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Charles T. Mellekas
Aug 25, 2005
Charles Theodore Mellekas, 85, of 9 Cathy Circle, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, August 25, 2005, peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was the devoted husband of Anna Pappastratis Mellekas. Born in Newport, RI on March 29, 1920, he was the son of the late Theodore and Effie Lewis Mellekas.Charlie was a life long resident of...
John Allan Reynolds
Aug 24, 2005
Bristol, RI - John Allan Reynolds, 50, of 14 Wheeler Avenue, Bristol, RI, died Wednesday, August 24, 2005, at home. He was the husband of Loreen Lunsford Reynolds. Born in Newport, RI on July 11, 1955, he was the son of Elmer and Marion Snyder Reynolds of Newport, RI. Mr. Reynolds served in the United States Army during peacetime. Upon...
Gertrude M. Mendes
Aug 24, 2005
NEWPORT, RI ? Gertrude M. Gomes Mendes, 83, of Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI, formerly of 170 Park Holm, Newport, RI, died peacefully on Wednesday, August 24, 2005, at the center. Born in Osterville, Massachusetts, on February 19, 1922, she was the daughter of the late John and Kathleen Evora Gomes. Gertrude owned and operated her own cleaning...
Thomas B. Archambault
Aug 24, 2005
CPO Thomas Burke Archambault, US Navy retired, 76, of 29 Freeborn Street, Newport, RI, died at home on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 after a long and courageous fight with cancer. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on June 23, 1929 to the late Ellen and Thomas D. Archambault. Tom enlisted in the US Navy at the age of 17 on...
Alice Elizabeth Allen
Aug 23, 2005
CHELMSFORD, MA - Alice Elizabeth Allen, 86, of 40 Ruthellen Road, Chelmsford, MA, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2005, at home with her family. She was the wife of Joseph P. Allen. Born in Newport, RI on May 13, 1919, she was the daughter of the late William and Elizabeth James Barfield. During WWII she worked at the Newport...
Nancy J. Nunes
Aug 23, 2005
NEWPORT, RI - Nancy J. Bliven Nunes, 73, of 87 Girard Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of Third Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, August 23, 2005, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John Joseph Nunes. Born in Newport, RI on August 1, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Mildred Bliven. Nancy...
Richard Daniel Coogan
Aug 21, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI ? Captain Richard Daniel Coogan, US Navy retired, 75, of Middletown, RI, died at Newport Hospital on Sunday, August 21, 2005. He was born on December 3, 1929, in Fall River, Massachusetts to the late William and Elizabeth Coogan and is pre-deceased by his older brother William Coogan II, who died as a US Naval aviator in World...
Margaret Thomson
Aug 19, 2005
Margaret ?Peggy? Smith ThomsonPORTSMOUTH, RI ? Margaret ?Peggy? Smith Thomson, 87, of 18 Kensington Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of 59 Williams Street, Providence, died Friday, August 19, 2005. She was the wife of Adam Thomson. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, on January 2, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Susan Duffy Smith. Mrs. Thomson had worked as...
Joseph D. Daley
Aug 18, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Joseph Dennis Daley, 56, of 620 Jepson Lane, Middletown, RI died Thursday, August 18, 2005 at home. Born in Providence, RI on January 28, 1949, he was the son of the late George Eugene and Elizabeth Armstrong Daley. Mr. Daley worked at the James L. Maher Center in Middletown, RI. He is survived by his brother John...
Joseph P.T. Vars
Aug 18, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Joseph P.T. Vars, 74, of 53 Cornell Drive, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Second Streeet, Newport, RI, died Thursday, August 18, 2005, at the Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Angela Gerbeville Vars whom he married in 1953. Born in Providence, RI, on August 8, 1931, he was the son of Clara...
G. Ruth Westall
Aug 16, 2005
NEWPORT, RI ? G. Ruth Westall, 85, of 10 Leonard Terrace, a lifelong resident of Newport, RI, died Tuesday morning August 16, 2005, in her beloved home. Born on February 25, 1920 in Newport, RI, She was the loving and devoted only daughter of the late William B. and Gladys Borden Westall. A 1937 graudate of Rogers High School and...
Lawrence Dellecese
Aug 15, 2005
NEWPORT, RI - Lawrence Dellecese, 60, of 24 Mary Street, Newport, RI, died Monday, August 15, 2005, at home. Born in New Bedford, MA on June 19, 1945, he was the son of the late James A. and Dorothy Jefferson Dellecese. Larry was a clerk at the New Bedford Boys Club until he moved to Stuart, FL, where he was...
Barbara H. Spotts
Aug 15, 2005
CROMWELL, CT ? Barbara H. Allan Spotts, 84, of One MacDonough Place, Middletown, RI died Monday, August 15, 2005, at Haven Health Care, Cromwell, CT. She was the wife of the late Joseph J. Spotts. Born in Newport, RI on, she was the daughter of the late John S. and Jane Bloomer Allan. Mrs. Spotts was a graduate of Rogers...
Dale Allen Hooton
Aug 14, 2005
WARREN, RI - Dale Allen Hooton, 42, of 22 Croade Street, Warren, RI, died Sunday, August 14, 2005, at home. He was the former husband of the late Kaija Krohn Hooton who passed away in January. Born in Providence, RI on February 21, 1963, he was the son of Alexandria Ferreira Hooton of Bristol, RI and the late Arthur James...
Julia H. Leander
Aug 14, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Julia H. Leander, 92, of Forest Farm Assisted Living, Middletown, RI, formerly of 1332 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, August 14, 2005 at Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on April 14, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Antone and Ricarda Soeira Leander. Julia served as a domestic for...
John J.C. Clark
Aug 11, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI - John J.C. Clark, 87, of 123 Honeyman Avenue, Middletown, RI, formerly of Thomasville, Georgia, died Thursday, August 11, 2005, at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Linda Mary Lima Clark. Born in Blakely, Georgia on March 27, 1918, he was the son of the late Coy Cecil and Mary...
Arthur Joseph Lizotte
Aug 10, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Arthur Joseph Lizotte, 90, of Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI, formerly of 51 Middle Road, Portsmouth, RI, Fall River, MA, Tiverton, RI and Grand Junction, CO, died Wednesday, August 10, 2005, at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Margaret Anne Simonin Lizotte. Born in Fall River, MA...
Claudia Jane Lancaster
Aug 10, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI ? Claudia J. Palmer Lancaster, 70, of 236 Rogers Lane, Middletown, RI, passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 2005, at home. Born in Fall River, MA on January 17, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Ephram and Mary Case Palmer. Claudia, also known as ?Nana Lancaster? was a caregiver to children for over 24 years. She...
Gertrude E. Mcmahon
Aug 9, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Gertrude Edith Francis McMahon, 91, of the Grand Islander Health Care Center, 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, formerly of 12B Coddington Street, Newport, died Tuesday, August 9, 2005, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late James Edward McMahon.Born in Newport, RI, on June 23, 1914, she was...
Edward W. Shore
Aug 7, 2005
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Edward W. Shore, 77, of 18 Second Street, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of 76 Mill Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, August 7, 2005, at home. He was the husband of Lillian Nascimento Shore. Born in Pawtucket, RI on April 22, 1928, he was the son of the late Josiah W. and Lillian Greaves Shore. Mr. Shore served in...
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