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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
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,...
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