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William Edward Miller
Sep 21, 2013
Middletown - William Edward Miller, of Fairway Drive, Middletown passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013 in the Forest Farm Health Care Center.He was the husband of Doris Jane (Davis) Miller.Born in Minerva, OH, he was the son of the late Orin and Nellie (Willard) Miller.Mr. Miller served in the Navy during the Korean War. He worked for Good Year Aerospace...
Josephine M. Furtado
Sep 21, 2013
Josephine (Roderick) Furtado, 95, of Sprague Street, Portsmouth died Saturday, September 21, 2013, at Grand Islander, Middletown. She was the wife of the late Manuel C. Furtado. Born in Bristol, RI, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Roderick and the late Mary (Da Ponte) Roderick. She was the loving mother of Irene Cosgrove of Portsmouth, Helen Mathieu of...
Rose F. Miller
Sep 21, 2013
Newport - Rose F. (Hepburn) Miller, of Bedlow Avenue, Newport passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013 in Rhode Island Hospital. She was the wife of the late Edwin Miller.Born in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late James and Rose (Ruddy) Hepburn.Mrs. Miller had worked as a secretary for the State of Rhode Island Employment Office and the...
Arthur Erhardt
Sep 20, 2013
Arthur Erhardt: Born January 12, 1929, he spent his life as a dedicated friend, father, and mentor. Arthur recently passed after battling cancer at his home on Goat Island in Newport, Rhode Island. Arthur was raised in the Danbury, Connecticut area where he went to school and worked. He was proud of his service in the Navy where he was...
Patricia A. Larsen
Sep 20, 2013
Middletown, RI - Patricia A. Larsen, 70, of Middletown, RI, died Friday, September 20, 2013 at Miriam Hospital in Providence, RI.She was the wife of Ernest C. Larsen.Born in Newport, RI on July 24, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Fredrick G. and Geraldine (Sylvia) Reeve.Mrs. Larsen worked as a computer librarian for Raytheon for 15 years, retiring...
Linda Susanne Atkins
Sep 16, 2013
Portsmouth, RI - Linda Susanne (Norris) Atkins of Portsmouth passed away peacefully on Monday September 16, 2013 at home. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri on September 4, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Naoma (Hanson) Norris and the late Ralph A. Norris. She is survived by her beloved husband of fifty years Dr. Ronald W. Atkins, her two...
Donald Eugene Francis
Sep 14, 2013
Newport, RI - Donald Eugene Francis, 83, of Newport, RI, passed away peacefully, Saturday morning, September 14, 2013 in Providence, after a long illness. He was born in Newport, RI on November 19, 1929.He was the loving son of the late Abbie (Bailey) Francis. He was a great Father and provider, and a wonderful Grandfather. He touched the lives of...
Joseph Sabatino
Sep 13, 2013
Portsmouth, RI - Joseph Sabatino, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island passed away Friday, September 13 at Kindred Hospital in Boston following a year-long illness.Born March 4th, 1940, in Providence, RI, he was the son of the late Phillip and Carmel (Falcone) Sabatino and brother of the late Phillip Sabatino, Jr. At Mt. Pleasant High School Joe was a member of the...
Eileen M. Kehoe
Sep 12, 2013
Eileen M. Kehoe, 55, of Farewell Street, Newport, RI, died on Thursday, September 12, 2013 at home.Born in Brittburg, Germany on September 17, 1957, she was the daughter of the late Charles G. and Marcella (Robluski) Kehoe.An avid reader, Eileen enjoyed spending time at the Newport Public Library as well as time by the water in downtown Newport.She is survived...
Maureen Smith
Sep 12, 2013
Newport, RI - Maureen F. Smith, 69, of Newport, died Thursday, September 12, 2013 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI. Born in Fall River, MA on November 29, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Seraphine Pavao and Fannie (Lima) Pavao. Maureen grew up in Tiverton and Portsmouth, RI. She graduated from St. Catherines Academy in 1961 and...
Lyle John Smith
Sep 11, 2013
Lyle J. Smith, 49, of Laura Road, Middletown, RI, died on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at RI Hospital in Providence as the result of a motorcycle accident.Born in Newport, RI on December 23, 1963, he was the son of Grace (Ogilvie) Smith of Portsmouth, RI and the late John Lyle Smith, and the step-son of Jackie Smith.Lyle was a 1982...
Eunice Hanson
Sep 10, 2013
Eunice (Megathlin) Hanson, of Bristol passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2013 in Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.Eunice was a lifelong resident of Bristol and beloved by so many people whom she touched in town and beyond. She gave selflessly of herself and her time, she was the moral compass and was the type of person we all should strive to be....
Pauline L. Harris
Sep 9, 2013
Pauline L. (St. Denis) Harris, 79, of Mare Terrace, Portsmouth, RI, died on Monday, September 9, 2013 at home.She was the wife of Daniel W. Harris, Jr.Born in Providence, RI on October 26, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Cecile (Guertin) St. Denis.Pauline was employed with the Portsmouth Public School Department for 10 years before retiring....
Doreen Blank
Sep 7, 2013
Fall River, - Doreen Blank, 55, of Fall River, died unexpectedly on Sunday, September 8, 2013. Born in Newport, RI on May 31, 1958, she was the daughter of the late John Silvia and Nancy (Costello) Silvia. She is survived her children Austin Spingler of Tiverton, RI, and Emily Blank of Newport, RI, her brothers, Jack Silvia of Raleigh, NC,...
Helen T. Aguiar-Pavao Petersen
Sep 7, 2013
Portsmouth, - Helen T. (Aguiar Pavao) Petersen, 80, of Portsmouth, died Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Sarah S. Brayton Nursing Care Center Fall River, MA.She was the wife of Carl E. Petersen. Born in Fall River, MA on Feb. 12, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Eva (Richard) Aguiar. Mrs. Petersen resided in Fall River until...
Mary Beth (Hughes) Borden
Sep 6, 2013
Mary Beth (Hughes) Borden, 66, of Portsmouth passed away on Friday, September 6, 2013 at Landmark Medical Center. She was the beloved wife of Edward R. Borden for 43 years. Born in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Adrian J. and Muriel (Pollitt) Hughes.Mary Beth was a school aide for the Portsmouth School System for 21...
Cmdr Richard F. Dugan Jr
Sep 4, 2013
CMDR. Richard F. Dugan Jr. USN (retired) Little Compton, RI -CMDR Richard F. Dugan Jr. USN (retired), 81, of Little Compton, passed away on Wednesday, September 4, 2013. He was the loving husband of Patricia Ann (McGill) Dugan to whom he had been married for 56 years. Born in Newport, RI on July 20, 1932, he was the son of...
Paul K. Gianiotis
Sep 1, 2013
Paul K. Gianiotis, 66, of Newport R.I. passed away unexpectedly at home on September 1, 2013. He was the son of the late Kostas P. and Julia Gianiotis,born on December 23, 1946.He was a graduate of Roger High School Class of 1965 and Providence CollegeClass of 1969. Paul's career as an elementary and middle school teacher, with Newport Public Schools,...
Robert Duncan Sinclair
Sep 1, 2013
Robert Duncan Sinclair, of West Main Rd, Portsmouth, died Monday, September 2, 2013 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. Born in Fall River, MA on April 23, 1931 he was the son of the late Duncan Sinclair and Ethel (Abrams) Sinclair. Robert worked as a car salesman for many local dealers, including the former Viking and Bove Dealerships....
Jane L. Floyd
Aug 30, 2013
Jane L. Floyd, 60, of Wolcott Avenue, Middletown, RI, died on Friday, August 30, 2013 at home with her family at her side.Born in Melrose, MA on April 2, 1953, she is the daughter of Anne (Getchell) Floyd of Newport, RI and the late Culver J. Floyd.Jane ran her own computer graphic design business for 6 years and was previously...
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