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Shantel Nicole Bailey
Nov 21, 2003
Middletown, RI - Shantel Nicole Bailey, 16, of 12 Greene Lane Middletown, RI, formerly of Chapel Terrace and Bliss Road, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, November 19, 2003. Born in Newport, RI on August 12, 1987, she was the daughter of Christopher and Lisa Bailey Stedford.Shantel lived in Newport, before moving to Middletown 6 years ago. She was a junior at...
Cassandra M. Parsons
Nov 21, 2003
Portsmouth, RI - Cassandra M. ?Casey? Parsons, 30, of 3341 East Main Road Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, November 21, 2003 at home. Born in Newport, RI on April 1, 1973, she was the daughter of Ron Parsons of Portsmouth, RI and Carol Kielty Parsons of Portsmouth, RI. Casey worked at the Newport Naval Hospital until November of 2002. Besides her...
Herman Leroy Jones
Nov 20, 2003
Herman ?Buddy? Le Roy Jones, Jr., 85, of 600 Valley Road Middletown, RI, formerly of New York City, NY, Rhode Island Avenue and Goat Island, Newport, RI, died Thursday, November 20, 2003 at John Clarke Nursing Center Middletown, RI.Born in New York City, NY on February 13, 1918, he was the son of the late Herman Le Roy and Nellie...
Manuel David Dutra
Nov 19, 2003
Portsmouth, RI - Manuel ?Babe? David Dutra, 80, of 1186 Middle Road Portsmouth, died Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at Village House Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Virginia Grace Heap Dutra. Born in Newport, RI on April 20, 1923, he was the son of the late Manuel P. and Mary Roche Dutra.Mr. Dutra served in the United States...
Frances Shea
Nov 16, 2003
Portsmouth, RI - Frances Heilig Shea, 89, of 121 Bristol Ferry Road Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, November 16, 2003 at home.She was the wife of the late John Joseph Shea. Born in Chinook, MT on December 1, 1913, she was the daughter of the late George Joseph and Anna Marie Griefe Heilig.Mrs. Shea worked as a secretary for Alexander Berman...
John Francis Evans Jr
Nov 13, 2003
Portsmouth, RI - John Francis Evans, Jr., 56, of 43 Dighton Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, November 13, 2003 at home. Born in Fall River, MA on August 22, 1947, he was the son of the late John F. Evans Sr. and Margaret C. Lenaghan Evans.Mr. Evans was a self employed contractor and furniture refinisher for more than 20 years....
Robert A. Maynard
Nov 12, 2003
PORTSMOUTH, RI - Robert A. Maynard, 75, formerly of Oakland Farms, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at Eleanor Slater Hospital Cranston, RI. Born in Fall River, MA on October 9, 1928, he was the son of the late Frank and Thelma Olsen Maynard.Mr. Maynard was in the United States Army serving in Korea. He began his career at...
Robert W. Ardito
Nov 12, 2003
Middletown, RI - Robert W. Ardito, 61, of 6 Pocahontas Drive, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Joyce Dunnder Ardito. Born in Newport, RI on May 19, 1942, he was the son of the late Robert and Theda Goodman Ardito.Mr. Ardito served in the United States Air Force for 5...
Rev. Roy Mackaye Atwood
Nov 11, 2003
MIDDLETOWN, RI ? The Rev. Roy MacKaye Atwood, 82, formerly of Blenheim Newport, Middletown, RI and Enfield, CT, died November 11, 2003 at the John Clarke Nursing Center, Middletown. He was the husband of the late A. Phyllis Gregg Atwood. They had been married for 43 years.Born in Newport, RI, on September 21, 1921, he was a son of the...
Joseph Butler
Nov 8, 2003
Middletown, - Joseph Butler, 79, of 12 William Drive, Middletown, died Saturday, November 8, 2003 at home. Born in Warren, RI on December 3, 1923, he was the son of the late Joseph Butler Sr. and the late Mary Perry Butler. Joe leaves many friends in the community. Joseph was supported through Looking Upwards Inc. for 21 years. He was...
Thomas Person Connelly
Nov 7, 2003
Portsmouth, RI - Thomas Person Connelly, 55, of 22 North Drive Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Fall River, MA and Lewiston, ME, died Thursday, November 6, 2003 at the Veterans Hospital Providence, RI. Born in Lewiston, ME on January 9, 1948, he was the son of Wilhelmina M. Person Connelly of Newport, RI and the late Herbert Merrill Connelly. Mr. Connelly...
Cornelius Michael Harrington
Nov 6, 2003
Newport, - Cornelius M. Harrington, 78, of 33B DeBlois Street, Newport, formerly of 49 Lee Avenue, Newport, died Thursday, November 6, 2003, at Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on April 8, 1925, he was the son of the late Cornelius and Bertha Mae Lang Harrington. Mr. Harrington worked for his father, who owned Harringtons Bakery...
Edna Mary Santos
Nov 6, 2003
Middletown, RI - Edna Mary Santos, 77, of Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI, formerly of Freeborn Street, Newport, RI, died Thursday, November 6, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on September 25, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Frank P. and Emily Oliver Santos. Ms. Santos had worked as...
Richard Earnest Budlong Sr
Nov 6, 2003
Newport, RI - Richard Earnest Budlong, Sr., 65, of 116A Girard Avenue Newport, RI, formerly of 13B Woolsey Road, Middletown, RI, died on Thursday, November 6, 2003, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Ann Marie Gonsalves Budlong. Born in Tiverton, RI on January 10, 1938, he was the son of the late James and Beatrice Munroe...
Thomas J. Camara
Nov 5, 2003
Boca Raton, FL - Thomas J. Camara, 54, of Boca Raton, FL, formerly of Portsmouth, RI, died unexpectedly Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at home.He was the husband of Nora Pena Camara. Born in Newport, RI on June 14, 1949, he was the son of Rose Lima Camara of Portsmouth, RI and the late William P. Camara. Before moving to Florida,...
Robert Knowles
Nov 5, 2003
Robert B. Knowles, 76, of 16B Ludlow Road Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Janice Copley Knowles. They would have celebrated their 53rd Anniversary this month. Born in Tiverton, RI on September 7, 1927, he was the son of the late Robert B. and Rose Vera Weiner Knowles. Mr. Knowles...
Shirley A. Fransson
Nov 4, 2003
Shirley A. Gisser Fransson, 77, of Whitehall Middletown, RI, formerly of 352 Mailcoach Road, Redwood Farms, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, November 4, 2003 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Peter Lindburg Fransson. Born in the Bronx, NY on February 1, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Lillian Dresbold Gisser. Mrs. Fransson...
Elizabeth King
Nov 1, 2003
Elizabeth Griffith King, 86, of 31 Rhode Island Avenue Newport, died Saturday, November 1, 2003 at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI. She was the wife of Roger Hamilton King. Born in Newport, RI on January 14, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Roy Griffith and the late Grace Crane Holt. Mrs. King was a lifelong resident of Newport...
Roman William Maire
Oct 31, 2003
Roman William Maire, 85, formerly of 4 Orville Drive, Middletown, RI, died Friday, October 31, 2003 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Edith George Maire. Born in Emmendingen, Germany on December 31, 1917, he was the son of the late Charles L. and Matilda Frick Maire.Mr. Maire was a paratrooper in the...
Margaret Ellen Esker
Oct 29, 2003
Portsmouth, RI - Margaret Ellen Lawrence Esker, 90, of 259 Riverside St. Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at home.She was the wife of the late Wilfred M Esker. Born in Fall River, MA on August 3, 1913, she was the daughter of George S. and Margaret E Holt Lawrence. Mrs. Esker worked for the former Glencain Manufacturing Company...
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