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Florence Higgins
Jan 25, 2012
Middletown, RI - Florence Gussie Higgins, 82, of Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.She was the wife of the late Col James H. Higgins, USMC. She was the daughter of the late Gus and Bella Paquette.Born in Mohegan, RI, she graduated from Burrillville High School. As a teen she competed in skeet shooting...
Cecelia Monica Abreu
Jan 24, 2012
Middletown, RI - Cecelia Monica Abreu, 86, formerly of 19 Renfrew Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on March 4, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Jose and Francisca Andrade Abreu.Cecelia was a communicant of Jesus Savior Church. She was an avid gardener. She is...
Wylma Denson
Jan 23, 2012
Middletown, RI - Wylma Billie Slavens Denson, 90, of Schoolhouse Road, Warren, RI, died Monday, January 23, 2012 at Newport Hospital.Born in Newports, Fifth Ward on April 8, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Fannie Baker Slavens. She was the loving mother to Donna D. Dilley of Warren, son-in-law Charles W. Dilley, grandmother of Christopher W....
Mary Elizabeth Radice
Jan 23, 2012
Newport, RI - Mary Elizabeth Radice, 96, of 22 Rhode Island Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, January 23, 2012 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late David E. Flynn II and Ret. Chief of Police of Newport Joseph A. Radice. Born in Bristol, RI on August 22, 1915, she was the daughter of the...
Gladys Maria Petrarca
Jan 21, 2012
Newport, RI - Gladys Maria Petrarca, 62, of, Newport, RI, died Saturday, January 21, 2012 at St. Clare Home, Newport, RI, surrounded by her daughter, many friends and compassionate staff at St. Clare Home.Born in Valparaiso Chile, on August 20, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Axel Petterson Gonzalez and Hermina Munoz de Petterson.Gladys grew up in Chile;...
Gaetano J. Migliori
Jan 20, 2012
Gaetano Guy Joseph Migliori of Pleasant Hill, California died peacefully on January 20, 2012. He was the husband of the late Mary Santa Migliori.Born in Lynn, Massachusetts on August 4, 1916, he was the son of the late Corrandino and Rosalina DiCecchio Migilori.He was a US Coast Guard veteran and during WWII served with the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1943-44, and...
Susan M. Wilson
Jan 20, 2012
Bristol, Rhode Island - Susan M. Wilson, 61 of Bristol, RI, passed away peacefully after a 16 year battle with cancer. She was the beloved wife of James E. Wilson and loving mother of Morgan E. Piebes and her husband Randy. Born in Newport, RI February 2, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Helen Hussey Platt....
Geraldine Izzo
Jan 20, 2012
Geraldine Izzo of Trinity Nursing Home Woonsocket, R.I. died January 20, 2012 at the Our Lady of Fatima Hospital surrounded by her loved ones. Born December 7, 1942 in Fall River MA., Geraldine was the daughter of the late Joseph Rego and Germaine Rego Archambault. Geraldine grew up on Aquidneck Island and graduated from the former St. Catherine Academy of...
John F. Fagan
Jan 20, 2012
Newport, RI - John F. Jack Eppa Fagan, Jr., 85, a Native Newporter, died peacefully Friday, January 20, 2012 at home surrounded by his family.He was the loving husband of Marilyn Mink Minkler Fagan. Born in Newport, RI on February 18, 1926, he was the son of the late John Francis and Mary Asher Fagan. Jack was a 1944 graduate...
Gaetano J. Migliori
Jan 20, 2012
Gaetano "Guy" Joseph Migliori of Pleasant Hill, California died peacefully on January 20, 2012. He was the husband of the late Mary Santa Migliori.Born in Lynn, Massachusetts on August 4, 1916, he was the son of the late Corrandino and Rosalina (DiCecchio) Migilori.He was a US Coast Guard veteran and during WWII served with the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1943-44, and...
Edward F. Murphy
Jan 19, 2012
Edward F. Murphy, 91, of Bristol Ferry Road, Portsmouth, RI, died peacefully on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at Newport Hospital. Born in Fall River, MA on June 22, 1920, he was the son of the late Christopher P. and Frances L. McVey Murphy.Mr. Murphy was a World War II veteran of the US Navy serving in the Atlantic and Pacific...
Mary A. Hanks
Jan 19, 2012
Portsmouth, RI - Mary A. Chase Hanks, 88, of East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died peacefully on Thursday, January 19, 2012. Born in Portsmouth, RI on April 29, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Frank J. and Mary (Korzeneski) Chase. Mary operated the Frank Chase Farm/ Stonewall Stand. She was a member of the Portsmouth Historical Society, the...
Cynthia Ann Blake
Jan 18, 2012
Cynthia Ann Blake, 63, of Stafford Road, Tiverton, RI, passed away at home on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 with friends by her side.Born in Lowell, MA on April 15, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Arnold and Barbara Colby Blake.Cynthia grew up in Wilmington, MA and had been a longtime resident of Newport, RI. She was a lover...
H. Bruce Leslie
Jan 16, 2012
H. Bruce Leslie, age 94, of 1215 Main Road, Tiverton, RI, died on January 16, 2012, after a short illness. He was the husband of the late Ruth Nourse Patten Leslie. He was born in Danvers, MA, on April 13, 1917, to the late Thurman and Helen D. Smart Leslie of Danvers and Salem, MA. Bruce was a 1938 graduate...
Donnis Withers
Jan 16, 2012
Middletown, RI - Donnis Stiles Withers, 81, of Blenheim, Middletown, RI, died Monday, January 16, 2012 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI surrounded by her loving family.She was the wife of the late Ret Captain Christopher Withers. Born in Algona, Iowa, on April 18, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Donald and Ruth Brown Stiles.Donnis was a...
Robert J. Mckenna
Jan 15, 2012
Robert J. McKenna died on Sunday, January 15, 2012, at home with his loving family. He leaves his wife of 55 years, Mary Jean Kelly McKenna.Bob was born at home in Providence, the son James C. and Margaret Gorman McKenna on February 23, 1931. He was educated at St. Patricks School, La Salle Academy, Brown University and the Catholic University...
Jeremiah Clarke Ii
Jan 13, 2012
Newport, RI - Jeremiah Clarke, II, 77, of 78 Church Street, Newport, RI, died Friday, January 13, 2012 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Brooklyn, NY on April 24, 1934, he was the son of the late Jeremiah and Virginia Beguelin Clarke.Mr. Clarke served in the United States Army. He was a school teacher in North Kingstown, Jamestown and...
Barbara A. Mahoney
Jan 11, 2012
Newport, RI - Barbara A. Arruda Mahoney, 68, of 14 D Coddington Manor, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at the home of her son surrounded by her family.She was the wife of the late Joseph Mahoney. Born in Providence, RI on March 26, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Delvida F. Sylvia Robinson and Joseph Arruda.Barbara...
Emily Rose Pine
Jan 9, 2012
Emily Rose Pine, 93, of Sharon Court, Newport, RI, died Monday, January 9, 2012 at Newport Hospital.Born in Newport, RI on August 31, 1918, she was the daughter of the late John and Rose Medeiros Pine.Ms. Pine was a Fiscal Accountant for 36 years at the Naval War College in Newport before retiring in 1978. She was a 1935 graduate...
Mary E. Cahill
Jan 8, 2012
Newport, RI - Mary Evelyn Wells Cahill, 90, of 31 B DeBlois Street, Newport, RI, passed away at home with her family and friends by her side on Sunday, January 8, 2012.A devoted mother, nana, great grandmother and great-great grandmother, she was also the wife of the late Joseph J. Cahill. Born in Boston, MA on September 15, 1921, she...
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