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Georgette Heywood
Jul 5, 2003
Portsmouth,- Georgette Blais Heywood, 82, of 468 Water Street Portsmouth, died Saturday, July 5, 2003 at Charlton Memorial Hospital Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late Milton J. Heywood. Born in Fall River, MA on March 26, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Omar and Eva Michaud Blais. Mrs. Heywood was a member of Saint...
Manuel Viveiros Jr
Jul 2, 2003
Portsmouth, - Manuel Viveiros, Jr., 64, of 50 Robin Road Portsmouth, died Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI.He was the husband of Shirley A McCabe Viveiros. He was born in Portsmouth, RI on January 14, 1939, he is the son of Lillian Morris Viveiros of Middletown and the late Manuel Viveiros. Mr. Viveiros had worked...
John Richmond Fales Jr
Jul 2, 2003
Portsmouth, - John ?Dick? Fales, Jr., 56, of 1250 Anthony Road Portsmouth, formerly of Colonial Avenue, Tiverton, and Bristol, RI, died unexpectedly Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at St. Annes Hospital Fall River, MA.He was the husband of Deborah S. Swallow Fales of Portsmouth. Born in Providence, RI on March 27, 1947, he was the son of Barbara Bolster Fales of...
Beatrice Brown
Jul 1, 2003
Portsmouth, - Beatrice Bolduc Brown, 85, of 96 Birchwood Drive Portsmouth, formerly of Tiverton, Rhode Island, died Tuesday, July 1, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of Norman F. Brown of Portsmouth. Born in Fall River, MA on June 1, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Leander and Loretta Lane Bolduc. Mrs. Brown was an...
Judith Ann Doyle
Jun 30, 2003
Middletown, - Judith Ann Armstrong Doyle, 58, of 27 Indian Hill Circle Middletown, died Monday, June 30, 2003 at home.She was the wife of Hugh J. Doyle of Middletown. Born in Landsdown, PA on December 12, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Ervin J. and Hazel D. Paxton Armstrong. Mrs. Doyle was an elementary school teacher in Darby,...
Lucille Melissa Burns
Jun 30, 2003
Middletown, - Lucille Melissa Burns, 76, of 10 Rogers Lane, Middletown, formerly of 5401 East Bay Village Middletown, and 58 LeRoy Drive, Riverside, died Monday, June 30, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Robert E. Burns Jr. Born in Charleston, South Carolina on May 6, 1927, she was the daughter of the late...
Olivia F. Rodrigues
Jun 27, 2003
Portsmouth, - Olivia F. Travers Rodrigues, 83, of 2368 East Main Road Portsmouth, died Friday, June 27, 2003 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Joseph S. Rodrigues. Born in Portsmouth, RI on September 4, 1919, she was the daughter of the late August and Mary Barboza Travers. Mrs. Rodrigues worked at the...
Gilbert M. Brownell Sr
Jun 27, 2003
Middletown, - Gilbert M. ?Gil? Brownell Sr., 86, of 10 King Road Middletown, died Friday, June 27, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Frances L. Halfpenny Brownell. Born in Portsmouth, RI on December 26, 1916, he was the son of the late Adolphus and Mary Souza Brownell. Mr. Brownell worked as a self employed...
Barbara C. Silvia
Jun 26, 2003
Tiverton, - Barbara C. Blackwell Silvia, 81, of Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, formerly of 40 Alicia Circle Tiverton, and of 412 Jepson Lane Portsmouth, Rhode Island, died Thursday, June 26, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of Henry D. Silvia Jr. of Tiverton. Born in Taunton, MA on July 2, 1921, she was the daughter...
Teckla Barbara Reise
Jun 22, 2003
Portsmouth, - Teckla Barbara Gutter Reise, 82, of 17 Thurston Avenue, Portsmouth, died Sunday, June 22, 2003 at home.She was the wife of the late Alfred J. Reise. Born in Fall River, MA on July 10, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anastasia Gutter. Mrs. Reise had worked as a seamstress for 30 years at R.K....
Gladys Estelle Martin
Jun 21, 2003
Middletown, - Gladys Estelle Martin, 97, of 193 Forest Avenue Middletown, formerly of 3D Pond Avenue, Newport, RI, died Saturday, June 21, 2003 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late John Joseph Martin. Born in Newport, RI on May 31, 1906, she was the daughter of the late Zachariah and Estelle Bliven...
Roger Arthur Fortin
Jun 19, 2003
Portsmouth, - Roger Arthur Fortin, 78, of 51 Middle Road Portsmouth, died Thursday, June 19, 2003 at Forest Farm.. He was the husband of Madeline D. Furlong Fortin. Born in Pawtucket, RI on March 28, 1925, he was the son of the late Aldemar and Cecile Fortin. Mr. Fortin was a highly skilled toolmaker. He was employed by Peerless Precision...
Gloria Diane Warren
Jun 19, 2003
Middletown, - Gloria Diane Adams Warren, 71, of Forest Farm Assisted Living Facility, 201 Forest Avenue, Middletown, formerly of Earl Avenue, Newport, died Thursday, June 19, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Samuel Atkinson Warren II. Born in Newark, NJ on September 14, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Walter Bae and...
Robert J. Hiebner
Jun 18, 2003
Middletown, - Robert J. Hiebner Sr., 94, of 600 Valley Road, Middletown, formerly of 303 Valley Road, Blenhiem, Middletown, and 208 West Indiana Street, Wheaton, Illinois, died Wednesday, June 18, 2003 at John Clarke Nursing Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of the late Wilhelmina Mina Schuetz Hiebner. Born in Glencoe, IL on January 22, 1909, he was the son...
Ellen M. Suggs
Jun 17, 2003
Middletown, - Ellen M. Campbell Suggs, 84, of 1011 Wapping Road Middletown, died Tuesday, June 17, 2003 at home.She was the wife of the late Oscar Suggs. Born in Newport, RI on January 13, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Mae Beckett Campbell. Mrs. Suggs worked as an assembler for General Electric Co. for nine years...
Patrick Mark Barrow
Jun 14, 2003
Meriden, CT - Patrick Mark Barrow, 38, of 68 Westwood Knoll Meriden, formerly of Middletown, RI, died Saturday, June 14, 2003, unexpectedly at Bay State Medical Center in Springfield, MA. Born in Quantico, VA on June 19, 1964, he was the son of Paul E. Barrow and the late Ilene Sterling Barrow. Patrick graduated from Middletown High School in 1988,...
Shirley M. Javelle
Jun 13, 2003
Portsmouth, - Shirley M. Martland Javelle, 88, of 844 Union Street, Portsmouth, died Friday, June 13, 2003, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Louis E. Javelle. Born in Newport, RI on October 5, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Wallace C. and Rose Schneider Martland. Mrs. Javelle had worked as an assembler...
Lorraine W. Temple
Jun 13, 2003
Middletown, - Lorraine Wood Temple, 88, of Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, formerly of 701 Hope Street, Bristol, RI and Blanchard Road, Cumberland Center, ME, died Friday, June 13, 2003 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late George H. Temple Sr.. Born in Leominster, MA on October 5, 1914, she was the...
Alyson Jean Convery
Jun 13, 2003
Portsmouth, - Alyson Jean ?A.J.? Convery, infant daughter of Jason and Angela Cobb Convery of 33 Porters Lane, Portsmouth, was stillborn Friday, June 13, 2003 at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. In addition to her parents, Alyson is survived by her maternal grandparents Hugh and Cheryl Cobb of Bristol, TN, two sets of paternal grandparents, Raymond and Donna Convery of...
David Hurst
Jun 12, 2003
Rev. Dom David Hurst, O.S.B. Fr. David Hurst of Portsmouth Abbey died early on the morning of June 12, 2003, after a fall in his room in the monastery, at the age of 86. He had suffered from heart disease for many years, but remained intellectually acute?and passionately devoted to the Boston Red Sox?until the end. Henry David Hurst was...
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