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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,...
John R. Mayer
Mar 4, 2020
John R. Mayer passed away on March 4th, 2020 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Elaine N. Mayer whom he married in 1948 in Philadelphia, PA. John was the son of the late Harry A. Mayer and his wife Ottelia. After graduating from Olney High School, John joined the Navy and was assigned to a transport ship bringing...
Stephen Randall Roderick
Mar 3, 2020
Stephen Randall Roderick, of Newport, RI passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at Newport Hospital. Born in Newport, RI on February 27, 1945, he was the son of the late Edward Joseph and Hilda (Campos) Roderick. Stephen was a graduate of Rogers High School, class of 1963. After high school, he joined the Navy, and served as a Corpsman...
Julia B. Ferreira
Mar 2, 2020
Julia B. Ferreira, age 81, of Somerset, Massachusetts, passed away on March 2, 2020. She was the wife of the late Noel G. Skip Ferreira. Julia was born in Newport, RI to John B. and Mary M. Silvia. She graduated from Rogers High School in 1956. In 1962 she married Noel G. Ferreira and they resided in Somerset, MA. Julia...
Joseph Mathias
Mar 1, 2020
Joseph Mathias, 93, of Portsmouth, passed away on March 1, 2020 at Silver Creek Manor in Bristol, RI surrounded by his children. Born in Fall River, he was the son of the late John and Alexandria (Linhares) Mathias. He was the devoted husband of the late Emily (Silvia) Mathias. Joe graduated from Henry Lord High school in Fall River, and...
Charles Steven Soliozy
Feb 29, 2020
Charles S. Soliozy, 94, passed away on February 29, 2020 at the Roper Hospice Cottage in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Charles was born in Newport, RI on July 21, 1925. He graduated from Rogers High School and served as a sergeant in the United States Army Air Corps, 1943-1946 stationed in Edmonton, Alberta where he met the love of his...
Edmund J. Lopes
Feb 29, 2020
Edmund J. Lopes, 94, of Newport, R.I., passed away peacefully at home on February 29, 2020.Edmund was the son of the late Agostinho Lopes and Maria (Medeiros) Lopes. He was born in Arriffes, Sao Miguel, Azores on September 30, 1925. He came to the United States in April of 1931 at age 5, with his parents and siblings settling in...
Cindy Gail Corey
Feb 29, 2020
Cindy Corey, 44, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on February 29, 2020, at Newport Hospital, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Cindy was born June 24, 1975, in Newport, RI to the late Richard Corey and Marian Corey. Cindy is survived by her mother Marian Corey of Middletown, RI and by her siblings; Robert Corey and his wife...
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