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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Arthur E. Gonsalves

Arthur E. Gonsalves

Aug 10, 2002

- Arthur E. Gonsalves, 70, of 598 Stafford Road Tiverton, formerly of Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, August 10, 2002 at St. Annes Hospital Fall River, MA.He was the husband of Joanne Cavaca Gonsalves. Born in Portsmouth, RI on November 26, 1931, he was the son of the late Arthur Rose Gonsalves and the late Mary Oliveira Gonsalves. Mr. Gonsalves most...

Everett T. Silvia

Everett T. Silvia

Aug 9, 2002

Everett T. Silvia, 77, of 658 Middle Road, Portsmouth, died Friday, August 9, 2002 at the Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.He was the husband of Frances Virgadamo Silvia. Born in East Taunton, MA, on January 19, 1925, he was the son of the late Antone and Mary Travers Silvia. Mr. Silvia had worked as a cabler with Kaiser...

Charles Phillip Chavis Jr

Charles Phillip Chavis Jr

Aug 7, 2002

Charles Phillip Chavis Jr., infant son of Charles Phillip Chavis and Stacy G. Bruno, both of Middletown, died Wednesday, August 7, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Besides his parents he is survived by his paternal grandmother Lillian Poplin of, MD, his maternal grandmother Nancy Ennis of Portsmouth, RI, and two sisters Olivia Bruno and Mia Bruno both of Middletown,...

Roger Vincent Grinnell Sr

Roger Vincent Grinnell Sr

Aug 3, 2002

- Roger Vincent Grinnell Sr., 79, of Forest Avenue Middletown,formerly of Rockland Leisure Woods Rockland, MA, died Saturday, August 3, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Lillian Kidd Grinnell and the late Anne R. Neil Grinnell. Born in Needham, MA on July 12, 1923, he was the son of Willis H. and Lila Norcross...

Mary Barboza

Mary Barboza

Aug 1, 2002

- Mary DeMattos Barboza, 99, of 70 Harrison Ave., Newport, formerly of 64 Maple Avenue, Middletown, died Thursday, August 1, 2002 at Village House Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Manuel Jacintho Barboza. Born in Fall River, MA on April 7, 1903, she was the daughter of the late Antone and Theresa SousaDeMattos.Mrs. Barboza worked in the Women...

Manuel Richard Ferreira

Manuel Richard Ferreira

Jul 30, 2002

- Manuel Richard Ferreira, 91, of 72 Newport Ave., Middletown, died Tuesday, July 30, 2002 at John Clarke Nursing Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of the late Mary Almeida Ferreira. Born in Fall River, MA on December 30, 1910, he was the son of the late Manuel and Rita Souza Ferreira. Mr. Ferreira was a Police Officer with the...

Abel Joseph Mendonsa

Abel Joseph Mendonsa

Jul 29, 2002

- Abel Joseph Mendonsa, 78, of 100 Jasmine St. Lake Placid, Florida formerly of West Narragansett Avenue, Newport, died Monday, July 29, 2002 in Orlando, FL. Born in Newport, RI on July 26, 1924, he was the son of the late Arsenio and Maria Sa Mendonsa. Mr. Mendonsa was an aircraft electronics technician for over 20 years for the US...

Willard Elliot Johnson

Willard Elliot Johnson

Jul 29, 2002

Willard Elliot Johnson, 74, of 87 Colonel Christopher Greene Road, Portsmouth, died Monday, July 29, 2002 at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Natalie Johnson. Born in Worcester, MA, on February 21, 1928, he was the son of the late Edwin P. and the late Elsie M. Moberg Johnson. Mr. Johnson had worked as an executive in...

Jean Inglis Braman

Jean Inglis Braman

Jul 29, 2002

- Jean Inglis Bull Braman, 96, of 437 Paradise Avenue Middletown, died Monday, July 29, 2002 at home.She was the wife of the late Roger P. Braman of the former Packer Braman Insurance Co. Born in Springfield, MA on April 5, 1906, she was the daughter of the late Harcourt Wesson Bull and Edith Brooks Bull, granddaughter of the late...

Julia May Kane

Julia May Kane

Jul 28, 2002

Julia May Ratzsch Kane, 74, of 191 Forest Avenue Middletown, formerly of Brooklyn, NY, died Sunday, July 28, 2002 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI. Born in Brooklyn, NY on April 16, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Fred Ratzsch and the late Edna Walling Ratzsch. Mrs. Kane was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She...

Deborah Watterson

Deborah Watterson

Jul 28, 2002

Deborah A. Watterson, 48, of 21 Keeher Avenue Newport, formerly of Smithfield, RI, died Sunday, July 28, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Providence, RI on October 4, 1953, she was the daughter of Agnes M. Santos Brosseau of Smithfield, RI and the late Robert A. Brosseau. Deborah graduated from Providence College in 1975, she later earned her...

Samuel Middleton Cottrell Barker

Samuel Middleton Cottrell Barker

Jul 27, 2002

Samuel Middleton Cottrell Barker, 81, died at his home on July 27, 2002 in Newport, Rhode Island.He was born in Newport on January 1, 1921 to Ralph R. and Harriet Cottrell Barker and was the grandson of Robert C. Cottrell, Former Mayor of Newport in 1905. He was a 10th generation descendant of Nicholas Easton, a founder of Newport in...

Allen Stephen Lokey

Allen Stephen Lokey

Jul 27, 2002

Allen Stephen Lokey, MSCM, USN, ret., age 60 of 5 Namquid Drive, Middletown, RI, died Saturday July 27, 2002 in the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Tazuko Osawa Lokey.Born July 24, 1942 in Mobile, AL, he was the son of the late Allen Zane and the late Mary E. Zane.A Vietnam veteran, Mr. Lokey served in...

Patricia Davis

Patricia Davis

Jul 27, 2002

Patricia King Davis of 9 Sherwood Road, Middletown died Saturday, July 27, 2002, at home. She was the wife of Herbert E. Davis. They were married for thirty years. Born in Fall River, MA on May 27, 1937 she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Adelene Flynn King of Bristol, RI.She was a Graduate of St. Marys Bayview...

Peter R. Marblo Sr

Peter R. Marblo Sr

Jul 26, 2002

Peter R. Marblo Sr., 81, of 20 Indian Avenue Portsmouth, died Friday, July 26, 2002 at home.He was the husband of the late Emily Virginia Hilgreen Marblo. Born in Brooklyn, NY on March 6, 1921, he was the son of the late Peter and Alberta Mielenhausen Marblo.Mr. Marblo had worked as a bartender for Juniors Restaurant of Brooklyn, NY, for...

Louise Frances Ryan

Louise Frances Ryan

Jul 24, 2002

- Louise F. Hartough Ryan, 83, of 51 Middle Road Portsmouth, formerly of 575 Tuckerman Avenue, Middletown, died Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at St. Clare Home Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late John J. Ryan. Born in Philadelphia, PA on August 31, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Frank J. and Louise Kennedy Hartough.Mrs. Ryan worked...

Donald Leroy Trask

Donald Leroy Trask

Jul 23, 2002

Donald Leroy Trask, 69, of 163 Park Holm Newport, died Tuesday, July 23, 2002 at home. Born in Medford, OR on January 23, 1933, he was the son of the late George and Alice Johnson Trask. Mr. Trask worked as a log cutter in California and Oregon. He is survived by his son Bud Trask of Anchorage, Alaska, and two...

Julia Gianiotis

Julia Gianiotis

Jul 22, 2002

Julia Koutrakos Gianiotis, 88, of 21 Calvert Street Newport, formerly of Danielson, CT, died Monday, July 22, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Kostas ??Gus?? P. Gianiotis. Born in Lowell, MA on March 7, 1914, she was the daughter of the late William and Kyriaki Stathakos Koutrakos. Mrs. Gianiotis was an active member...

Manuel A. Souto

Manuel A. Souto

Jul 17, 2002

Manuel A. Souto, 65, of 1036 Wapping Road Middletown, died Wednesday, July 17, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Fayal, Azores, on January 17, 1937, he was the son of the late Sergio and Adeline Garcia Souto. Mr. Souto worked as a laborer for various contractors. He worked at Salve Regina University in the landscaping department. Mr. Souto...

James Ai Goodheart

James Ai Goodheart

Jul 17, 2002

- James Ai Goodheart, 71, of 218 Riverside Street, Portsmouth, died Wednesday, July 17, 2002 at the Miriam Hospital Providence, RI.He was the husband of Anna Grey Goodheart.Born in Exeter, NY, on April 16, 1931, he was the son of the late James Edward and Alice Trudeau Goodheart. Mr. Goodheart was a Veteran of the United States Navy serving during...

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