Obituaries

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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Alice Louise Campbell

Alice Louise Campbell

Jan 22, 2003

Middletown, - Alice Louise Jones Campbell, 90, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, formerly of 131 Third Street, Newport, died Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late James R. Campbell. Born in Freehold, NJ on November 5, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Amanda Shemow...

William Ogden Ross

William Ogden Ross

Jan 19, 2003

NEWPORT, RI, January 19, 2003 -- W. Ogden Ross, a World War II Naval veteran and a civic and community leader for many years in New Haven, Connecticut and Newport, Rhode Island, died yesterday in Newport following a long illness. He was 81.Born in 1921 in New York City, Mr. Ross was the son of Dr. William Neely Ross, a...

John Weaver Stare

John Weaver Stare

Jan 18, 2003

Portsmouth, - John Weaver Stare, 85, of 175 Mass Boulevard Portsmouth, died Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 175 Mass Boulevard Portsmouth, RI.He was the husband of June Ellen Brown Davis Stare and husband of the late Dorothy Poff Stare. Born in York, PA on October 29, 1917, he was the son of the late Claude and Katherine Weaver Stare. Mr....

Annabel Stillman

Annabel Stillman

Jan 17, 2003

Middletown, - Annabel Anne Routh Stillman, 81, of 600 Valley Road Middletown, died Friday, January 17, 2003 at John Clarke Nursing Center Middletown, RI.She was the widow of Dr. James Sydney Stillman and earlier, Cdr. Sherwoode Ayerst Taffinder, Jr., USN. Born in Buffalo, MO on October 25, 1921, she was the daughter of Walter Henry Routh and Lena Thurman Routh....

John Taylor Hennessey

John Taylor Hennessey

Jan 17, 2003

Portsmouth, - John Taylor Hennessey, 63, of 104 Pleasant Street Portsmouth, died Friday, January 17, 2003 at home.He was the husband of Kathleen Dutra Hennessey of Portsmouth. Born in Boston, MA on April 28, 1939, he was the son of the late John J. and Helen Taylor Hennessey. Mr. Hennessey earned his bachelor?s degree in electrical engineering from Tufts University...

Mildred Joyce Glover

Mildred Joyce Glover

Jan 17, 2003

Newport, - Mildred Joyce Lombard Glover, 48, of 3 B Kingston Avenue Newport, died Friday, January 17, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on Jul. 29, 1954, she was the daughter of the late Victor and Elizabeth Pictou Lombard. Ms. Glover attended the Newport Schools. She worked at Heatherwood Health Care Center as a CNA. She...

Richard Henry White

Richard Henry White

Jan 15, 2003

Newport, - Richard Henry White CDR, USN, Ret, 84, of 131 Ruggles Avenue Newport, died Wednesday, January 15, 2003 at home.He was the husband of Pauline Haskell Byrnes White. Born in Revere, MA on April 6, 1918, he was the son of Charles and Vera Sweezey White.Mr. White was a Commander with the United States Navy for 26 years, retiring...

Jo-Ann Elizabeth Avery

Jo-Ann Elizabeth Avery

Jan 15, 2003

Prudence Island, - Jo-Ann ?Josie? Elizabeth Avery, 49, of 16 Browns Lane, Prudence Island, died Wednesday, January 15, 2003 at Miriam Hospital Providence, RI. Born in Belchertown, MA on December 17, 1953, she was the daughter of the late John Winthrop and Mary Rose McKillop Avery.Josie worked in progressively responsible positions in the field of services to people with developmental...

Delfin D. Roque

Delfin D. Roque

Jan 13, 2003

Middletown, - Delfin D. Roque, 81, of 8 Burton Place, Middletown, died Monday, January 13, 2003 at Miriam Hospital Providence, RI.He was the husband of Emeteria Agustin Roque. Born in Nueva Ecija, Philippines, on October 12, 1921, he was the son of the late Estanislao and Emilia Dayao Roque.While living in the Philippines he worked as a salesman for the...

Kim Marie Grimo

Kim Marie Grimo

Jan 13, 2003

Middletown, - Kim Marie Perry Grimo, 36, of 99 Rogers Lane Middletown, died Saturday, January 11, 2003 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. She was the wife of John Peter Grimo. Born in Newport, RI on Aug. 4, 1966, she was the daughter of Manuel Perry of North Providence and Carol Coelho Perry of Portsmouth. Mrs. Grimo was a communicant...

Mary A. Corriera

Mary A. Corriera

Jan 12, 2003

Newport, - Mary A. Corriera, 85, of Heatherwood Health Care Center Newport, formerly of 127 Wolcott Avenue, Middletown, died Sunday, January 12, 2003 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.. She was the wife of the late John P. Corriera Sr. Born in Newport, RI on October 17, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Deulinda...

Sadie Souza

Sadie Souza

Jan 10, 2003

Bowie, - Sadie Gomes Souza, 90, formerly of 1591 West Main Road, Middletown, died Friday, January 10, 2003 at Larkin Chase Nursing Home Bowie, MD. She moved to Bowie, MD in 2001.She was the wife of the late Manuel Souza. Born in Portsmouth, RI on September 21, 1912, she was the daughter of the late James and Mary R. Motts...

James Evans Essery

James Evans Essery

Jan 10, 2003

Portsmouth, - James Evans Essery, 56, of 86 Wapping Road, Portsmouth, died Friday, January 10, 2003 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Donna Mastroianni Essery. Born in Minneapolis, MN on November 28, 1946, he was the son of Max E. Essery of Santa Ana, CA, and the late Myrtle Loken Essery. Mr. Essery worked since 1985 as...

Francisco Tereyle Abong

Francisco Tereyle Abong

Jan 10, 2003

Newport, - Francisco T. Abong, 80, of 254 Maple Ave Newport, died Saturday, January 11, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.He was born in the Philippines on July 29, 1922 the son of the late Sotero and Maria Terruelo Abong.Mr. Abong, known as Frank, was in the United States Navy, retiring after 20 years of service. He...

Bella A. Cordeiro

Bella A. Cordeiro

Jan 9, 2003

Middletown, - Bella A. Alfonso Cordeiro, 90, of the Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, formerly of 2372 East Main Road, Portsmouth, since 1941, died Thursday, January 9, 2003 at 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Manuel Oliveiro Cordeiro. Born in Portsmouth, RI on October 13, 1912, she was the daughter of the late...

Stephen Joseph Belli

Stephen Joseph Belli

Jan 8, 2003

Ft. Drum, - 1LT Stephen Joseph Belli US Army, 32, of Ft Drum, NY, formerly of 8 Wabasso Terrace, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, January 8, 2003 at the National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, MD.He was the husband of Melissa Armella Belli. Born in Newport, RI on December 30, 1970, he was the son of Joseph A. and Mary Cecilia Moitozo...

William Clarke

William Clarke

Jan 8, 2003

Newport, - William Clarke, 83, of Bellevue Avenue Newport, died Wednesday, January 8, 2003 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. Born in Boston, MA on February 20, 1919. A private service was held in the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 301 South County Trail, Exeter.

Gertrude Mercer Altemus

Gertrude Mercer Altemus

Jan 8, 2003

Gertrude M. Altemus, a gardener who used her knowledge of horticulture to return historic gardens to their former state, died Wednesday at her home in Middletown. Known to her friends as ?Gipsey,? Ms. Altemus was the daughter of James Dobson Altemus of Philadelphia, PA, and Rosalie ?Pillot? Altemus of New York and Newport, RI. She is predeceased by her brother...

Barbara Gower Walker

Barbara Gower Walker

Jan 8, 2003

Newport, - Barbara G. MacMillian Walker, 94, of 11 Hillside Avenue Newport, died Thursday, January 8, 2003 at Heatherwood Health Care Center Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Dr. John H. Walker. Born in Kirkentilloch, Scotland on September 17, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Angus and Annie Gower MacMillian.Mrs. Walker was a graduate of Boston...

Margaret Elaine Young

Margaret Elaine Young

Jan 8, 2003

Middletown, - Margaret Elaine Phillips Young, of 203 Purgatory Road Middletown, died Wednesday, January 8, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Robert P. Young. Born in Maywood, NB on December 4, 1926, she was the daughter of the late John and Christine Novacek Phillips.She is survived by her son Robert C. Young of Middletown,...