Obituaries

Memorial Funeral Homes Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Theodora Gannon

Theodora Gannon

Nov 11, 2002

Middletown, - Theodora Ouellette Gannon, 102, of Rogers Lane Middletown, formerly of Park Holm, Newport, died Monday, November 11, 2002 at Crestwood Nursing Convalescent Home Warren, RI. She was the wife of the late Thomas Joseph Gannon. Born in Providence, RI on October 16, 1900, she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Mary Perloid Ouellette. Mrs. Gannon had...

Mary Margaret Carrellas

Mary Margaret Carrellas

Nov 8, 2002

Middletown, - Mary Margaret Carrellas, 76, formerly of 1 Bliss Mine Road, Middletown, died Friday, November 8, 2002 after a courageous 13 year battle with Parkinson?s Disease at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, where she was treated like family everyday of her life there. Born in Newport, RI on December 19, 1925, she was the daughter of the...

Joseph Saunders, Sr

Joseph Saunders, Sr

Nov 7, 2002

Bristol, - Joseph Saunders, Sr, BTCM, USN, Ret. 65, of the Rhode Island Veterans Home, Bristol, formerly of 31 Carter Drive, Portsmouth, died Thursday, November 7, 2002 at Fatima Hospital Providence, RI. Born in Chicago, IL on January 9, 1937, he was the son of the late Estelle Kendricks. Mr. Saunders served in the United States Navy for 27 years...

Stella Fotelis

Stella Fotelis

Nov 7, 2002

Newport, - Stella Tsolas Lewis Fotelis, 92, of 10 Russell Avenue Newport, died Thursday, November 7, 2002 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Constantine Lewis and the late Angelo Fotelis. Born in Lesbos, Greece on May 10, 1910, she was the daughter of the late James and Maria Tsolas.Mrs. Fotelis worked as...

Jack Eugene Buss

Jack Eugene Buss

Nov 6, 2002

Connors Funeral Home55 West Main RoadPortsmouth, RI401 683-2511Jack Eugene Buss Portsmouth, - Jack Eugene Buss, BMC, USN, Ret., 64, of 233 Mail Coach Road, Portsmouth, died Tuesday, November 5, 2002 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Misako Ishimoto Buss. Born in Oneida, NY on April 1, 1938, he was the son of the late Edna Johnson Buss. Mr....

Jack Eugene Buss

Jack Eugene Buss

Nov 5, 2002

Portsmouth, - Jack Eugene Buss, BMC, USN, Ret., 64, of 233 Mail Coach Road, Portsmouth, died Tuesday, November 5, 2002 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Misako Ishimoto Buss. Born in Oneida, NY on April 1, 1938, he was the son of the late Clarence and Edna Johnson Buss. Mr. Buss was in the United States Navy for...

Francis Norman Hurley

Francis Norman Hurley

Nov 5, 2002

Newport, - Francis Norman Hurley, 79, of 4 Pond Avenue Newport, formerly of Clarke Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, November 5, 2002 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.He was the husband of Irene Seaman Hurley. Born in Newport, RI on December 24, 1922, he was the son of the late Armstead Hurley and Jane Addison Hurley. Mr. Hurley...

Sarah Ann Smith

Sarah Ann Smith

Nov 4, 2002

Middletown, - Sarah Ann Greene Smith, 96, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, formerly of 44 High Street, Jamestown, RI, died Monday, November 4, 2002 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. Born in Philadelphia, PA on May 29, 1906, she was the daughter of the late Edward Wanton and Dorothea Atwater Smith.Ms. Smith graduated from the Germantown Friends...

Jessica Helen Ajce

Jessica Helen Ajce

Nov 3, 2002

Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Jessica H. Silvia McFadden Ajce Lake Worth, - Jessica H. Silvia McFadden Ajce, 38, of 5064 Lantana Road, Lake Worth, Florida, formerly of Middletown, RI, died Sunday, November 3, 2002 from results suffered in an auto accident. Born in Newport, RI on July 23, 1964, she was the daughter of Jesse D. Silvia of Middletown...

John Leonard Weissinger

John Leonard Weissinger

Nov 3, 2002

Portsmouth, - John L. Weissinger, 65, of 24 Dove Street Portsmouth, died unexpectedly Sunday, November 3, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He leaves his wife of 37 years Claudette ArsenaultWeissinger. Born in Glen Allen, Mississippi on December 13, 1936, he was the son of the late Harry and Ethel Powers Weissinger. Mr. Weissinger graduated Cary High School in Mississippi...

Clara Theresa Marsh

Clara Theresa Marsh

Nov 1, 2002

Middletown, - Claire Theresa Sharples Marsh, 92, of 333 Green End Ave. Middletown, formerly of 51 Middle Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, November 1, 2002 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Charles L. Marsh. Born in Fall River, MA on December 22, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Joshua and...

Jaye Reynolds

Jaye Reynolds

Oct 30, 2002

Middletown, - Jaye Reynolds, 60, of 84 Purgatory Road Middletown, died Wednesday, October 30, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Fall River, MA on May 5, 1942, she was the daughter of Edna Crompton McPherson and the late Harold W. McPherson.Mrs. Reynolds was employed by Newport Grand Jai-Alai as an Office Supervisor for the past fifteen years. Besides...

George A. Maigler

George A. Maigler

Oct 27, 2002

Middletown, - George A. Maigler, 31, of 1054 Green End Avenue Middletown, died Sunday, October 27, 2002 at Newport Hospital. Born in Newport, RI on July 23, 1971, he was the son of Patricia Silveira Soares of Middletown and the late George Maigler.Mr. Maigler attended Middletown Schools. He worked for about 10 years for Morning Glory landscaping. In 2002 he...

Shirley D. Greene

Shirley D. Greene

Oct 26, 2002

Newport, - Shirley D. ?Mike? Greene, 71, of 19 Chapel Street Newport, died Saturday, October 26, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Durham, NC on December 25, 1930, he was the son of the late Frederick and Jean Marie Doyle Greene.Mr. Greene was in the United States Army during the Korean War and with the United States Navy...

Barbara A. Carney

Barbara A. Carney

Oct 26, 2002

Middletown, - Barbara A. Brennan Carney, 73, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, formerly of Kay Boulevard Newport, died Saturday, October 26, 2002 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Vincent P. Carney. Born in North Attleboro, MA on September 26, 1929, she was the daughter of the late William and Mary Wilson...

Hazel Etta Washington

Hazel Etta Washington

Oct 25, 2002

Midletown, - Hazel E. Washington, 95, of John Clarke Nursing Center 600 Valley Road Midletown, formerly of 28B Edgar Court, Newport, died Friday, October 25, 2002 at John Clarke Nursing Center Middletown, RI. Born in Portsmouth, RI on March 22, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Silas T. and Mary L. Williams Washington Educated in Newport, she was...

Ida Elizabeth Tragakis

Ida Elizabeth Tragakis

Oct 25, 2002

Middletown, - Ida ?Betty? Diettrich Tragakis, 84, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, formerly of Goat Island, Newport, died Friday, October 25, 2002 at the Grand Islander Nursing Home, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Steve Tragakis. Born in Collegeville, PA on June 19, 1918.Mrs. Tragakis operated a hair salon from her home on Spring Street, in Newport....

Stephen F. Peer

Stephen F. Peer

Oct 25, 2002

Newport, - Stephen F. Peer, 38, of 100 Warner Street Newport, formerly of 220 Park Holm, Newport, died Friday, October 25, 2002 at Zambarano Memorial Hospital, Burillville, RI. Born in Newport, RI on December 6, 1963, he was the son of the late Gwendolyn Young Peer and Norman D. Peer of Hayward, CA.Mr. Peer was a 1981 Graduate of Rogers...

Joseph F. Arkins

Joseph F. Arkins

Oct 25, 2002

Sunnyside, New York - Joseph F. Arkins, 45, of 4319 41st Street Sunnyside, New York formerly of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, died Friday, October 25, 2002 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital New York City, NY. Born in Providence, RI on December 12, 1956, he was the son of the late Agnes Fitzpatrick Arkins and Daniel M. Arkins of Portsmouth, RI.An Attorney, Mr....

Joseph Wesley Mckeehan Jr

Joseph Wesley Mckeehan Jr

Oct 19, 2002

Newport, - Joseph Wesley McKeehan Jr., 81, of 19 Garfield Street, Newport, died Saturday, October 19, 2002 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI. Born in Newport, RI on January 2, 1921, he was the son of the late Joseph Wesley and Caroline Silveria McKeehan.Mr. McKeehan had worked as a foreman rigger at the Quonset Naval Air Station and General Dynamics...