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Jennifer Lynn Browning
Jul 30, 2005
Jennifer Lynn Browning FALL RIVER, MA - Jennifer Lynn Browning, 31, of Fall River, MA, formerly of Newport, RI, died Saturday, July 30, 2005, in Fall River, MA. Born in Newport, RI on November 16, 1973, she was the daughter of Joan Dina Browning of Newport, RI and step daughter of John Browning of Ledyard, CT. Raised in Newport, she...
Christine Tuttle
Jul 30, 2005
Salcha, Alaska ? Christine Baird Tuttle, 44, of 7005 Coldfoot Court, Salcha, Alaska, formerly of Auburn, MA, died Saturday, July 30, 2005, in Alaska.She was the wife of Fred Tuttle. Born in Laconia, NH, on June 21, 1961, she was the daughter of Walter Baird of Willows, CA, and the late Sandra Almy Almeida.Christine had worked as a truck driver...
Geraldine V. Leis
Jul 29, 2005
TIVERTON, RI - Geraldine V. Camara Leis, 66, of 2 Margaret Street, Tiverton, RI, died Friday, July 29, 2005, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Capt. Alfred C. Leis, USN, Ret. Born in Portsmouth, RI at the Brown House on January 14, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Mary Martin Camara. Geraldine...
Robert W. Mcbrier
Jul 28, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Robert W. McBrier, 60, of 15 Hammel Court, Portsmouth, RI, died peacefully at home with his family on Thursday, July 28, 2005. He was the husband of Marlene Thome McBrier. Born in Newport, RI on February 3, 1945, he was the son of Rheta McCann McBrier of Portsmouth, RI and the late Col. Robert W. McBrier. Bob...
Frank Kazin
Jul 26, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Frank Kazin, 88, of 97 Clearview Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, he died peacefully on Tuesday, July 26, 2005, after a long illness at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Genevieve Laczka Kazin. Born in Providence, RI on September 11, 1916, he was the son of the late Peter and Blanche Stankiewicz Kazin....
Myrtle Louise Leary
Jul 24, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, Rhode Island---Myrtle Louise Ashworth Leary, 75 of 122 Cottage Avenue, Portsmouth died Sunday, July 24, 2005 at Newport Hospital. Born in Fall River, Massachusetts on March 13, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Dorothy Wright Ashworth. She worked at the Portsmouth Public Library for 20 years as the assistant librarian in the children?s room.She is...
Nancy L. Miller
Jul 24, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Nancy L. Burns Miller, 54, of 10 Reardon Drive, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, July 24, 2005, at Brigham Women?s Hospital, Boston, MA. She was the wife of Roger Glen Miller. Born in North Kingstown, RI, on December 26, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Robert E. and Lucille Simmons Burns Jr. Nancy grew up a...
Elizabeth Frances Crosby
Jul 23, 2005
Elizabeth Frances ?Betty? CrosbyNEWPORT, RI - Elizabeth Frances ?Betty? Crosby, 86, of 8 Sagamore Street, Newport, RI, died Saturday, July 23, 2005, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in New York, NY, on July 22, 1919, she was the daughter of the late James and Frances Dervin Crosby. Ms. Crosby had worked as an administrative officer, Department of the...
Ronald A. Sears
Jul 22, 2005
Ronald A. Sears, 60, of 33 Carey Street, Newport, RI, died on Friday, July 22, 2005, at Heatherwood Health Care Center, Newport. He was the husband of Rhonda Jean Blue Sears. Born in Newport, RI on August 13, 1944, he was the son of the late Manuel and Dorothy DeSimone Sears. Ronald was in the United States Air Force for...
Claire I. Burke
Jul 22, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Claire I. Burke, 82, of 417 Forest Ave, Middletown, RI formerly of Merton Road, Newport, died Friday, July 22, 2005 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late James Burke, Jr. Born in Newport, RI on April 4, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Raymond J. and Christina...
Dorice E. Stone
Jul 22, 2005
Dorice E. Weiner Stone Portsmouth, RI - Dorice E. Weiner Stone, 87, of 233 Jepson Lane, Portsmouth, died Friday, July 22, 2005, at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Andrew Low Stone. Born in Fall River, MA, on July 13, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Rose Talbot Weiner. Mrs....
Ava Christine Michael
Jul 21, 2005
NEWPORT, RI - Ava Christine Michael, infant daughter of Theodore J. and Aileen Ramirez Michael, died at birth on Thursday, July 21, 2005, in Women Infants Hospital, Providence, RI. Besides her parents, she is survived by her twin sister Kate Rebecca Michael of Newport, RI, her grandmothers Ronnie L. Bozas Michael of Newport, RI, and Renato and Adela Lazaro Ramirez...
Anne Macbeth Cooper
Jul 21, 2005
Anne MacBeth Cooper, of Middletown, RI, died on Thursday, July 21, 2005. Anne was born in Newport on March 23, 1930 and was the daughter of Anna and John MacBeth. She was a graduate of Rogers High School in 1948, the Peter Bent Brigham School of Nursing in 1951 and received her BA at STCC in 1983. She is survived...
Francis Joseph Mchugh
Jul 19, 2005
BOSTON, MA - Francis Joseph McHugh, 97, of Wingate at Needham Rehab, Needham, MA, died Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at St. Elizabeths Medical Center, Boston, MA. He was the husband of the late Mary Pickering McHugh for over 59 years, until her death on December 9, 2000 and his first wife Elaine Armstrong McHugh who he lost in the hurricane...
Antonio Figueiredo
Jul 19, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI ? Antonio ?Tony? Figueiredo, 78, of 13 Massachusetts Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on October 30, 1926, he was the son of the late Antonio and Mary Silvia Figueiredo. Tony was a plumber for Tilley Plumbing and for the Newport School Department. He...
Mildred M. Brosnahan
Jul 18, 2005
NEWPORT, RI - Mildred M. Carter Brosnahan, 83, of 190 Girard Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of Shangri-La Lane, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly, Monday, July 18, 2005, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in South Boston, MA on April 24, 1922, she was the daughter of the late George and Catherine Uftring Carter. Mrs. Brosnahan worked as a secretary for Herbert...
Modena E. King
Jul 15, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Modena E. Wentworth King, 88, of 7 North Drive, Portsmouth, RI died Friday, July 15, 2005at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Matthew Dunbar King. Born in South Orrington, Maine on December 13, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Arthur B and Sarah Symonds Wentworth.Mrs. King was a member of...
Elizabeth J. Dacosta
Jul 14, 2005
NEWPORT, RI ? Elizabeth Pepper DaCosta, 78, of 91/2 Sylvan Street, Newport, RI, died Thursday, July 14, 2005, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Martin H. DaCosta. Born in Providence, RI on November 7, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Edward C. and Agnes Ryan Pepper. Mrs. DaCosta was born and educated...
Manuel Joseph Silvia
Jul 14, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Manuel J. Silvia, 87, of 845 Aquidneck Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, July 13, 2005, at Sakonnet Bay Manor, Tiverton, RI. He was the husband of Florence Collins Silvia. They would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on September 28, 2005. Born in Middletown, RI on April 25, 1918, he was the son of the late Jessie...
George J. Carpetis
Jul 14, 2005
NEWPORT, RI - George J. Carpetis, 85, of Heatherwood Nursing, Newport, RI, formerly of 2 Equality Park West, Newport, RI, died Thursday, July 14, 2005, at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on May 6, 1920, he was the son of the late James and Mary Annis Carpetis. Mr. Carpetis served in the United States...
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