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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Chief Donald L. Homen, Mpd Ret.

Chief Donald L. Homen, Mpd Ret.

Jul 1, 2015

Chief Donald L. Homen, MPD Ret., 82, of Middletown, died peacefully on Wednesday July 1, 2015, at Newport Hospital.Born on September 3, 1932 in Middletown, RI, he was the son of the late Frank and Mary (Silvia) Homen. He was the former husband of Dorothy (Pollitt) Russo and the late Carolyn (Stafford) Homen.A lifelong resident of Middletown he graduated from...

Anthony Joseph Integlia

Anthony Joseph Integlia

Jun 30, 2015

Anthony Joseph Integlia , 86, beloved husband of Mojca Sonja (Sencar) Integlia for 57 years and father of Dr. Mark John Integlia, Sonja Marie (Integlia) Boyland,, and the late Vincent Anthony W. Integlia, died on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Tucson, AZ after a very long struggle with heart and kidney disease.He was born in Newport, Rhode Island on November...

Theodore Neale Rosser Jr

Theodore Neale Rosser Jr

Jun 29, 2015

Theodore Neale Rosser, Jr., 74, of Portsmouth, RI, passed on to his permanent home with the Lord on June 29 after a brief illness.Neale was born in Indianapolis, IN and was the son of the late Theodore Neale Rosser, Sr. and Mary Stephens Rosser. He graduated from Howe High School. He had fond memories of working summers on the family...

Louis A. Bellagamba

Louis A. Bellagamba

Jun 27, 2015

Louis A. Bellagamba, 83, of Middletown, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2015. He was the devoted husband of Mary A. (Lozito) Bellagamba. Born in Ridgefield, CT, he was the son of the late Alessandro and Annunziata (Cimarelli) Bellagamba.Lou was raised in Ridgefield, CT, and moved to Newport in 1962. He served in the Marine Corps in the early 1950s. He...

Kathleen Ann Child

Kathleen Ann Child

Jun 25, 2015

Kathleen Ann Child, 65, of Tiverton passed away on 6/24/15 after almost 3 years of suffering the ravages of ovarian cancer. She deeply regretted leaving behind her husband of 32 years, Dr. Robert Child.Born on 9/2/49 in Springfield, MA, she was the daughter of Samuel Hanna and the late Rita (Kelley) Hanna and was the step daughter of the late...

James Richard Johnsen

James Richard Johnsen

Jun 24, 2015

James Richard Johnsen, 67, of Portsmouth died on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at home surrounded by family. James was born May 14, 1948 in Newport, RI, the son of the late Einar and Agnes (Hume) Johnsen. As a young boy, Jim was a member of the Boys Club Drum and Bugle Corps. He found an early love of the ocean,...

Lloyd W. Simmons

Lloyd W. Simmons

Jun 21, 2015

Lloyd W. Simmons, 80, of Jacksonville, FL died peacefully Sunday, June 21, 2015, at Acosta-Rua Community Hospice of Northeast FL.Lloyd was born January 7, 1935 in Andover, MA. He is the son of the late Frank W. Simmons and the late Evelyn K. Simmons.He was the husband of Ann E. (Soares) Simmons for 35 years.Lloyd worked for Raytheon as an...

Mark Gruchy

Mark Gruchy

Jun 21, 2015

Mark Gruchy, 58, of Middletown died Sunday, June 21, 2015 at Newport Hospital.Mark was the husband of Karen (Drabic) Gruchy. He was born in Framingham, MA, son of the late Douglass Gruchy and Opal Kinsman. Mark worked for Cardi Concrete as a truck driver for about 18 years and as a diver and owner of Mark's Mooring and Maintenance Service....

Doris A. Koohy

Doris A. Koohy

Jun 19, 2015

Doris A. Koohy, 80, of Middletown died Friday, June 19, 2015 at Forest Farm Health Care Center in Middletown, RI. Mrs. Koohy was born December 12, 1934 in Portsmouth, RI. She is the daughter of the late Manuel and the late Marianne (Perry) Silvia. Doris enjoyed knitting; she would knit small blankets and donate them to the Robert Potter League...

Jose Perreira Aguiar

Jose Perreira Aguiar

Jun 18, 2015

Jose Perreira Aguiar, 88, of Middletown died Thursday, June 18, 2015, surrounded by his loving family at Silver Creek Manor in Bristol, RI. Mr. Aguiar was born September 12, 1926 in San Miguel Azores. He is the son of the late Antonio and the late Augustina (Perreira) Aguiar. He was married to the late Maria Isabel Cabral for over 60...

Joanne Borden Glancy

Joanne Borden Glancy

Jun 18, 2015

Joanne Borden Glancy (87), born on April 20, 1928 in Lynn, MA, passed away on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at Village House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Newport, RI, after a lengthy illness. She was the daughter of the late Philip and Sarah (Varrell) Borden, of Marblehead, MA and Greenwich, CT. She was a direct descendant of Phillip Shearman (Sherman) and...

Patrick Ryan

Patrick Ryan

Jun 15, 2015

Patrick John Ryan, 69 of Portsmouth died Monday, June 15, 2015 at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI, after a long illness.Mr. Ryan was born on July 26, 1945 in New Hartford, NY, the son of the late Joseph and Sara (Scott) Ryan. He was a long time employee at Raytheon Co. in Portsmouth and a member of the VFW.He is...

Andrea K. (Daily) Mcintosh

Andrea K. (Daily) Mcintosh

Jun 14, 2015

Andrea Kathleen (Daily) McIntosh passed away unexpectedly on June 12, 2015, at the age of 48. Andrea is survived by her three children Shelby, Laura, and Caroline McIntosh and their father Murray "Mac" McIntosh of North Kingstown. She is also survived by her father, Arthur Daily and her siblings Matthew, Chris, Alison, and Paul. She is preceded in death by...

Harold "Zeke" M. Cole Jr

Harold "Zeke" M. Cole Jr

Jun 12, 2015

Harold "Zeke" M. Cole, Jr., 85, of Tiverton died peacefully in his sleep on June 12, 2015. He was the husband of Doris A. (Austin) Cole.Born on August 13, 1929 in Johnston, RI, he was the son of the late Harold M. and Olivine (St. Andre) Cole. Mr. Cole went to Maine at the age of 14, which ignited his...

Helen E. Shamka

Helen E. Shamka

Jun 12, 2015

Helen E. Shamka, age 97, of Portsmouth, died Friday, June 12, 2015, at Village House Nursing Home of Newport, RI. Mrs. Shamka was born September 13, 1917, in New York, NY, the daughter of the late Peter and Margaret (Waletitsch) Michelitsch. She was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, John Shamka, in 1990. Helen was a homemaker and also...

Virginia J. (Sciortino) Macmulkin

Virginia J. (Sciortino) Macmulkin

Jun 11, 2015

Virginia Sciortino MacMulkin, a long-time resident of Newport, died Thursday the 11th of June at the Grand Islander Center.Born in 1920 in Long Hill, CT, Virginia was the eighth of nine children born to Michelangelo and Rose (Scaduto) Sciortino. With her sister, Virginia co-owned and operated a hair salon for almost thirty years. She enjoyed cooking, music, and history, and...

Alice M. Loftus

Alice M. Loftus

Jun 10, 2015

Alice M. (Caron) Loftus of Newport died on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 after a short and sudden illness surrounded by her children whom she called the "Firehouse Five". Alice was 82 years young. She was the wife of the late George W. Loftus of Newport and was a mother of five, grandmother of eleven, and great grandmother of nine, waiting...

Ella Mae Jones

Ella Mae Jones

Jun 9, 2015

Ella Mae (Woodley) Jones, 88, of Newport died Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at Newport Hospital.Born on February 23, 1927 in Greensville County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Rayfield and Alice (Woodley) Jaratt.Ella worked for Raytheon for 25 years as a Security Guard. After her time at Raytheon she worked various jobs; a Real Estate License, a Nurse's...

Dolores Patricia Cinotti

Dolores Patricia Cinotti

Jun 9, 2015

Dolores Patricia (Cordeiro) Cinotti, 81, of Portsmouth died Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at Newport Hospital.She was the wife of the late Victor Anthony Cinotti.Born on July 17, 1933 in Portsmouth, RI, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Bella (Alfonso) Cordeiro. Mrs. Cinotti had worked as an administrative assistant at JT OConnell for 18 years, retiring in 1997....

Geraldine A. Hamilton-Smith

Geraldine A. Hamilton-Smith

Jun 8, 2015

Geraldine Ann (Craig) Hamilton-Smith, 66, of Portsmouth passed away Monday, June 8, 2015 at Forest Farm Health Care Center of Middletown. She was the wife of William S. Hamilton-Smith. Mrs. Hamilton-Smith was born in Fall River, the daughter of Russell Craig of Portsmouth and the late Edna (Silvia) CraigGerry worked for 22 years as a secretary for Raytheon and for...