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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...
Elizabeth Pawloski
Jul 11, 2003
Newport, - Elizabeth ?Brownie? Pawloski, 86, of 19 Chapel Street Newport, died Friday, July 11, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Beaumont, CA on December 12, 1916, she was the daughter of the late William and Nina VanValkenburgh VanAlstine.Brownie attended Evangelical Friends Church in Middletown. She is survived by her dear friend James Budlong of Newport, RI.Her funeral...
Jean Marie Stafford
Jul 11, 2003
Portsmouth, - Jean Marie Marshall Stafford, 79, of 538 Park Avenue Portsmouth, died Friday, July 11, 2003, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of Richard Lucius Stafford II. Born in Fall River, MA on July 15, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Margaret Marshall. Mrs. Stafford had worked as a licensed practical nurse at...
Ann Elizabeth Masse
Jul 8, 2003
Portsmouth, - Ann Elizabeth Laderer Masse, 47, of 102 Carriage Drive Portsmouth, formerly of Green End Avenue, Middletown, died Tuesday, July 8, 2003 at Roger Williams Medical Center Providence, RI.She was the wife of Paul Alvin Masse. Born in Newport, RI on September 7, 1955, she was the daughter of the late George C. and Ruth C. Vollmert Laderer. Mrs....
Virginia Mcgonigle Smith
Jul 8, 2003
Bristol, - Virginia McGonigle Smith, 86, of Rhode Island Veterans Home Bristol, formerly of Dodge Street, Warwick, died Tuesday, July 8, 2003 at RI Veterans Home Bristol, RI.She was the wife of the late Leroy Smith. Born in Pawtucket, RI on July 5, 1917, she was the daughter of the late William and Evelina Massey McGonigle, and the Stepdaughter of...
Marshall Conant
Jul 7, 2003
Newport, - Marshall Conant, 85, of Harrison Avenue Newport, died Monday, July 7, 2003 at Village House Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Rose Souza Conant. Born in Washington, ME on March 22, 1918, he was the son of the late Clarence and Myrtle Peabody Conant. Mr. Conant was in the Army during World War II, serving at...
William Asher Pritchard Sr
Jul 6, 2003
Bristol, - William Asher Pritchard, Sr., 81, of E-5 Bristol Woods Drive Bristol, formerly of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, died Sunday, July 6, 2003 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.He was the husband of Pauline Hattauer Pritchard. Born in East Orange, NJ on February 21, 1922, he was the son of the late Gerald A. and Magda Schleuter Pritchard. Mr. Pritchard...
Irene B. Desouza
Jul 6, 2003
Little Compton, - Irene B. DeMello DeSouza, 66, of 50 Swamp Road Little Compton, died Sunday, July 6, 2003 at St. Annes Hospital Fall River, MA.She was the wife of Antone DeSouza Jr. of Little Compton. Born in Little Compton, RI on June 25, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Mary Carvalho DeMello.Mrs. DeSouza was president...
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