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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Richard F. Grassley

Richard F. Grassley

Jan 10, 2013

Richard F. Grassley, 75, of East Providence, formerly of Seekonk, MA died Thursday, January 10, 2013 at Rhode Island Hospital. He was the husband of the late Marie Ann (Canard) Grassley for 41 years.Born on August 3, 1937 in Montreal, Canada, he was the son of the late Howard and Rose Marie (Sarvas) Grassley. Mr. Grassley grew up in Sharpsville,...

Yulata L. Victores

Yulata L. Victores

Jan 9, 2013

Yulata L. "Lottie" Victores, 61, of Park Holm, Newport, RI, died on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of Andre Victores of Newport.Born in Newport, RI on July 5, 1951, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Sally (Greene) Young.Mrs. Victores worked for 20 years as a housekeeper at Heatherwood Nursing Home in...

Francis L. "Frank" Lefebvre

Francis L. "Frank" Lefebvre

Jan 8, 2013

Francis L. "Frank" Lefebvre, 65, of Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at home.Born in Providence, RI on June 21, 1947, he was the son of the late Leo and Rosemary (Viverious) Lefebvre.Frank was a US Marine Corp. veteran of the Vietnam War and was employed as a zoning officer for the City of Newport before retiring. He was...

Edward James Butler Iii

Edward James Butler Iii

Jan 8, 2013

Edward James Butler, III, 43, of Newport died Tuesday, January 8, 2013, in Providence, RI. Born June 18, 1969 in Newport, RI, he was the son of Edward James and Irene S. (Lewis) Butler, Jr.Eddie Jim worked as a service attendant for many years. He played softball, was an avid Red Sox fan and Celtics fan. He enjoyed going to...

Christopher Colt Anthony

Christopher Colt Anthony

Jan 6, 2013

Christopher Colt Anthony, died on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, MA. Christopher resided at King Road in Tiverton, and was formerly a resident of Beacon St. in Middletown. Born on June 3, 1953, in Providence, RI, Chris was the beloved son of the late Ann T. Green of Toronto, Canada and loving brother to Elizabeth...

Beverly Anne Champlin

Beverly Anne Champlin

Jan 3, 2013

Beverly Champlin, 77, of Middletown died Thursday, January 3, 2013 at home. Born March 16, 1935 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Marjorie (Gibson) Champlin. Beverly worked at the former Savings Bank of Newport now BankNewport for over 40 years. She was a member of Church of the Holy Cross and its St. Marthas...

Raymond Cooper

Raymond Cooper

Jan 3, 2013

Raymond Cooper, 71, of King Road, Tiverton, died peacefully on January 3, 2013 at home. Born March 15, 1941, in Warwick, he was a Tiverton resident since 2009 and previously resided in Bristol. Raymond will be missed by all of his friends and roommates, as well as his extended family of staff and caregivers. Ray was always very involved in...

Shirley J. Russell

Shirley J. Russell

Jan 2, 2013

Miss Shirley J. Russell, 89, of Portsmouth passed quietly in her sleep on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at the John Clarke Nursing Home in Middletown, RI. Born November 22, 1923 in Fall River, MA, she was the only daughter of the late John and Elsie (Sidebotham) Russell.Shirley worked as a housekeeper for most of her life. She was a member...

Nancy Deus

Nancy Deus

Jan 1, 2013

Nancy (Lynch) Deus, 62, of Tiverton, RI, died on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at Heatherwood Nursing Center of Newport, RI. Born September 27, 1950 in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Cornelius and Anne (Sheehan) Lynch. She is the wife of Kenneth Deus. Besides her husband of 41 years, she is survived by her daughter, Melissa...

Claire D. Murphy

Claire D. Murphy

Jan 1, 2013

Claire D. Murphy, 81 of Portsmouth, RI, passed away on Tuesday January 1, 2013 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. She was born on July 21, 1931 in Fall River, MA, to the late Christopher and Francis (McVey) Murphy. Claire was a 1949 graduate of BMC Durfee High School. She worked at the Imperial Knife Co. in Providence for...

Emmi Martins

Emmi Martins

Jan 1, 2013

Martins, Emmi, 87 of Portsmouth, RI died on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at Heatherwood Nursing Home in Newport. Her late husband was Paul J. Martins. She is survived by her sister Gertrude Kimmich of Germany, her son Werner J.C. Martins of Portsmouth, a granddaughter Rebecca M. Martins of Fall River, MA, a grandson Jonathon P. Martins of Stoughton, MA, and...

Joel T. Delessio

Joel T. Delessio

Dec 31, 2012

Joel Thomas DeLessio, 69, of Portsmouth died Monday, December 31, 2012, at home. Born November 24, 1943, in Alexandria, VA, he was the son of the late Carmine and Grace (Pellicano) DeLessio. He was the beloved husband of Dorothy (VanCourt) DeLessio. Joel worked as a physicist and engineer for most of his life. He was a graduate of the prestigious...

Migdalia Cortes

Migdalia Cortes

Dec 31, 2012

Migdalia Cortes, age 66, of Newport died Monday, December 31, 2012 at Newport Hospital. Migdalia was born January 24, 1946 in Aquadilla, Puerto Rico and was the daughter of the late Antonio and Margarita (Pabon) Lopez. She was married to Osvaldo Cortes for 24 years. She is survived by her husband: Osvaldo Cortes , three daughters: Eda Miranda, Evelyn Miranda,...

Marie Brownell

Marie Brownell

Dec 31, 2012

Marie B. Brownell, 83, died December 31, 2013 at the John Clarke Nursing Center, Middletown, RI. Ms. Brownell was born April 16, 1930 in Hoosick Falls, NY to LeGrand and Edna Gooding. After graduating from SUNY-Oneonta with a degree in education Marie began her career as a primary school teacher. Even with time taken to have two sons Marie spent...

Norman William Hall

Norman William Hall

Dec 30, 2012

Norman William Hall, 90, entered into eternal peace on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at home in Middletown, RI surrounded by his family.Norman was born on June 9, 1922, the son of the late William and Gertrude Hall in Providence, RI and brother of the late Eleanor Hall. He graduated from Hope High School in 1939. In June 1941, Norman began...

Gloria Jaclyn Gamon

Gloria Jaclyn Gamon

Dec 30, 2012

Gloria Jaclyn (Doolittle) Gamon, 87, of Portsmouth died Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Newport Hospital.Gloria was born in Torrington, CT, on October 12, 1925, one of four children of the late Merton and Louva (Mack) Doolittle. Gloria was predeceased by her husband Thomas A. Gamon formally of New Haven, CT. Gloria was a graduate of Yale School of nursing. As...

Edward Mihalick

Edward Mihalick

Dec 29, 2012

Edward Mihalick, 93, of Middletown, RI formally of West Hartford, CT entered into eternal rest on Saturday December 29th 2012. Born in Blakely, PA on December 23, 1919, he was the son of the late Anna John Mihalick. He was a proud Veteran of the United States Navy where he fought in World War II at Normandy in Omaha Beach....

Romaine Olney Perry

Romaine Olney Perry

Dec 28, 2012

Romaine Olney Perry, 94, of Waltham, MA, formerly of Cambridge, MA and Newport, RI, died Friday, December 28, 2012 at the Meadow Green Nursing Rehabilitation Center in Waltham, MA.Born in Newport, RI on November 15, 1918, Romaine was the daughter of the late Mary Howard and Rudolph H. Perry. She spent her early childhood years, living with her grandfather, Aaron...

Panagiota 'Toula' Georgiou

Panagiota 'Toula' Georgiou

Dec 27, 2012

Panagiota "Toula" (Mathinos) Georgiou, 76, of Middletown died Thursday, December 27, 2012 at home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of James Georgiou.Born on August 14, 1936 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late George and Calliope (Drogos) Mathinos. Mrs. Georgiou grew up on the Point in Newport and was a graduate of Rogers High...

Flovell Alice Walker

Flovell Alice Walker

Dec 27, 2012

Flovell Alice Walker, 88, formerly of 18 Murphy Circle, Middletown, RI, died peacefully at the Forest Farm Health Care Center in Middletown, RI on Thursday, December 27, 2012.She was the wife of the late Thomas J. Walker who passed in 1984.Born in Mishawaka, IN on May 22, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Ocie (Nifong) Ewing.Mrs....

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