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Alan Robin Gordon Wallace
Mar 20, 2021
Dr. Robin Wallace of Middletown, crossed the bar at home on March 20, 2021, after a long struggle, without complaint, with prostate cancer. Born Alan Robin Gordon Wallace on November 20,1936, in Weymouth, England, he was the only child of Dr. Gordon and Muriel Wallace. Robin grew up sailing in Weymouth with his father. Robin graduated with a Degree in...
Jean Marie Cameron
Mar 20, 2021
Jean Cameron, 80, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, passed away on March 20, 2021 at home surrounded by her loving family. Jean was born December 22, 1940, in Fall River, MA to Francis Capone and Loretta (Maloney) Capone. Jean was married to the late Alfred Cameron for 58 years, and together they raised their wonderful children. Jean was a 1958 graduate...
Nan Carolyn Larue
Mar 20, 2021
Nan Carolyn Barfield LaRue, a 'feisty & sassy ole bird' and proud Virginian, passed away on Saturday, March 20th at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Westport, MA. Born on March 23, 1937 in Newport News, VA to the late Claude E. Barfield and Lutie M. Barfield. The beloved wife of the late Clyde B. LaRue, Jr. They...
Mary Florence Silvia
Mar 19, 2021
Mary Florence Silvia, 88, passed away on March 19 at her home in Middletown, RI after a short illness. She was the wife of the late State Police Lieutenant Edwin R. Silvia (ret). Florence was born on January 12, 1933 in Middletown, the only daughter of Phillip S. Garcia and Angelina (Sousa) Garcia. She graduated from Rogers High School in...
Phyllis (Albro) Armbrust
Mar 13, 2021
CHULA VISTA, Calif. - Phyllis Louise (Albro) Armbrust (89) passed away peacefully at home on March 13, 2021. Memorial services will be held at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, R.I. where Raymond and Phyllis were married in 1951. Burial will be at Union Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I. Dates to be determined. Phyllis was born January 3, 1932 in Newport, R.I....
Helen B. Leed
Mar 13, 2021
Mrs. Helen B. Leed, 99, of Newport, passed away at home on March 13, 2021. She was the wife of the late Robert E. Leed. Helen was born in Boston, MA to the late Neil and Julia (McCoughlin) Doherty. Helen is survived by her daughter, Mary Watterson and her husband Robert of Newport, Rhode Island and their children, Sarah and...
Nancy Bowker Holt
Mar 13, 2021
Nancy Bowker (Jenest) Holt, age 73, passed away at home on March 13 surrounded by family. As the only child of the late Homer Clayton and Marjorie Eleanor (Bowker) Jenest of Rumford, RI, Nancy is survived by her husband of 49 years, Dean Barden Holt, and their two children, Dean Barden Holt II of Tiverton, and Ashley Bowker Holt of...
Frances Carmella Silvia
Mar 11, 2021
Mrs. Frances (Virgadamo) Silvia, age 95, of Chepachet, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully on March 11, 2021. Frances was born in Newport, RI to Gioachino and Antonia Virgadamo. She was their last living child. Frances married Everett Silvia of Newport on February 5, 1948 at St. Joseph's Church in Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI she was a true Rhode...
Douglas Vroman Murray
Mar 10, 2021
Douglas V. Murray of Portsmouth, RI, passed away peacefully on March 10th, 2021. Douglas answered to several names during his 92 years of a multi-faceted life. As a Naval Academy trained commissioned submarine officer, for the second half of his total 27 years of service, he was often called 'Captain'. In spite of the fact the rule dominated submarine legend...
Woodrow Edward Christiansen
Mar 7, 2021
Woodrow Edward Christiansen Jr., 84, of Middletown, RI, passed away on March 7, 2021. Woodrow was born on March 13, 1936, in New Brunswick, NJ to the late Woodrow Christiansen, Sr. and the late Gertrude Gardner O'Brien Christiansen. Known as Edward, he was a graduate of Scarsdale High School and the former Webb Institute of Technology, now the Webb Institute...
Kenneth Lauder
Mar 4, 2021
Kenneth Lauder, 66, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on March 4, 2021 in the Heatherwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Boston, he was the son of the late Bernard and Barbara (Nickerson) Lauder. Kenneth attended Rogers High School and was proud of his military service in the Army during the Vietnam War. He worked as a truck driver...
Paul Andrew Raposa
Mar 3, 2021
It is with great sadness that the family of Paul Andrew Raposa of Portsmouth, RI, announces his unexpected passing on March 3, 2021 at the age of 67. He was born to the late Joseph Jr. and Helen Marjorie (Finnegan) Raposa on March 17, 1953 in Fall River, MA. Paul will be forever remembered by his wife of 40 years,...
Robert "Curt" Curtis Gross Jr.
Mar 3, 2021
Curt Gross, 64, of Portsmouth/Middletown passed away March 3, 2021 at home surrounded by his loving family. Curt was born in Bronxville, NY to the late Robert C. Gross and late Roberta (Stewart) Gross originally of Nyack and Palisades NY and later of Portsmouth and Middletown RI. He was husband and hero to his wife Lisa Gross for 24 years...
Audrey Hopf
Mar 2, 2021
Audrey Rhoda (Linehan) Hopf, 90, of Newport, Rhode Island passed away on March 2nd, 2021, with her daughter Catherine at her side, at the Hope Health Hulitar Hospice Center in Providence. She was the wife of the late John T. Hopf. Audrey was born on January 3, 1931 in Newport, the only child of Gladys and Joseph Linehan. She graduated...
Cecelia A. Ferro
Mar 1, 2021
Cecelia A. Ferro, 76, of Newport, RI, passed away on March 1, 2021, at Newport Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Oakland, California, on October 25, 1944, to the late Navy Commander, Bernard L. Amman and Phyllis L. (Kocher) Amman. Ceci (as she was known by all) is survived by her husband of 53 years, Richard...
Carol Winiarski
Mar 1, 2021
WINIARSKI, CAROL ANN (SPINACCI) 73, of Tiverton, RI, died March 1, 2021 at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. She was born in Providence, the daughter of the late Louis and Hilda (Medeiros) Spinacci She was a ray of sunshine whose smile would light up any room. Carol is survived by her husband Roger of Tiverton, her son Seth of Dorchester,...
James William Baccari, Jr.
Feb 26, 2021
James "Jimmy" "Hymie" W. Baccari Jr. 53 of Newport, RI passed away unexpectedly on Friday, February 26, 2021 peacefully at home. Born in Newport, RI on August 19, 1967. Jimmy graduated from Rogers High School in 1986. He was employed with the City of Newport Water Department from 2003 to 2018. Jimmy enjoyed spending time at the family cottage in...
Joseph J. Sullivan
Feb 25, 2021
Joseph J. Sullivan, 89, a lifelong resident of Newport, RI, passed away on February 25, 2021. Joseph was born to the late Michael Sullivan and Abbie Brewster Tilley Sullivan. Joseph was the husband to the late Elisa Sullivan. Joseph enlisted in the US Navy during the Korean War Conflict. After his service with the Navy he joined the Newport Fire...
Kenneth Adolf Kurze
Feb 24, 2021
Kenneth Adolf Kurze, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. Kenneth was born on July 6, 1936 in Providence, RI to Adolf O. Kurze and Louise A. Suter, of Cranston, RI. Kenneth was married 59 years to the late Ingrid S. Kurze and is survived by his four children and three grandchildren: daughter Barbara Kurze of...
Joanne C. Armenia
Feb 23, 2021
Joanne (Ebbitt) Armenia, 73, of Newport RI and Melbourne FL, passed away Feb 23, 2021 at Newport Hospital with her loving husband and daughter by her side. Sadly, she was among the many Americans who have succumbed to Covid-19. Joanne was born in Newport RI to Irene (Renaud) Ebbitt of Middletown and the late Richard J. Ebbitt Jr. of Newport....
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