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Margaret Teresa Roche
Sep 1, 2015
Margaret T. Roche of Newport, 62, passed away on September 1, 2015 at Newport Hospital.Born on January 28, 1953 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Julia (Pont) Roche. Margaret attended and graduated from Middletown High School and was employed by Newport Hospital. She was a member of Jesus Savior Church's, Rosary Sodality and the...
Jean Lorraine Minese
Sep 1, 2015
Portsmouth, RI - Jean L. (Hill) Minese, 89, of Portsmouth, RI, died peacefully on Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at Silver Creek Manor, Bristol, RI with family be her side.She was the wife of the late August John Minese, Jr. Born in Brockton, MA on July 17, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Charles Dwight and Victoria (Bean) Hill...
Irene P. Marano
Aug 29, 2015
Irene P. Marano, age 82, of Portsmouth died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Newport Hospital. Mrs. Marano was born July 31, 1933 in Portsmouth, RI. She is the daughter of the late Joseph and the late Rose (Augustine) Lima. She married Michael Joseph Marano on April 14, 1956 and they remained married for 59 years. In addition to her parents...
George M Toppa
Aug 28, 2015
George Manuel Toppa, 63, of Newport died peacefully, surrounded by his loving family Friday, August 28, 2015 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center of Providence, RI. Born on September 25, 1951 in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Augustin A. Toppa and the late Jane F. (Cochrane) Toppa. George was a Vietnam Veteran in the Army. Later in...
Josina P. M. De Smit Kits Van Heyningen
Aug 27, 2015
Josina P. M. de Smit Kits van Heyningen, of Newport, died peacefully on Thursday, August 27, 2015 in Newport at the age of 88. She was the wife of the late Arent H. Kits van Heyningen. Josina was born on March 13, 1927 in Rotterdam, Holland, the daughter of the late Willem P. de Smit and the late Trijntje M....
Elisabeth Heines
Aug 26, 2015
Elisabeth Heines, 92, of Newport, RI, died August 25th 2015 Elisabeth Heines, daughter of Syfert and Alberta de Smit, loving wife of J. M. H. Heines, passed away at the Grand Islander Center (Middletown, RI) after the cumulative effects of ageing ended her time with us. She is survived by her son Michael, daughter-in-law Ann (both of Rome, NY), brother...
Stanley M. Farak
Aug 22, 2015
Stanley M. Farak, 69, of Portsmouth died Saturday, August 22, 2015, at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, MA. Born on February 10, 1946, in Erie, PA, he was the son of the late Stanley J. and Josephine (Kozik) Farak. Stan served honorably in the US Navy for 20 years, retiring in 1986 as a Senior Chief Petty Officer. After...
Joseph M. Martins
Aug 21, 2015
Joseph M. Martins, an accomplished musician, fisherman extraordinaire, small business owner and lifelong fan of the Beatles and the Who, died unexpectedly at home on Friday, August 21, 2015.Born on January 26, 1956 at Newport Hospital, he was the son of Caroline M. (Murray) Martins and the late Joseph I. Martins.Joe was a proud product of the Newport public school...
Lawrence Bento
Aug 19, 2015
Lawrence Bento, 83, of Mockingbird Lane, Tiverton, RI, formerly of Pawtucket, RI, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at the RI Veterans Home in Bristol, RI.He was the husband of Judith M. (Monteiro) Bento.Born on August 25, 1931 in Tremes, Santarem, Portugal, he was the son of the late Julio and Rosalina Bento and came to the United States...
Robert Manuel Sousa
Aug 19, 2015
Robert Manuel Sousa, 85, of Portsmouth died Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at home surrounded by his family.He was the husband of Marion G. (Melanson) SousaBorn on April 2, 1930 in Fall River, MA, he was the son of the late Manuel C. and Gertrude (Bettencourt) Sousa. Mr. Sousa served during the Korean War in the United States Air Force. After...
Julita "Nellie" P. Soriano
Aug 19, 2015
Julita "Nellie" P. Soriano, 66, of Newport, died Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at Newport Hospital. Nellie was born July 2, 1949 in Manaoag, Pangasinan, Philippines. She is the daughter of the late Gaudencio Palad and Clara (Orfiano) Palad.She moved to Guam in 1974 and married in Guam on April 8, 1974 and followed her husband Larry in several Navy duty...
Francis Anthony Lawrence
Aug 17, 2015
Francis Anthony Lawrence, 94, of Middletown died Monday, August 17, 2015 at RI Veterans Home of Bristol, RI. He was the husband of Helen Mary (Arruda) Atwater Lawrence.Born on July 4, 1921 in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Antonio and Maria (Silvia) Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence served in the US Navy during World War II. He was...
Barbara Lynn Krensavage
Aug 16, 2015
Barbara Krensavage passed away in her home very unexpectedly on Sunday morning of natural causes.She was born on September 3rd 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts as the third of six children, to Dolores J. Carroll of Middletown and the late James Meagher.She moved to Aquidneck Island when she was 13 years old where she furthered her love of the ocean and...
Arthur M. Hines
Aug 15, 2015
Arthur M Hines, 90, of Middletown, RI, died on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at Newport Hospital surrounded by his family.Born August 15, 1925 in Oriental, NC, he was the son of the late Joseph Garnie Hines, Sr. and the late Mollie (Greene) Hines. He was married to his loving wife, the late Marie Elizabeth (Antone) Hines.Mr. Hines served in the...
William A. Smith
Aug 14, 2015
William A. Smith, age 88, of Crest Street, Middletown died Friday, August 14, 2015 at Heatherwood Nursing Center of Newport, RI. William was born on November 17, 1926 in Newport, RI. He is the son of the late William and Isabelle (Roque) Smith, and grandson of the late Manuel and Helen Roque.Bill was a WWII veteran of the US Army...
Maureen E. Tefft
Aug 13, 2015
Maureen E. Tefft, 61, of Beaufort, South Carolina passed away on August 13, 2015 after a courageous battle with brain cancer. She was born in Newport, Rhode Island to the late Michael Joseph Brennan and Muriel Jane Brennan of Portsmouth, RI. In 1974 she married her husband Michael John Tefft. They have two children, Christopher Michael Tefft and Gretchen Nicole...
Charles Thomas Dewick
Aug 12, 2015
Charles Thomas Dewick of Tiverton, Rhode Island passed away on August 12, 2015. He was born in September 1926. He was the husband of Anna Weiss Dewick.After the death of his mother in 1934 he was raised at St. Andrews Episcopal School in Barrington, RI. He joined the Navy in 1944. He trained with the Marines for the Navy Amphibious...
Charles William Ouellette
Aug 8, 2015
Charles W. Ouellette, 76, of Mary Lane, Portsmouth, RI, passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2015 at Crestwood Nursing Home in Warren, RI. He was the husband of the late Alexandria Joan (Piermont) Ouellette.Born on August 27, 1938 in Bristol, RI, he was the son of the late Raymond J. and Rachel F. (Topazio) Ouellette. Mr. Ouellette was a veteran...
Thomas West Roberts
Aug 8, 2015
Thomas West Roberts, age 80, of Newport died Saturday, August 8, 2015, at Newport Hospital. Thomas was born on March 4, 1935, in Waterbury, CT, the son of the late M. Thomas and the late Helen (West) Roberts. He was the husband of Mary (DiMartino) Roberts for 56 years. Thomas worked for Northeast Utilities for 47 years, before retiring in...
Lorraine Hedger
Aug 7, 2015
Bristol, - Lorraine Hedger, Passed away at age 81 on August 7, 2015 at St. Elizabeth's Manor in Bristol, RI where she resided for the past eleven years.Lorraine worked as an office manager for Bonanza Bus Lines for 35 years. Before her illness, Lorraine had a zest for life and unlimited stores of energy which she spent ice skating, roller...
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