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Bernard Keith Lauder
Jun 9, 2014
Bernard Keith Lauder of Middletown, died June 9, 2014 at home. He was reunited with his beloved wife Barbara J. (Nickerson) Lauder who preceded him in death on August 21, 2006.He was born October 4, 1930 in Jefferson County, Iowa to Clarence and Dorothy Macy Lauder.Mr. Lauder served in the Navy for 21 years retiring in 1968 as a Chief...
Ann C. Vieira
Jun 8, 2014
Ann C. "Aunt Ann" Vieira, 95, of Atria Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Reardon Drive, Middletown, RI, died on Sunday, June 8, 2014 at Newport Hospital.She was the wife of the late Anthony G. Vieira.Born in Newport, RI on July 8, 1918, she was one of fourteen children born to the late Frank and Mary (Passrelli) DelRoss.Aunt Ann was...
Ralph J. Nichols
Jun 7, 2014
Ralph J. Nichols, 78, of Dudley Avenue, Newport, RI, died on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at Charlton Hospital in Fall River, MA.He was the husband of 49 years to Elizabeth F. (Wetherell) Nichols.Born in Newport, RI on May 27, 1936, he was the son of the late Richard and Helene (Habbercorn) Nichols.Mr. Nichols was a US Marine Corp veteran of...
Rosa Lucille Silvia
Jun 6, 2014
Rosa Lucille Silvia of Portsmouth, formerly of Middletown, passed away on June 6, 2014 at Newport Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Victor and Eva Bariteau of New Bedford, MA.Born in New Bedford on May 10, 1919, she was the wife of the late Manuel M. Silvia. Lucille spent her married life on the family dairy farm in...
Helen R. Nedeau
Jun 6, 2014
Middletown, RI - Helen R Nedeau, 87, of Middletown, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, June 6, 2014 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of Edward P. Nedeau. Born in Bloomfield, NJ on July 15, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Helen Reynolds. Helen served in the United...
Dwight F. Matthews
Jun 5, 2014
East Providence, RI - Dwight Forest Matthews, 67, of East Providence, died Thursday, June 5, 2014 at the Veterans Hospital in Providence, RI. Born in Newport, RI on September 29, 1946, he was the son of the late Lyle and Hannah (Waldron) Matthews. Dwight attended the Newport public schools, and graduated from Rogers High School, and played football throughout high...
Siobhan Ann Mcdonnell
Jun 4, 2014
Portsmouth, RI - Siobhan Ann (Sennott) McDonnell, 56, of Portsmouth, lost her courageous struggle with ALS on June 4 at Philip Hulitar Home Hospice Center. She was the devoted and cherished wife of Murray J. McDonnell. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of Claire Fredette Sennott and the late Donald Merritt Sennott. She is survived by her sisters, Sheila...
Francis J. "Red" Sylvia
Jun 4, 2014
Middletown, RI - Francis "Red" Sylvia, 76, of Phillips Avenue, Middletown, RI, passed away on June 4, 2014 at home surrounded by his loving family. He leaves behind his loving wife Edna (Williams) Sylvia formerly of Rock Ferry, England, where they met and married while he was in security service in the US Air Force. Born in Newport, RI on...
Rose Silvia
Jun 2, 2014
Newport, RI - Rose Marie (Pimnental) Silvia, 96, of Newport, died Monday, June 2, 2014 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Manuel Silvia. Born in Portsmouth, RI on June 23, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Raoul F. and Delfina (Coelho) Pimental. She is survived by her sons, Charles...
Yvonne Scott
Jun 1, 2014
Newport, RI - Yvonne Diane Brogden Scott, born November 26, 1931 at Newport Hospital died peacefully on June 1, 2014 at Grand Islander Nursing Home, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Theodore Scott of Grand Rapids Michigan and the beloved daughter of the late Leroy Brogden and Norma Smith Brogden of Newport. She is survived by her...
Harold W. Sands
May 28, 2014
Harold Winthrop Sands, son of Harold Aymar Sands and Muriel Winthrop Sands, born August 25, 1926, died peacefully May 28, 2014 surrounded by friends and family.He was a descendant of the first families of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. He was an international banker by trade and a philanthropist by choice. He was a member of the following organizations: Freeman of...
Vincent F. Mcmahon
May 28, 2014
Vincent F. McMahon Sr. of Middletown, RI, greatly loved and devoted husband of Rita H. McMahon and proud father of seven, grandfather of ten, and great-grandfather of eight started a new journey May 28th, 2014 surrounded by the love of his family. He was two months shy of his 91st birthday. Born to the tune of Its 2 O'clock In...
Naureen Desmarais
May 25, 2014
Naureen (Correira) Desmarais 69, passed away peacefully, Sunday, May 25, 2014 at home in Portsmouth.Born in Newport, she was the daughter of the late Joseph A. and Gertrude Farrea Correira.Naureen owned and operated Naureen's Day Spa in Middletown. Naureen was a loving and compassionate mother who was devoted to her family. She loved music, dancing and art and welcomed any...
Julia Margaret Petrarca
May 25, 2014
Julia Petrarca, 99, passed away peacefully at home. Born in Adams, MA on December 12, 1914 she was the wife of the late Felix A. Petrarca. She was the mother of the late Ralph Petrarca, and the late Felix Petrarca Jr., and the great grandmother of the late Kyle Johnson. She was a 60 year resident of Portsmouth, RI. Julia...
Thomas J. Vivieros
May 24, 2014
Thomas J. Vivieros, 64, of Rogers Lane, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly on Saturday, May 24, 2014 in Arlington, VA while traveling to attend Memorial Day services in Washington, DC.He was the husband of Laurene (Lema) Vivieros.Born in Newport, RI on August 26, 1949, he was the son of the late Gabriel and Doris B. (Dyer) Vivieros.Tom was a proud veteran...
Richard Santos
May 23, 2014
Newport, RI - Richard Santos, 65, of Newport, died unexpectedly on Friday, May 23, 2014 at home in Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Patricia M. "Tinny" Kuiee. Born in Newport, RI on June 24, 1948, he was the son of the late Herman S. Santos and Ann E. (Turner) Santos. Richard was an avid fisher and...
Chris Stefanopoulos
May 23, 2014
Christos (Chris) Stefanopoulos of Portsmouth, RI, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, May 23, 2014. Born in Kertezi, Achaia, Greece on January 16, 1926, he was the son of the late Maria (Yeanopoulos) Stefanopoulos and the late Trifonas Stefanopoulos.He is survived by his beloved wife of fifty-two years, Sofia (Mantas) Stefanopoulos. He also leaves his four children, Maria Stefanopoulos...
Patricia Ellen Sullivan
May 23, 2014
Portsmouth, - Patricia Ellen Sullivan, 78, of Portsmouth, died Friday, May 23, 2014 surrounded by her loving family at Charlton Memorial Hospital Fall River, MA. Born in Fall River, MA on Sep. 25, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Cooper and Estelle (Perrin) Cooper. She was the wife of 49 years, of the late John J. Sullivan...
Alvin B. Smitherman
May 21, 2014
Alvin B. Smitherman, 59, of Coventry, RI, formerly of Newport, RI, died on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at RI Hospital.Born in Mobile, AL on January 9, 1955, he was the son of the late Ethel B. Smitherman.Alvin worked as a Safety Manager at Electric Boat General Dynamics of Quonset Point, RI before retiring.He is survived by his children, Daryll Paiva...
Evelyn "Alicia" Bell
May 20, 2014
Evelyn "Alicia" (Huff) Bell, 88, of Middletown, RI, died on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown. Born in Port Au Prince, Haiti, on April 22, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Howard R. and Evelyn K. (Snyder) Huff. Mrs. Bell worked for Federal Civil Service as a Separation Officer for 30 years...
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