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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Peter John Kekligian Jr

Peter John Kekligian Jr

Oct 24, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Peter John Kekligian, Jr., 75, of 60 Lee Avenue, Portsmouth, died Sunday, October 24, 2004, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Sylvia Downing Kekligian. Born in Revere, MA on May 24, 1929, he was the son of the late Peter John and Jennie Chilingerian Kekligian. He was a Graduate of the New England...

Glenn Michael Alexander

Glenn Michael Alexander

Oct 23, 2004

Middletown, RI - Glenn Michael Alexander, 43, of 77 Everett Street Middletown, died Saturday, October 23, 2004.Born in Fall River, MA on October 2, 1961, he was the son of the late Ray D. and Virginia A. Austin Alexander. Mr. Alexander attended Middletown High School. He was an auto technician at Newport Auto Center and had worked for that company...

Bennett Fine

Bennett Fine

Oct 23, 2004

Middletown, RI - Bennett Fine, 82, of 2203 West Main Road Middletown, died Saturday, October 23, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.He was the husband of Charlotte Krug Fine. Born in Dearborn, MI on October 6, 1922, he was the son of the late Louis and Mamie Myers Fine. Besides his wife he is survived by four...

Adele Margaret Parsonage

Adele Margaret Parsonage

Oct 23, 2004

Middletown, RI - Adele Margaret Parsonage, 92, of Forest Farm Assisted Living Middletown, formerly of 22 Gould Street, Newport, RI, died Saturday, October 23, 2004 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late John J. Parsonage. Born in Newport, RI on August 1, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Chester and...

John R. Liptak

John R. Liptak

Oct 20, 2004

Newport, RI - John R. Liptak, Sr., 66, of formerly of 27 Holland Street Newport, died Wednesday, October 20, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. Born in Jamestown, RI on September 22, 1938, he was the son of the late Lawrence C. and Mary Elizabeth Jordan Liptak. Mr. Liptak was in the United States Air Force for...

Harold Christy Petropoulos

Harold Christy Petropoulos

Oct 20, 2004

Middletown, RI - Harold Christy Petropoulos, of 8 Champlin Terrace Middletown, RI formerly of Ellery Road Newport, RI, died Wednesday, October 20, 2004 at RI Veterans Home in Bristol, RI. He was the husband of Rita P. Devol Petropoulos. Born in Newport, RI, on April 12, 1921, he was the son of the late Christos Peter Petropoulos and Vosio Loures...

Debra Lee Sanders

Debra Lee Sanders

Oct 19, 2004

Woonsocket, RI - Debra Lee Smith Sanders, 49, of West Main Road, Middletown, RI, died Monday, October 18, 2004 at Landmark Medical Center Woonsocket, RI. Born in Newport, RI on Jan. 3, 1955, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Joan Marie White Smith. Mrs. Sanders worked as a Cook for many local restaurants. She is survived by...

Leonard J. Desantis Jr

Leonard J. Desantis Jr

Oct 18, 2004

Newport, RI - Leonard J. DeSantis, Jr., 64, of 66 Merton Road, Newport, died Sunday, October 17, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Catherine Croughan DeSantis. Born in Newport, RI on January 18, 1940, he was the son of the late Leonard and Ruth Delavergne DeSantis. Mr. DeSantis worked as a marine electrician for the former...

Betty M. Linville

Betty M. Linville

Oct 17, 2004

Middletown, RI - Betty M. Wagner Linville, 81, of 191 Forest Avenue, Apt. 101, Middletown, formerly of 2 Admirlty Drive, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, October 17, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI, peacefully in the company of her family.She was the wife of the late Captain James C. Linville, USN, Retired. Born in Rochester, NY on September 6, 1923, she...

Joseph J. Moffitt

Joseph J. Moffitt

Oct 16, 2004

Middletown, RI - Joseph J. Moffitt, 74, of 1 Johnson Terrace Middletown, died Saturday, October 16, 2004 at home He was the husband of Yvonne M. Vieira Moffitt for 25 years. Born in Portsmouth, RI on December 23, 1929, he was the son of the late Edward and Mary Martin Moffitt.Mr. Moffitt had worked as a bartender for over 30...

Robert J. Ferris

Robert J. Ferris

Oct 16, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Robert J. ?Bob? Ferris Jr., 47, of 7 Settlers Street, Portsmouth, formerly of Wapping Road, Middletown, died Saturday, October 16, 2004 while helping a victim of an automobile accident in Bridgewater, MA.He was the husband of Joann Sullivan Ferris of Portsmouth. Born in Newport, RI on March 10, 1957, he was the son of Robert and Emily...

William Thomas Biello

William Thomas Biello

Oct 15, 2004

William Thomas Biello Portsmouth, - William Thomas Biello, 77, of 3225 East Main Road, Portsmouth, formerly of Middletown, RI, died Friday, October 15, 2004 at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA.He was the husband of Marion Perry Biello. Born in Fall River, MA, on August 14, 1927, he was the son of the late Stephen J. and Mary Ann Lane...

John Douglas Crawford Jr

John Douglas Crawford Jr

Oct 15, 2004

Newport, RI - Lt. Col. John Douglas Crawford, Jr. Ret, 84, of 9 Gibson Park Place, Newport, formerly of Massachusetts, died at his home on Friday, October 15, 2004 of complications from cancer.He was the husband of the late Kathryn Stephens Crawford, who died in 1998. They were married for 54 years. Born in Baltimore, MD on September 21, 1920,...

Joseph C. Lipinski

Joseph C. Lipinski

Oct 14, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Joseph C. Lipinski, 77, of 153 Locust Avenue, Portsmouth, died Thursday, October 14, 2004 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of Claire Connors Lipinski of Portsmouth, RI. Born in St. Louis, MO on May 30, 1927, he was the son of the late Jozef and Lillian Kruszewska Lipinski. Mr. Lipinski served 20...

Emma Louise Barry

Emma Louise Barry

Oct 14, 2004

Newport, RI - Emma Louise Willis Barry, 101, of 5 Division Street, Newport, died Thursday, October 14, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late William E. Barry. Born in Block Island, RI on March 18, 1903, she was the daughter of the late Everett Arnold and Evelyn Ball Willis. Before her marriage she was employed...

Irene P. Martin

Irene P. Martin

Oct 12, 2004

Middletown, RI - Irene P. Pasqua Martin, 77, of 417 Forest Avenue Middletown, died Friday, October 8, 2004 at the West House, 417 Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late William F. Martin Born in Bridgeport, CT, she was the daughter of the late Thomas B. Pasqua and Mary Woods Pasqua. Mrs. Martin after graduating from...

Rose Najmy

Rose Najmy

Oct 11, 2004

Rose Farran Najmy, of East Main Road Portsmouth, formerly of White Plains, NY Lennox, MA, died Monday, October 11, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Philip and Mary Sherbrekh Farran. Mrs. Najmy started work at the age of 15 in a handbag factory in NYC, then during WWII she...

Richard Robert Knowles

Richard Robert Knowles

Oct 9, 2004

Newport, RI -Dr. Richard R. Knowles 78, of 103 Harrison Avenue ?Pen Craig? Newport, died Saturday, October 9, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Colleen Patricia O?Connell Knowles. Born in Newport, RI on May 26, 1926, he was the son of the late Richard Robert Knowles and Anna Christian Knowles. Dr. Knowles was...

Charlotte Frances Williams

Charlotte Frances Williams

Oct 9, 2004

Newport, RI - Charlotte Frances Booker Williams, 92, of 58 Gould Street Newport, died Saturday, October 9, 2004 at home.She was the wife of the late John H. ?Jack? Williams. Born in Newport, RI on July 10, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Helen E. Thompson Booker. Mrs. Williams was a member of the Community Baptist...

Lillian Barton

Lillian Barton

Oct 7, 2004

Lillian B. Dunbar Carroll Barton, 91, of 191 Forest Avenue Middletown, died Thursday, October 7, 2004 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Patrick Albert Carroll and the late Eugene F. Barton. Born in Tiverton, RI on Aug. 29, 1913, she was the daughter of Henry E. Dunbar and Mary A. Robbins...