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Gloria Meade
Apr 5, 2020
Gloria (Colaneri) Meade died peacefully on April 5th, at the age of 95. She was the daughter of Ralph and Angela (DiLizia) Colaneri. She grew up in Hartford, CT where she graduated from Bulkeley High School and attended the Hartford School of Music. While there, she studied with Ivan Velikanoff and performed as Mamma Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana in their...
Florence T. Aguiar
Apr 4, 2020
Florence T. Aguiar, age 87, of Portsmouth, passed away peacefully on April 4, 2020, at her daughters home in Wakefield, RI. She was the wife of the late Bento Aguiar. Florence was born in Middletown, RI to Manuel and Francelina (Faustino) Cadima. Florence lived in Newport when she married Bento and began her career at General Electric in Newport. She...
Todd Gianetis
Mar 30, 2020
Todd Gianetis, 55, of Middletown, RI, passed away on March 30, 2020. Todd was born on April 20, 1964, in Newport, RI, the son of John and Barbara (Cardoza) Gianetis. Todd is survived by his wife of 20 years Nicole P. (Dufault) Gianetis of Middletown, RI. Todd is a graduate of Middletown High School. After high school Todd started his...
Cecelia A. Brown
Mar 29, 2020
Ms. Cecelia A. "Ginger" Brown, 100, of Middletown, and formerly of Portsmouth, passed away on March 29, 2020, at the Grand Islander Nursing Home in Middletown.Ginger was born on September 10, 1919, in Portsmouth, RI, to the late August Brown and the late Rita (Costa) Brown.She was a graduate of the Thibodeau Business School along with her twin sister, Brownie,...
Lillian R. Morais
Mar 28, 2020
Lillian R. (Addison) Morais, 80, of Middletown died on Saturday, March 28, 2020 in the St. Clare Home, Newport. She was the wife of the late Albert Morais. Born in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Nathaniel and Nellie (Burton) Addison. Mrs. Morais was a 1958 graduate of Rogers High School the first new high school class....
Maureen T. Thomas
Mar 27, 2020
Mary Maureen Teresa Thomas, (nee Beirne) a passed away peacefully on March 24 2020, in Bryn Mawr, PA. She was 89 years old. Maureen was born in County Sligo, Ireland, to Patrick and Helen Ellie Beirne and raised in the small town of Charlestown, County Mayo. At the age of 16, she moved to London, England where she later held...
Esperanza "Sita" Valentine
Mar 26, 2020
Sita Valentine, 84, passed away peacefully on March 26, 2020. She was the daughter of the late Jose and Esperanza Feal and the beloved wife of Paul H. Valentine for 59 years. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 30th, 1935. Sita attended John J. Brooklyn High School and was valedictorian of her class. She attended St. Johns...
Andrew A. Ritchie
Mar 25, 2020
ANDREW A. RITCHIE, 64, of Berkeley Ct, Middletown, RI passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2020 after a recent illness. He was the loved son of the late George W. Ritchie and Mary D. (Sullivan) Ritchie. Andy was the youngest of nine children and is survived by his four brothers and two sisters: George Ritchie III of Cranston, Jerry Ritchie of...
Jacqueline Arlethia Price
Mar 25, 2020
Jacqueline A. Price, of Newport, RI, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on March 25, 2020. Jackie leaves behind 5 children Deion, Kacheena, Tyrona, Nadene, and DeAnthony, several grandchildren and step children and her wife. She really enjoyed cooking, listening to 90s RB music, laughing and making people laugh. She was the sister that started family fun day that...
Doris Rozilla Russell
Mar 25, 2020
Doris R. (Rahn) Russell, 79, of Newport, passed away surrounded by her family on March 25, 2020 in the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown. She was the wife of the late Robert J. Russell. Born in Green Lake, WI, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Irene (Brown) Rahn. Doris enjoyed motorcycle rides with her husband. She...
Ann Marie Mccann
Mar 24, 2020
Ann Marie McCann, formerly of Portsmouth, passed away peacefully at Tockwotton on the Waterfront in East Providence on March 24, 2020. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Edward P and Grace (McCurdy) Cox, and the beloved spouse of 53 years of the late William J. McCann. Ann Marie graduated St. Xavier Academy, and was a proud...
Robert F. Mulholland
Mar 24, 2020
Robert L. Mulholland, 83, passed away on March 24, 2020.Private military services were held Friday, March 27th at 9:00AM.Bob was born December 12, 1936, the 4th son of Dana J. and Mary (Fitzpatrick) Mulholland.After graduation from Rogers High School, he went on to graduate from Boston University with a degree in aeronautical engineering and joined the Marine Corps. He received...
Michael James Dupre
Mar 23, 2020
Mr. Michael Dupre, age 44, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on March 23, 2020 in fall River, MA.Michael was born in Fall River, MA to Patricia (Paquin) Dupre.Michael is survived by his two sons Michael Dupre Jr., and Jeremy Dupre, both of Portsmouth. Tracy Beaulieu, companion and mother of his children, also of Portsmouth. He also leaves a brother.Mike...
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...
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