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Lynne A. Dugan
Mar 23, 2003
Newport, - Lynne A. Ericson Dugan, 87, of the Village House Nursing Rehabilitation Center, 70 Harrison Avenue, Newport, formerly of Ward Avenue, Middletown, and Quaker Manor, Portsmouth, died Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Village House Newport, RI.She was the wife of William ?Bill? H. Dugan of Portsmouth. Born in Somerville, MA on December 29, 1915, she was the daughter...
Misael A. Torres
Mar 22, 2003
Newport, - Misael A. ?Misa? Torres, 10, of 27 Chadwick Street Newport, died Saturday, March 22, 2003 at home. Born in Newport, RI on July 13, 1992, he was the son of Joaquin Torres and Judith Maldonado and stepson to James Cortes. Misa was a student at the Sullivan School in Newport. His favorite sport was soccer and he enjoyed...
Susan Burns
Mar 21, 2003
Tiverton, - Susan Burns, 54, of 30 Farnsworth Avenue Tiverton, formerly of 8 Prescott Place, Newport, RI, died Friday, March 21, 2003 at home. She was the fianc of Rodney Farias of Tiverton. Born in Fall River, MA on July 17, 1948, she was the daughter of Walter Burns and Rita Marshall Burns of Ocala, FL.Susan had worked as a...
Louise Steele
Mar 20, 2003
Newport, - Louise Kdan Steele, 91, of 384 Broadway Newport, died Wednesday, March 19, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late George I. Steele to whom she was married for 57 years. Born in Providence, RI on August 17, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Louise Prohaska Kdan.Mrs. Steele worked at...
Marjorie Anne Carruba
Mar 20, 2003
Middletown, - Marjorie A. Whiteman Carruba, 69, of 1 Shaw Court Middletown, died Thursday, March 20, 2003 at home.She was the wife of Rudolph Carruba. Born in Eldred Township, Jefferson County, PA on May 10, 1933, she was the daughter of the late James E. Whiteman and Christene McMangle Whiteman.Mrs. Carruba was a 1980 graduate of the Newport School of...
Carol M. Flint
Mar 19, 2003
Middletown, - Carol M. Whitaker Flint, 64, of Yarnell Avenue Middletown, died Wednesday, March 19, 2003 at home. Born in Newport, RI on July 18, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Randall and Elsie Hoffman Whitaker.Mrs. Flint was a graduate of Bryant College. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She did volunteer work...
Gerald Connell
Mar 19, 2003
Middletown, - Gerald ?Jerry? Connell, 70, of 233 Tuckerman Avenue Middletown, died Wednesday, March 19, 2003 at Miriam Hospital Providence, RI.He was the husband of Kathleen Sullivan Connell, former Secretary of State of Rhode Island. Born in Newport, RI on June 15, 1932, he was the son of the late James J. Connell and Agnes Kelleher Connell.Mr. Connell served 17...
Angela M. Mcdonnell
Mar 18, 2003
Newport, - Angela M. Ferrazzoli McDonnell, 79, of 45 East Bowery Street Newport, died Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center Providence, RI.She was the wife of Edwin F. McDonnell who on December 27, 2002 were married for 50 years. Born in Newport, RI on April 27, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Domenico and Jennie...
Charles Willis Truver
Mar 15, 2003
Newport, - Charles Willis Truver, 71, of 1 Pond Avenue, formerly of 2 Braman Street Newport, died Saturday, March 15, 2003 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on June 18, 1931, he was the son of the late George and Cora Phaneuf Truver.Mr. Truver worked for 27 years as a carpenter for R R...
Joseph Mello
Mar 14, 2003
Portsmouth, - Joseph Mello, 84, of 364 Boyds Lane, Portsmouth, died Friday, March 14, 2003, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI.He was the husband of the late Viola Bento Mello. Born in Warren, RI, on December 3, 1918, he was the son of the late Manuel and Maria Paiva Mello.Mr. Mello was owner...
Edna Louise Wilson
Mar 12, 2003
Portsmouth, - Edna Louise Wilson, 92, of Aquidneck Place Portsmouth, formerly of 1 Arnold Avenue, Newport, died Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at St. Clare Home Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on February 11, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Cecelia P Skelly Wilson.Ms. Wilson was a registered nurse at the Newport Hospital for 44 years,...
Rachel Rioux
Mar 10, 2003
Middletown, - Rachel Desrosiers Rioux, 98, of John Clarke Nursing Center Middletown, died Monday, March 10, 2003 at John Clarke Nursing Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Rene Rioux. Born in Quebec, Canada on March 22, 1904, she was the daughter of the late Cleophe and Leontine Robichaud Desrosiers.At the age of 25 she left Canada and...
Tracy Monroe Kosoff
Mar 10, 2003
PORTSMOUTH ? Retired Navy Captain Tracy Monroe Kosoff, 66, of 78 Fischer Circle, Portsmouth, RI 02871, died Monday, March 10, 2003 at home, following a courageous four year battle with cancer. He was the husband of Shirley Hatfield Kosoff. They were married on December 9, 1962 at the United States Coast Guard Academy Chapel in New London, Connecticut. They have...
Eva Rose Thurston
Mar 9, 2003
Middletown, - Eva Rose Duchesneau Thurston, 99, of Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, formerly of 665 Park Avenue, Portsmouth, died Sunday, March 9, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Raymond Everett Thurston. Born in West Warren, MA on March 30, 1903, she was the daughter of the late Moses and...
Manly C. Beebe
Mar 7, 2003
Manly Colton Beebe, 80, of 86 Island View Drive Tiverton, formerly of Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, March 7, 2003 at his home in Tiverton, RI. He was the husband of the late Jane H. Rielly Beebe. Born in Boston, MA on October 4, 1922, he was the son of the late Maxwell Beebe and the late Olive Christensen Beebe. Mr....
Mary Angelina Jacome
Mar 7, 2003
Middletown, - Mary Angelina Nunes Jacome, 79, of 24 Gunning Court, Middletown, died Friday, March 7, 2003, at the Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Raymond Jesse Jacome. Born in Middletown, RI, on March 31, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Octavio and Rose Dutra Nunes. Mrs. Jacome was a Communicant...
Helen C. Bradley
Mar 7, 2003
Middletown, - Helen C. Soares Bradley, 81, of 6 Jude Street Middletown, died Friday, March 7, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Ernest W. Bradley. Born in Newport, RI on January 28, 1922, she was the daughter of the late David S. and Mary Silvia Soares.Mrs. Bradley graduated from Rogers High School. She was...
William James Armstrong
Mar 7, 2003
Newport, - William James Armstrong, 93, of 25 1/2 Thurston Avenue Newport, died Friday, March 7, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Louise O. Hatmaker Allen Armstrong. Born in Wathena, KA on June 7, 1910, he was the son of the late William J. and the late Jessie Kent Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong was a bartender with...
Eugene Adam Jr
Mar 5, 2003
Newport, - Eugene ?Gene? Adam Jr., 57, of 19 Chapel Street Newport, formerly of Evan Street, Newport, died Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at home.He was the husband of Lisa Gene Bailey Adam. Born in Boston, MA on March 3, 1946, he was the son of the late Eugene and Marion Templeton Adam.Mr. Adam owned and operated Seaside Communications Electronics Repair...
Helena P. Garcia
Mar 5, 2003
Portsmouth, - Helena Perry Garcia, 73, of 25 Mare Terrace Portsmouth, died Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at St. Annes Hospital Fall River, MA.She was the wife of the late Arseno R. Garcia. Born in Fall River, MA on June 8, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Helena Botelho Perry.Mrs. Garcia worked as a floor manager with...
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