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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

John V. Golden Jr

John V. Golden Jr

Jul 5, 2002

John V. Golden, 43, of 28 Cows Path Lane, Middletown, died July 5, 2002 at home. Born in Newport, RI on Aug. 27, 1958, he was the son Barbara Chapman Golden Bradshaw of Middletown and the late John V. Golden Sr.Mr. Golden worked for the City of Newport Parks and Recreation Department for 16 years. Besides his mother and stepfather,...

Barton Joseph Carroll

Barton Joseph Carroll

Jul 4, 2002

Lance Cpl. Barton Joseph Carroll, USMC, 18, of 333 Wapping Road Portsmouth, died Thursday, July 4, 2002 in Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on Aug. 10, 1983, he was the son of Michael J. and Elizabeth Walker Carroll of Portsmouth.Barton was a 2001 graduate of Portsmouth High School where he sang in the Chorus. Following his graduation he joined...

Anna L. Maclaughlin

Anna L. Maclaughlin

Jul 3, 2002

- Anna L. Bellman MacLaughlin, 90, of 600 Valley Rd. Middletown, formerly of 45 Ayrault St. Newport, died Wednesday, July 3, 2002 at John Clarke Nursing Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Ernest MacLaughlin. Born in Newport, RI on February 2, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Harriet Freeborn Bellman.Mrs. MacLaughlin was...

Margaret E. Reedenauer

Margaret E. Reedenauer

Jul 3, 2002

- Margaret E. Reedenauer, 86, of 2 Willow Street Newport, died Wednesday, July 3, 2002 at Village House Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Daniel H. Reedenauer. Born in Providence, RI on June 10, 1916, she was the daughter of Wanton W. Carlisle and Elizabeth Carlisle. Mrs. Reedenauer was a longtime communicant of St. Josephs Church and was...

Howard Nelson Dunbar

Howard Nelson Dunbar

Jul 3, 2002

Howard Nelson Dunbar, 67, of 13 Narragansett Avenue Portsmouth, died Wednesday, July 3, 2002 at home.He was the husband of Patricia A. Cabral Dunbar. Born in Newport, RI on March 11, 1935, he was the son of the late Henry Nelson and Mildred E. White Dunbar.Mr. Dunbar worked at the Naval Underwater Systems Center for 15years, retiring in 1993. He...

Delord Francisco Medeiros

Delord Francisco Medeiros

Jul 2, 2002

Delord ?Lou? F. Medeiros, 76, of 30 Linda Avenue Portsmouth, died Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.He was the husband of the late Marie L.Roach Medeiros. Born in Bristol, RI on February 17, 1926, he was the son of the late Manuel and Chrissi Correia Medeiros.Mr. Medeiros was the owner of the former Broadway...

Lorraine Yvonne Mosher

Lorraine Yvonne Mosher

Jun 30, 2002

Lorraine Yvonne Roge Mosher, 86, of 333 Green End Ave Middletown, formerly of 35 Donna Drive, Portsmouth died Sunday, June 30, 2002 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Capt. E. L. ?Big Moe? Mosher, Npt F.D. Born in New York, NY on December 22, 1915, she was the daughter of the late...

Richard Gudoian

Richard Gudoian

Jun 28, 2002

- Richard ?Dick? Gudoian, 61, of 13 Thayer Court Portsmouth, and West Palm Beach, FL, died Friday, June 28, 2002 at Brigham And Womens Hospital Boston, MA. He was the husband of Geraldine Sylvia Gudoian. Born in Bridgeport, CT on July 27, 1940, he was the son of the late Arshag and Tarvis Shahinian Gudoian. Mr. Gudoian was the founder...

Jeanne M. Mckenna

Jeanne M. Mckenna

Jun 27, 2002

- Jeanne M. DuBourdieu McKenna, 65, of 2 Cedar Avenue Middletown, formerly of 12 Continental Drive, Middletown, died Thursday, June 27, 2002 at New England Medical Center Boston, MA.She was the wife of the late James Michael McKenna. Born in Dexter, ME on February 5, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Albert Ross and Dorothy M. Upton DuBourdieu.Mrs....

John G. Virgadamo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...