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Albert George Kotze
May 9, 2013
Albert George KotzeMay 25, 1928 - May 9, 2013 Resided in Bremerton, WABorn in Jamaica, New York to the late Albert A. and Caroline (Rehm) Kotze, Al was the eldest of five children. He was the brother of Ronald Kotze and Kenneth Kotze of New York, Carolyn Fillmann of New Hampshire and the late Dorothy Kotze Broring.He is also survived...
Mario M. Dosouto
May 8, 2013
Mario M Dosouto 78 of Middletown RI left all his suffering and pain behind and entered into a peaceful heavenly slumber on the 8 of May 2013 at Newport Hospital.The son of the late Sergio and Adelina (Garcia) doSouto he was born in Faial, Portugal on Feb 6th 1935. He grew up in Faial with his three brothers Eduardo Souto...
Catherine "Kathleen" Mchugh
May 2, 2013
Portsmouth, RI - Catherine "Kathleen" (Lyons) McHugh, 91, of Portsmouth, died Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, RI. She was the wife of the late Harold Francis McHugh.Born in Corona, NY on September 2, 1921, she was the daughter of the late William J. and Catherine (Rogers) Lyons. Mrs. McHugh was a 1939 graduate of Cathedral High School...
Catherine "Kay" A. Atwood
May 2, 2013
Middletown, RI - Catherine A. Atwood, 84, of Middletown, passed away peacefully in her sleep Thursday, May 2, 2013 at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Center Providence, RI.Born in Newport, RI on December 16, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Carmine Pinto and Jane (Campion) Pinto.Kay grew up on Gould Street in Newport. For many years she was employed...
Michelle Agnes Williams
May 1, 2013
Michelle Agnes Williams December 24, 1966 - May 1, 2013, formerly of Newport, RI and California, currently residing in New Bedford, MA, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on Wednesday May 1, 2013. Michelle was kind, thoughtful, fun-loving and giving, an accomplished traveler, a friend to all she met and a stranger to none. Michelle loved her mother,...
Rudolph E. Petrucci
Apr 30, 2013
Rudolph E. Petrucci (86) passed away at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona on April 30th. He is survived by Lucille Petrucci, his beloved wife of 26 years. His sister, Elda E. Coppa, predeceased her brother by six months. He was the uncle of Gregory, John, Michael, Frank and Thomas Coppa; also Genevieve Meegan and Susan Collins. Born in Providence, he...
Thomas P. Longo Jr
Apr 30, 2013
Portsmouth, RI - Thomas P. Longo, Jr., 70, of Portsmouth, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center Providence, RI. Born in Providence, RI on January 18, 1943, he was the son of the late Thomas P. and Lucia (Tullo) Longo. Tom served in the Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis Blockade. He went on to work for...
Ronald Cruz
Apr 29, 2013
Bristol, RI - Ronald M. Cruz, 71, of Bristol, died Monday, April 29, 2013, at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. Born in New Bedford, MA on June 18, 1941, he was the son of the late Manuel and Maria (Silvia) Cruz. Mr. Cruz served in the United States Navy for 23 years before becoming a systems analyst. Mr. Cruz loved...
Norman R. Marcoux
Apr 28, 2013
Norman R. Marcoux, 89 passed away on April 28 in Seattle, WA after a long, hard-fought battle with Alzheimer's disease. Norman was born in Fall River, MA on November 4, 1923 to the late Mary Rose and Romeo Marcoux. Following his graduation from Durfee High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the Recruiting Station in Boston and spent...
Edward Luke Stone
Apr 26, 2013
Stone, Edward Luke, 76, of Newport, RI, died April 26, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Cassandra (Reeve) Stone, his sister-in-law, Judy Stone, and several nieces and nephews. He graduated from Yale, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1958, read economics at Cambridge from 1961-1962, and received his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1966. He worked in finance and real...
David J. Mccalla
Apr 25, 2013
David J. McCalla, 53, of Rolling Green, Newport, RI, died peacefully at home on Thursday, April 25, 2013.Born in Newport, RI on July 13, 1959, he was the son of the late Conrad and Blanche (Haskins) McCalla.David was employed by the City of Newport for the past 27 years and previously worked on the Newport Naval Base. His hobbies included...
Jose Silveira Garcia
Apr 25, 2013
Jose Silveira Garcia, 63, of Middletown, RI, died Thursday, April 25, 2013 at Newport Hospital.Born in Portugal on October 1, 1949, he was the son of the late Antonio S. Garcia and Zulmira A. (Moutoso) Garcia.Jose worked as a carpenter until illness forced an early retirement in the 1990s. He was a member of Jesus Saviour Church and the Vasco...
Cheryl Lee Sajjad
Apr 25, 2013
Cheryl L. (Dowty) Sajjad, 54, died Thursday, April 25, 2013 at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. Born in Fall River, MA, on August 21, 1958, she is the daughter of Lorraine (Bouchard) Dowty DelPiano of Middletown, RI and the late Gordon Dowty of Portsmouth , RI. Cheryl grew up with her family in Portsmouth, RI and graduated from Portsmouth...
Lofton Elmer Clark Jr
Apr 23, 2013
Lofton Elmer Clark, Jr. ("Lee", "L.E."), 83, of Stage Coach Rd., Portsmouth, RI, passed away peacefully at home Tuesday April 23, 2013. He is survived by his loving and caring wife of 65 years, Mary Clark.Born in Moss Point, Mississippi on October 3, 1929, he was the son of the late Lofton Elmer and Loretta (Wells) Clark of Forts Lake,...
Lynne M. Smith
Apr 23, 2013
Middletown, RI - Lynne M. Smith, 96, of Middletown, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at St. Clare Home Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Robert Smith. Born in Fall River, MA on January 22, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Helen (Dziedic) Mikolazyk. She was employed as an optometric assistant with Dr. Peter...
David John Hughes
Apr 21, 2013
David J. Hughes, 66, of Portsmouth passed away on April 21, 2013 with his loving wife, Barbara Burns, by his side.David was born in Aberbargoed, Wales in 1946. David was a graduate of MIT and received his Masters in Biological Oceanography from Johns Hopkins. As an oceanographer, David worked at Bigelow Labs, Woods Hole and the University of Delaware before...
Richard D. Boiani
Apr 21, 2013
Newport, RI - Richard D. Boiani, 84, of Newport, died Sunday, April 21, 2013 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Lorraine Anne (Lamarre) Boiani. Born in Newport, RI on September 8, 1928, he was the son of the late Tito and Elizabeth (Cuveroni) Boiani. Mr. Boiani was a 1946 graduate of Rogers High School. After school...
Prewitt Wehle
Apr 21, 2013
Business Executive; Concerned CitizenJ. Prewitt Wehle of Tiverton passed away peacefully on April 21, 2013 after a sudden illness. Prewitt was born on August 23, 1926 in Louisville, Kentucky, the youngest child of Fred and Lydia (Prewitt) Wehle. He is survived by his wife, Mary Morrison Wehle; his children: Lawton Wehle Fitt of New York City, Sarah Wehle of Milton,...
Margaret (Devine) Kilmer
Apr 18, 2013
Middletown, RI - Margaret (Devine) Kilmer, 87, of Oak Street Middletown, Newport, died Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport.She was the wife of the late Victor J. Kilmer.Born in Woonsocket, RI on February 15, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Francis J. and Theresa V. (Gilbert) Devine. During the Depression, Peggy's father died when...
Mary "Missy" E. Destremps
Apr 18, 2013
Newport, RI - Mary Elizabeth (Gibson) Destremps, of Greene Lane, Middletown, passed to her well-deserved reward on April 18, 2013.Mary fought a long and arduous battle with mental illness all of her adult life. Before the onset of this terrible disease, Mary was an active and lively person, an accomplished artist, a straight A student, a cheerleader, a wonderful and...
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