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Irving Donald Champion
Aug 2, 2003
Middletown, - Irving Champion, 93, of 15 Aquidneck Drive Middletown, RI, died Saturday, August 2, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Helen S. Chase Champion. Born in Newport, RI on August 1, 1910, he was the son of the late George E. and Edna L. Fish Champion. Mr. Champion was...
Eileen Miriam Sarkissian
Aug 2, 2003
Portsmouth, - Eileen Miriam Keogh Sarkissian, 80, of 125 Quaker Hill Lane Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Woodstock Avenue, Stratford, CT, died Saturday, August 2, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of Samuel Sarkissian. Born in Taunton, MA on January 12, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Helena Smith Keogh. Mrs....
George Victory Hudson
Jul 31, 2003
NEWPORT, - George Victory Hudson, 91, of 19 Chapel Street, Newport, RI, formerly of 20 Donna Drive Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, July 31, 2003 at home.He was the husband of the late Frances Sherif Hudson. Born in Newport, RI on October 2, 1911, he was the son of the late George V. and Emmia Pike Hudson. Mr. Hudson was an...
Bernie Dew Toppins Sr
Jul 30, 2003
Newport, - Bernie Dew Toppins, Sr., 74, of 16A Edgar Court Newport, died Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at home. He was the husband of the late Lenora Hicks Toppins. Born in New Holland, NC on December 14, 1928, he was the son of the late Edwin and Maggie Patterson Toppins.Mr. Toppins worked for the former Safe Way of Newport for...
Maureen L. Last
Jul 28, 2003
Newport, RI - Maureen L. Last, 72, of 76 Broadway Newport, died Monday, July 28, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Michigan City, IN on May 10, 1931, she was the daughter of the late William and Mary Webber Last.Maureen worked as a food server for 6 years at the US Naval Base. She was a member of...
Richard Paul Rinehart
Jul 27, 2003
Newport, - Richard Paul Rinehart, 54, of 90 Girard Avenue Newport, died Sunday, July 27, 2003 at home. Born in Canton, MA on May 5, 1949, he was the son of the late Everett and Doris Williams Rinehart.Mr. Rinehart was a professional comedian and he enjoyed landscaping. Mr. Rinehart was a friend of ?Bill W.? He is survived by his...
Nancy C. Ryan
Jul 26, 2003
Newport, - Nancy C. Jones Ryan, 64, of 87 Spring Street Newport died Saturday, July 26, 2003 at home. Born in Morrisville, Vermont on August 9, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Woodrow and Barbara Ashley Jones. Miss Ryan was raised by her grandparents in Morrisville, Vermont, she had worked at Ann?s Kitchen in Middletown, the Trawler restaurant...
Gladys Ann Rodrigues
Jul 23, 2003
Newport, - Gladys Ann Travers Rodrigues, 67, of 87 Girard Avenue Newport, RI, formerly of 27 Whitwell Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, July 23, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Richard B. Rodrigues. Born in Newport, RI on June 25, 1936, she was the daughter of John and Marion Viera Travers.Mrs. Rodrigues was...
Justin Grace
Jul 23, 2003
Middletown, - Justin Grace, 93, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, formerly of 57 Merton Road, Newport, Rhode Island, died Wednesday, July 23, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of the late Cortez Howard Goodrich Grace. Born in Dothan, AL on May 22, 1910. Mr. Grace was a Chief in the United States Navy....
Margaret Veronica Vogel
Jul 22, 2003
Middletown, - Margaret Veronica Shea Vogel, 95, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, RI, formerly of 41 Sakonnet Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late John F. Vogel. Born in Fall River, MA on July 31, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Mortimer...
Charles Donald Baker
Jul 21, 2003
Middletown, - Charles Donald Baker, 63, of 12 Sherwood Road Middletown, RI, died Monday, July 21, 2003 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.He was the husband of Beverly Ann Cicerone Baker. Born in Newport, RI on October 26, 1939, he was the son of the late Charles Francis and Mary OBrien Baker.Mr. Baker was the chef at the Newport Hospital...
Olive Ruth Etheline Smith
Jul 20, 2003
Middletown, - Olive Ruth Etheline Hamilton Smith, 88, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, RI, formerly of 6 Madeline Drive, Newport, RI, died Sunday, July 20, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Leonard Dwain Smith. Born in Calcutta, OH on August 24, 1914, she was the daughter of the late William...
Emily Newell Ritchie
Jul 19, 2003
Middletown, - Emily Newell Ritchie, 87, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, formerly of 212 Vernon Avenue Middletown, died Saturday, July 19, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on Mar. 12, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Nellie Titus Ritchie. Miss Ritchie was a life long member of Calvary...
Paul Peter Cekala Jr
Jul 19, 2003
Middletown, - Paul Peter Cekala Jr., 59, of 12 William Drive Middletown, formerly of Cottage Street, Newport, died Saturday, July 19, 2003 at home. Born in Hope Valley, RI on November 18, 1943, he was the son of the late Paul P. Cekala and Virginia Dodd Cekala. Mr. Cekala worked at the James L. Maher Center for twenty-eight years. Paul...
Catherine Mary Ibbotson
Jul 15, 2003
Portsmouth, - Catherine Mary Sewell Ibbotson, 80, of 76 Seaconnet Boulevard Portsmouth, died Tuesday, July 15, 2003 at St. Annes Hospital Fall River, MA.She was the wife of the late William Ibbotson. Born in Fall River, MA on December 23, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Sarah Ashworth Sewell. Mrs. Ibbotson worked as a loom operator...
Roy Henry Sherman Anderson
Jul 14, 2003
Middletown, - Roy Henry Sherman Anderson, 93, of Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, formerly of 33 Kay Boulevard, Newport, died Monday, July 14, 2003 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of the late Margaret Harrower Young Anderson. Born in Newport, RI on September 22, 1909, he was the son of the late Gustave and...
Thomas W. Donnelly
Jul 14, 2003
Newport, - Thomas W. ?Fox? Donnelly, 67, of 8 Stockholm Street Newport, died Monday, July 14, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Joanne Dias Donnelly. Born in Newport, RI on March 8, 1936, he was the son of the late Humphrey J. and Edna Winters Donnelly.Mr. Donnelly worked as a Supervisor at Raytheon for 35 years...
Marguerite Antoinette Bernard
Jul 13, 2003
Newport, - Marguerite Antoinette Gitzhoffer Bernard, 86, of 19 Pennacook Street Newport, died Sunday, July 13, 2003 at home. She was the wife of the late Joseph Bernard. Born in Marbache, France on July 31, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Isidore and Marguerite Marbaque Gitzhoffer. Mrs. Bernard had worked as a chef for various restaurants in Newport,...
Phyllis May Sinclair
Jul 13, 2003
Portsmouth, - Phyllis May Montgomery Sinclair, 73, of 348 West Main Road Portsmouth, died Sunday, July 13, 2003 at St. Elizabeths Manor Bristol, RI. She was the wife of Robert Duncan Sinclair of Portsmouth, RI. Born in Swansea, MA on June 23, 1930, she was the daughter of the late John and Caroline Pierce Montgomery. Mrs. Sinclair was a 1948...
Stephanie Harrington
Jul 12, 2003
Glendale, - Stephanie Baker Harrington, 55, of Glendale, Arizona, formerly of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, died Saturday, July 12, 2003 at St. Josephs Hospital Phoenix, AZ.She was the beloved wife of Willliam Jay Harrington. Born in Beverly, MA on September 14, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Douglas and Edith Barnes Baker. Mrs. Harrington was a graduate of...
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