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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Richard P. Wolz

Richard P. Wolz

Mar 31, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Richard P. Wolz, 67, of 25 Cheryl Avenue Portsmouth, died Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.He was the husband of Louise Jakubowski Wolz. Born in Queens, NY on July 24, 1936, he was the son of the late Peter and Louise Bell Wolz. Mr. Wolz was in the Navy for 28 years as...

Aniceta Macdonald

Aniceta Macdonald

Mar 30, 2004

Newport, RI - Aniceta Shea MacDonald, 95, a reknown soprano soloist, formerly of South Bostson, MA and Farewell St., Newport, RI, died Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at St. Clare Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Roland L. MacDonald. Born in Newport, RI on May 15, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Matthew Shea...

Florence Murray

Florence Murray

Mar 28, 2004

Newport, RI - Florence Kerins Murray, 87, of 2 Kay Street Newport, a retired Rhode Island Supreme Court Associate Justice, died Sunday, March 28, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.Justice Murray was the wife of the late Paul F. Murray. A practicing attorney for fifty years and the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island from 1977 to...

Emily R. Freitas

Emily R. Freitas

Mar 27, 2004

Middletown, - Emily R. Freitas, 97, of 113 Renfrew Avenue Middletown, died Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.. She was the wife of the late Antone Freitas. Born in Azores, Portugal on April 26, 1906, she was the daughter of the late Francisco and Maria Raposa Rezendes. Mrs. Freitas was a communicant of Jesus...

Robert William Owens

Robert William Owens

Mar 27, 2004

Middletown, RI - Robert William Owens, 84, of 164 Boulevard Middletown, died Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Ruth Evans Owens. Born in New York, NY on November 26, 1919, he was the son of the late Harold B. Daisy Koschny Owens Kennedy. Mr. Owens entered into the Civil Service in 1940 as...

Frances Marie Semonelli

Frances Marie Semonelli

Mar 27, 2004

Newport, RI - Frances M. DennySemonelli, 75, of Bellevue Avenue Newport, formerly of Chapel Street Newport, died Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. She was the former wife of the late Pasquale ?Sam? Semonelli. Born in Philadelphia, PA on June 9, 1928, she was the daughter of the late James and Margaret Augusta Denny....

Joseph Carl Medeiros

Joseph Carl Medeiros

Mar 27, 2004

Newport, RI - Joseph Carl Medeiros, 87, of 7 Balsam Street Newport, died Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Hermina ?Minnie? Lopes Medeiros. Born in Newport, RI, on May 20, 1916, he was the son of the late Virgino Medeiros and Maria Sardinha Medeiros. Mr. Medeiros served in the...

Charles Steven Soliozy Jr

Charles Steven Soliozy Jr

Mar 26, 2004

Newport, RI - Charles Steven Soliozy, Jr., 47, of Heatherwood Health Care Center Newport, formerly of 24 Red Cross Avenue, died Friday, March 26, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on February 6, 1957, he was the son of Charles Steven and Sadie Hidson Soliozy of Newport, RI. Mr. Soliozy was a 1975...

Louise Kazanjian

Louise Kazanjian

Mar 26, 2004

Newport, Louise T. Kazanjian, of Bellevue Avenue Newport, RI, a civic leader and community leader in Rhode Island, died in Newport on Friday, March 26. She was 86, and had suffered for many years from Alzheimer?s Disease. Born in Brookline, MA, she attended Simmons College. She married Powel H. Kazanjian, the president of the well-known John H. Kazanjian Co. on...

Michelle Collene Bledsoe

Michelle Collene Bledsoe

Mar 24, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Michelle Collene Bledsoe, 56, of 42 Lepes Road Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Kentfield, CA on January 31, 1948, she was the daughter of Dorice AndersonZauss Aull of Newport, RI, the late William Zauss and the stepdaughter of the late Arthur Aull. Ms. Bledsoe was a Logistics Management...

Louise Frances Woodall

Louise Frances Woodall

Mar 23, 2004

Middletown, RI - Louise F. Sherwood Woodall, 92, formerly of Blenheim Newport Middletown, and Reservoir Road, Middletown, died Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Marvin E. ?Woody? Woodall. Born in Newport, RI on May 15, 1911, she was the daughter of the late John and Helena Dowd...

Francis Medeiros Jordan

Francis Medeiros Jordan

Mar 23, 2004

Middletown, RI - Francis Medeiros Jordan, 82, of 813 Forest Park Middletown, died Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at home.He was the husband of Mae A. Green Jordan. Born in Portsmouth, RI on June 23, 1921, he was the son of the late Antone and Julia Almeida Jordan. Mr. Jordan was a veteran of World War II serving in the Army....

Dorothea G. Sullivan

Dorothea G. Sullivan

Mar 21, 2004

Newport, - Dorothea G. Sullivan, of 37 Thurston Avenue, Newport, died Sunday, March 21, 2004, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.Born in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Cornelius and Anne Shine Sullivan. Ms. Sullivan had lived in Boston, MA, for several years. She was a Graduate of Rogers High School and the Boston Clerical School. She...

Mary Dias

Mary Dias

Mar 21, 2004

Newport, - Mary ?gigi? Hammett Dias, 91, of Newport, died Sunday, March 21, 2004 at home. She was the wife of the late Antonio V. Dias. Born in Newport, RI on Nov. 21, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Whilhemina Hammett. Mrs. Dias was a communicant of St. Josephs Church where she was a member of...

Lynda Ruth Chafton

Lynda Ruth Chafton

Mar 21, 2004

Newport, RI - Lynda Ruth Chafton, 47, of 156 Park Holm Newport, died Sunday, March 21, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of Raymond Tillery. Born in Boston, MA on April 1, 1956, she was the daughter of Ethel May Sargent Chafton of Portsmouth, RI and the late Claywell Moss Chafton. Mrs. Chafton was a sales clerk...

Ruth Margaret Ellis

Ruth Margaret Ellis

Mar 20, 2004

Newport, - Ruth Margaret Herring Ellis, 91, of 235 Gibbs Avenue, Newport, died Saturday, March 20, 2004 at St. Clare Home Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Edward Norman Ellis. Born in Newport, RI on Oct. 22, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Frank Herring and Margaret Qualters Herring. Mrs. Ellis worked at the former...

Mary Elizabeth Paschoal

Mary Elizabeth Paschoal

Mar 19, 2004

Middletown, RI - Mary E. Paschoal, 89, formerly of Forest Park, Middletown, died Friday, March 19, 2004 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on April 11, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Freitas Pasquale. Miss Paschoal worked in private service as a housekeeper for many years for many Newport...

Raymond Ephrem Pruneau Sr

Raymond Ephrem Pruneau Sr

Mar 19, 2004

Raymond Ephrem Pruneau, Sr. Middletown, - Raymond Ephrem Pruneau, Sr., 66, of 85 Maple Avenue, Middletown, formerly of Danbury, CT and Cape Cod, MA, died Friday, March 19, 2004 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Anite Kovach Pruneau. Born in Quebec, Canada, on Jul. 27, 1937, he was the son of Yvette Roy Pruneau of Sherbrook,...

Paul Lawrence Massey

Paul Lawrence Massey

Mar 19, 2004

Newport, RI - Paul Lawrence Massey, 60, of 25 Burnside Ave Newport, died Friday, March 19, 2004 at home. Born in Newport, RI on March 6, 1944, he was the son of the late Elva Massey. Mr. Massey was a member of the former Outer World Bowling League and was an avid darts player, active in many leagues and tournaments...

Abbie Lawton Bryant

Abbie Lawton Bryant

Mar 19, 2004

Abbie Preece Lawton Bryant Middletown, RI - Abbie Preece Lawton Bryant, 87, of 28 Concord Drive Middletown, died Friday, March 19, 2004 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI after a lengthy illness.She was the wife of the late James Edwin Bryant. Born in Newport, RI on December 7, 1916, she was the daughter of the late George Francis and Alice Greenwood...