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Elizabeth Sands Bolles
Mar 23, 2020
Elizabeth Sands (Elliot) Bolles, 92, of Portsmouth RI, died peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on March 23, 2020. Elizabeth, known to all as "Bambi," was born in Newport, Rhode Island on July 22, 1927. She was the daughter of the late Elizabeth Sands Elliot O'Connell of Newport and the late Lieutenant Giraud Foster Elliot of the British...
Elizabeth Sands Bolles
Mar 23, 2020
Elizabeth Sands (Elliot) Bolles, 92, of Portsmouth RI, died peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on March 23, 2020. Elizabeth, known to all as Bambi, was born in Newport, Rhode Island on July 22, 1927. She was the daughter of the late Elizabeth Sands Elliot OConnell of Newport and the late Lieutenant Giraud Foster Elliot of the British...
Alice Clark-Smith
Mar 20, 2020
Alice Clark-Smith, 65, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 20, 2020. Alice attended Middletown High School and graduated in 1973. She was a graduate of Katharine Gibbs and Rhode Island College. She enjoyed working as a CPA for many years. Alice loved animals, especially her two cats. She was an avid reader, loved playing golf and traveling...
Lt. Col. Charles Artaud Byrne
Mar 20, 2020
Lt. Col. Charles Artaud Byrne, 96, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on March 20, 2020, at the Village House Nursing Home. Charles was born in Washington, DC to the late Charles L. Byrne and Mellette (Troster) Byrne. At the age of 20, Charles enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he served in the Korean Conflict and Vietnam era....
Joseph Cordeiro
Mar 20, 2020
Joseph Cordeiro Jr., 57, of Newport, RI, passed away at home on March 20, 2020, with his family by his side.Joseph was born in Providence, RI to Joseph Cordeiro Sr. and the late Barbara Fogerty. Joseph was the husband of Anne Cordeiro for 35 years.In addition to his wife and father, Joseph is survived by his children Thomas, David, Joseph,...
Muriel Jane Brennan
Mar 20, 2020
Muriel J. Brennan, 96, of Portsmouth, passed away on March 20, 2020, surrounded by her family. Born on December 24, 1923, to William H. and Marguerite (Sweeney) Sullivan, she was the wife of the late Michael J. Brennan.A native Newporter, Muriel was proud of her Irish heritage growing up in the fifth ward on Atlantic Street and raising her family...
Roberta C. Peirson
Mar 19, 2020
Middletown, RI - Roberta C. (Michels) Peirson, 86, of Middletown, RI, died on March 19, at home with her loving family by her side. She was the wife of the late Neil Peirson the former President and co-owner of Newport Shipyard. Born in Washington, DC on April 23, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Fred Michels, MDV and...
Janice Marie Murphy
Mar 19, 2020
Janice M. Murphy, age 74, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully on March 19, 2020, at Charlton Memorial Hospital. Janice was born in Newport, RI, on November 7, 1945, to the late Edward Smith and the late Reba (Windley) Smith. She was the wife of Donald D. Murphy Sr. Jan worked many different jobs as a cosmetologist, and in...
Carol A. Craft
Mar 19, 2020
Carol A. Craft, age 80, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on March 19, 2020. Carol was born in Newport, RI to Eugene and Susan Kardel. She married Paul Craft and lived in California raising their young family while he was stationed in the US Navy. In 1970, they returned to RI and have lived in Middletown ever since. Carol...
Barry Wall
Mar 18, 2020
Barry Wall, 77 of Middletown, RI, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on March 18th.Born in Fall River in 1942, Barry was the son of the late Albert and Emily Wall and brother of the late Judy Holman.Barry graduated from Durfee High School and attended the University of Rhode Island, receiving a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1965. He...
Freddie Oar Vandevender
Mar 17, 2020
Freddie Vandevender, age 74, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on March 17, 2020. Freddie was born in Baltimore, MD to Adam and Bessie Vandevender. He worked for many years at the Walkers Garage in the Point neighborhood doing body and fender work. He was a uncle to many in the neighborhood, known for his several pet birds that he...
Gunnar Clinton Bjornson
Mar 16, 2020
Gunnar Bjornson, age 26, of Tiverton, Rhode Island and Tamarac, Florida passed away unexpectedly March 16, 2020, after losing a hard fought battle to addiction. Gunnar was born in Norwood, MA to Eric Bjornson and Alicia Mason Bjornson. He is survived by his beautiful daughter, Bella Bjornson, his partner, Colleen Sugalski, his parents, Eric and Alicia Bjornson, his sisters, Linnea...
Frances J. Sherman
Mar 15, 2020
With profound sadness we say goodbye to our matriarch, Frannie dear, mom, Maga, Grandma and Gigi, who died at home March 15, 2020 at the age of 101. Reading multiple newspapers and discussing world news every day, doing crossword puzzles and playing bridge with friends kept Fran sharp, until she looked out her bedroom window to the ocean for the...
Grace Louise Delanoy
Mar 13, 2020
Grace L. (Beattie) Delanoy, 61, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on March 13, 2020 at St. Annes Hospital after a long battle with cancer. Grace was born in Newport, RI to the late Donald and Annabelle (Harvey) Beattie. She grew up in Middletown and completed both photography and cosmetology programs after high school. She was a daughter, a sister,...
Claire Margaret Witkos
Mar 12, 2020
Claire Witkos, 85, of Portsmouth, passed away peacefully on March 12, 2020. Claire was born in Holyoke, MA to Stanislas Angers and Evelina Fournier, the eighth of nine children. Claire was the wife of the late Donald Witkos. Claire graduated from Precious Blood High School and began her career at the Springfield Armory. She married the love of her life...
Peter Burns Easterbrooks
Mar 10, 2020
Peter Easterbrooks, 80, of Silver Creek Manor Nursing Home in Bristol, RI, passed away on March 10, 2020, at Newport Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Peter was born in Newport, RI to Flora (Vars) and Richard Easterbrooks. He graduated from Rogers High School in 1958. After graduation, he worked for Newport Oil Corporation and then entered the United States...
Stephen Charles Shaw
Mar 7, 2020
Stephen C. Shaw of Little Compton died on March 7th at the age of seventy. Steve was a fiercely proud native Newporter, son of Stephen and Emilie (Rowland) Shaw and brother of Pamela Honiball, all who predeceased him. Steve graduated from Rogers High School where he met his future wife Roberta Perrello. After high school he was the grand prize...
George Georgiou
Mar 7, 2020
George Georgiou, 59, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully at Newport Hospital on March 7, 2020 surrounded by friends and family. George was born in Newport, RI to Demetrios Jim G. Georgiou and the late Toula (Mathinos) Georgiou. George is survived by his father, Jim Georgiou of Middletown, his sister Alexandra Georgiou and husband Alexander Philippides, of Middletown, his...
Jack Pimental
Mar 5, 2020
Jack Pimental, 84 of Sebastian, FL. peacefully passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Born May 5, 1935, a native of Portsmouth, RI, Jack was the oldest of six children to father Jack Pimental Sr. and mother Helen Minior. Jack is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Dorothy Dutra Pimental, children Michael Pimental; Patricia Cofield; Christopher Pimental; Holly...
Francisco 'Frank' Salas, Jr.
Mar 5, 2020
Francisco Sablan Salas, Jr., 73, of Newport, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2020, surrounded by his family. He was born in Newport on June 20, 1946, to Francisco Sablan Salas, Sr. and Maria Lombard Salas. He graduated High School from Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania and attended Rhode Island Junior College. He went onto Husson University in Bangor,...
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