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Joseph Jesse Cabral Jr
Dec 5, 2015
Joseph Jesse Cabral, Jr., 75, of Portsmouth died Saturday, December 5, 2015 at Crestwood Nursing Convalescent Home of Warren, RI. Mr. Cabral, Jr. was born September 7, 1940 in Fall River, MA. He is the son of the late Joseph J. and the late Cindy (Linhares) Cabral.He was married to Anita Medeiros for 54 years. Mr. Cabral was a graduate...
Nicholas Bonafas
Dec 4, 2015
Nicholas Bonafas, 86, of Middletown died Friday, December 4, 2015 at Rhode Island Hospital of Providence, RI. Nicholas was born November 8, 1929 in Steubenville, OH. He is the son of the late of Dimitrios and Melpomeni (Atsali) Bonafatsos. He was the loving husband of Diane (Gianakellis) Bonafas. While still very young, he and his parents returned to Chios where...
Eliza Virginia (Bigliety) Sullivan
Dec 3, 2015
-MiddletownEliza Virginia (Bigliety) Sullivan, of Newport and Middletown, RI, passed peacefully of natural causes and surrounded by family, on Thursday December 3, 2015. She was 100 years and 13 days old.Mrs. Sullivan, known to all as Virginia or Ginnie, was born on November 20, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois, to Robert Mathew and Edith Margaret (Milligan) Moulse. Her father was a...
Lawrence Aloysius Gath
Dec 1, 2015
Newport, RI,Lawrence Aloysius Gath, 80, passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, at Newport Hospital.Born on February 26, 1935, he was the son of the late Leonard J. Gath and Marion P. (Fleming) Gath.Mr. Gath served in the United States Army. He was a serviceman for the US defense department. He is survived by his sister Florence Paquette of Smithfield,...
Esther Lucy Hargrove
Nov 30, 2015
Esther I. Hargrove, 91, of Heatherwood, Newport, RI, peacefully passed away, Monday, November 30, 2015 at Newport Hospital after a short illness.Born on January 18, 1924 in Newport she was the only daughter of the late Ollie and Catherine (MacLeod) Hargrove. She is preceded in death by her seven brothers, Joseph, William, Harry, Norman, Donald, Douglas, and Roger Hargrove. Esther...
Christopher Silvia
Nov 28, 2015
Christopher Silvia, 49, of Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, November 28, 2015. Christopher was born June 4, 1966 in Newport, RI and is the son of the late Charles and Gertrude (Bouchard) Silvia. Chris was a graduate of Portsmouth High School and attended Bristol Community College and Swaine School of Design. He was a self-employed designer and graphic artist. In 1986,...
Richard L. Souza
Nov 26, 2015
Richard L. Souza, 79, of Newport died Thursday, November 26, 2015 at home in Newport. He was the husband of the late Patricia Ann (Cawley) Souza.Born on February 7, 1936 in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Joseph and Rose (Soares) Souza. Mr. Souza served in the National Guard as a young man. He worked as an...
Dana H. Ridgley
Nov 26, 2015
Dana H. Ridgley, 91, of Portsmouth died Thursday, November 26, 2015 at Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Mary (Corsi) Ridgley.Born on December 23, 1923 in Chesterhill, OH, he was the son of the late Harry F. and Edith A. (Carpenter) Ridgley. Dana grew up in Ohio and graduated from Marion...
John K. Irwin
Nov 23, 2015
John K. Irwin, known to his friends as Jack, passed away peacefully on Monday evening, November 23, 2015, in Newport Hospital, with his wife, Karyne Wilner, at his side. Since 1995, Jack owned and operated Forest Park Mobile Homes and the Redwood Management Company. Born on February 5, 1942 in Pittsburgh, PA, he was the son of the late John...
James G. Kelly
Nov 23, 2015
James G. Kelly, 72, of Cottontail Drive, Portsmouth, RI, passed away at home on Monday, November 23, 2015.He was the beloved husband of 32 years to Jayne E. (Sabra) Kelly.Born in Baltimore, MD on June 18, 1943, he was the son of the late James Kelly and Jane Sheppard.Mr. Kelly received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1964 from Johns...
Xavier Patrick Mccann
Nov 22, 2015
Xavier Patrick McCann, 22, of Portsmouth, RI, passed November 22, 2015, at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. Born on April 5, 1993 in Newport, RI, he was the beloved son of Jennifer (Beebe) Delgado, of Portsmouth, RI and Garry McCann of Warwick, RI and beloved stepson of Paige McCann and Louis Delgado.Xavier attended Salve Regina University, enjoyed photography, cars and...
Dorothy J. Barnes
Nov 22, 2015
Dorothy J. (Clowes) Barnes, 77, of Portsmouth died Sunday, November 22, 2015 at Grand Islander Health Care Center of Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Chief Petty Officer, Donald M. Barnes, USN.Born on August 28, 1938 in Portland, ME, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Violet (Keeney) Clowes.Dorothy grew up in Peaks Island and...
Ettore Hector Marcucci
Nov 19, 2015
Ettore Hector Guido Marcucci, 92, of 7 Gooseberry Road,Newport, RI died on November 19, 2015 at home surrounded by his loving family. Hector was born November 25, 1922 in Newport, RI, the son of the late Guido and Theresa (Giordano) Marcucci who emigrated from Italy during WW I.He leaves his wife, Pauline (Polly Munafo) Marcucci and four children: Terri (Michael)...
Louis R. Groves
Nov 19, 2015
Louis R. Groves, 79, of Newport died Thursday, November 19, 2015 at Village House Nursing Home in Newport, RI. He was the husband of Evelyn H. (Mahoney) Groves for 53 years.Born on April 18, 1936 in Charleston, WV, he was the son of the late David W. Ethel M. (Shepherd) Groves. Louis and his wife were very active in the...
Antone J. Silvia, Sr
Nov 19, 2015
Antone J. Silvia, Sr., 94, of East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died peacefully on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at home. He was the husband of 67 years to the late Belmira Agnes (Miranda) Silvia.Born in Portsmouth, RI on May 22, 1921, he was the son of the late Christopher and Mary (Fragosa) Silvia.Mr. Silvia was employed at Chase Farms for...
Edward John "Ted" Jurista
Nov 19, 2015
Edward John (Ted) Jurista, 68, passed away on November 19, 2015 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, comforted by his wife, Diana. Ted was born on August 26, 1947 to Navy Chief Edward A. Jurista and Mary (Gibbons) Jurista in Norfolk, VA. He was the third of eight and the first son. Ted enlisted in the Navy in 1968 and...
Michael Todd Aguiar
Nov 19, 2015
-Bristol Michael Todd Aguiar, age 33, died Thursday, November 19, 2015 at home. Mr. Aguiar was born March 11, 1982 and had lived in Bristol most of his life. He is the son of Donald and Marie (Kalogeras) Aguiar. Michael was a graduate of LaSalle Academy. He received an Associate Degree from Bristol Community College.Michael enjoyed many aspects of computers,...
Kathleen E. Jenkins
Nov 18, 2015
Kathleen Ennis Jenkins, of Newport, RI, died peacefully of natural causes, on November 18th, 2015. She was 86 years old. Mrs. Jenkins was born in Manila, the Philippines, on August 13, 1929, where her parents, then Lt. William P. Ennis Jr. USMA, 1926, and Frances Dwyer Ennis were stationed for an overseas tour with the US Army. Called Fun by...
Barbara L. Angel
Nov 18, 2015
Barbara L. (Lewis) Angel, 91, of Middletown died Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at St. Clare Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late William K. Angel.Born on February 13, 1924 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Louise (Whitman) Lewis. Mrs. Angel was first and foremost a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker....
Mary Madeline Nunes
Nov 18, 2015
Mary Madeline (Medeiros) Nunes, 93, of Middletown, RI died Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Frank (Larry) Nunes.Born in Middletown, RI on June 28, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Mary (Escobar) Medeiros. Mary was a graduate of Rogers High School, Newport Business Secretarial School, and...
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