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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Sue Ann Lopes

Sue Ann Lopes

Dec 22, 2011

Sue Ann Lopes, 95, formerly of Third Street in Newport and Forest Avenue in Middletown, died Thursday, December 22, 2011 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center in Newport.Born in Portsmouth, RI on September 15, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Perry Lopes.She is survived by her children, Michael Lopes of Middletown, RI, George T. Mangeritis...

Michael C. Rodrigues

Michael C. Rodrigues

Dec 21, 2011

Middletown, RI - Michael Rodrigues, 34, of 25 Seascape Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at home. Born in Newport, RI, on August 1, 1977, he was the son of John E. Rodrigues of Middletown, RI and the late Theresa Silva Rodrigues. Michael spent time at the James L. Maher Center on a regular basis. He had a...

Joseph Coite

Joseph Coite

Dec 19, 2011

Newport, RI - Joseph Coite, 53, of 42 Kingston Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, December 19, 2011 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on March 18, 1958, he was the son of Gloria Holt Coite of Newport, RI and the late George M. Coite. Besides his mother, he is survived by his sister Gloria Farios of Newport,...

Frank Francis Ferrara

Frank Francis Ferrara

Dec 19, 2011

Cumberland, RI - Frank F. Ferrara, 87, of Cumberland, RI, died Monday, December 19, 2011.He was the devoted husband of the late Ann Struzziery Ferrara. Born in Boston, MA he was the son of the late Nicholas and Nellie Tusa Ferrara. Frank was a World War II Army Air Corps Veteran, stationed in Italy, France and England with the Department...

Florence Anne Piekutowski

Florence Anne Piekutowski

Dec 19, 2011

Middletown, RI - Florence Anne Milczewski Piekutowski, 87, of Middletown, RI, died Monday, December 19, 2011 at Newport Hospital, Newport.She was the wife of the late John Piekutowski. Born in Ravenna, OH on May 26, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Viola Milczewski. Mrs. Piekutowski, worked as a bookkeeper for many years for the Town of...

Mary Elizabeth Garcia

Mary Elizabeth Garcia

Dec 16, 2011

Newport, RI - Mary Elizabeth Kielbasa Garcia, 54, of 1 Bradford Ave, Newport, RI passed away peacefully on December 16, 2011. Mary was born in Newport, RI on January 18, 1957. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Stella Latosek Kielbasa. She is survived by her husband Alfred Garcia, daughter Stephanie Earp, and three brothers Rob, Jeff and...

Roy A. Fitzherbert

Roy A. Fitzherbert

Dec 16, 2011

Newport, RI - Roy Atwood Fitzherbert, 70, of 5 Marsh Street, Newport, RI, died Thursday, December 16, 2011 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RIHe was the husband of Rose Josephine Vasconi Fitzherbert. Born in Lancaster, PA on April 15, 1941, he was the son of the late Atwood Clayton and Anitra Easton Fitzherbert. Mr. Fitzherbert worked as an electrical engineer for...

Henry Austin Harpin

Henry Austin Harpin

Dec 15, 2011

Henry Austin Epa Harpin, 88, of Newport RI, passed away Thursday December 15, 2011, surrounded by his family at his daughters Middletown home, on the evening before the 15th anniversary of the death of his beloved wife Jean.Born, May 30, 1923, he was the son of the late Mary Grady and A. Charles Harpin. He was preceded in death by...

Frederick A. Sisson

Frederick A. Sisson

Dec 15, 2011

Born in Portsmouth, RI on December 11, 1928, he was the son of the late Lloyd A. and Della Phillips Sisson.Mr. Sisson attended schools in Portsmouth, Bristol and Newport. As a teenager, he worked summers at The Glen in Portsmouth. After serving 3 years in the US Army, he worked at the Grey Craig estate in Middletown, Vaucluse in Portsmouth...

George R. Hudson

George R. Hudson

Dec 15, 2011

Portsmouth, RI - George R. Hudson, 72, of 61 Martens Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, December 15, 2011 at home. No formal services will be held. His ashes will be scattered on Mount Washington, NH by family members.

Kristin Grace Dyer

Kristin Grace Dyer

Dec 14, 2011

Newport, RI - Kristin G. Krissy Bottomley Dyer, 28, of Third Street, Newport, RI, died Friday, December 14, 2011 at Rhode Island Hospital. She was an amazing wife to Thomas P. Dyer. Born in New Bedford, MA on Nov. 1, 1983, she was the daughter Susan Svirsky Bottomley of Newport and the late Stephen J. Bottomley.Krissy enjoyed baking for everyone,...

Concetta A. Ward

Concetta A. Ward

Dec 12, 2011

Middletown, RI - Concetta A. Providenti Ward, 89, of Middletown, RI, died Monday, December 12, 2011 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.She was the wife of the late William E. Ward.Born in Warren, RI on September 27, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Crestina Gallucci Providenti.Mrs. Ward was a charter communicant of St. Barnabas Church since...

Peter Washburn

Peter Washburn

Dec 11, 2011

Little Compton, RI - Peter D. Washburn, 58, died Sunday, December 11, 2011 after a spirited battle with pancreatic cancer. Peter was the husband of Susan Bedard Washburn for 29 years, the son of Elizabeth Thompson and the late Edwin Washburn and the step-son of Carlene Washburn. Peter touched many lives though his active involvement in community organizations including the...

Evelyn Ann Maffei

Evelyn Ann Maffei

Dec 11, 2011

Leominster, MA - Evelyn Cissy Ann Maffei, 64, of, Leominster, MA died Sunday, December 11, 2011 peacefully, surrounded by love ones after a long illness at Keystone Center, Leominster, MA. Born in Germany, on September 24, 1947, she was the daughter of the late William and Margaret Shellman Scheel.She graduated Rogers High School Newport RI in 1966 and Chandler School...

Daniel W. Marvelle

Daniel W. Marvelle

Dec 11, 2011

Daniel W Marvelle, 89, of Newport, RI, died Thursday, December 22, 2011. He was the husband of Janet Smith Marvelle to whom he was married for 68 years.Born in Newport on March 13, 1922, he was the son of Everett and Catherine Nyhan Marvelle. He attended Rogers High School. Mr. Marvelle served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...

Caroline Greer Murray

Caroline Greer Murray

Dec 10, 2011

Portsmouth, RI - Caroline Greer Murray, 95, died Saturday, December 10, at Aquidneck Place in Portsmouth, RI.Born in Wilmington, DE, she was a daughter of the late William Andrews and Elizabeth Wilson Murphey and the wife of the late Francis B. Murray.Mrs. Murray grew up and raised her family in Rockville Centre, NY, and moved to Portsmouth after her husband...

Caroline Greer Murray

Caroline Greer Murray

Dec 10, 2011

Portsmouth, RI - Caroline Greer Murray, 95, died Saturday, December 10, at Aquidneck Place in Portsmouth, RI.Born in Wilmington, DE, she was a daughter of the late William Andrews and Elizabeth Wilson Murphey and the wife of the late Francis B. Murray.Mrs. Murray grew up and raised her family in Rockville Centre, NY, and moved to Portsmouth after her husband...

Olive Mary Fell

Olive Mary Fell

Dec 9, 2011

Olive Mary Fell, 91, of Admiralty Drive, Middletown, RI, formerly of Bliss Road, Newport, died Friday, December 9, 2011 at her daughters home in Narragansett, RI. She was the wife of the late John Henry Jack Fell.Born in Fairfield, Maine on December 5, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Rose Cyr Thibodeau.Olive was a dedicated mother...

Cecelia Gloria Silva

Cecelia Gloria Silva

Dec 9, 2011

Cecelia Gloria Savasta Silva, 84, of Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, December 9, 2011 at the Newport Hospital. She was the wife of Robert W. Silva of Portsmouth.Born in Providence, RI on April 22, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Domenic and Mary Monti Savasta.Mrs. Silva worked for the Portsmouth School Department for many years. She was a loving...

Jeffrey A. Archer

Jeffrey A. Archer

Dec 9, 2011

PNCM Jeffrey A. Archer, USN, 55, of 403 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly on Friday, December 9, 2011 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Barbara Moore Archer.Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on July 6, 1956, Jeff grew up in the Ft. Wayne, IN area and joined the US Navy in 1975. That same year he married Barbara...

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