Memorial Funeral Homes Obituaries

Mar 28, 2001

Portsmouth, RI - Clifton Morrel, 73, of 29 Linda Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, March 28, 2001 at Veterans Administration Hospital, Providence, RI.He was the husband of Charlotte Gagnon Morrel. Born in Fall River, MA on March 18, 1928, he was the son of the late John and Esther Covel Morrel.Mr. Morrel had worked as a meat cutter for New...

Jan 1, 2001

Portsmouth, RI - Margaret P McDonald, 87, died Sunday, January 9, 2011 at St. Annes Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late Thomas G McDonald.Born in Fall River, MA on Feb. 15, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Margaret Quinn Murphy.Mrs. McDonald loved playing cards, especially the game pitch, and was an...

Jan 1, 2001

Middletown, RI - Robert MacLean Biggy Bigliety, 58, of Bloom Court, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at home. He will be sadly missed by his family and many, many good friends.He was the husband of the late Deborah C. LeMay Bigliety of Los Angeles, CA and the former husband of Bridgette Bestoso Garcia of Satellite Beach, FL.Born...

Jan 1, 2001

Catherine M. Purcell, 93, of 10 Sherwood Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Warren R. Purcell.Born in Holyoke, MA on February 22, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Frank W. and Mary McCarthy Higgins.Mrs. Purcell was a graduate of Simmons College, a member of...

Jan 1, 2001

Portsmouth, RI - Mary T. Carriero Mendonca, 93, and George A. Mendonca 101, of Coreys Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011 and Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Mrs. Mendonca was born in Portsmouth, RI on August 21, 1917, and was the daughter of the late Jose and Mary Pimental Carreiro, one of five children....

Aug 7, 2000

Antone J. SilviaMiddletown, - Antone J. Tony Silvia, 57, of 170 Honeyman Avenue, Middletown, died Monday August 7, 2000 at South County Hospital Wakefield, RI. He was the husband of Janice Ann Breen Silvia.Born in Fall River, MA on November 22, 1942, he was the son of the late Antone M. Silvia and the Late S. Connie Barboza Silvia.Mr. Silvia...

Jun 19, 1998

Louis Joseph Durand Jr., 43, of Middletown, died June 19 1998 at Newport Hospital. He was the son of Zulmira Almedia Durand and the late Louis Joseph Durand.Mr. Durand Jr. was in the United States Navy during the Vietnam Era from 1974 to June of 1975. He worked for the U.S. Postal Service from 1976 to 1977 in Providence and...

Sep 1, 1996

Jeffrey Gordon Sweeney, 44, of Newport, RI, passed away on September 1, 1996, in Newport Hospital.Born on June 21, 1952 in Newport, RI, he was the son of Gordon J. and Ellen (Quigley) Sweeney.Jeff was a lifelong resident of Newport, a member of the Newport Elks and St. Marys Church. He worked for various Hotels in Newport and Florida. Jeff...

Aug 14, 1995

Portsmouth, RI - Christopher Jay Simmons, 38, of 63 Black Point Lane, Portsmouth, died at home on August 14, 1995. Born in Burbank, CA on May 11, 1957, he was the son of Constance L. DeCotis Simmons of Portsmouth, RI and the late Christopher J. Simmons, III. Jay was a graduate of Rogers High School. He worked for Nunes Motor...

Jun 1, 1940

Roberta Lee Gooch, age 79, of Middletown died on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 after a long battle with Parkinsons Disease, at Blenheim Newport Assisted Living.Roberta was born June 1, 1940 in Decatur, IL. She is the daughter of the late Ernest Bernard Davies and Jennie Afton (Clark) Davies. She married Robert Hynson Gooch, PhD on March 25, 1967. She was...

Don Palen, Captain USN (Ret), died on December 31st, 2020 at his home in Middletown, RI. He was 82 years old. Born in Greenwich Connecticut to Cora and Clyde Palen, Don grew up in Cos Cob and was a graduate of Greenwich High School. He attended Union College for one year before enlisting in the Navy. After three years in...

John K. Perry, 86, of Portsmouth, RI, died on May 2, 2020, at the Grand Islander Nursing Home. He was the husband of Sonya C. (Susi) Perry for 69 years. Born in New York City, NY, he was the son of the late Mary (Motherway) Perry. Mary Ellen Perry, 59, of Newport, RI, died on July 22, 2020, at Newport...

Merry Ann Preston (nee Johnson), 74 years old, of Newport, passed away on December 8, 2023. Merry lived as she died, a fiercely loving and independent soul careful not to burden anyone and always looking out for others. Predeceased by her beloved parents Jane C, Johnson and Woodrow D. Johnson. She leaves behind her dear sister Janey S. Wallace (Robert),...