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John G. Virgadamo
Jun 26, 2002
- John G. Virgadamo, 83, of 26 Norman Street Newport, died Wednesday, June 26, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Jean Jennings Virgadamo, of Newport. Born in Newport, RI on February 21, 1919, he was the son of the late Jacchino and Antonia Bruno Virgadamo.Mr. Virgadamo served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater...
Dianne Frances Walsh
Jun 26, 2002
Dianne Frances Lillie Walsh, 60, of 1 Fox Glove Lane Savannah, Georgia and 84 Belmont Drive, Portsmouth Rhode Island where they summered, died Wednesday, June 26, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of George M. Walsh. Born in New Bedford, MA on December 19, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Bingham and Frances Anne Palmer...
William Gardner Ross
Jun 25, 2002
- William Gardner Ross, 89, formerly of 5 Smith Avenue, Newport, died Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at the home of his daughter, 6001 Woodberry Road, Durham, NC. He was the husband of Elizabeth ?Bessie? Gray Ross of Durham. Born in Providence, RI on June 19, 1913, he was the son of the late John and Jessie Gordon Ross. Mr. and...
Paul Laurence Carey Iii
Jun 24, 2002
- Paul Laurence Carey, III, ?Paulie?, 6 years old, of 86 Norseman Drive Portsmouth, died Monday, June 24, 2002 at his grandparents house in Portsmouth, RI after an accident. Born in Newport, RI on March 9, 1996, he was the son of Paul L. Carey, Jr and Susan Brown Carey of Portsmouth. Paulie finished kindergarten at the Hathaway School in...
Richard John Pribula
Jun 21, 2002
- Richard John Pribula, 68, of 124 Valhalla Drive Portsmouth died Friday, June 21, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He was the husband of Linda Verocchi Pribula they were married forty-five years. Born in Pittsburgh, PA on July 8, 1933, he was the son of the late John Pribula and Constance Tegowska Pribula. Living of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Pribula...
Anna Frances Richardson
Jun 21, 2002
- Anna Frances Richardson, 81, of 44 Annandale Road Newport, died Friday, June 21, 2002 at Village House Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Raymond Earle Richardson. Born in Newport, RI on Jan. 26, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Axel and Anna Egan Helgesen. Mrs. Richardson worked for many years at the Newport Post...
John Boiani
Jun 17, 2002
John Boiani, 92, of 122 Eustis Avenue Newport, died Monday, June 17, 2002 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of the late Louise Silva Boiani. Born in Newport, RI on June 24, 1909, he was the son of the late Rudolpho and Aurelia Boiani.Mr. Boiani worked for the Naval Public Works Department as a leadman....
Georga Alice Swanner
Jun 16, 2002
Georgia Cochran Swanner, 90, of 28 Tilley Avenue Newport died Sunday, June 16, 2002 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of Linden Ray Swanner. Born in Paducah, KY on December 29, 1911, she was the daughter of the late A.B. and Rosa Mitchell Cochran. Mrs. Swanner was a professional legal secretary she had worked...
Mabel Ruth Hartsaw
Jun 15, 2002
Mabel R. Smallridge Hartsaw, 95, of Pine Forest Road, Pensacola, formerly of the Georgetown Apartments, Indian Avenue, Portsmouth, died Saturday, June 15, 2002 at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola. She was the wife of the late Theodore Hartsaw. Born in Russell, KY on May. 27, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Smallridge and the late Effie Hodges...
Edith Hall
Jun 14, 2002
Edith Ferguson Hall, 86, of 303 Valley Road Middletown, formerly of Roseland, NJ, died Friday, June 14, 2002 at home.Born in Belleville, NJ on January 10, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Catherine Edwards Ferguson. Mrs. Hall was a graduate of Rutgers University, Newark in 1938. She was a member of the Salve Regina Circle of...
Robert M. Kain
Jun 12, 2002
- Robert M. Kain, 79, of 41 Baker Road Portsmouth, formerly of 11 Newport Avenue Newport RI, died Wednesday, June 12, 2002 at home.He was the husband of the late Mildred Thompson Kain. Born in Newport, RI on December 24, 1922, he was the son of the late William P. and Deloria Carrignan Kain. Mr. Kain worked at Quonset Point...
Reginald Daniel Nalle Sr
Jun 10, 2002
Sgt. Reginald Daniel Nalle Sr., Ret. Newport Police Department 75, of 708 Havencrest Drive DeSoto, TX, formerly of Newport, Rhode Island, died Monday, June 10, 2002 at Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, TX.He was the husband of Lillian Mary Moore Nalle of DeSoto. Born in Newport, RI on January 5, 1927, he was the son of the late Fred and Mabel...
Margaret Beck
Jun 10, 2002
- Margaret Hope Beck, 61, of 0422 Narragansett Ave, Prudence Island, formerly of Rockville, Rhode Island, died Monday, June 10, 2002 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of Allan DeWitt Beck. Born in Providence, RI on November 2, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Felix William and Margaret E. Paterson Banahan. Mrs. Beck was raised in Cranston...
Dorothy Rose Frost
Jun 9, 2002
- Dorothy Rose Whitford Frost, Ed.D., 91, of John Clarke Retirement Center, Middletown, formerly of Oakdale Road, North Kingstown, RI, died Sunday, June 9, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Army Chaplin William M. Frost, Lt. Col., USA. Born in Stockton, CA on March 13, 1911, she was the daughter of the late...
Wesley Marshburn
Jun 9, 2002
- Wesley F. Marshburn, 58, of 4 Farewell Street Newport, died Sunday, June 9, 2002 home in Newport, RI.He was the husband of Dolores S. Marshburn. Born in Jacksonville, NC on September 20, 1943, he was the son of the late Wesley F. and Vera Pearson Marshburn. Mr. Marshburn was working most recently as a local artist. He moved to...
Mary E. Silvia
Jun 9, 2002
Mary E. Silvia, 91, of 20 Paradise Brook Farm Road Middletown, formerly of Kay Boulevard, Middletown, died Sunday, June 9, 2002 at Briar Cliff Manor Johnston, RI.She was the wife of the late Manuel E. Silvia. Born in Middletown, RI on August 5, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Delphine Moitoza Furtado. In 1926, she was...
Ilene S. Barrow
Jun 8, 2002
Ilene Sterling Barrow, 70, of 2 Wedgewood Drive Middletown, died Saturday, June 8, 2002 in the Newport Hospital. She made her home at 2 Wedgewood Drive Middletown, RI. She was the wife of Paul E. Barrow. Born in Blue Springs, Neb, on October 18, 1931, she was the daughter of the late William and Flora Koseck Sterling. Mr. and Mrs....
Muriel Crowninshield
Jun 8, 2002
Muriel Addess Longton Crowninshield, 87, of Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, formerly of Marblehead, MA, died Saturday, June 8, 2002 at the Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late William W. Crowninshield. Mrs. Crowninshield was the daughter of the late William and Frances Surrette Longton. She was a 1933 graduate of Marblehead High...
Phyllis Helena Moberg
Jun 7, 2002
- Phyllis Helena Stewart Moberg, 93, formerly of Blenheim Newport, Middletown and High Street, Jamestown, died Thursday, June 6, 2002 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Erik Moberg. Born in Boston, MA on November 2, 1908, she was the daughter of the late John T. and Grace Noonan Stewart.Mrs. Moberg was a...
George Lee Coppit
Jun 5, 2002
- George Lee Coppit, 76, of 8 Wilson Road Middletown, died Wednesday, June 5, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Athena ?Bobby? Alexander Coppit of Middletown. Born in Ragland, AL on May 26, 1926, he was the son of the late Willie C. and Modell Phillips Coppit.Mr. Coppit had worked for Lafayette Market on Bellevue Avenue,...
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