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James Byron Gifford
Apr 14, 2015
James Byron Gifford, 75, of Middletown died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI. He was the husband of Agnes "Noni" Therese (Beattie) Gifford.Born on February 4, 1940, in St. Paul, MN, he was the son of Carolyn (Shea) Gifford of St. Paul, MN, and the late Byron Gifford.Mr. Gifford served honorably in the US Navy...
Carmen Maria Morrone
Apr 13, 2015
Carmen Maria Morrone, 104, of Middletown formerly of 16C Coddington Street, Newport, died on Monday, April 13, 2015, at John Clarke Nursing Center.Born on December 16, 1910 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Pasquale and Loreta (Marcaccio) Morrone. Carmen attended Rogers High School and during WWII, she was employed at the former Torpedo Station. After the...
Mary Bieber
Apr 13, 2015
Mary (McKenna) Bieber, 88, of Middletown died Monday, April 13, 2015 at Forest Farm Health Care Center of Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Robert Bieber.Born on January 29, 1927 in Glasgow, Scotland, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary (Hughes) McKenna. Mary was a private nanny for 15 years. She was a Women's...
Roberta E. Stewart
Apr 11, 2015
Roberta E. Stewart, 84, died peacefully at Grand Islander Nursing Home in Middletown, RI, on April 11, 2015. Roberta was born in Englewood, NJ, daughter of the late Robert and Peggy (Erikson) Stewart. She grew up in the tiny hamlet of Palisades, NY, graduated from Nyack High School, married and raised three adoring children.Later in life she was the proprietor...
Williams James Nott
Apr 10, 2015
William James Nott (LCDR U.S.Navy Retired), 91, of Portsmouth RI, died Friday, April 10, 2015, surrounded by his loving family at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, MA. Born April 8, 1924 in New London, CT. He was the son of the late William Edward and the late Mildred (Harris) Nott. He was married to Marie (Santangelo) Nott for 61...
James Michael Mccabe
Apr 10, 2015
James M. McCabePortsmouth - Jimmy (Roadrunner) McCabe, 64, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, April 10th. He was the son of Warren and Lorraine (Germano) McCabe. Jim is survived by his loving wife of 33 years, Donna (Paschoal) McCabe and his children, Jason, Dan, Nathan and Melissa (Nick). Jim was a supportive brother to Kenny, Joe, Renie, Mackie and...
Jean Sabetti
Apr 9, 2015
Jean "Bean" Sabetti, 68, of Newport died Thursday, April 9, 2015 at home surrounded by her loving family and "Croc."Jean was born September 9, 1946 in Attleboro, MA, daughter of the late Harold Henry and Mildred Dolly (Healy) Hyland.Bean was married to the late James Sabetti.Jean was a valued member of the staff at Heatherwood Nursing Home for over 27...
Mary Maida
Apr 8, 2015
To know Mary Maida was to love her. She had a smile, a kind word, a compliment, or an encouraging word for everyone. She loved to surround herself with people and had enormous energy and a love of life. Mary, 94, was born on July 24, 1920, in Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. She came to New Jersey with her parents, Frank...
Albert D. Hibbard
Apr 7, 2015
Albert D. HibbardAs sad as we are, we are glad for and are celebrating the life of this gentle man who died at age 85 after a short stay at the Grand Islander Center in Middletown, RI.Born in Norwood, MA, Al was the elder son of the late Perley N. and Grace M. (Bargh) Hibbard.After living a short time in...
Mary L. Dietz
Apr 6, 2015
Mary L. Dietz, 58, of Portsmouth, RI passed away on Monday, April 6, 2015, at St. Annes Hospital in Fall River, MA. after a 16 month heroic battle with lung cancer. Mary was born January 19, 1957 in Newport, RI to the late Henry P. and the late Joan C. (Brownell) Ferreira. Mary was the wife of Charles Dietz, her...
Rose Lewis Wynperle
Apr 6, 2015
Rose Wynperle, 99, of Portsmouth, formerly of Green End Avenue, Middletown, died Monday, April 6, 2015 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Charles J. Wynperle and the late Anthony Lewis.Born in 1915 in Newport, RI, she was a graduate of the Arthur Angelo's Hair Dressing School. She went on to become a teacher in Hair Design...
Jil Teves Carreira
Apr 5, 2015
Mr. Jil Teves Carreira, 98, of Newport died Sunday, April 5, 2015 at Heatherwood Nursing and Sub-acute Center in Newport, RI. Mr. Carreira was born April 1, 1917 in Tiverton, RI. He is the son of the late Emmanuel and Serinha (Braz) Carreira. He was married to the late Alice (Pacheco) Carreira. Mr. Carreira served in the Army during World...
Mary Jane Hopkins
Apr 4, 2015
Mary J. Hopkins, 91, of Newport, died Saturday, April 4, 2015 at home.Born July 28, 1923 in Shamokin, PA, she was the daughter of the late Noble and Margie (Lauer) Henninger. She was the wife of the late John D. Hopkins, LT Newport Police.Mary graduated from Coal Township High School in Shamokin, PA in 1941. She attended business school in...
Ellen (Greatorex) Gross
Apr 1, 2015
Ellen Mabel (Greatorex) Gross, age 72, of Portsmouth died Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Newport Hospital. Mrs. Gross was born November 7, 1942 in Boston, MA. She is the daughter of the late John and the late Mabel (McCann) Greatorex. Ellen was born one of eight children, three sisters: Helen, Elizabeth, Judith and four brothers: Edward, Francis, Robert, James.She is...
Heidi Anne Allen
Mar 31, 2015
Heidi A. Allen, 48, of Middletown, RI, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI after a brave and extended struggle with cervical cancer.Born in North Kingstown, RI on October 7, 1966, she was the daughter of Henry C. Allen of Goleta, CA and Helen W. Fiske of Alexandria, VA, and the step-daughter...
Raymond Leroy Macfarlane
Mar 30, 2015
Raymond Leroy MacFarlane, 78, of Newport, RI died on Monday, March 30, 2015 at home. He was the husband of Patricia C. (Knoob) MacFarlane.Born on July 31, 1936 in San Diego, CA he was the son of the late Robert and Mabel (Guile) MacFarlane. Following in his father's steps as a Chief Storekeeper, Mr. MacFarlane served 22 years in the...
Alfred A. Almeida
Mar 30, 2015
Alfred A. Almeida, Sr., 74, of Portsmouth, RI, died on Monday, March 30, 2015 at Newport Hospital surrounded by his loving family.Born in Portsmouth, RI, he was the son of the late Angelo and Gladys (Cory) Almeida. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Daniel Carter.He leaves behind his wife of 47 years, Cecilia (Nascimento) Almeida; his children,...
Barbara Anne Chavous
Mar 28, 2015
Barbara Anne Chavous, 80, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Rhode Island Hospital surrounded by her family. Born on December 24, 1934 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late William Henry Smith and Antoinette (Ferreira) Smith. Devoted mother, she is survived by her seven children; Barbara A. Stanford of Brooksville,...
Michael Wayne Hunter
Mar 28, 2015
Michael Wayne Hunter, 63, of Newport, died on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Newport Hospital. Michael was born August 12, 1951 in Berwyn, IL. He is the son of the late Wendell and Amy (Chalker) Hunter. Michael grew up in Chicago and later Ohio before settling in Newport over 20 years ago. Mike worked as the manager for Fairfield and...
Vasiliki "Bess" Yeanopoulos Jex
Mar 26, 2015
Vasiliki "Bess" Yeanopoulos Jex, 95, of Middletown, RI, died on Thursday, March 26th, 2015 at the Village House surrounded spiritually by her family.She was the wife of Donald Robert Jex (Captain, USN Ret.) who predeceased her.Born in Holyoke, MA on October 29, 1919 to Theodore James Yeanopoulos and Marika (Soliotis) Yeanopoulos, she was the third of four children.She was predeceased...
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