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Michael John Lapierre
Jan 17, 2020
Beloved son, brother and friend, Michael John La Pierre, 58, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away unexpectedly on January 17, 2020. Michael was born on October 9, 1961, in Jamaica, NY. He was the oldest of three children born to Harry La Pierre and Elizabeth (Betty) La Pierre. He lived and attended school in Long Beach, NY, before moving to...
Albert M. Papineau
Jan 17, 2020
Albert Jim Papineau, 78, of Portsmouth passed away on January 17, 2020, at home surrounded by his loving family. Jim was born on April 25, 1941, in Newport RI, to the late Albert M. Papineau and the late Irene (Reed) Papineau. Jim grew up in Island Park. He worked for Raytheon, Portsmouth Fire Department and Public Works, Sheraton Islander on...
David Bradford Mower
Jan 16, 2020
David B. Mower, 72, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away on January 16, 2020. David was the husband of Joanne (Lindley) Mower. David was born in Lawrence, MA to Robert Mower and Dorothy (Harlow) Mower. He received his associates degree from UMass-Amhurst, where he met and fell in love with his wife, Joanne. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1968 and...
Helen Arruda
Jan 15, 2020
Helen (Styczenski) Arruda, 94, formerly of Paquin Place, Middletown, died on January 15, 2020, at St. Clare Home in Newport. She was the wife of the late John S. Arruda. Born on February 1, 1925, in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Albert Styczenski and Carolyn (Ludwin) Styczenski. She and John met in Fall River and...
Louise M. Reynolds
Jan 14, 2020
Louise M. Reynolds, 88, who was born and raised in Fall River, Massachusetts, and lived her adult married life in Portsmouth, RI, passed away peacefully in the company of her daughter on the morning of January 14, 2020, at The Courtyard Memory Care Unit at Tockwotton on the Waterfront in East Providence. Louise was born on April 25, 1931 to...
Cathy Yvette Saunders
Jan 13, 2020
Cathy Yvette Saunders, 56, of Newport, Rhode Island died Monday, January 13, 2020. Born in Queens, New York on May 31, 1963 Cathy was the seventh of eight children. She was the daughter of Christina Saunders and the late Joseph Saunders. Cathy graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1981. She later attended Catherine Gibbs School to learn stenography. Cathy lived...
Mary Madeline Dopart
Jan 11, 2020
Mary Madeline (Silveira) Dopart passed away on January 11, 2020, at St. Elizabeth Nursing Home in Bristol at the age of 98. She was born on July 28, 1921, in Middletown to the late Manuel D. and Mary Soares Silveira.Mary was married in 1946 to the late Victor R. Dopart Sr. of Fall River, MA until his passing in 1978....
Mary Margaret Clark
Jan 11, 2020
Mary Margaret. Clark, 87, of Stagecoach Rd, Portsmouth, RI, passed away peacefully at Newport Hospital on January 11, 2020, following a brief illness. Mary was the wife of Lofton E. Lee L.E. Clark who preceded her in death in 2013. Born in Ponchatoula, LA, Mary was the daughter of the late Doris Jeanette (Milton Wells) Fendlason and the late Marcel...
Margaret C. Taylor
Jan 9, 2020
Margaret Cecelia (Payton) Taylor passed away on January 9, 2020, at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Center, surrounded by family, after a courageous battle with cancer. Peggy, a lifelong Newport resident, was born on July 20, 1940, the daughter of John W. Payton and Margaret Monnie (Gladding) Payton. She is survived by her husband of fifty-five years, Charles G. Taylor, and...
Gloria Ann Silvia
Jan 8, 2020
Gloria Ann Silvia, 81, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away at home on January 8, 2020. Gloria was born in Newport, RI, and was the youngest of ten children born to the late Frank M. Silvia and Mary (Medeiros) Silvia. Gloria was educated by Middletown Public Schools. She spent many years caring for her elderly mother. She began The James...
Cecelia Borden
Jan 6, 2020
Cecelia (Pearce) Borden, 105, of Portsmouth passed away on January 6, 2020, at the Grand Islander Nursing Home in Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Robert MacCormick and the late Richard Borden.Born on February 12, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Cecelia Crocker Pearce and Richard Benjamin Pearce originally from England. She was the sister of...
Norbert Joseph Armand Labine
Jan 6, 2020
Dr. Norbert Labine, 82, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, passed away on January 6, 2020, at home surrounded by his loving family. Norbert was born February 21, 1937, in Woonsocket, RI to the late Maurice Labine and the late Simonne (Rageotte) Labine. Norbert was married to Sarah Shreter-Labine of Tiverton, Rhode Island, for 29 years. Norbert served in the US Air...
William F. Benisch
Jan 5, 2020
William F. Benisch, 85, of Newport, RI and North Palm Beach, FL, passed away on January 5, 2020 at The Waterford Nursing Facility in Juno Beach, FL. William was born on December 9, 1934 in Newport, RI to the late William Maurice Benisch and Millicent A. Rusling Tuttle. He was the husband of the late Dorothy (Del Nero) Benisch for...
Ann Dolbashian
Jan 3, 2020
Ann Dolbashian (Towle), 86, passed away on Friday, January 3, 2020 at Tockwotton on the Waterfront, East Providence, RI. She was the beloved wife of the late Edward Dolbashian. Born in Cranston, RI, she was the daughter of Gwendolyn (Dawley) and Kenneth Towle. Ann was a resident of Portsmouth, RI, from 1947 until she moved to Tockwotton in 2017. A...
Mary Frances Silvia
Jan 2, 2020
Mary Frances (Souza) Silvia, 90, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on January 2, 2020. Mary was born on April 28, 1929, in Newport, RI to the late Joseph Souza and the late Mary (Barella) Martin.Mary was the wife of the late John P. Silvia. Mary worked as a pastry chef for many years, but is more recognized now for...
Shelley F. Jean
Jan 2, 2020
Shelley F. Jean, age 66, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on January 2, 2020. She was the wife of the late Gerard Jean Sr. Shelley was born in Newport to Edward Foster III and Shirley (Perry) Foster, and graduated from Rogers High School. Shelley had the gift in life of knowing what she wanted to do from a young...
Arletta W. Kalogeras
Dec 31, 2019
Arletta W. (Roche) Kalogeras, 90, of Bristol, RI, passed away on December 31, 2019, at the Grace Barker Health Center in Warren.Arletta was born on November 15, 1929, in Prince Edward Island, Canada, to the late Seymour Roche and the late Kathleen (McGee) Roche. She was the wife of the late Charles Kalogeras.Arletta obtained her nursing degree in Canada and...
Anita Iglesias
Dec 30, 2019
Marie Kathryn Anita (Hebert) Iglesias of Portsmouth, RI, age 89, passed peacefully on December 30th in the comfort of her home. Of French Canadian descent, she was born on March 31, 1930 in Newport, Vermont, the daughter of Alexander and Blanche Hebert. Anita was a talented artist and as a young woman, worked as a Draftsman for EG in Boston,...
Randall Arthur Perkins
Dec 30, 2019
Randall A. Perkins, age 75, of Newport, RI, formerly of Holliston, MA, passed away on December 30, 2019, in Newport. He was the beloved husband of Janet (Kracke) Perkins of Newport. Randy was born in New York, NY to Kendrick D. Perkins and Janet (Fournier) Perkins. He grew up in the North Haven, CT area. After high school, he served...
Guiomar Fernandes
Dec 29, 2019
Mrs. Guiomar (Nunes) Fernandes, 88, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on December 29, 2019. She was the wife of the late Fernando Rego Fernandes.Guiomar was born in St. Michaels, Azores, to the late Antonio Nunes and Isabel (Medeiros) Nunes.She worked as a seamstress in the Fall River mills as a young woman. She also worked at Transcom, KVH Industries....
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