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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Franklin Joseph O'Neill

Franklin Joseph O'Neill

Sep 24, 2003

Newport, - Franklin Joseph ONeill, 87, of 20 Tilley Avenue Newport, died Wednesday, September 24, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of Constance Monica Troy ONeill. Born in Newport, RI on September 21, 1916, he was the son of the late John T. and Catherine Canole ONeill.Mr. O?Neill served in the Army during World...

Eleanor M. Sullivan

Eleanor M. Sullivan

Sep 23, 2003

Newport, - Eleanor M. ?Sis? Sullivan, 94, of 22 Morgan Street Newport, died Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Richard W. Sullivan. Born in White Plains, NY on March 29, 1909, she was the daughter of the late William A. and Catherine Humes Miller. As a young girl she worked at...

Gertrude L. Sherwood

Gertrude L. Sherwood

Sep 19, 2003

PORTSMOUTH, - Gertrude L. O?Brien Sherwood, 82, of Aquidneck Place, formerly of John Clarke Retirement Center, Valley Road and of 869 Aquidneck Avenue, Middletown, died Friday, September 19, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Ret. Navy Cmdr. Edwin ?Monte? Sherwood, D.D.S. Born in Kansas City, MO on June 2, 1921, she was the daughter...

Brian Henry Venancio

Brian Henry Venancio

Sep 19, 2003

Wilton, CT - Brian Henry Venancio, 52, of 186 Drumhill Road Wilton, CT, formerly of Middletown, RI, died Friday, September 19, 2003, in Dell, MT, in an automobile accident. Born in Newport, RI on November 25, 1950, he was the son of the late Edward C. and Mary Bell Perry Venancio. Mr. Venancio was self-employed in the construction industry for...

Janet Casey Butler

Janet Casey Butler

Sep 18, 2003

Portsmouth, - Janet Casey Butler, 81, of 125 Quaker Hill Lane Portsmouth, formerly of Dedham, MA and Siesta Key, FL, died Thursday, September 18, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Robert H. Butler. Born in Watertown, MA on November 23, 1921, she was the daughter of the late William and Edna...

Priscilla B. Peckham

Priscilla B. Peckham

Sep 17, 2003

Middletown, - Priscilla B. Peckham, 95, of 124 Peckham Avenue, Middletown, died Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on November 18, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Reuben Wallace and Adelaide Maria Greenman Peckham. Born at home in Middletown, she was a 1926 graduate of Rogers High School....

Leverich Hiscox

Leverich Hiscox

Sep 17, 2003

Newport, - Leverich Hiscox, 89, died Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at Village House Newport, RI. He had been a resident of Blenheim Newport for 7 years prior to moving to Village House.He was the devoted husband of the late Elizabeth Anna Smith Hiscox. Born in Westerly, RI on August 12, 1914, he was the only son of the late Robert...

Liberty Mae Ripa

Liberty Mae Ripa

Sep 16, 2003

Portsmouth, - Liberty Mae ?Libby? Mavricken Ripa of 51C Glenn Meade Drive Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, September 16, 2003 at Oradell Health Care Center Oradell, NJ.She was the wife of the late Victor S. Ripa. Born in Chicago, IL on August 10, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Kelly and Jennie Mavricken.Mrs. Ripa was a hairdresser at Louis...

John Manchester

John Manchester

Sep 15, 2003

Newport, - John Manchester, Sr., 58, of 66 Girard Avenue Newport, formerly of 90 Conanicus Road, Narragansett, died Monday, September 15, 2003 at Brigham And Womens Hospital Boston, MA.He was the former husband of Heidi Marie Gerhard Manchester, and Linda Tessman Laudone. Born in Fall River, MA on August 12, 1945, he was the son of the late Charles and...

Charles A. Edenbach Jr

Charles A. Edenbach Jr

Sep 13, 2003

Middletown, RI - Charles A. Edenbach, Jr., of 80 Esplanade Middletown, died Saturday, September 13, 2003 at home. He was the husband of Joan K. Egan Edenbach of Middletown. He was born in Newport, RI on August 11, 1939; he was the son of the late Charles A. and Loretta Sullivan Edenbach. Mr. Edenbach was a funeral director and owner...

Emery Arthur Lewis

Emery Arthur Lewis

Sep 11, 2003

Port St. Lucie, - Emery Arthur Lewis, 78, of Port St. Lucie, FL formerly of Newport, RI, died Thursday, September 11, 2003 at his home in Florida.He was the husband of the late F. Lorraine Donnelly Lewis. A native of Newport, he was born on May 3, 1925, he was the son of the late George Taylor and Susan Spingler...

Charles E. Gillen Jr

Charles E. Gillen Jr

Sep 7, 2003

Wiliamsburg, - Charles E. Gillen, Jr., 79, of 3477 Hunters Ridge Wiliamsburg, VA, formerly of Thurston Avenue, Newport, RI and Rosedale Court, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, September 7, 2003 at Riverside Regional Health Care Center Williamsburg, VA.He was the husband of Eleanor Popple Gillen. Born in Schenectady, NY on May 10, 1924, he was the son of the late C....

Chantee Lewis

Chantee Lewis

Sep 7, 2003

Newport, - Capt. Chantee Lewis, USN, Ret. 77, of 36 Ayrault Street, Newport, died suddenly Sunday, September 7, 2003 at home.He was the husband of Lorna Rutherford Lewis. Born in Sacramento, CA, he was the son of the late Francis and Bess Steere Lewis.A graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy Class of ?48A, Capt. Lewis served 27 years in...

Marjorie Gastler Hicks

Marjorie Gastler Hicks

Sep 6, 2003

Portsmouth, - Marjorie Gastler Hicks, 87, of 125 Quaker Lane, Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, formerly of Durham, CT, where she had lived for 80 years, and Newport, RI, died Saturday, September 6, 2003, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Irving W. Hicks Jr. Born in Durham, CT on February 20, 1916, she was the daughter of...

Francis V. Lauder Ii

Francis V. Lauder Ii

Sep 5, 2003

Portsmouth, - Francis V. Lauder, II, of Black Point Lane Portsmouth, died Friday, September 5, 2003 at home.He was the husband of Catherine Escubar Lauder of Portsmouth. Born in East Orange, NJ, he was the son of the late Alexander William and Loie Zimmerman Lauder. Mr. Lauder served as a Senior Chief in the United States Navy for 21 years,...

Daniel E. Heimann

Daniel E. Heimann

Sep 4, 2003

Middletown, - Daniel E. Heimann, 47, of 252 Oliphant Lane Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, September 2, 2003 at home.He was the fianc of Leslie Younce. Born in Fairfax, VA on May 19, 1956, he was the son of Denise Mermod Heimann of Middletown, RI and the late Jack Heimann.Mr. Heimann was a 1974 graduate of Middletown High School. He started...

Elizabeth Mae Levesque

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

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

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

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...