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Shirley A. Silvia
Oct 1, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Shirley A. Peary Silvia, 76, of 37 Ladeira Avenue, Portsmouth, RI died Saturday October 1, 2005 at New England Medical Center, Boston. She was the wife of Douglas Silvia of Portsmouth, RI. Born in Brooklyn, NY on September 7, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Violet Crane Peary. Mrs. Silvia was a founding...
Renton Christopher Rawnsley
Sep 29, 2005
Renton Christopher RawnsleyNEWPORT, RI - Renton Christopher Rawnsley, 55 of 3 Morgan Street, Newport, RI died suddenly Thursday, September 29, 2005. He was the husband of Sally Riley Rawnsley. Born in Providence, RI on July 31, 1950, he was the son of Agnes Fitzgibbons Rawnsley and the late Bob J. Rawnsley. Mr. Rawnsley was a Marine Veteran who served in...
Anthony Spero
Sep 28, 2005
Anthony SperoMIDDLETOWN, RI - Anthony Spero, 89 of 600 Valley Road Middletown, RI, formerly of 89 Bayview Park, Middletown, died Wednesday September 28, 2005 at John Clarke Nursing Center. He was the husband of the late Virginia Moore Spero. Born in Newport, RI, on October 3, 1924, he was the son of the late Ceasar and Mary Radice Spero. Mr....
Mary E. Simmons
Sep 28, 2005
Middletown, RI - Mary E. Simmons, 87, of 1998 West Main Road Middletown, died Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at home in Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Alexander Barker Simmons who died in August 2004. Born in Delta, UT on January 28, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Edmund and Eunice Kendrick Hibbard. Mrs. Simmons...
Muriel Lewis Murphy
Sep 27, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Muriel Valentine Murphy, 71, died unexpectedely Tuesday, September 27, 2005. Born in Pawtucket, RI, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Muriel Babb Valentine.A career nurse, Muriel worked at the Eye Ear Infirmary in Boston, Galluadet College and as a private duty nurse for many years in Jamestown. Muriel will be remembered for her love...
Elizabeth M. Ottilige
Sep 27, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Elizabeth M. Ottilige, 81, of 191 Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI formerly of 49 Beacon Street, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late John Thomas Ottilige Jr. Born in Newport, RI on December 25, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Claude...
Anthony Joseph Salveti
Sep 27, 2005
Anthony Joseph Salveti MIDDLETOWN, RI - Anthony Joseph Salveti, 82, of 41 Perry Avenue, Middletown, RI died Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at home. He was the beloved husband of Mary T. Salveti. Born in Brooklyn, NY on Jan. 17, 1923, he was the son of the late Vincent and Clarinda Daniello Salveti. Mr. Salveti was a WWII Navy Veteran. In...
Floride Taylor
Sep 27, 2005
Floride Hewitt Taylor Newport, RI - Floride Hewitt Taylor died here Tuesday, September 27, 2005. She was the wife of Captain LeRoy Taylor, U.S. Navy Retired and the daughter of Admiral and Mrs. H. Kent Hewitt. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, she was educated at Vassar College and Pembroke College. From 1966 to 1981 she was head librarian at St. Georges...
Carmen John D'Urso
Sep 26, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Carmen John DUrso, of 125 Quaker Hill Lane, Portsmouth, RI formerly of 3106 East Main Road Portsmouth, died Monday September 26, 2005. He was the husband of Helen D?Urso of Portsmouth.Born in Brooklyn, NY on May 10, 1913, he was the son of the late Salvatore and Jacqueline D?Urso.Mr. D?Urso was a welder and a welding instructor....
Melvin Hall
Sep 26, 2005
Tiverton, RI ? Melvin Hall of 225 Brayton Road Tiverton died, Monday September 26, 2005 peacefully at home.He was the beloved husband of Lorraine M. Souza Hall of Tiverton.Born in Baltimore, MD on January 19, 1926, he was the son of the late George W. and Carrie Richards Hall.Mr. Hall was an army veteran serving in WWII having received two...
Kenneth J. Clarke
Sep 24, 2005
Kenneth J. Clarke, 45, of 116 Prospect Ave Middletown, died Saturday, September 24, 2005 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on December 13, 1959, he was the son of Thomas Clarke and Barbara Augustus Clarke of Middletown.Mr. Clarke was a graduate of Rogers High School. He worked for General Physics for the last 13 years, most recently...
Dorothy Marie Silveira
Sep 22, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Dorothy Marie Silvia Silveira, 83, of 15 Reise Terrace, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, September 22, 2005 at home. She was the wife of Francis Joseph Silveira.Born in Portsmouth, RI on October 24, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Cory Silvia.Mrs. Silveira worked as a part-time clerk at the former Carrellas Pharmacy on...
Amy Patricia Coffey
Sep 19, 2005
Amy Patricia CoffeyNEWPORT, RI, Amy Patricia Coffey, 40, of 27B Maplewood Road, Middletown, RI died Monday, September 19, 2005, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on November 6, 1964, she was the daughter of Alice Rounds Coffey of Newport, and the late John Nicholson Coffey and step daughter of Maureen R. Sleeper Coffey of Middletown, RI. Ms....
Ruth Florence Saurette
Sep 19, 2005
Ruth Florence Parker SauretteTIVERTON, RI - Ruth Florence Parker Saurette, 78, of 349 Main Road, Tiverton, RI, formerly of 45 South Avenue, Tiverton, R.I. died Monday, September 19, 2005, at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of 48 years of the late Adrien Francis Saurette. Born in Fall River, MA, on April 10, 1927, she was...
Rhoda Brewster
Sep 15, 2005
Rhoda Blunte BrewsterNEWPORT, RI ? Rhoda Blunte Brewster, 84, of 51 Park Holm, Newport, RI, formerly of North Carolina, died Thursday, September 15, 2005, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Johnson Brewster. Born in St. Johns, Trinidad, West Indies, on April 29, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Eleanora Harewood...
Lauren Ann Atwood
Sep 14, 2005
Lauren Ann Furtado Atwood, 46, of 248 Deer Run Road, Tiverton, RI, died Wednesday, September 14, 2005, at St. Annes Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of Robert Atwood of Tiverton, RI. Born in Fall River, MA, on November 29, 1958, she was the daughter of Joseph and Josephine Cavaca Furtado of Tiverton, Rhode Island.Mrs. Atwood was a...
Joann K. Reddington
Sep 8, 2005
NEWPORT, RI - JoAnn Kusic Reddington, 67, of 70 Carroll Avenue, Newport, RI, died Thursday, September 8, 2005, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Joseph T. Reddington. Born in McKeesport, PA on June 10, 1938, she was the daughter of Samuel J. and Patricia Blaine Kusic of McKessport, PA. Mrs. Reddington attended Averett College in Danville,...
Arlene Hurley
Sep 7, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI ? Arlene O?Neill Hurley, 85, of 42 Clearview Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, September 7, 2005, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Edward R. Hurley. Born in Blackstone, MA on January 28, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Thomas C. and Elizabeth Bentley ONeill, and was the only surviving member of her...
Donnavin Dejesus
Sep 6, 2005
NEWPORT, - Donnavin Ryan DeJesus, infant son of Stacy Marie DeJesus, died on Tuesday, September 6, 2005. Born in Newport, RI on July 8, 2005. Besides his mother he is survived by his grandmother Roberta Daigneault of Chicopee, MA, his godparents Shannon Matoes and Karl Sorensen both of Newport, RI, his aunts Robin Daigneault and Melissa Daigneault both of Chicopee,...
Thomas Ridgway
Sep 5, 2005
Thomas Ridgway Jr., 91, beloved husband of Jane Pope Akers Ridgway, died of a heart attack at their summer home in Newport on Monday, September 5, 2005. Mrs. Ridgway is the daughter of the late John Russell Pope, the architect of the West Building of the National Gallery and the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC among others. Mr. Ridgway was...
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