, December 27, 2005 in Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late William Ward Harvey. Born in Newport, RI on February 21, 1913, she was the daughter of the late William Beattie and the late Dora Millington...

Estelle H. Greennman Kent

Estelle H. Greennman Kent

Dec 27, 2005

MIDDLETOWN, RI - Estelle H. Greenman Kent, 76, of 56 Bayview Park, Middletown, RI, passed into eternal rest surrounded by her children on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Robert F. Kent Sr. Born in Newport, Rhode Island on June 21, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Daniel G. and...

Mary Elizabeth Murphy

Mary Elizabeth Murphy

Dec 25, 2005

Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Mary Elizabeth Murphy Middletown, RI Mary Elizabeth Murphy, 71, of 333 Green End Ave., Middletown, RI formerly of 25 Garfield St., Newport, RI, died Sunday, December 25, 2005 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Quincy, MA, on May 13, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Albert Goss and the...

George D. Haney Sr

George D. Haney Sr

Dec 25, 2005

MIDDLETOWN, RI - George D. Haney Sr., 102, of John Clarke Retirement Center, 600 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of Mumford Manor, 39 Farewell Street, Newport, died Sunday, December 18, 2005 at John Clarke Retirement Center. He was the husband of the late Bernice M.Greene Haney. Born in Culpepper, Virginia on October 25, 1903.Mr. Haney was a boiler operator for...

William F. Gill

William F. Gill

Dec 22, 2005

MIDDLETOWN, RI - William F. ?Willie? Gill, 80, of 309 Chases Lane, Middletown, RI died Thursday, December 22, 2005, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Margaret Anne Gallagher Gill.Born in County Leitrim, Ireland, on January 19, 1925, he was the son of the late James and Anne Gallogly Gill.Mr. Gill came to America in 1952, making...

Francis Anthony Paiva

Francis Anthony Paiva

Dec 21, 2005

MIDDLETOWN, RI - Francis Anthony Paiva Jr., 62, of 26-A Unity Drive, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, December 21, 2005at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, Rhode Island on November 11, 1943, he was the son Aldina Mello Paiva and the late Francis A.Paiva. Mr. Paiva worked as a welder at Electric Boat in North Kingstown, RI retiring in 2000....

Alford Stenhouse Peckham

Alford Stenhouse Peckham

Dec 20, 2005

PORTSMOUTH, RI - Alford S. Peckham, 86, a resident of Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, RI, died at Newport Hospital on December 20, 2005. Mr. Peckham had previously resided in Middletown, RI, Carlisle and Lexington, MA.He was the husband of the late Janet A. Gates Peckham and Jean Ward Peckham. Born in Newport, Rhode Island on November 4, 1919, he was the...

Roy Louis Souza

Roy Louis Souza

Dec 20, 2005

MIDDLETOWN, RI - Roy Louis Souza, 83, of 7 Pocahontas Drive, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, December 20, 2005, at home. He was the husband of the late Georgiana Resendes Souza. Born in Middletown, RI, on January 30, 1922, he was the son of the late Manuel and Anna Pinhero Souza.Mr. Souza was a Veteran of the United States Navy serving...

Lucienne M. Lachance

Lucienne M. Lachance

Dec 20, 2005

PORTSMOUTH, RI - Lucienne M. Antaya Lachance, 82, of 40 Garden Street, Portsmouth, RI died Tuesday, December 20, 2005, at Silver Creek Manor, Bristol, RI. She was the wife of the late Paul B Lachance. Born in Fall River, Massachusetts on May 7, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Adolphe and Felicite Bergeron Antaya.Mrs. Lachance was a homemaker....

Mary V. Malone Mathewson

Mary V. Malone Mathewson

Dec 19, 2005

Middletown, RI - Mary V. Malone Mathewson, 93, of 140 Bliss Road, Middletown, RI, died Monday, December 19, 2005, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown.She was the wife of the late Arthur C. Mathewson.Born in Portsmouth, RI, on February 27, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Jackson Malone.Mrs. Mathewson worked at the Rhode...

Cynthia Gifford Allen

Cynthia Gifford Allen

Dec 17, 2005

Bonita Springs, FL - Cynthia Gifford Allen, of Bonita Springs, Florida and a summer resident of Newport, RI died Saturday, December 17, 2005 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of Dr. N. Dwight Allen. Born in Providence, RI, Mrs. Allen was the daughter of the late Guy Harold Gifford and the late Marion Hawes...

Henry Paul Ferreira

Henry Paul Ferreira

Dec 17, 2005

Prudence Island, RI - Henry Paul Ferreira, 77, of 0100 Broadway, Prudence Island, died Saturday, December 17, 2005, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Joan Brownell Ferreira for 53 years. Born in Portsmouth, RI, on November 23, 1928, he was the son of the late John and Julia Roderick Ferreira.Mr. Ferreira was an equipment operator with...

Eugene L. Pederson

Eugene L. Pederson

Dec 17, 2005

PORTSMOUTH, RI - Eugene L. Pederson, 91, of 6060 Shore Boulevard South, Gulfport, FL, and 119 Belmont Drive, Portsmouth, formerly of Robin Road, Portsmouth, died Saturday, December 17, 2005, at his home in Portsmouth.He was the husband of Isabel Fouts Pederson and the late Winifred Pederson.Born in New York, NY, on December 9, 1914, he was the son of the...

Richard William Sullivan Jr

Richard William Sullivan Jr

Dec 16, 2005

NEWPORT, RI ? Richard W. ?Dick? Sullivan, Jr., 71, of 87 Girard Avenue, Apt. 215, Newport, RI, formerly of 22 Morgan Street, Newport, and Little Compton, RI, died Friday, December 16, 2005, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on November 20, 1934, he was the son of the late Richard W. and Eleanor Miller Sullivan.Dick had...

Marie Bridget Hostetler

Marie Bridget Hostetler

Dec 16, 2005

Amerina Marie Bridget Hostetler, of 75 Intrepid Lane Jamestown, formerly of Middletown, RI And Woburn, MA, died Friday, December 16, 2005 in North Kingstown, RI.Born in Italy, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Ada Negri.Amarina Negri left Italy as an infant, along with her family, settling in Woburn, MA. There she grew up and graduated from Woburn...