Catherine Jean Gosling

Catherine Jean Gosling, of Sandy Point Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, December 23, 2011 at Forest Farm Health Care Center in Middletown, RI.She was the wife of Edward P. Gosling III.Born in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Harry M. and Catherine C. Dennehy Wilson.Mrs. Gosling was a graduate of St. Catherines Academy and Salve Regina University. She was a school teacher in the Newport School System for many years. Jean was also a former tour guide at Hammersmith Farm and a former docier at Roughpoint. There was nothing she enjoyed more than spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her children, Donna Horan and her husband, John, of Worcester, MA, Katherine Ricardo and her husband, Laurence, of Cranston, RI, Margaret Hartnett and her husband, Edmond, of North Kingstown, RI, Neil Peirson and his wife, Deborah, of Hampton, NH and Harry Peirson and his wife, Mary, of Tiverton, RI; and 15 grandchildren, Christopher Horan, the late Kathleen Horan, Jeremy Horan, U.S.M.C., Bridget Horan, Thomas and Elizabeth Ricardo, Eamonn Hartnett, Conor Hartnett, Ryan Hartnett, Kaitrin Hartnett, Erin Peirson, Timothy Peirson, Sarah Peirson, Meaghan Peirson and Chase Peirson.She was the sister of the late Robert H. Wilson and Harry M. Wilson, Jr.Her funeral service will be held on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 10 am in St. Marys Episcopal Church, 324 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI.Burial will follow in St. Marys Churchyard.In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Salve Regina University Scholarship Fund, 100 Ochre Point, Newport, RI 02840.