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Gary Peter Smith
May 7, 2016
Gary P. Smith, 76, of Middletown died unexpectedly on Saturday May 7, 2016. He was the husband of Frances A. Rodrigues Smith. They were married for 46 years. Born in Newport, March 8, 1940 he was the son of the late Frederick and Clarissa (Champlin) Smith. He graduated in 1959 from Rogers High School. He started work at age 16...
Kristen Mcevoy
May 7, 2016
Kristen McEvoy, 46, of Portsmouth died Saturday, May 7, 2016 at home in Portsmouth. Mrs. McEvoy was born July 9, 1969 in Newport, RI. She is the daughter of Elaine (Segerson) Schwartz and the late Jerold Schwartz. She was married to James McEvoy for 18 years.Kristen was an avid tennis player, playing in high school and college, and was captain...
Claude Hubert "Corky" Carlile Jr
May 6, 2016
Claude Hubert "Corky" Carlile Jr. died suddenly on Friday May 6th during hospitalization for pneumonia. Corky was born on January 8th, 1956 in Cristobal, Canal Zone, Panama. He was a resident of Tiverton, RI for most of his life and graduated from Tiverton High School in 1974 and from New England College in 1978. He was the only child of...
Mary Elizabeth Herterick
May 5, 2016
MIDDLETOWN - Mary Kardel Herterick, 90, resident of the John Clarke Retirement Home, died peacefully Thursday, May 05, 2016. She is now reunited with her husband of 49 years William M. Herterick who predeceased her on Veteran's Day in 1994. As a youth, Mary attended local Catholic schools, and during World War II she worked at the Naval Torpedo Station...
Barbara Alexander
May 4, 2016
Barbara Alexander, 57, of Tiverton died Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI. Mrs. Alexander was born August 10, 1958 in Newport, RI. She is the daughter of Joan B. (Houston) Holiday and the late Charles R. Holiday. She was happily married to James Alexander for 31 years. They resided in both Newport and Tiverton and enjoyed...
Kyle James Mitchell
May 4, 2016
Kyle James Mitchell, 23, of Portsmouth went to his eternal home on Wednesday, May 4, 2016. He was born May 18, 1992 in Guam. He is the beloved son of John and Anne Marie (Carey) Mitchell of Portsmouth. Kyle grew up in a military family, where he saw more parts of the world than most kids his age. He graduated...
Constance Fesmire Macneil
May 3, 2016
Constance (Fesmire) MacNeil, 83, of Middletown died Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at Newport Hospital with her sons by her side. Connie was born March 14, 1933 in Philadelphia, PA. She was the only daughter of the late William Fesmire and Jane (Barnak) Fesmire. She was the wife of the late Thomas M. MacNeil Sr., whom she married on January 18,...
Diana Garifalon
May 2, 2016
Diana Garifalon, 83, of Newport, died Monday, May 2, 2016 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center in Newport, RI. Born on December 12, 1932, in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Margarita (Prepola) Garifalon.In her youth she was employed by Pan American Airlines as a French Interpreter. She also worked as an administrative assistant at...
Marjorie Elaine Kazin Boyce
Apr 30, 2016
Marjorie Kazin Boyce, 68, of Jamestown, died April 30, 2016. She was born Mar 18, 1948 the daughter of Genevieve Kazin and the late Frank Kazin of Portsmouth, RI. Marjie graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1966, University of Rhode Island, BA English, 1970; M. Education, Providence College 1980; MBA University of Rhode Island, 1991; and Ph.D. in Educational Leadership,...
Edward C. Cassese
Apr 27, 2016
Edward Charles Cassese, 76, of Hoppin Road, Newport, RI passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at Newport Hospital. Born on March 17, 1940 in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Emidio Charles and Antoinette (Pepe) Cassese. Mr. Cassese was a graduate of Rogers High School. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and his Master's Degree...
Ronald F. Dick
Apr 26, 2016
Ronald Ferree Dick of Newport, R.I. passed away peacefully in the arms of his beloved wife Lilly and with his family around him on Tuesday April 26, 2016. Ronnie was born on September 1, 1928, in Washington D.C., the second son of C. Mathews Dick and Catherine Garnett Crossan. He was the brother of C. Mathews Dick, Jr. (Maisie) who...
Margaret "Peg" H. Brady
Apr 26, 2016
Margaret H. Brady, 87, wife of John F. Brady passed away peacefully on April 26, at home surrounded by her loving family. Peg was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on June 11, 1928, the daughter of the late F. Hamilton and Margaret V. Lane and sister of the late F. Hamilton Lane II. She attended Catholic schools in Taunton, graduating from...
Maura Kelly Kehew
Apr 26, 2016
Maura Kelly Kehew, 59 of Indian Hill Circle, Middletown, RI passed away unexpectedly April 26, 2016. She was surrounded by her family. She was married to her beloved husband Michael P. Kehew for over 37 years. She is survived by her daughter Elizabeth Perry, her husband Robert Perry and two grandchildren, Isla Perry and Gavin Perry of Cranston, RI; her...
Keith A. Upshur
Apr 25, 2016
Keith Alan Upshur, 50, of Portsmouth died Monday April 25, 2016 at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI. Keith was born August 9, 1965 in Newport, RI, he was the son of Lillian (Addison) Morais of Middletown, RI and the late Dumas Upshur and Albert Morais. Keith grew up Newport, and served in the United States National Guard. He was well...
Frank Raposa
Apr 21, 2016
Frank Raposa, 96, formerly of Immokalee Drive, Portsmouth, died Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. His beloved wife of 50 years, Alice A. (Medeiros) Raposa preceded him in death.Born in Portsmouth, RI, on December 19, 1919, he was the son of the late Jesse and Maria (Cabral) Raposa. Frank was a lifelong Portsmouth resident,...
Mary Jean Mckenna
Apr 21, 2016
Mary Jean (Kelly) McKenna, 84, of Newport died Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Newport Hospital surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Robert J. McKenna for 56 years.Born in Springfield, MA, on March 9, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Raymond E. and Emily M. (Gehrung) KellyMrs. McKenna grew up in Pawtucket, RI and graduated from...
Roy Andrew Biastre
Apr 20, 2016
Roy A. Biastre, 67, of Butler Street, Newport, RI, passed away at home on April 20, 2016.Born in Newport, RI on May 17, 1948, he was the son of the late Louis and Adelaide (Brown) Biastre, Brother of Jean (Biastre) Gadsby of Middletown, George Biastre of Florida and the late Louis Biastre Jr and Ann (Biastre) Hartness, and was a...
George R. Levesque
Apr 20, 2016
George was born on November 27, 1950 the son of the late Thomas and Anna (Doyle) Levesque. George graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1968, and attended Roger Williams University from which he graduated in 1973. From 1997 until his retirement in 2012, George was the transportation director for the James L. Maher Center in Middletown, RI, that serves adults...
Donna Louise Gayauski
Apr 19, 2016
Donna Louise (Benard) Gayauski, 62, of Portsmouth died Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at Mass General Hospital in Boston, MA. She was the wife of Peter Gayauski for 35 years.Born on March 24, 1954 in Putnam, CT, she was the daughter of Constance (Bateman) Benard of Portsmouth, RI and the late Raymond Benard Sr. As a young woman Donna worked at...
Steven A. Schreiner
Apr 18, 2016
Steven A. Schreiner, 69, of Jepson Lane, Portsmouth, RI and Cape Coral, FL, died peacefully on Monday, April 18, 2016 after a courageous 2 year battle with cancer. He passed away at home with his loving family at his side. He was the beloved husband of 45 years to Margaret "Peggy" (McNamara) Schreiner.Born in Bronx, NY on July 6, 1946,...
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