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Robert Lee Sparks
Mar 25, 2005
Portsmouth, RI - Robert Lee Sparks, 61, of 97 Turnpike Avenue Portsmouth, died Friday, March 25, 2005 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.Born in Matoaka, West Virginia on October 16, 1943, he was the son of the late Charles R. and Beulah Grace Dickens Sparks. Robert owned and operated G R Painting on Aquidneck Island for over 25...
Marielle Desilvia
Mar 25, 2005
Portsmouth, RI ? Marielle Field DeSilvia, 61, of 90 Founders Ave Portsmouth, formerly of Rose Street Oakwood Terrace, died Friday, March 25, 2005 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of Joseph DeSilvia of Porstmouth, RI. Born in Pensacola, Florida on November 12, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Russell and Grace Brown Field. In her youth Mel...
Elizabeth Frances Quigley
Mar 22, 2005
Newport, - Elizabeth Frances Quigley, 92, of 7 Everett Street, Newport, died Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at home. Born in Newport, RI on June 27, 1912, and was the daughter of the late William and Ruth Pearl Riggs Quigley. Miss Quigley graduated from the URI School of Pharmacy. During WWII she worked at the Newport Torpedo Station. After WWII she...
Dorothy Roddy
Mar 20, 2005
Middletown, - Dorothy Wiedman Roddy, 100, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, RI formerly of Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Halifax, Vermont, died Sunday, March 20, 2005 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.. She was the wife of the late Mr. T. Duane Roddy. Born in Newark, New Jersey on December 1, 1904, she was the daughter...
Dorothy Jean Burkhardt
Mar 19, 2005
Dorothy Jean Brown Burkhardt Newport, - Dorothy Jean Brown Burkhardt, 75, of Gibson Park Place, Newport, formerly of Pennacook Street, Newport, died Saturday, March 19, 2005 at home surrounded by her family.She was the wife of the late Arthur F. Burkhardt Jr. Born in Newport, RI, on July 7, 1929, she was the daughter of the late George and Violet...
Marion Galvin Beckers
Mar 18, 2005
Middletown, - Marion Galvin Beckers, 92, of Blenheim Newport, 303 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of Spartanburg, South Carolina, died Friday, March 18, 2005 at the Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Charles V. Beckers. Born in Baltimore, MD, on February 25, 1913, she was the daughter of the late George...
James Thomas Perry
Mar 16, 2005
Middletown - James Thomas Perry, 58, of 1 King Road Middletown, died Wednesday, March 16, 2005 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.Born in Newport, RI, on August 27, 1946, he was the son of the late Manuel Pine Perry and Josephine Silvia Perry. Mr. Perry was a Certified Nursing Assistant with Newport Hospital for over 30 years retiring in 2001. He...
Mary Clara Beleardis
Mar 15, 2005
Newport, RI - Mary Clara Beleardis, 94, of Bellevue Ave, Newport, formerly of 1 Heath Street and 19 Chapel Street, Newport, died Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late John Beleardis. Born in St. Miguel, Azores, on August 12, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and...
Florence Mae Potts
Mar 14, 2005
Middletown - Florence Mae Potts, 85, of 1249 Wapping Road Middletown, died Monday, March 14, 2005 at Briarcliffe Manor Johnston, RI.She was the wife of the late Lyman F Potts.Born in Newport, RI on August 25, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Cresent Headley and Anna Mae Carlisle Headley.Mrs. Potts was a homemaker. Mrs Potts was a...
Nobu Tomi Furukawa
Mar 14, 2005
Middletown, RI ? Nobu Tomi Furukawa, 85, of 606 Forest Park Middletown, formerly of North Providence, RI, died Monday, March 14, 2005 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. Born in Kobe, Japan, on March 9, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Zentaro and Yasuko Norimoto Tomi. She is survived by her children Nobuaki Ogawa of Osaka,...
Betty Lee Quinn
Mar 14, 2005
Portsmouth, RI - Betty Lee Brooks Quinn, 76, of 48 Jesse Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died on Monday, March 14, 2005, at home.She was the wife of the late Capt. Jack Q. Quinn USN. Born in Marion, MI on April 5, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Arlie and Frances Katherine White Brooks.Betty was a graduate of Cadillac High...
Jose N. Nevares
Mar 11, 2005
Newport, RI ? Jose ?Chino? N. Nevares, 56, of 41 Park Holm Newport, died Friday, March 11, 2005 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Morovis, Puerto Rico, on April 16, 1948, he was the son of the late Valentino and Carmen Nevares. Mr. Nevares was a cook for various restaurants on the island.His funeral will be held on Saturday,...
Glenn Scot Thomson
Mar 10, 2005
Middletown, RI - Glenn Scot Thomson, 42, of 164 Park Holm, Newport, RI, died Thursday, March 10, 2005 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Bremerton, WA on August 7, 1962, he was the son of Wilma Appleton Thomson of Middletown, RI and the late James M. Thomson. Glenn was a cook at the former Howard Johnsons Restaurant, the Inn...
Nanci B. Moniz
Mar 9, 2005
Bristol, RI - Nanci B. Hebert Moniz, 55, of 130 Mt. Hope Avenue, Bristol, died Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay, WI.She was the wife of Richard C. Moniz. Born in Taunton, MA on February 22, 1950, she was the daughter of the late William and Loretta Hitt Hebert. Nanci worked for Joann Fabrics of Ohio...
Herbert A. Lawton
Mar 8, 2005
Herbert Alexander Lawton Jr., 70, of Toppa Boulevard, Newport, R.I., died Tuesday, March 8, 2005. Husband of late Jane Richardson Lawton, father of Jeffrey Lawton of Locust Valley, NY and Elizabeth Lawton of Richmond, CA, and grandfather of Matthew and Alexander Lawton of New York. Fianc of Marie J. Maguire of Newport, RI.Born in Newport, RI to Herbert A and...
John Francis Kane
Mar 8, 2005
John Francis Kane, 83, of Belmont Drive passed away peacefully at home with his family after a long illness on Tuesday, March 8, 2005. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Ruth Caplan, his son, William and daughter-in-law Pamela Kane of Portsmouth and his daughter, Sandra and son-in-law William B. Rouse of Dunwoody, GA. He has four grandchildren,...
John Anthony Miranda
Mar 7, 2005
Bristol, RI - John Anthony Miranda Jr., 57, of 661 Metacom Avenue, Unit 7 Bristol, RI, formerly of 3 Charles Street Bristol, RI died Monday, March 7, 2005 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center Providence, RI.He was the husband of Joanne Pereira Miranda. Born in Acushnet, MA on December 22, 1947, he was the son of the late John A. Miranda...
Virginia Shaw
Mar 7, 2005
Virginia A. ?Ginnie? Shaw, 72, died on Monday, March 7 in Roger Williams Hospital, Providence, RI. Born May 11, 1932, in Boston, MA, she was the daughter of Dr. Roy E. and Mabel Quilter Ellsworth. She was a 1950 graduate of Franklin, MA High School, and attended the University of Pennsylvania in 1950-51. After her marriage in February, 1955 to...
Russell Anthony Walsh
Mar 4, 2005
Newport, RI - Russell Anthony Walsh, 90, of John Clarke Retirement Center, Middletown, RI formerly of 40 Third Street Newport, RI died Friday, March 4, 2005 at the center.He was the husband of the late Isabel Mae McMillan Walsh. Born in Fall River, MA on April 20, 1914, he was the son of the late Cleveland R. and Edith Covell...
Lily Moon Mcbride
Mar 3, 2005
Lily Moon McBride, infant daughter of Joshua McBride and Catherine Schweitzer McBride of Sprague Street Portsmouth, died Monday, February 28, 2005 at birth in Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Besides her parents she is survived by her paternal grandparents William McBride of Portsmouth, RI and Theresa Pickett Hay of Lakeland, FL, her maternal grandparents Dave and Ginny Blake Schweitzer of Wakefield,...
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