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Arent H. Kits Van Heyningen
May 11, 2011
Arent Hendrik Kits van Heyningen, 95, of 67 Rhode Island Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011 in Newport, RI. Born in Apeldoorn, Netherlands on April 9, 1916, he was the son of the late Arend and Adrienne Kits van Heijningen.Mr. Kits van Heyningen grew up in the Dutch East Indies in Java and Sumatra. He returned to the...
Patricia Grauer Chase
May 9, 2011
Patricia Grauer Chase, formerly of Newport passed away unexpectedly on May 9, 2011 in Grand Prairie, Texas. Patricia graduated from Rogers High School in 1974 and Rhode Island School of Photography in 1977. She worked managing the Dallas Morning News photography lab before enjoyed the freedom of a freelance photographer. She was born in Newport on September 16, 1955 to...
Herve G. Tremblay
May 8, 2011
Herve G. Tremblay, of Woodside, NY and formerly Middletown, RI, died May 8th, 2011 after a brief illness. Herve was the son of the late Edgar Tremblay and the late Dorilla Tremblay of Acushnet, Massachusetts. A native of New Bedford, Massachusetts, Herve attended parochial school in that city. Despite being an excellent student, he dropped out of school in the...
Joseph C. Klodner
May 7, 2011
Middletown, RI - Joseph C. Klodner, 96, of Middletown, RI, passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2011, in Middletown.He was the former husband of the late Georgianna Kuzel Klodner.Born in Chicago, IL, on December 28, 1914, he was the son of the late Joseph and Josephine Vesecky Klodner.Mr. Klodner worked as a commercial artist, dressing windows in department stores. He...
Gordon Johnson
May 7, 2011
Gordon Gordy Johnson, 63, of Middletown, RI, after a heroic battle with cancer, passed away on May 7, 2011. He was the son of the late Virginia Weston Johnson and Clifford Johnson III.Gordy graduated from Rogers High School in 1966. He retired in 2009 from various positions at the Newport Naval Base. He played softball for many years with the...
Darryl Robert Rose
May 6, 2011
Darryl Bob Rose, 67, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away at home on Friday, May 6, 2011 surrounded by his loving family. His wife, Christina Spero Rose, his children, Stacey Rose and Scott Rose and his five grandchildren survive him.A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Calvary United Methodist Church, 200 Turner Rd, Middletown,...
Paul Jackson
May 6, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Paul Paulie J. Jackson, 59, of 81 Willow Lane, Portsmouth, RI, passed away Friday, May 6, 2011 at Newport Hospital.Born in Providence, RI on June 25, 1951, he was the son of the late Arthur R. and Mary Seyez Jackson.Paul recently retired after years of working at the Bristol Maher Center.He had many interests; Paul loved animals...
Frances Mary Williams
May 1, 2011
Newport, RI - Frances Williams, 89 Newport, RI, went to the Lord on Sunday May 1, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late William W. Williams. Born in Newport, RI on October 4, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary C.Rocha Lopes Dean. Frances worked at the Naval Station in...
Anthony J. Desantis
Apr 25, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Anthony Joseph DeSantis, 71, of 116 Young Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, April 25, 2011. He was the husband of Kathleen M. Murphy of Portsmouth, RIBorn in Newport, RI on May 2, 1939, he was the son of the late Leonard J. and Evelyn Keeley DeSantis.Mr. DeSantis was a member of the Wanumetonomy Golf Club in Middletown....
Christopher A. Medeiros
Apr 24, 2011
Wakefield, RI - Christopher A. Hero Medeiros, 26, of Torrey Road, Wakefield, and of East Main Road, Little Compton, passed away after a two year battle with cancer, Sunday, April 24, 2011 at South County Hospital, Wakefield.Born in Fall River, MA, on August 3, 1984, he was the son of Ronald J. and Michelle J. Minese Medeiros. Chris worked for...
Horace Paul Houtchens, Sr
Apr 23, 2011
LtCmdr Horace Paul Houtchens, SR. USN RETMiddletown, RI - Horace Paul Houtchens, Sr., 76, Middletown, RI, died on April 23, 2011 at the Heatherwood Nursing and Sub acute Center in Newport.He was the husband of Norma Defoor Houtchens. Born in Harold, TX on January 31, 1935, he was the son of the late Jesse Otis and Thelma Vaughn Houtchens.Mr. Houtchens...
Florence A. Machado
Apr 22, 2011
Newport, RI - Florence Machado, 68, of Newport, RI, died Friday, April 22, 2011. Born in Fall River, MA, on July 13, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Manuel Machado and Rose Curt Machado.Florence enjoyed bingo, arts crafts, loved to color and spent time knitting and crocheting. She also participated in numerous other activities at the Senior Center....
Janete Oliveira Lima
Apr 18, 2011
Janete Oliveira Lima, 46, of Newport, RI, died at Rhode Island Hospital on Monday, April 18, 2011.Janete was a 1982 graduate of Bishop Stang High School and attended UMass Dartmouth. She was a licensed travel agent at the family business, Sagres Travel. She was a certified lifeguard and realtor. She loved music and played the accordion. She was a 3rd...
Verna A. Zerbus
Apr 16, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Verna A. Zerbus, 75, of Sunset Ave, Portsmouth, RI, died on April 16, 2011 in Middletown, RI. She was the beloved wife of Joseph G. Zerbus for the last 50 years. Born in Westport, MA on May 24, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Margaret Lawton.Verna grew up in Fall River, MA and...
Robert C. Massey
Apr 13, 2011
Newport, RI - Robert Curtis Massey, 58, of Newport, RI, died Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at Bannister House, Providence, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on October 28, 1952, he was the son of the late Milton C. and Mary Shirley Massey, Jr.Mr. Massey was a gardener with the New Visions Community Gardens Program. He also was a former Newport Little...
Antone A. Pavao
Apr 12, 2011
Antone A. Pavao, 90, of Portsmouth, RI died peacefully in his home on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. He was the husband of Deolinda Garcia Pavao.Born in Tiverton, RI on January 31, 1921, he was the son of the late Caetano and Isabella Soares Pavao.Before retiring, he was employed by Manchester Wheeler of Tiverton, RI and Aquidneck Lobster of Newport, RI....
Manuel P. Medeiros
Apr 11, 2011
Newport, RI - Manuel P. Medeiros, 89, of 98 Warner Street, Newport, died Monday April 11, 2011, at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.He was the husband of Anna DeCosta Medeiros.Born in Fall River, MA, on May 13, 1921, he was the son of the late Vicente Vieira and Virginia Raposa Medeiros.Mr. Medeiros served in the United States Air Force during...
Marie White
Apr 7, 2011
Tiverton, RI - Marie Mercedes Amelia Gockley White, 84, of 23 Riverview Avenue, Tiverton, RI, died on Thursday, April 07, 2011, at the Village House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 70 Harrison Avenue, Newport, RI. Born in Barto, PA on June 8, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin K. Gockley and Marie Eugene Pottier Gockley.Marie Mickey attended West...
Jeanette H. Lecroy
Apr 4, 2011
Jeanette H. Cox LeCroy, 68, of Clearview Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died on Monday, April 4, 2011 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.She was the wife of Alton B. LeCroy.Born in Newport, RI on February 26, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Robert H. and Jeanette C. Johnson Cox.Mrs. LeCroy was an interior designer and was formerly employed at...
Patricia Stewart
Apr 4, 2011
Patricia Carroll Lima Stewart, age 85, an award winning painter, passionate gardener, ardent reader, and longtime Tiverton, RI resident, passed away on April 4, 2011 from complications of Alzheimers disease. She was born in Fall River to Agnes Harrington and James Francis Carroll. Patricia was the wife of the late Earle W. Stewart and former wife of the late Henry...
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