Obituaries

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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Simela Kyriakides

Simela Kyriakides

Nov 24, 2004

Simela Kyriakides, 43, of 410 Vanderbilt Lane Portsmouth, formerly of Walcott Ave Middletown, died Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at home surrounded by her family.She was the wife of Petros ?Peter? Kyriakides. Born in Kozani, Greece on February 10, 1961, she was the daughter of George and Kiriaki Hantsarides of Tarrytown, NY.Mrs. Kyriakides was a member of the St. Spyridons Greek...

Bernard T. Mckenna

Bernard T. Mckenna

Nov 24, 2004

Middletown, RI - Bernard T. McKenna, 83, of 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, formerly of 5 Cross Street, Newport, and Lanfana, FL, died Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of the late Mary Margaret OConnor McKenna and the late Ruth Martin. Born in Providence, RI on February 25, 1921, he was...

Frank Souza Jr

Frank Souza Jr

Nov 23, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Frank ?Buddy? Souza, Sr., 67, of Middle Road, Portsmouth, died Tuesday, November 23, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Shirley Mendonca Souza. Born in Portsmouth, RI on June 26, 1937, he was the son of the late Frank B. and Rose Alvernes Souza. For 26 years Buddy was owner of Souzas Chevrolet Sales...

Janet Constance Daggett

Janet Constance Daggett

Nov 22, 2004

Middletown, RI - Janet Constance Muznik Daggett, 92, of 13 Draper Avenue, Middletown, died Monday, November 22, 2004 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.She was the wife of the late James Lincoln Daggett. Born in Lithuania, she was the daughter of the late John and Constance Kapchul Muznik. Mrs. Daggett worked for the John Hancock Insurance Company on Thames Street...

William Albert Martland

William Albert Martland

Nov 19, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - William Albert Martland, 87, of 844 Union Street Portsmouth, died Friday, November 19, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Gloria Phillips Martland. Born in Newport, RI on May 16, 1917, he was the son of the late Wallace C. and Rose Schneider Martland. Mr. Martland had worked for various Contractors on...

Thomas Henry Huhn

Thomas Henry Huhn

Nov 19, 2004

Newport, RI - Thomas Henry Huhn, 86, of 9 Lees Wharf Newport, died Friday, November 19, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Mary Huhn, to whom he was married for 52 years until her passing in 1991. Born in Lakewood, OH on May 7, 1918, he was the son of the late William and...

David J. Raley

David J. Raley

Nov 18, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - David J. Raley, 73, of 63 Ferry Landing Circle Portsmouth, formerly of Bristol, RI, died Thursday, November 18, 2004 at home.He was the husband of Shirley R. Cooper Raley. Born in Nottingham, England, on May 21, 1931, he was the son of the late John and Marion Clarke Raley.Mr. Raley moved to the United States, from England...

Phoebe M. Lyons

Phoebe M. Lyons

Nov 18, 2004

Tiverton, RI - Phoebe M. Boardman Lyons, 88, of 60 Summit Avenue Tiverton, died Thursday, November 18, 2004 at home.She was the wife of the late John A. Lyons Sr. Born in Fall River, MA on October 3, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Dougherty Boardman. Mrs. Lyons was a graduate of BMC Durfee High...

Jean Ward Peckham

Jean Ward Peckham

Nov 17, 2004

Middletown, RI - Jean Simpson Ward Peckham, 84, Formerly of Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth and Dudley Avenue South, Middletown, died on Wednesday, November 17, 2004, at Forest Farm Health Care Center.She was the wife of Alford S. Peckham whom she married in July of 1995 and the former wife of the late George F. Ward Jr. Born in Newport, RI on...

Arthur D. Bancroft

Arthur D. Bancroft

Nov 17, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Arthur D. Bancroft, 75, of 118 Rolling Hill Road Portsmouth, formerly of Dartmouth, MA, died Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at home.He was the husband of Claire Rocheleau Bancroft. Born in Acushnet, MA on June 5, 1929, he was the son of the late Arthur D. and Theresa Murray Bancroft. Mr. Bancroft was the owner of REMINC CONTI...

Lucy Elizabeth Loscocco

Lucy Elizabeth Loscocco

Nov 17, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Lucy Elizabeth Duffy Loscocco, 79, of 24 Bayview Avenue Portsmouth, died Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at St. Annes Hospital, Fall River, MA.She was the wife of S. John Loscocco. Born in Boston, MA on June 5, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Atty. Joseph M. Duffy and Delphina Marshall Duffy. Mrs. Loscocco attended schools in...

Ruth S. Smith

Ruth S. Smith

Nov 14, 2004

Newport, RI - Ruth S. Smith, 87, of 21 Pell St., Newport, formerly of Montclair, NJ died Sunday, November 14, 2004, at the Heatherwood Nursing Home, Newport, RI.She was the wife of George Smith, who died in 1975. Born in Bloomsfield, NJ, on January 30, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Hubert and Elizabeth Oldham Stinn. Mrs. Smith...

Belle E. Gunzelman

Belle E. Gunzelman

Nov 14, 2004

Middletown, RI - Belle E. Lindblom Gunzelman, 98, of Valley Road, Middletown, formerly of Bloomfield, New Jersey, died Sunday, November 14, 2004 at Forest Farm Health Care Centre.She was the wife of the late John G. Gunzelman. Born in Kearney, NJ on January 14, 1906, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Nana Wiman Lindblom. Mrs. Gunzelman was...

Manuel A. Alvernas

Manuel A. Alvernas

Nov 12, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Manuel A. Alvernas, 64, of 84 Flint Corn Road, Portsmouth, died Friday, November 12, 2004, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Jean Rounds Alvernas. Born in Middletown, RI, on October 15, 1940, he was the son of the late Francis and Mary Avilla Alvernas. Mr. Alvernas worked as a heavy equipment operator. He...

John Joseph Sullivan Jr

John Joseph Sullivan Jr

Nov 12, 2004

John ?Jack? J. Sullivan, JR. Portsmouth, - John ?Jack? J. Sullivan, Jr., 69, of 14 Anson Road, Portsmouth, died Friday, November 12, 2004, at home.He was the husband of Patricia Cooper Sullivan. Born in Newport, RI on January 28, 1935, he was the son of the late John Joseph and Elizabeth F. OLoughlin Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan had worked as a...

George Curtis Stafford

George Curtis Stafford

Nov 10, 2004

Newport, RI - George Curtis Stafford, 86, of 160 Franklin Street, Bristol formerly of Newport, died Wednesday, November 10, 2004 at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Dorothy Paschoal Stafford. Born at home in Portsmouth, RI on October 7, 1918, he was the son of the late George C. and Lydia Monroe Stafford. Mr....

Alfred Edward Vaas

Alfred Edward Vaas

Nov 10, 2004

Middletown, RI - Alfred Edward Vaas, 80, of 140 Maple Avenue Middletown, died Wednesday, November 10, 2004, at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI.He was the husband of Jean Goday Vaas. Born in Lawrence, MA on May 25, 1924, he was the son of the late Henry Joseph and Agnes Wohlgemuth Vaas. Mr. Vaas served in the US Army during...

Francis Robert Magee

Francis Robert Magee

Nov 10, 2004

Sun City Center, FL - Francis Robert Magee, 84, of 1802 Bedford Lane, Sun City Center, FL, and 17 Kempsen Street, Newport, died Wednesday, November 10, 2004, at South Bay Hospital, Sun City Center, FL.He was the husband of Anne Moriarty Magee. Born in Newport, RI, on August 12, 1920, he was the son of the late James and Sarah...

Mary Regina Rogers

Mary Regina Rogers

Nov 9, 2004

Middletown, RI - Mary Regina McCarthy Rogers, wife of Dr. Gerald Rogers of Middletown, died peacefully on November 9, 2004 at her home, with her family by her side. Born in Brooklyn, NY on May 14, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Joseph F. and Mary E. McKenna McCarthy. Mrs. Rogers spent her earlier years in Hartford, CT....

Frank Joseph Giacobbe

Frank Joseph Giacobbe

Nov 9, 2004

Middletown, RI - Frank Joseph Giacobbe, 92, of Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, formerly of 15 North Drive Slate Hill Farm, died Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at the center.He was the husband of the late Lillian Mary Barry Giacobbe. Born in Charlestown, MA on December 20, 1911, he was the son of the late John and Antoinette Crisafi Giacobbe....