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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Ernest Carrellas

Ernest Carrellas

Dec 6, 2013

Middletown, RI - Ernest J. Carrellas, 98, of Middletown, died Friday, December 6, 2013 at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Alice Barbara (Silvia) Carrellas. Born in Fall River, MA, on February 19, 1915, he was the son of the late Manuel F. and Mary (Barboza) Carrellas. Mr. Carrellas began working with...

Richard H. Logan

Richard H. Logan

Dec 5, 2013

Richard Henry Logan, 59, of Middletown, died Thursday, December 5, 2013 surrounded by his loving family at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. Born in Newport, RI on Jan. 8, 1954, he was the son of the late Henry C. Logan and Marcia (Troy) Logan.Richard was very passionate in his work for the American Postal Workers Union. Through his long and...

Susan Jane Smyth

Susan Jane Smyth

Dec 5, 2013

Newport, RI - Susan Jane Smyth, 52, of Newport, RI, died Thursday, December 05, 2013, at Newport Hospital. Born in Newport, RI on November 12, 1961, she was the daughter of the late Frederick C.B. and Ellen (Whaley) Smyth.Susan worked as a Branch Receptionist for 10 years for Bank Newport, and also at Ocean Coffee Roasters in Washington Square as...

Fernando R. Sangeado

Fernando R. Sangeado

Dec 4, 2013

Newport, RI - Fernando R. Sangeado, 59, of Newport, died Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at home. He was the husband of Barbara Ann (Steinhouse) Sangeado. Born in Mexico on June 26, 1954, he was the son of the late Amado Sangeado Perez and Matilde Romero Mollinero. Mr. Sangeado retired from the Navy Reserves after 24 years of service, having served...

Nancy Ann Domingoes

Nancy Ann Domingoes

Dec 4, 2013

Nancy Ann (Feller) Domingoes, 80, of Portsmouth, died Wednesday, December 4, 2013 from injuries sustained in an auto accident. She was the wife of John A. Domingoes.Born in Newport, RI on July 15, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Louie and Helen (Doyle) Feller. Nancy worked with her husband in their family business, Domingoes Construction, for 63 years....

Edward J. Mccaughey

Edward J. Mccaughey

Dec 4, 2013

Middletown, RI - Edward J. McCaughey, 98, of Middletown, formerly of Pawtucket died on Wednesday, December 4, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary White McCaughey and their children, Edward J., Marcia and Stephen McCaughey. Born and raised in Pawtucket, RI he attended Providence Country Day School, The College of the Holy Cross and Boston University School...

George Bluford Cooper

George Bluford Cooper

Dec 3, 2013

Portsmouth - George Bluford Cooper, 66, of Portsmouth, RI passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 surrounded by his loving family and friends, at St. Annes Hospital Fall River, MA. George was the loving husband of Shelia (Murphy) Cooper for 33 years. George was born in Roanoke, VA on June 1, 1947 and was the son of the late...

Margaraet Rushton Powell

Margaraet Rushton Powell

Dec 2, 2013

Middletown, RI - Margaret Cacciola Rushton Powell, 83, of Middletown, died Monday, December 2, 2013 at Home and Hospice of Rhode Island, Providence, RI. She was the wife of the late Cmdr. John Carroll Powell and Robert K. Rushton Sr. Born in Concord, MA on February 6, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Biagio Paul and Josephine (Rinaldo)...

Col. Richard Stedman Brownell Ret

Col. Richard Stedman Brownell Ret

Nov 30, 2013

Richard S. Brownell (August 13th 1947 - November 30th 2013), the son of the late Dr. Henry W. Brownell and Sally B. (Jones) Brownell, passed Saturday evening with his cherished wife by his side. He was the loving husband of Doreen R. (Benway) Brownell, and father to their four children, spouses, and "Papa" to their twelve grandchildren, including: Seth Kara...

Doreen Margaret Mello

Doreen Margaret Mello

Nov 30, 2013

Doreen Margaret (Plikunas) Mello Portsmouth, RI- Doreen Margaret (Plikunas) Mello, of 10 Cul de Sac Way, Portsmouth and formerly of 224 Willow Lane, Portsmouth, died on Saturday, November 30, 2013, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Lyn D. Mello of Portsmouth, RI. Doreen and her twin sister, Corinne, were born in West Hartford, CT,...

Alfred F. Almeida

Alfred F. Almeida

Nov 29, 2013

Middletown, RI - Alfred F. Almeida, 80, of Middletown, died Friday, November 29, 2013, at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Middletown, RI, on March 1, 1933, he was the son of the late Manuel F. and Sarah (Lopes) Almeida, Jr., and the husband of Doris (Pinheiro) Almeida. Mr. Almeida served in the US Army during the Korean War and...

Sarah "Sally" Reimer

Sarah "Sally" Reimer

Nov 29, 2013

Sarah "Sally" (King) Reimer, 97,died on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, at the John Clarke Nursing Center in Middletown with her family at her side. Sally was born at home in Newport, R.I., the daughter of Geoffrey and Sarah Bailey King. She attended Newport public schools and was a graduate of Rogers High School and later the Newport Secretarial School.During World...

George H. Parlow

George H. Parlow

Nov 27, 2013

Portsmouth, George H. Parlow, 84, passed away November 27, 2013 after a long struggle with emphysema and congestive heart failure. He was the loving husband of 62 years to Jean (Nagle) Parlow. He was the beloved father of Christopher Parlow, Richard Parlow and his wife Debbie, Susan Noruk and her husband Jeff and Elizabeth Zachary and her husband Lee. He...

Constance Barbara "Bobby" Watts

Constance Barbara "Bobby" Watts

Nov 27, 2013

Newport, RI - Constance Barbara Bobby (Frazier) Watts, 81, of Newport, died Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John Henry Watts Sr. Born in Newport, RI on January 24, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Walter L. and Beatrice C. (MacDonald) Frazier.Mrs. Watts managed the Robert Potter League...

Frank P. "Mickey" Mello

Frank P. "Mickey" Mello

Nov 26, 2013

Frank P. "Mickey" Mello, of Beacon Terrace North, Middletown, died Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at Newport Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Margaret "Peggy" (Connerton) Mello whom he married in 1955.Born in Portsmouth, RI, he was the son of the late Manuel T. and Eva B. (Perry) Mello.He was a 1946 graduate of Rogers High...

John "Jack" J. Gallagher

John "Jack" J. Gallagher

Nov 26, 2013

Newport, - John J. "Jack" Gallagher, 77, of Newport, died peacefully Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at his home in Newport, RI surrounded by family and friends after a long battle with cancer. He was the husband of the late Manning (Donovan) Gallagher. Born in Providence, RI on November 11, 1936, he was the son of the late Patrick Gallagher and...

Mary Ann Liversedge

Mary Ann Liversedge

Nov 25, 2013

Newport, RI - Mary Ann (Ryan) Liversedge, 87, of 15 Hall Avenue, Newport, RI, died on Monday, November 25, 2013, at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport.She was the wife of the late Charles Austin Liversedge. Born in Newfoundland, Canada, on April 16, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Mary (Nolan) Ryan. She is survived by...

Jean Smith

Jean Smith

Nov 23, 2013

Middletown, RI - L. Jean Smith, 84, of Middletown, died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at John Clarke Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Robert Smith. Born in Newport, RI on Mar. 18, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Issac Clarke and Genevieve (Murphy) Clarke. Jean loved doing crafts and antiquing, and loved...

Ronald "Ron" F. Kardel

Ronald "Ron" F. Kardel

Nov 23, 2013

Ronald "Ron" F. Kardel, 49, of Newport, died November 23, 2013 at home surrounded by his family. Born in Newport, RI on August 11, 1964, he is the son of Rosemary L. (Cain) Kivlehan of Newport and the late Edward L. Kardel.Ronald was a client at the James L. Maher Center where he enjoyed spending time with his friends there....

Isabel Negus

Isabel Negus

Nov 22, 2013

Tiverton, RI - Isabel Young Negus, 88, of Tiverton, passed away Friday November 22, 2013 in Newport Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Newport, RI on Jan. 16, 1925, she was the daughter of the late William Young and Elizabeth Oliver Young, and the sister of the late Edward Young of Newport and William Young of Ontario, OR She...

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