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Thomas P. Gannon
Jan 7, 2003
Portsmouth, - Thomas Gannon, of Portsmouth, died Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at home. Born in Fall River, MA on August 14, 1944, he was the son of the late Daniel E. and Grace Boardman Gannon.Tom was a journalist and freelance writer whose articles appeared in the New York Times, The Boston Globe, and Time Magazine. He was author of Newport...
Louis Q. Hanson
Jan 7, 2003
Portsmouth, - Louis Q. ?Peanuts? Hanson, 84, of 31 North Drive Portsmouth, died Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at home.He was the husband of the late Helen Maxwell Hanson. Born in Denver, CO on August 1, 1918, he was the son of the late Fred and Annie Olson Hanson. Mr. Hanson was a Mechanic with the public works department on the...
Kathryn Elizabeth Kingsbury
Jan 6, 2003
Portsmouth, - Kathryn E. Hagar Rich Kingsbury, 89, of 41 Silvania Road Portsmouth, died Monday, January 6, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Charles Stanley Rich and the late David Jackson Kingsbury. Born in Boston, MA on November 16, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Albert O. and Elsie...
John B. Oakley
Jan 6, 2003
Casselberry, FL - John B. ?Red? Oakley, Ret. Deputy Chief of the Newport Fire Department, 82 of 1079 Laura Street Casselberry, Florida, formerly of 123 Carroll Avenue, Newport, died January 6, 2003 at his residence in Casselberry, Florida.He was the husband of the late Eleanor F. Peirson Oakley. Born in Newport, RI on March 23, 1920, he was the son...
Marguerite Elizabeth Caldwell
Jan 5, 2003
Newport, - Marguerite Elizabeth Caldwell, 94, of 76 Broadway Newport, died Sunday, January 5, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John S. Caldwell. Born in Newport, RI on Feb. 7, 1908, she was the daughter of Theodore Addison and Bessie Mae Jamison Addison. She is survived by two daughters Jacqueline Martins of Middletown,...
Donald E. Beverly
Jan 5, 2003
Portsmouth, - Donald E. Beverly, 63, of 13 Second Street Portsmouth, died Sunday, January 5, 2003 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.He was the husband of Nancy Riley Beverly. Born in Davy, West Virginia on October 23, 1939, he was the son of Blanch Bowman Beverly of Newberry, FL and the late Cap Beverly.Mr. Beverly was a retired United States...
Alberta C. Kazanjian
Jan 5, 2003
Portsmouth, - Alberta Copelane Kazanjian, 93, of 125 Quaker Hill Lane Portsmouth, formerly of 20 Indian Avenue, Portsmouth, her residence for many years, died Sunday, January 5, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late John J. Kazanjian. Born in Saylesville, RI on November 30, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Albert L and...
Frank Anthony Soares
Jan 4, 2003
Middletown, - Frank A. Soares, 88, of Village House Nursing Home, Newport formerly of Forest Farm Nursing Home, Middletown and Sunny Acres, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, January 4, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI, Born in Portsmouth, RI on Dec. 11, 1914, he was the son of the late Antone Soares and Rita Garcia Soares. Mr. Soares had been employed...
Beatrice Frances Cookinham
Jan 4, 2003
Middletown, - Beatrice Frances Cookinham, 81, of 59 Rogers Lane Middletown, died Saturday, January 4, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Cranston, RI on July 3, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Deloria Carigan.Mrs. Cookinham worked as a sales clerk for the Navy Exchange. She was a former member of the Portsmouth Grange, a former member...
Edna Sherman
Jan 4, 2003
Middletown, - Edna R. Holt Sherman, 93, of 121 Maple Avenue Middletown, died Saturday, January 4, 2003 at Oak Hill Nursing Home Pawtucket, RI.She was the wife of the late Alton Parker Sherman Jr. Born in Newport, RI on August 11, 1909, she was the daughter of the late William Henry and Susan B. Clarke Holt.Mrs. Sherman was a member...
Dorothy Jean Brown
Jan 4, 2003
Portsmouth, - Dorothy Jean Vieira Brown, 69, of 160 Belmont Drive Portsmouth, died Saturday, January 4, 2003 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.She was the wife of Roger Jerome Brown CWO, USN, Ret. Born in Newport, RI on February 23, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Marion and Aldina DeCosta Vieira. Mrs. Brown was a graduate of Rogers...
Alice L. Beaupre
Jan 2, 2003
Portsmouth, - Alice L. Trudeau Beaupre, 85, of 105 Sea Meadow Drive Portsmouth, formerly of Nashua, New Hampshire, died Thursday, January 2, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of Edward A. Beaupre the former President of Transcom Electronics. Born in Nashua, NH on May 19, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Henry Theodore and Agnes...
Joseph E. Faria
Jan 2, 2003
Portsmouth, - Joseph E. Faria, 86, of 162 East Main Road Portsmouth, died Thursday, January 2, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of Kathleen Weed Faria. Born in Middletown, RI on October 12, 1916, he was the son of the late Antone and Frances Moitoza Faria. He had lived on Aquidneck Island for all...
Gerald Emile Destremps
Jan 1, 2003
Tiverton, - Gerald Emile Destremps, 62, of 18 Colonial Avenue Tiverton, died Wednesday, January 1, 2003 at Diselets Nursing Home, Warren, RI.He was the husband of Maria T. Wuest Destremps. Born in Fall River, MA on June 30, 1940, he was the son of the late Leo E. and Emma Ouelette Destremps.Mr. Destremps served in the United States Army during...
Teresa Lorraine Viveiros
Jan 1, 2003
Portsmouth, - Teresa L. Kiernan Viveiros, 50, of 25 Elaine Avenue Portsmouth, died Wednesday, January 1, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of Louis Viveiros Jr. Born in Dallas, TX on July 5, 1952, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Mary L. OConnor Kiernan.Mrs. Viveiros was formerly a flight attendant with American Airlines...
Anna Crowell
Dec 31, 2002
Portsmouth, - Anna Boone Lyons Crowell, 100, of 125 Quaker Hill Lane Portsmouth, died Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at home. She was a widow of the late L. Sanford Crowell and Thomas W. Lyons. Born February 21, 1902 in The Green Farm House on Shoreby Hill in Jamestown, RI, she was the daughter of the late Albert A. and Annie...
Edward Timothy Lopes
Dec 30, 2002
Portsmouth, - Edward Timothy Lopes, 69, of 31 DeArruda Terrace Portsmouth, died Monday, December 30, 2002 at Beth Israel Deacones Medical Center, Boston, MA.He was the husband of Eva Betty Mello Lopes. Born and raised in Portsmouth, RI on February 23, 1933, he was the son of the late George S. and Catherine Holland Lopes. He was a lifelong resident...
Alfred Raymond Silvia, Sr
Dec 30, 2002
Portsmouth, - Alfred Raymond Silvia, Sr., 68, of 47 McCorrie Lane Portsmouth, died Monday, December 30, 2002 at Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI.He was the husband of Norma Almeida Silvia. Born in Portsmouth, RI on February 11, 1934, he was the son of the late Christopher and Mary C. Fragoza Silvia.Mr. Silvia was a dairy farmer for 30 years, after that...
Epifania G. Ventenilla
Dec 28, 2002
Middletown, - Epifania G. Gonzales Ventenilla, 95, of 19 Longmeadow Avenue, Middletown, died Saturday, December 28, 2002 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Federico Ventenilla. Born in the Philipines, on January 6, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Florentino and Valrenia Balolong Gonzales.Mrs. Ventenilla moved to the United States in...
Donald Robert Jex
Dec 23, 2002
Middletown, - Donald Robert Jex, Capt. USN ret., 78, of 191 Meadow Lane Middletown, died in his home Monday, December 23, 2002 at home.He was the husband of Bess Yeanopoulos Jex. Born in Port Huron, MI on June 9, 1924, he was the son of the late Greta Lucille Roberts Jex.Captain Jex graduated from Pt. Huron High School in Michigan...
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