Obituaries

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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Charlotte Morrel

Charlotte Morrel

May 8, 2006

Warren, RI ? Charlotte Gagon Morrel, 76, of 74 King Street, Warren, RI, formerly of 29 Linda Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, May 8, 2006, at St. Annes Hospital, in Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late Clifton Morrel. Born in Brooklyn, NY, on September 3, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Ren and Florence...

Dr. Robert Alston Davidson, Dds

Dr. Robert Alston Davidson, Dds

May 8, 2006

Portsmouth, RI ? Dr. Robert Alston Davidson, DDS, 63, loving husband, father and grandfather, died Monday, May 8, 2006, at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. He was the husband of Rosemary Shrude Davidson. Born in Brockton, MA, on February 15, 1943, he was the son of the late Alston Quimby and M. Dorothy Nyrell Davidson.Dr. Davidson was a 1961...

Robert H. Tiedemann

Robert H. Tiedemann

May 8, 2006

Robert Bob Tiedemann, a lifelong sailor whose passion for the beauty and versatility of vintage yachts passed away yesterday at Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I., following a four month struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was 56 years old.His passion for classic yachts inspired him to rescue a substantial number of antique sail and power boats from old age and disrepair....

Roger Jerome Brown Jr

Roger Jerome Brown Jr

May 7, 2006

Roger Jerome Brown Jr. Middletown, RI - Roger Jerome Brown Jr., 52, of 40 Maplewood Road, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, May 7, 2006, at Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA. Born in Newport, RI, on July 2, 1953, he was the son of Roger Jerome Brown Sr. of Portsmouth, RI, and the late Dorothy Vieira Brown. Mr. Brown was a...

Marvina Susan Lepage

Marvina Susan Lepage

May 7, 2006

Portsmouth, RI - Marvina Susan TrenaLePage, 59, of 726 Park Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, May 7, 2006, at home. Born in Lewiston, ME, on September 17, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Herbert M. and Wilhelmina Person Connelly. Mrs. LePage worked at the Newport Bay Club for many years. She enjoyed gardening, campfires, kayaking, quahoging and walking...

Alberta F. Skinner

Alberta F. Skinner

May 7, 2006

Middletown, RI ? Alberta Cook Fickett Skinner, 91, of Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI, formerly of Mumford Manor, Newport, RI, and Darien, CT, passed away on Sunday, May 7, 2006. She was the wife of the late Jack Skinner and Chester Fickett. Born in Stamford, CT, on June 17, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Samuel...

Isabel E. Albro

Isabel E. Albro

May 5, 2006

Middletown, RI - Isabel E. Morgan Albro, 96, of 600 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of Sayreville, NJ, died Friday, May 5, 2006, at the John Clarke Nursing Home, Valley Road, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Gardner M. Albro. Born in Greenfield, MA, on June 7, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Charles F....

Susan P. Leary

Susan P. Leary

May 4, 2006

Newport, RI - Susan Polley Leary, 63, of 16 Ward Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of Longmeadow, MA, died Thursday, May 4, 2006, at home. Born in Brooklyn, NY, on September 28, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Robert Elston and Beatrice Haneman Polley.Mrs. Leary was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She graduated from the High School of...

Richard W. Dubreuil

Richard W. Dubreuil

May 2, 2006

Portsmouth, RI - Richard W. DuBreuil, Sr., 69, of 263 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Nancy Peckham DuBreuil. Born in Cornwall, NY, on March 28, 1937, he was the son of the late William Russell and Etta Fletcher DuBreuil.Mr. DuBreuil served in the United States...

Mary Theresa Migliori

Mary Theresa Migliori

May 1, 2006

Pleasant Hill, CA - Mary T. Santa Migliori, 91, of 577 Vili Way, Pleasant Hill, CA, died Monday, May 1, 2006, at Bayberry Care Center, Concord, CA. She was the wife of Gaetano J. Migliori. Born in Middletown, RI, on April 20, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Almeida Santa. Mrs. Migliori was born and...

Jean V.C. Douglas

Jean V.C. Douglas

May 1, 2006

Jean Van Curen Douglas, of 58 Kay Street, Newport, RI, was born November 29, 1922, in St. Clairsville, Ohio, only child of Dale and Frieda Van Curen. Jean studied art at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, for two years before moving to New York City at age 20. She attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School and began working at J. Walter...

Mildred June Pires

Mildred June Pires

Apr 30, 2006

Mildred J. Close Jaynes Pires 85 of Harrison Avenue Newport, formerly of Girard Avenue Newport died Sunday, April 30, 2006 in the Village House Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport.She was the wife of the late John J. Pires and former wife of the late Alexander J. Jaynes.Born in Boston, MA on June 19, 1920, she was the daughter of the...

Helen Barry Crowell

Helen Barry Crowell

Apr 28, 2006

Helen Barry Crowell, of Old Westport Road Dartmouth, MA, formerly of Reservior Avenue Middletown, RI died Friday, April 28, 2006 in the Alden Court Nursing Home Fairhaven, MA.She was the wife of the late Arthur W. CrowellBorn in Newport, RI on May 29, 1911, she was the daughter of the late David and Ida Roy Barry.Mrs. Crowell had worked as...

Russell Lee Monteiro

Russell Lee Monteiro

Apr 27, 2006

San Diego, CA - Russell Lee Monteiro, 60, of 13095 Calle de los Ninos, San Diego, CA, formerly of Newport, RI, died Thursday, April 27, 2006 at home. Born in Newport, RI, on June 25, 1945, he was the son of the late John and Jennie Pena Monteiro.Mr. Monteiro was a communicant of St. Josephs Church. He worked as a...

Gertrude Angela Reise

Gertrude Angela Reise

Apr 27, 2006

Jamestown, RI - Gertrude Angela Raposa Reise, 88, of 25 Seaview Avenue, Jamestown, RI, formerly of 38 West Narragansett Avenue, Newport, RI, died Thursday, April 27, 2006, at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late John A. Reise. Born in Fall River, MA, on May 26, 1917, she was the daughter of the...

Joseph Henry O'Connor

Joseph Henry O'Connor

Apr 26, 2006

Middletown, RI - Joseph Henry OConnor, 80, of 50 Bay View Park, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at Newport Hospital. He was the beloved husband of the late Ruth Marjorie Kirchner OConnor to whom he was married for 54 years. Born in Providence, RI, on July 15, 1925, he was the son of the late Bernard and...

Marguerite M. Spence

Marguerite M. Spence

Apr 23, 2006

Portsmouth, RI - Marguerite M. Gordon Spence, 92, of 55 Silva Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Lee Avenue, Newport, RI, died Sunday, April 23, 2006, peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Newport, RI, on October 4, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Ellen Anderson Gordon. She is survived by her sons...

Norma Smyth

Norma Smyth

Apr 23, 2006

JAMESTOWN, RI ? Norma Whaley Smyth, of 17 Friendship Street, Jamestown, RI, formerly of Narragansett, RI, died Sunday, April 23, 2006 at home with her family. She was the wife of Frederick C.B. Smyth. Born in South Kingstown, RI, she was the daughter of the late H. Clifford and Elizabeth Doherty Whaley. Norma graduated from South Kingstown High School. She...

Frances Barbara Guadagni

Frances Barbara Guadagni

Apr 22, 2006

Frances Barbara Leary Guadagni Middletown, RI - Frances Barbara Leary Guadagni, 79, of 969 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of 135 Gibbs Avenue, Newport, died Saturday, April 22, 2006, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Michael James Guadagni. Born in Newport, RI, on March 10, 1927, she was the daughter of the late David...

Dorothy Rita Toppa

Dorothy Rita Toppa

Apr 21, 2006

Rita Toppa, 87, of Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of 72 Warren Ave, Middletown, died Friday, April 21, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Nicholas Toppa. Born in Newport, RI, on April 14, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Mae Dillon Devlin.She was also known as Ma Toppa to...