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Lillian Grimes
Jul 4, 2004
Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Lillian Grimes Miami, - Lillian Lariviere Grimes, 81, of 20701 Island Road Miami, formerly of Newport, RI died Sunday, July 4, 2004 at Baptist Hospital. She was the wife of the late George Grimes. Born in Woonsocket, RI on September 6, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Cora Nault Lariviere. Mrs....
Matthew Kelly Crosby
Jul 3, 2004
Matthew Kelly Crosby, 15, of 191 Center Ave Middletown, formerly of Newport Green , Newport, RI, died Saturday, July 3, 2004, in Portsmouth, RI. Born in Newport, RI on September 2, 1988, he was the son of Howard C. Crosby and Martha Marquis Crosby of Middletown. His heritage was Irish and Native American of the Mohawk Nation where his name...
Michael O. Gibson
Jul 2, 2004
Middletown, RI - Michael O. Gibson, 57, of 342 Boulevard Middletown, died Friday, July 2, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on October 11, 1946, he was the son of the late Harold Tillinghast and the late Barbara Frances Sullivan Gibson. Mr. Gibson was a life long resident of Middletown. He was recently living at 73...
Mary Theresa Saxon
Jul 1, 2004
Connors Funeral Home55 West Main RoadPortsmouth, RI401 683-2511Mary Theresa Saxon Portsmouth, RI- Mary Theresa Saxon, 85, of El Paso, Texas and Portsmouth, RI died Thursday, July 1, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Hurley O. Saxon. Born in El Paso, TX on April 26, 1919, she was the adopted daughter of the late...

Mary Serbst Rogers
Jun 30, 2004
Middletown, - Mary L. Serbst Rogers, 75, of 20 Phillips Avenue, Middletown, died Wednesday, June 30, 2004 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.She was the wife of John E. Rogers. Born in Providence, RI on Nov. 2, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Henry F. and the late Gladys Rodman Serbst.Mrs. Rogers was a graduate of Colt Memorial...
Barbara Ritchie Tracy
Jun 28, 2004
Middletown, - Barbara Ritchie Tracy, 82, of 212 Vernon Avenue, Middletown, died Monday, June 28, 2004 at home. She was the wife of the late Jeremiah A. Tracy Sr. Born in Middletown, RI on January 1, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Charles Ritchie and the late Nellie Titus Ritchie.A 1939 graduate of Rogers High School, Mrs. Tracy...
Edward Francis Giblin Jr
Jun 28, 2004
Edward Francis Giblin, JR. Portsmouth, - Edward Francis Giblin, Jr., 84, of 44 Child Street, Portsmouth, died Monday, June 28, 2004, at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA.He was the husband of the late Marion Louise Murphy Giblin. Born in Fall River, MA, on December 27, 1919, he was the son of the late Edward Francis and Rose Alma Ouellette...
Clara C. Fagan
Jun 27, 2004
Clara C. Fagan Portsmouth, - Clara C. Fagan, 80, of 22 Maple Drive, Portsmouth, died Sunday, June 27, 2004 at Forest Farm Health Care Center.She was the wife of the late John F. Fagan Jr. Born in Palatka, FLA on Feb. 5, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Cyrus Penner and Katherine Gardner Cannon. Mrs. Fagan had been...
Sylvia Catherine Ganem
Jun 27, 2004
Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Sylvia Catherine Ganem Newport, - Sylvia Catherine Ganem, , of 61 Gibbs Avenue Newport, died Sunday, June 27, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.. She was the wife of the late Charles Ganem. Who died in 1994and the late John De Santis who died in 1944. Born in San Miguel, Portugal, she was the daughter...
Leonora S. Bananto
Jun 27, 2004
Leonora S. Callewaert Bananto Portsmouth, - Leonora S. Callewaert Bananto, 49, of 65 Silvania Road, Portsmouth, formerly of Waukegan, IL, died Sunday, June 27, 2004, at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. She was the wife of John P. Bananto Jr. Born in the Netherlands, on April 3, 1955, she was the daughter of Gretchen Zoetmulder Callewaert of Apache Junction, AZ,...
Janice Lawton Dwyer
Jun 26, 2004
Middletown, - Janice Anne Lawton Dwyer, 67, of 4 Winthrop Street, Middletown, died Saturday, June 26, 2004 at home. She was the wife of the late James Henry Dwyer Jr. Born in Newport, RI on June 20, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Herbert A Lawton and the late Mae McGowan Lawton. She was the first girl born...
Jerold E, Steeves
Jun 26, 2004
Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Jerold E. ?Jerry? Steeves Middletown, - Jerold E. ?Jerry? Steeves, 63, of 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, formerly of Newport, died Saturday, June 26, 2004, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on November 21, 1940, he was the son of the late John E. and Phyllis Swift Steeves....
William Lee Mckechnie
Jun 26, 2004
Middletown, - William Lee McKechnie, 68, of 510 Forest Park, Middletown, died Saturday, June 26, 2004 at St. Anne?s Hospital, Fall River, MA. Born in Beverly, MA on Jan. 26, 1936, he was the son of the late William McKechnie and the late Edna Chipman McKechnie. A Korean War veteran of the US Navy, Mr. McKechnie was a computer specialist...
Peter James O'Neill
Jun 25, 2004
Peter J. ONeill, 60, of 102 Van Zandt Ave Newport, died Friday, June 25, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He was the husband of Margaret ?Margie? E. Craft ONeill. Born in Newport, RI on February 10, 1944, he was the son of Mary Murdoch ONeill of Newport, RI and the late Reginald P. ONeill. Peter ONeill was a graduate...
Frances Marie Viau
Jun 24, 2004
Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Frances M. Viau Newport, - Frances M. Viau, 73, of 15 Homer Street Newport, died Friday, June 25, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on June 8, 1931, she was the daughter of Lewis Francis Viau and Mary Sanches Viau. Ms. Viau worked in the accounting department at Newport Hospital for...
Antonetta M. Schuller
Jun 23, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Antonetta Toni Maria Schuller, 62, of 48 Sprague Street, Portsmouth, died Wednesday, June 23 at home after an extended illness.She was the wife of David Schuller. Born in Providence, RI on February 10, 1942, she was the daughter of Yolanda Perretta Pagliarini of Coventry, RI and the late Frank Pagliarini. Mrs. Schuller began her career as a...
Georgette C. St. Laurent
Jun 22, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Georgette C. Thibault St. Laurent, 73, of 182 Riverside Street, Portsmouth, died Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at home.She was the wife of Neil St. Laurent of Portsmouth, RI. Born in Fall River, MA on October 2, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Emile and Leona Lambert Thibault. Mrs. St. Laurent was a member of the...
Orrin A. Tubbs
Jun 21, 2004
Orrin Arthur Tubbs, 74, of 36C Glen Meade Drive, Portsmouth, formerly of Falmouth, Maine, died Monday, June 21, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Virginia M. Bittner Tubbs. Born in Portland, ME on June 11, 1930, he was the son of Gerald L. Tubbs and Ruth Gardiner Tubbs. Mr. Tubbs met his wife while he was...
John Dutton King
Jun 21, 2004
Stoneham, MA - John Dutton King, 84, of 200 Leisure Lane, Stoneham, formerly of 11 Sylvia Road, North Reading, MA, died Monday, June 21, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Shirley C. Vidito King of Stoneham, MA. Born in Wakefield, MA on September 18, 1919, he was the son of the late Jabez R. and Fanny...
Christine C. Hayward
Jun 20, 2004
Middletown, RI - Christine C. McCall Hayward, 92, of Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, died Sunday, June 20, 2004 at the center.She was the wife of the late Reginald Hayward. Born in Providence, RI on December 7, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Catherine Quinn McCall.Mrs. Hayward had worked as a salesperson for many years...
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