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s Luraine Gertrude Tansey
Jun 18, 2014
Luraine Collins Tansey, born January 29,1918 in Manhattan Kansas to Merle D. and Amy B. Collins. She was raised in Marysville, CA, and lived in San Jose CA until 1999, when she moved to Bristol Rhode Island to be closer to her sons. A 1939 graduate of UC Berkeley, she had graduate degrees from Mills College, SJSU and NYU. During...
Alan Monterde Codilla
Jun 18, 2014
Middletown, RI- Alan Monterde Codilla, 61, of Middletown, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at home in Middletown surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Cerilane Codilla. Born in the Philippines, on November 18, 1952, he was the son of the late Guillermo and Minda (Monterde) Codilla. Mr. Codilla, served in the United States Navy for 23 years, including...
Jennifer Lynn O'Hanley
Jun 17, 2014
Newport, RI - Jennifer Lynn OHanley, 38, of Newport, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at home in Newport, RI.Born in Southampton, NY on August 10, 1975, she was the daughter of Steven Conklin of Bangor, ME and the late Nancy (Sterling) Conklin.Jennifer attended school in New York before moving to Rhode Island in 1989. She attended both Middletown...
Edward Bradbury
Jun 16, 2014
Edward Bradbury, 88, of Portsmouth died June 16, 2014. He was born and raised in Newport and leaves behind a wife of 50 years and several children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. He was an avid tinsmith, scuba diver, sailor, and gardener. His funeral and burial will be private.
Robert H. Hayden
Jun 16, 2014
Tiverton - Robert H. Hayden, 67, of Tiverton, died Monday, June 16, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton, MA. Born in St. Claire, MI on Oct. 3, 1946, he was the son of the late David H. Hayden and Alma F. (Martin) Hayden, and brother of the late Ronald D. Hayden. Bob worked for Raytheon Company for over 30...
Edith Mae Strother
Jun 15, 2014
Edith Mae Strother, 77, of Newport, RI died on Sunday, June 15 at the Heatherwood Nursing Home. She was born in Newport on June 22, 1936 to the late Daniel Lee Strother and Harriet Elizabeth (Hammett) Strother. Edith worked many different jobs over the years, always preferring to stay busy. She was trained as a machinist as Quonset Point, and...
Marion A. Viveiros
Jun 13, 2014
Marion A. Viveiros, 88 of Portsmouth, died Friday at home.He was the husband of Margaret (Silveira) Viveiros, his wife of 65 years.Born on August 22, 1925, in San Miguel, Azores, Portugal, he was the son of late John P. Viveiros and Francisca Viveiros.Marion retired after teaching for over 20 years in Providence Schools. He owned/operated J M Printing Co. for...
Laurence Paul Butler
Jun 12, 2014
Newport, RI - Laurence Paul Butler, 86, of Newport, died Thursday, June 12, 2014 surrounded by his family at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Alberta May (Mendes) Butler. Born in Newport, RI on December 5, 1927, he was the son of the late John W. and Iva (White) Butler. He worked for The Newport Housing Authority from 1968...
Gloria J. Mitchell
Jun 12, 2014
Newport, RI - Gloria J. (Reynolds) Mitchell, 65, of Newport, passed away Thursday, June 12, 2014 at home surrounded by her family.She was the wife of Maurice J. Mitchell. Born in Newport, RI on October 30, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Allene (Silvia) Reynolds. Gloria worked for over 30 years at the Aquidneck Medical Center....
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...
Phyllis L Correia
Jun 9, 2014
Portsmouth, RI - Phyllis L. Correia, 83, of Portsmouth, died Monday, June 9, 2014 at Newport Hospital surrounded by her family.Beloved wife of the late Everett P. Correia.Born in Portsmouth, RI on July 23, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Vincent L Coggeshall and Laura A (Marshall) Coggeshall.Phyllis was an active member of the Portsmouth Senior Center, where...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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