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Joseph Augustine Murphy Jr
Feb 11, 2013
FALL RIVER- Joseph A. Murphy Jr., 69, died Tuesday (February 12, 2013) as a result of a long battle with Diabetes. Joe was born on February 18, 1943 in Boston MA, and was the son of Joseph Sr. and Mildred Murphy. A childhood resident of Dorchester, graduate of St. Mary's University in Halifax NS, and a U.S. Marine, he spent...
Albert H. Fisher
Feb 10, 2013
Albert Henry Fisher, 75, was peacefully born-again in God and reunited with family and friends on Sunday, February 10, 2013 while at Heatherwood Nursing and Rehab Center. Born in New York, he was the son of the late Lt. Albert A. Fisher USN, (Ret) and Josephine Fisher of Middletown.Albert graduated from De La Salle Academy in Newport, Class of 1956...
Homer Freeborn
Feb 9, 2013
Homer Freeborn, 89, of 129 Kay Street, Newport, died on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Newport Hospital after a long battle with heart disease.Homer was born in Portsmouth, RI on October 15, 1923, the son of Sarah A. (Huling) Freeborn and John S. Freeborn. He was a descendant of William Freeborn, one of the original settlers of Portsmouth.He grew up...
Joan K. Goes
Feb 8, 2013
THE WAKE SERVICE FOR MRS. GOES HAS BEEN POSTPONED FROM SUNDAY FROM 1 PM- 4 PM, AND IS RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY FEBRUARY 18 2013 FROM 1 PM -4 PM IN THE MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, 375 BROADWAY.Exeter, RI - Joan K. Goes, 63, of Exeter died Friday, February 8, 2013 at South County Hospital in Wakefield, RI. She was the wife...
Benjamin Burke
Feb 8, 2013
Benjamin Burke, age 77, of Portsmouth died Friday, February 8, 2013 at home in Portsmouth. Benjamin was born July 9, 1935 in Buffalo, NY. He is the son of the late Benjamin and the late Dolores (Jones) Burks. He married Kimberly (Moriarty) Burke. Benjamin was a US Navy veteran of Korea and Vietnam, reaching the rank of Senior Chief. His...
Dorothy K. Stanley
Feb 8, 2013
Dorothy K. Stanley, age 93, of Middletown, died on Friday, February 08, 2013 at John Clarke Nursing Home.Dorothy was born September 27, 1919 in Millville, NJ, daughter of the late Dr. Louis and Marie (Keenan) Kauffmann. She was the wife of the late Richard Stanley.Dorothy graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in Millville, NJ and Rosemont College in Philadelphia. Throughout her...
Allen H. Smith
Feb 8, 2013
Allen H. Smith of Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Tiverton, passed away peacefully on February 8, 2013 from injuries sustained in a fall. Allen was born November 30, 1937 in Worcester, MA, son of Herbert A. and Jean Sanborn (Wayman) Smith. He is survived by his wife Alice Clark-Smith, his children Karen Biastre (Steve) of Middletown, Cheryl Smith-DiGennaro of Portsmouth, Jason...
Robert Carnley Thompson
Feb 7, 2013
Middletown, RI - Robert Carnley Thompson, 88, of Middletown died Thursday, February 7, 2013 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of the late Ann Katherine Binz. Born on August 6, 1924, in Bradley Beach, NJ, he was the son of the late Robert C. and Christine (Jenner) Thompson. Mr. Thompson served in the Navy during World War II. He...
Diane E. Quarry
Feb 5, 2013
Diane Elizabeth Quarry, age 61, of Middletown died Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at Newport Hospital. Diane was born August 18, 1951 in Utica, NY. She is the daughter of Helen Russ of Florida and the late Edward Holdridge.Diane was a graduate of Rogers High School and the Sawyer School. For over 15 years she has worked at Newport Grand/Newport Jai...
Wirt Cummings Thayer
Feb 5, 2013
Middletown, RI - Wirt Cummings Thayer, CDR, USN, Ret. Blenheim Newport, Middletown, RI, formerly of Greenough Place, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, February 05, 2013 at Forest Farm Health Care Center in Middletown. He was the husband of the late Shirley Munroe Thayer. Born in Bristol, NH on Mar. 31, 1923, he was the son of the late Harold T. and...
Patricia Ann Kuiee
Feb 5, 2013
Patricia Ann Kuiee, 73, of Broadway, Newport, RI, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at home.Born in Albany, NY on December 7, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Doris (Gaulin) Houghton.Patricia was formerly a delivery person for the Newport Daily News. She loved cats and enjoyed knitting.She is survived by her children, Andrew Kuiee of...
Judith Sheryl Brennan
Feb 5, 2013
Judith "Judy" S. (White) Brennan, 63, of N. Dudley Avenue, Middletown, passed away, peacefully Tuesday, February 05, 2013 at Newport Hospital surrounded by her family.She was the beloved wife of Robert E. Brennan, to whom she was married to for more than 33 years.Judy was the daughter of the late Richard H. and Pauline "Polly" H. (Byrnes) White.Born on August...
Irene O. Rousseau
Feb 3, 2013
Irene O. Rousseau, 88, a resident of Portsmouth, died Sunday, February 3, 2013 at Newport Hospital.She was the wife of the late Aldor N. Rousseau.Born May 2, 1924, in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Aurora Lowe. Irene leaves three daughters, Sandra DeChristofaro of Scituate, RI, Donna Grenier of Norfolk, VA and Theresa Rousseau...
s Bessie Amanda Heath
Feb 3, 2013
Bessie Amanda Heath, 101 years old, of Newport died Sunday, February 3, 2013 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center of Newport, RI. Mrs. Heath was born in Blodgett's Landing, Newbury, NH on September 11, 1911 to Walter and Nellie (Weeks) Hoague She spent most of her life in the Springfield, New Hampshire area where she met and married Paul C....
Anna S. Mosher
Feb 2, 2013
Anna S Mosher, age 97, of Portsmouth died Saturday, February 2, 2013 at home in Portsmouth. Mrs. Mosher was born February 15, 1915 in Newport, RI. She is the daughter of the late Joseph and Carrie Vargas. She was married for 75 years to the late Lloyd A. Mosher. Anna met her husband Lloyd while he was serving in the...
Maureen Rose Coffey
Feb 2, 2013
Maureen Rose Coffey, 66, of Middletown died Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI. Mrs. Coffey was born March 16, 1946 in Hudson, MA. She was the daughter of the late Samuel and the late Rose Marie Sleeper. She is preceded in death by her husband the late John Nicholson Coffey. Maureen worked for over 25 years...
Maria C. O'Malley
Jan 31, 2013
Middletown - Maria C. (Lalli) O'Malley, 90, of Middletown, formerly of Newport, died on Thursday, January 31, 2013 at home surrounded by her family.She was the wife of the late John J. O'Malley.Born in Newport, RI, on March 30, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Michele and Maria S. (Vietri) Lalli.Mrs. O'Malley had worked as a manager for...
Kirsten Louise Manuel
Jan 31, 2013
Kirsten Louise Manuel (born Kirsten Louise Albro) was born in New Brunswick, NJ on November 4, 1937. She grew up and went to school in Sayreville, NJ - spending many summers visiting her paternal grandparents in Newport, RI. After completing her college studies at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, she became a music teacher in Piscataway, NJ....
Garry A. Allan
Jan 30, 2013
Garry Andrew Allan, 55, of Portsmouth died Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center in Providence, RI. He was the husband of Lori (Fisch) Allan.Born on March 22, 1957 in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Thomas "Stanley" and Mary (Cusick) Allan. A lifelong Newporter, Garry worked for NUWC as an Engineer Technician in research...
Rita P. Fennessey
Jan 30, 2013
Portsmouth, RI - Rita Fennessey, of 2788 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at Rhode Island Hospital.She was the wife of the late Thomas Joseph Fennessey Sr. Born in Fall River, MA on May 13, 1918, she was the daughter of Edward F. Murphy and Elizabeth (Madden) Murphy.Rita graduated from St. Joseph College in West...
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