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Elizabeth Mae Levesque
Sep 2, 2003
Appleton, - Elizabeth Mae Levesque, 56, of Burkettville Road Appleton, ME, died Tuesday, September 2, 2003 at home. Born in Fall River, MA on March 15, 1947, she was the daughter of May Y. Dudley Levesque of Portsmouth, RI and the late George Levesque. Ms. Levesque was a paralegal and also an LPN. She had been working for the State...
Harrison J. Murdock
Aug 31, 2003
Harrison J. ?Harry? Murdock, 89, of 36 Caswell Avenue, Newport, died Sunday, August 31, 2003, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Josephine Trifero Murdock for 61 years. Born in Newport, RI on April 3, 1914, he was the son of the late William Stuckey and Ella McNeil Murdock. Mr. Murdock had worked for the US Postal Service...
Dorothy Clark Chaplin
Aug 31, 2003
Newport, - Dorothy Clark Harlow Chaplin, 78, of 1201 Capella South Goat Island Newport, died Sunday, August 31, 2003 at home.She was the wife of Rev. George Manton Chaplin. Born in Lowell, MA on December 31, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Harold Clark and Mildred E. Carpenter Harlow. Mrs.Chaplin moved to the Newport area in 1927 and...
John Melvin Mcneill
Aug 31, 2003
Portsmouth, - John M. McNeill, 70, of 2121 West Main Road, Apt. #305, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Calfornia and Stamford, CT, died Sunday, August 31, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI due to complications from lung and heart disease. Born in Birmingham, MI, on June 18, 1933, he was the son of the late Thomas and Helen Melvin McNeill.Mr. McNeill...
Joseph Francis Escobar
Aug 31, 2003
Middletown, - Joseph Francis Escobar, 74, of 424 Third Beach Road Middletown, died Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 115A Niagra Street Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the former Olive Moniz Escobar of Newport. Born in Middletown, RI on December 28, 1928, he was the son of Philomena F. Vierra Escobar of Middletown, and the late John R. Escobar.Mr....
Josephine Sondra Farias
Aug 29, 2003
Portsmouth, - Josephine Sondra Moniz Farias, 68, of 2014 East Main Road Portsmouth, died Friday, August 29, 2003 at home after multiple complications due to Multiple Sclerosis.. She was the wife of Joseph George Farias of Portsmouth. Born in Fall River, MA on October 29, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Alice Proc Moniz. Mrs. Farias...
George Noel Maynard Sr
Aug 25, 2003
Portsmouth, - George Noel Maynard SR., 63, of 36 Heritage Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, August 25, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Diane Fitzler Maynard. Born in New Bedford, MA on September 19, 1939, he was the son of the late George Noel and Marguerite Marie Campbell Maynard.Mr. Maynard worked as a mechanical engineer for...
Veronica Ray
Aug 25, 2003
Newport, - Veronica ?Ronnie? Anderson Ray, 62, of 5 Russell Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, August 25, 2003 at Roger Williams Medical Center Providence, RI.She was the wife of George E. Ray Jr. Born in Fall River, MA on July 11, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Edward A. and Margaret P. Riley Anderson.Mrs. Ray graduated from Saint...
Mary Margaret Venancio
Aug 24, 2003
Middletown, - Mary Margaret Silvia Venancio, 96, formerly of 32 Hoppin Road, Newport, RI, died Sunday, August 24, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Francis George Venancio. Born in Middletown, RI on November 27, 1906, she was the daughter of the late John B. and Mary Deniz Silveira Silvia. Mrs. Venancio...
William Arthur Walton
Aug 23, 2003
Newport, - William Arthur Walton, 90, of 14 Vernon Avenue, Newport, died Saturday, August 23, 2003 at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Catherine Hodgson Kelly-Walton and the late Constance Sellers Walton. Born in Westerly, RI on Dec. 4, 1912, he was the son of the late Frederick and Selina Culley Walton. Mr. Walton...
Richard Alder Shovelton
Aug 21, 2003
Portsmouth, - Richard A. Shovelton, 71, of 29 Baker Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, August 21, 2003 at home.He leaves his wife of 52 years Leonora June Nascimento Shovelton of Portsmouth. Born in Fall River, MA on October 29, 1931, he was the son of the late Wilfred and Emily Alder Shovelton. Mr. Shovelton served in the Army during the...
Thomas Stoupis
Aug 21, 2003
Portsmouth, - Thomas Stoupis, 73, of 59 Roger Williams Court, Portsmouth, RI and of Naples, FL, died Thursday, August 21, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Eva Andreopolis Stoupis. Born in Albania on October 4, 1929, he came to the United States in 1935. He was the son of Athena Lollis Stoupis of Middletown, RI and...
Paul Clayton Fuller
Aug 21, 2003
Portsmouth, - Paul Clayton Fuller, 82, of 2368 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of North Carolina and Dartmouth, MA, died Thursday, August 21, 2003 at the Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown, RI.He was the husband of Anna Nina Pizar Fuller. Born in Peabody, MA on August 13, 1921, he was the son of the late Paul R....
William Martin Haney
Aug 21, 2003
William Martin Haney, Jr., 72Beloved husband, father and dedicated teacherCENTERVILLE, MA - William Martin Haney, Jr., formerly of Portsmouth and Newport Rhode Island, died Thursday at Beth Israel Hospital after a brief illness.Mr. Haney was born in Riverside, Rhode Island and educated at LaSalle Academy, Providence College and Brown University where he developed a lifelong passion for learning and teaching....
Dorothy Rachel Medeiros
Aug 16, 2003
Fall River, - Dorothy ?Rachel? Medeiros, 65, of 27F Rolling Green Fall River, MA, died Saturday, August 16, 2003 at Charlton Memorial Hospital Fall River, MA.She was the wife of Ronald Medeiros. Born in Newport, RI on November 24, 1937, she was the daughter of Dorothy Devlin Toppa of Middletown, RI and the late Nicholas Toppa.Mrs. Medeiros belonged to the...
Emily Gilman Nicholson
Aug 15, 2003
Bristol, - Emily Gilman Fuller Nicholson, 76, of 15 Low Lane Bristol, and a summer resident of Bear Island, died Friday, August 15, 2003 at home, after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late William Sayles Nicholson. Born in Providence, RI on July 6, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Rufus and Alice Anthony Fuller....
Herbert G. Brownell Jr
Aug 15, 2003
Middletown, - Herbert G. Brownell Jr., 78, of 25 Phillips Avenue Middletown, died Friday, August 15, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He was the husband of Josephine B.Szelag Brownell. Born in Newport, Rhode Island on May 25, 1925, he was the son of the late Herbert G. and Cora Lake Brownell.Mr. Brownell worked for the Naval War College for...
Richard C. Champlin
Aug 14, 2003
Jamestown, - Richard C. Champlin, 77, of 15 Priscilla Road Jamestown, RI, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, August 14, 2003. Born in Newport, RI on June 8, 1926, he was the son of Lawrence and Ena Eddy Champlin. Mr. Champlin was graduated from Mt. Herman Prep School and from Middlebury College. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to...
Penelope A. Bryan
Aug 13, 2003
Portsmouth, - Penelope A. Chase Bryan, 93, of Glen Road Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, August 13, 2003 at John Clarke Nursing Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Alfred J. Bryan. Born in Newport, RI on April 17, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Herbert Manton and Sarah Priscella Bryant Chase.Except for her recent stay at...
Jane Althea Holdsworth
Aug 9, 2003
Newport, - Jane Althea Holdsworth, 56, of 39 Washington Street Newport, died Saturday, August 9, 2003 at home.She was the wife of the late Frank L. McGuire. Born in Providence, RI on August 19, 1946, she was the daughter of Arthur Holdsworth and Joyce Wright Holdsworth both of Caribou, ME.Ms. Holdsworth graduated from Caribou High School in Caribou, ME in...
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