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Jacques Paul Philippe Pages
Dec 15, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Jacques Paul Philippe Pags, 80, of 110 Water Street, Portsmouth, RI died Thursday, December 15, 2005 at home. He was the husband of the late Madeleine Olivier Pags.Born in Foix, France on October 2, 1925, he was the son of the late Paul Andre and Suzanne Marie Morere Pags.Mr. Pags joined the Free French Forces during World...
Mildred B. Libby
Dec 14, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Mildred B. Bourne Libby, 88, of Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Newport, died Wednesday, December 14, 2005at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Howard Libby of Portsmouth. Born in Brooklyn, New York on June 1, 1917, she was the daughter of the late George and Hilda Bourne. Mrs. Libby moved to Newport as...
Charles Esau Kempenaar
Dec 14, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Charles Esau Kempenaar, 55, of 538 Turner Road, Middletown, RI died Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Angela Violet Kempenaar of Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, Rhode Island on June 10, 1950, he was the son of Mary Jean Weber Kempenaar of Middletown, and the late Charles R....
Mary Chantre
Dec 14, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI, Mary DeMello Chantre, 84, of 283 Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI, died on Wednesday, December 14, 2005, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Manuel O. Chantre.Born in New Bedford, MA, on December 6, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Anne Cabral DeMello.Mrs. Chantre was a librarian from 1968 to...
Henry H. 'Pop' Hanson
Dec 13, 2005
Henry Howard Hanson NEWPORT , RI - Henry Howard ? Pop? Hanson, 73, of 19 Chapel Street, Newport, RI , formerly of 44 Cowie Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at his home in Newport, RI. Born in Athens, GA, on November 3, 1932, he was the son of the late Henry H. and Louise Hanson.Mr. Hanson was...
Mildred Dorothy Morris
Dec 12, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Mildred Dorothy Jensen Shuttlesworth Morris, 94, of the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, formerly of 71 Canonchet Drive, Portsmouth, died Monday, December 12, 2005, at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Elmer Shuttlesworth and the Late John Morris. Born in Delphus, KA on September 25, 1911, she was the daughter of the late...
Dorothy Greatorex Anderson
Dec 11, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Dorothy Anderson, 91, of 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, formerly of Cliff Avenue, Newport, died Sunday, December 11, 2005, at Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late MSGT Richard P. Anderson. Born in Newport, RI, on March 1, 1914, she was the daughter of the late John Henry...
Mary Monica Jerome
Dec 11, 2005
PROVIDENCE, RI ? Mary Monica Jerome, 89, of the RI Veterans Home Bristol and formerly of Highland Road, Tiverton, RI, died at the VA Medical Center in Providence, on Sunday, December 11, 2005. Born in North Tiverton, RI, on March 4, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Antone V. and Catherine V. Fernandes Jerome. Ms. Jerome was a...
Anita Butterworth
Dec 10, 2005
NEWPORT, RI ? Anita LeBeau Butterworth, 84, of 9 Maitland Court, Newport, RI, died at Village House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Newport, on Saturday, December 10, 2005. She was the wife of the late John Butterworth.Born in Moosup, CT, on September 1, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Ernest L. and Marie Dudevoir LeBeau.Mrs. Butterworth was a...
Pauline L. Williams
Dec 10, 2005
NEWPORT, RI - Pauline Lydia Lehman Williams, of 65 Potomac Road, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Claremore, OK, died Saturday, December 10, 2005, at the Saint Clare Home, Newport, RI, at the age of 94. She was the wife of the late Paul Curtis Williams for sixty one years.Born in Edgerton, OH, on February 15, 1911, she was the daughter of...
Irene Jackson
Dec 10, 2005
FALL RIVER, MA - Irene Walski Jackson, 82, of Sprague Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, December 10, 2005, in St. Annes Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late Warren H. Jackson.Born in New Bedford, MA on November 3, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Adam and Pauline Hochel Walski.Mrs. Jackson was a homemaker and...
Dorothea A. Spencer
Dec 8, 2005
TIVERTON, RI - Dorothea A. Downey Spencer, 77, of Tiverton, RI, formerly of Newport, RI, died Thursday, December 8, 2005, at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late Bernard T. Spencer. Born in Boston, MA, on May 26, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and M. Theresa McHale Downey. She is...
Joslyn Magowan Birdzell
Dec 7, 2005
Newport, RI - Joslyn Magowan Birdzell, 91, of 51 Prairie Ave. Newport, formerly of Scarsdale, NY and Greenwich, CT, died Wednesday, December 7, 2005 at home in Newport, RI. Born in Omaha, Nebraska on August 15, 1914, she was the wife of Luther Earle Birdzell Jr. for 62 years. Mrs. Birdzell grew up in Scarsdale, NY. She was active in...
Timothy Richard Sardinha
Dec 3, 2005
PAWTUCKET, RI - Timothy Richard Sardinha, 38, of Cottage Street, Pawtucket, RI died Saturday, December 3, 2005 at home. Born in Newport, Rhode Island on February 13, 1967, he was the son of Joseph and Janet Warner Sardinha of Portsmouth. Mr. Sardinha was a graduate of Moses Brown in Providence and URI. After college he worked for ATT for several...
Francis J. Aguiar
Dec 2, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI ? Francis ?Chic? J. Aguiar, 81, of Union Street, Portsmouth, RI died Thursday, December 1, 2005, at Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI. He was the husband of Marian N. Pimental Aguiar of Portsmouth. Born in Portsmouth, RI on May 30, 1924, he was the son of the late Joseph and Anna Raposa Aguiar.Mr. Aguiar was a technician for Kaiser...
Josephine Ann Arruda
Dec 2, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Josephine Ann Arruda, 76, of the Anthony House, 51 Middle Road, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of East Main Road, Portsmouth, died Friday, December 2, 2005, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Portsmouth, RI, on October 18, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Joaquin and Mary Grasse Arruda.Ms. Arruda had worked as a seamstress in...
Joseph T. Calarese
Nov 29, 2005
NEWPORT, RI - Joseph T. Calarese, 95, of 303 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of Cumberland, RI and Sun City Center, FL, died Tuesday, November 29, at Village House Nursing Home, Newport. He was the husband of the late Florence Bernadette Page Calarese. Born in Milford, Massachusetts on May 15, 1910, he was the son of the late Alfonso and...
Kathleen Sylvia
Nov 28, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Kathleen ?Nan? McNutt Sylvia, 87, of Valley Road, Middletown, RI, died at Forest Farm Health Care Centre, 193 Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI, on Monday, November 28, 2005. She was the wife of the late Joseph A. Sylvia. Born in Halifax, Novia Scotia on June 1, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Vernon and Susan McNutt....
Walter Everett
Nov 28, 2005
Walter Everett, 95, an outstanding newspaperman and former director of the American Press Institute, died November 28 at home, in Corey Lane, Middletown after a long illness.He was associated for 26 years with the Institute, a non-profit educational center whose seminars and workshops are devoted to the improvement of newspapers and the people who produce them. It was affiliated with...
Joan Wetherell Peckham
Nov 28, 2005
CRAWFORDVILLE, FL - Joan Wetherell Peckham, 71, of Crawfordville, FL, formerly of Newport, RI, died Monday, November 28, 2005 in Tallahassee, Florida. She was the wife of Robert G. Peckham of Crawfordville, FL. Born in Newport, RI on October 8, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Grace Stone Wetherell. Mrs. Peckham was a resident of Crawfordville...
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