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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Jesse Raposa Jr

Jesse Raposa Jr

Sep 20, 2002

Portsmouth, - Jesse Raposa, 92, of 42 Glen Road Portsmouth, died Friday, September 20, 2002 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of the late Mary Nunes Silvia Raposa. Born in Portsmouth, RI on April 9, 1910, he was the son of the late Jesse and Maria Estrella Raposa.Mr. Raposa was a driver with the Town...

Wayne Edward Mckinney

Wayne Edward Mckinney

Sep 20, 2002

Newport, - Wayne Edward McKinney, 67, of 26 Clinton Ave Newport, formerly of 15 Intrepid Court, died Friday, September 20, 2002 at Miriam Hospital in Providence, RI.He was the husband of the late Mary Powers McKinney. Born in Bridgewater, PA on September 7, 1935, he was the son of the late William E. and Ethyl McEwen McKinney. Mr. McKinney served...

Elizabeth Louise Mcmillian

Elizabeth Louise Mcmillian

Sep 20, 2002

Newport, - Elizabeth ?Louise? McMillan, 103, of 296 Tuckerman Avenue, Middletown, RI died at the Village House Nursing Home on September 20, 2002.She was the wife of the late William Andrew McMillan. Born in Newport, RI on September 20, 1899, she was the daughter of the late George and Elizabeth Harriman Seibold.Mrs. McMillan was a life long resident of Aquidneck...

Jose Amaral

Jose Amaral

Sep 20, 2002

Newport, - Jose ?Joe Green? Amaral, 88, of 10 Dodge Court Newport, died Friday, September 20, 2002 at home.He was the beloved husband of Ermelinda Andrade Amaral. Born in Villa Franco do Campo, San Miguel, Azores, on December 29, 1913, he was the son of the late Francisco and Flora Araujo Amaral.Mr. Amaral came to the United States in 1944...

Edmond Anthony Arruda

Edmond Anthony Arruda

Sep 19, 2002

Newport, - Edmond Anthony Arruda, 80, of 14 Clark Street Newport, formerly of Valhalla Drive, Portsmouth from 1984 to 1997, died Thursday, September 19, 2002 at Village House Newport, RI. Born in Portsmouth, RI on November 25, 1921, he was the son of the late Joaquim and Mary Graca Arruda.Mr. Arruda was in the United States Army serving in World...

Terrence C. Brady

Terrence C. Brady

Sep 18, 2002

Newport, - Terrence C. Brady, 45, of 63 Park Holm Newport, formerly of East Main Road, Portsmouth, died Wednesday, September 18, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on September 16, 1957, he was the son of the late Patrick and Patricia A. Barrett Brady.Mr. Brady served in the US Marine Corps from 1975-1978. He later worked...

Louis Thomas Dagrosa

Louis Thomas Dagrosa

Sep 17, 2002

Portsmouth, - Louis Thomas Dagrosa, 85, of Quaker Hill Lane Portsmouth, formerly of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, died Tuesday, September 17, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Dorothy Black Dagrosa. Born in Atlantic City, NJ on September 12, 1917, he was the son of the late Anthony and Antoinette Dandrea Dagrosa.Mr. Dagrosa was a...

Esther E. Chace

Esther E. Chace

Sep 16, 2002

Portsmouth, - Esther E. Potter Chace, 84, of 1 Carrol Terrace Portsmouth, died Monday, September 16, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Perry F. Chace. Born in Newport, RI on April 5, 1918, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Elizabeth Clarke Potter.Mrs. Chace was a member of the St. Pauls...

Francis E. Marshall

Francis E. Marshall

Sep 16, 2002

- Francis E. Marshall, 63, of 158 Briarwood Avenue Middletown, died Monday, September 16, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on April 29, 1939, he was the son of the late George and Evelyn Silveriera Marshall.Mr. Marshall formerly worked for Rhode Island Nurseries. He is survived by his daughter Rhonda Pulice of Newport, RI, his brother...

Joyce Elaine Houser

Joyce Elaine Houser

Sep 15, 2002

Manteo, NC - Joyce Elaine Barcomb Houser, 69, of Shady Rest Trailer Court, died Sunday, September 15, 2002, at her residence.She was the wife of the late Charles Joseph Houser Sr. Born in Barre, VT, she was the daughter of the late James C. Barcomb and Bessy Royea Barcomb.Mrs. Houser was a retired nurse and homemaker. She volunteered extensively in...

Ethel D. Hanos

Ethel D. Hanos

Sep 15, 2002

Royal Palm Beach, - Ethel D. Millham Hanos, 84, of 14 Mohawk Drive, Royal Palm Beach, FL, formerly of Newport, died Sunday, September 15, 2002, at the Palms West Hospital, Royal Palm Beach, FL.She was the wife of the late Angelo Hanos. Born in Newport, RI, on June 7, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Annie...

Margaret Frances Flynn

Margaret Frances Flynn

Sep 14, 2002

- Margaret ?Honeybunch? Flynn, 95, of 52 D Glenn Meade Drive Portsmouth died Saturday, September 14, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Frank J. Flynn. Born in Menominee, Michigan on October 2, 1906, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mame Frances Pangborn Nugent. Mrs. Flynn graduated as a registerd nurse...

George W. Leary

George W. Leary

Sep 14, 2002

George W. Leary, 75, of 36 Bull St. Newport, died Saturday, September 14, 2002 at Veterans Hospital Providence, RI.He was the husband of Janice SullivanLeary. Born in New York, NY, on August 24, 1927, he was the son of the late George and Anna Feredette Leary. Mr. Leary was a Deputy Sheriff with Newport County Sheriffs Department from 1971 until...

John A. Martin

John A. Martin

Sep 12, 2002

- John A. Martin, 90, of 201 Forest Ave Middletown, formerly of Bayside Ave, Portsmouth and Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, died Thursday, September 12, 2002 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of the late Rebecca Anthony Martin. Born in Stonington, CT on May 25, 1912, he was the son of the late Alfred J. and Emma...

William F. Santos

William F. Santos

Sep 12, 2002

- William F. Santos, 69, of 214 Morrison Avenue Middletown, died Thursday, September 12, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Mary Theresa Pimental Santos, member of the Middletown Town Council, to whom he would have been married to for 46years on Sunday. Born in Newport, RI on September 15, 1932, he was the son of Louise...

Capt. James Francis Gavin

Capt. James Francis Gavin

Sep 10, 2002

- Ret. Capt. James Francis Gavin, USN, 86, of 5 Barbara Street Newport, died Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at Village House Newport, RI. He was the husband of Gertrude Newman Gavin of Newport. Born in Boston, MA on September 4, 1916, he was the son of the late James F. and Adeline McGinley Gavin.Capt. Gavin was raised in Albany, New...

Jennie Ruth Kitch

Jennie Ruth Kitch

Sep 10, 2002

- Jennie R. Cochrane Kitch, 86, of 51 Middle Road Portsmouth, formerly of Festival Field Apartments, Newport, died Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at Village House Newport, RI. Born in Portsmouth, RI on February 12, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Ainsworth and Margaret Tarr Cochrane.Mrs. Kitch worked at Nadeaus in Island Park and on East Main Road from...

Maureen Elizabeth Pinheiro

Maureen Elizabeth Pinheiro

Sep 5, 2002

Maureen E. Penny Prendergast Pinheiro, 62, of 32 B Ludlow Avenue Middletown, died Thursday, September 5, 2002 at Charlton Memorial Hospital Fall River, MA. She was the wife of Roger Dale Pinheiro. Born in Newport, RI on April 10, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Michael C. and Clara Kozaczka Prendergast. Mrs. Pinheiro worked in private service for...

Lester Edward Kendall

Lester Edward Kendall

Sep 3, 2002

Lt. Cdr. Lester Edward Kendall, USN, Ret. and honorary one star Brigadier General of the Rhode Island Militia 100 years, of Lakeview Avenue Newport, received his final promotion into God?s Kingdom on Tuesday, September 3, 2002. He passed away quietly in his home surrounded by his family.He was the husband of the late Eva Mae Hartwell Kendall and the late...

Louis Albert Cebul

Louis Albert Cebul

Sep 3, 2002

Louis Albert ?Skee? Cebul, 83, of RI Veterans Home Bristol, formerly of Boynton Beach, Florida, died Tuesday, September 3, 2002 at RI Veterans Home Bristol, RI. Born in Cleveland, OH on April 19, 1919, he was the son of the late Louis and Rose Thomas Cebul.Mr. Cebul was a Chief with United States Navy. He worked as a foreman at...

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