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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Maybelle E. Paul

Maybelle E. Paul

Feb 28, 2020

Maybelle E. (Flynn) Paul, age 93, of Portsmouth, passed away on February 28, 2020, at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, MA. Maybelle was born on December 7, 1926, in Fall River, MA, to the late James F. Flynn and Mabel (Moran) Flynn. She was the wife of the late John H. Paul She worked as a winder for a...

Helen Alice Pineau

Helen Alice Pineau

Feb 27, 2020

Helen Alice Pineau, 96, formerly of Third Street in Newport, passed away on February 27, 2020, at the St. Clare Home in Newport. Helen was born on March 16, 1923, in Jamestown, RI, to the late Antone and Rufina (Rose) Vieira. She was the wife of the late Norman L. Pineau. Helen was a great woman; she was a caring...

Christine Marie Terpening

Christine Marie Terpening

Feb 27, 2020

Christine (Curt) Terpening of Newport was born March 17, 1972 in Newport, RI. She is the daughter of Arthur and Lillian Curt and wife of Dwayne Terpening. She was the mother of Jose Curt of Providence, Brittney Terpening of New York and Miranda Terpening of Newport. She was the sister of Linda OBrian of Newport, Dabrina Heup of Newport, Cheryl...

Robert Nelson Eugene Caron

Robert Nelson Eugene Caron

Feb 26, 2020

Robert N. E. Red Caron, age 75, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, February 26, 2020. Robert was born in Woonsocket, RI to Arthur Caron and Alice (Boulris) Caron. He graduated from Woonsocket High School and entered the US Air Force in 1964. After his military service he began a long career in the growing...

Warren A. Karoli

Warren A. Karoli

Feb 26, 2020

Warren A. Karoli, 96, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully at home on February 26, 2020, surrounded by his loving family and caregivers. Warren was born on October 9, 1923, in Newport, RI to the late Edward H. and Edith M. Karoli. He was married to his adoring wife, Joan L. Karoli, for almost 60 years. Warren attended Rogers...

Susan Souza

Susan Souza

Feb 25, 2020

Susan Souza, age 64, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on February 25, 2020.Susan was born in Bangor, ME, to David O'Donald and the late Freda (Marcho) ODonald. Susan was the wife of Joseph Souza, III of Middletown for the last 35 years.Susan worked in the hospitality industry as an event coordinator for many years. In her spare time, she...

Edith Mary Silvia

Edith Mary Silvia

Feb 23, 2020

Edith M. Silvia, age 87, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on February 23, 2020. She was the wife of the late Harry L. Silvia.Edith was born in Pawtucket, RI to Joseph and Frances Cambra. She was raised in Middletown and worked for several years at the GE plant. She was a longtime resident of Park Holm and enjoyed trips...

George Peter Bowab

George Peter Bowab

Feb 21, 2020

PORTSMOUTH George P. Bowab (MMC, USN, Ret.), 91, of Portsmouth RI, peacefully passed away, February 21, 2020, surrounded by his loving family. Born May 13, 1928, in Pawtucket, RI, he was the son of the late Joseph M Bowab and the late Sarah (Glancy) Bowab. George enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and served over 20 years,...

Eugenia Gormly

Eugenia Gormly

Feb 20, 2020

Eugenia Jenny Gormly, 99, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, February 20, 2020. Eugenia was born in Providence, RI, to Biagio Del Nigro and Prizziosa Mancini and is the wife of the late Henry Gormly, Jr. Throughout her life, Jenny enjoyed spending lots of time with her family, especially at family gatherings, parties, and...

Manuel L. Escobar

Manuel L. Escobar

Feb 18, 2020

Manuel L. Escobar of Portsmouth, RI died on Tuesday, February 18, peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Born in Faial of the Azores, on July 3, 1943, he was the son of the late Francisco P. and Ana (Garcia) Escobar. He was the husband of Frances S. (Perry) Escobar.In addition to his wife, he is survived by his sons...

Elizabeth Ann Murphy

Elizabeth Ann Murphy

Feb 18, 2020

Elizabeth Ann Murphy, 79, passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at Newport Hospital, with her family by her side. Elizabeth was born October 26, 1940, in Newport, RI to the Late James R. and the late Dorothy (Hayes) Sullivan She was a graduate of Rogers High School and Newport School of Nursing. Betty worked for several years as a...

Ann Marie Leavitt

Ann Marie Leavitt

Feb 17, 2020

Ann Marie (Markowski) Leavitt passed away peacefully at home on February 17, 2020, surrounded by her loving family after a nearly six year courageous and valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. Ann was born on October 30, 1946 to Henry and Florence Markowski of Enfield, CT. Her entire life was devoted to homemaking and caring for her family. She enjoyed long...

John Christopher Cabral

John Christopher Cabral

Feb 15, 2020

John C. Cabral, 70, of Portsmouth, passed away on February 15, 2020, in Stoughton, MA John was born on June 30, 1949, in Fall River, MA, to the late John J. Cabral and the late Lillian (Luciano) Cabral. John was the husband of Yun Min (Yi) Cabral of Portsmouth. John proudly served in the US Army in Vietnam in the...

Christina Jean Vars

Christina Jean Vars

Feb 14, 2020

Christina Jean Vars, 70, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on February 14, 2020, at Rhode Island Hospital. Christina was born on October 22, 1949, in Newport, RI, to the late Christina A. (DiMatteo) Laurin. She was the wife of Kevin Vars. She worked for 36 years at Naval Station Newport, retiring as the Property Transportation Officer, earning the Meritorious...

Louis Peter Mureddu

Louis Peter Mureddu

Feb 11, 2020

Louis Mureddu, age 86, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully on February 11, 2020. Born in Newport, he was the son of the late Mary Castellano and Anthony Mureddu and husband of Barbara Monticone Mureddu with whom he had been married for close to 60 years. Louis was a graduate of De La Salle Academy in Newport and began...

William Herman Clarke

William Herman Clarke

Feb 11, 2020

William H. Bill Clarke, BMCS, USN (Ret.), 95, of Middletown, RI, passed away on February 11, 2020, at Blenheim in Middletown. Bill was born on June 11, 1924, in Marigold, CA, to the late William H. Clarke and Nadine May (Fehr) Clarke. He was the husband of the late Catherine Bessie Clarke (Cathy). Bill proudly served in the US Navy...

Leonard Mark

Leonard Mark

Feb 10, 2020

Leonard Mark, 86, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on February 10, 2020, at St. Annes Hospital in Fall River, MA. Leonard was born October 20, 1933, in Simpson, PA to John Mark and Victoria (Werwinski) Mark. Leonard was married to the love of his life, Bonnie for 63 years. Leonard graduated from Fell Township High School in 1951. After...

Ann E. Calcutt

Ann E. Calcutt

Feb 9, 2020

Ann E. Calcutt, age 84, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on February 9, 2020. Ann was born in Jamestown, RI to Louis Paul and Mary Agnes (Lathan) Paul. A Portsmouth resident since the early 1970s, she worked at Raytheon for nearly 30 years. She also volunteered at Head Start through the Grandparent Program and for the RI Blood Center....

Mickey Botelho

Mickey Botelho

Feb 8, 2020

Ora Mae Mickey Botelho, 83, of Middletown, passed away on February 8, 2020. She was the wife of the late Louis E. Botelho. Born in Worcester, MA she was the daughter of the late Albert and Edna (Nichols) Joubert. After growing up with her cousins Bill and Jerry Mohr and their children, Mickey met the love of her life Louis,...

Linda Anne Marvelle

Linda Anne Marvelle

Feb 8, 2020

Linda A Marvelle, 77, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on February 8, 2020, at Newport Hospital in Newport after a years long battle with cancer.Born in Newport on August 4, 1942, she was the daughter of James Marvelle and Virginia (Veasey) Marvelle. She enjoyed her upbringing off Broadway and attended school at Rogers High SchoolLinda worked for Newport Electric...