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Marian N. Aguiar
Mar 18, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Marian N. Pimental Aguiar, 85, of Union Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, March 18, 2011 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Francis J. Aguiar. Born in Newport, RI on August 8, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Pimental Pimental.Mrs. Aguiar was a communicant of St. Barnabas Church....
Mary Perry
Mar 16, 2011
Middletown, RI - Mary Medeiros Perry, 93, of 2 Rosedale Terrace, Middletown, RI, died on Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Sgt. Lewis P. Perry, retired MPD. Born in Portsmouth, RI, on September 24, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Antone and Mary Rodrigues Medeiros.Mary...
August F. Ferreira
Mar 13, 2011
August F. Gus Ferreira, 85, of Dexter Street, Portsmouth, RI, died on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Newport Hospital.He was the loving husband of Eileen E. Harrison Ferreira, with whom he celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last October.Born in Portsmouth, RI on September 3, 1925, he was the son of the late Jacinto and Filomenia Freitas Ferreira.Gus worked on the...
Walter T. Swanson
Mar 10, 2011
Capt. Walter T. Swanson, Newport Fire Department Ret. 77, of Kay Street, Newport, RI, died Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Ellen M. Loftus Swanson.Born on April 10, 1933 in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Walter E. and Ruth Blankley Swanson.Walter was a 1952 graduate of Hemstead High School. He...
Albert E. Honnen
Mar 9, 2011
Albert E. Honnen, Sr., 87, of Water Street, Portsmouth, RI, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2011 in Newport Hospital. He was the husband of the late Mary Margaret Peggy York Honnen.Born in Newport, on July 24, 1923, he was the son of the late Albert and Julia Weaver Honnen III.Mr. Honnen graduated in 1941 from Rogers High School where he...
Arthur Davis Freeman
Mar 5, 2011
Arthur Davis Freeman Jr., 49, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Providence, RI on Mar. 17, 1961, he was the son of the late Arthur Davis Freeman Sr. and Sarah Shaffer Freeman.Mr Freeman was an avid Boston Red Sox fan, and also enjoyed watching the Boston Celtics. He was a yearly participant...
Ann Silvia
Mar 5, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Ann Bunny Fay Vars Silvia, 77, of Portsmouth, RI, died on Saturday, March 5, 2011, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late William H Silvia. Born in Newport, RI on May 12, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Edmond and Ann Rathcamp Vars.Mrs. Silvia worked in shipping and receiving on the...
Joy Koponen
Mar 3, 2011
Middletown, RI - Joy Diane Johnson Koponen. On March 3, 2011, Joy was called to her eternal home with her Savior. She will be greatly missed by her husband, the Rev. Dr. Donald E. Koponen.A daughter of the late William and Anna Johnson, Joy was born in Wakefield, Michigan, on February 23, 1932. She met her husband Don, while attending...
Marjorie R. Wright Skahill
Mar 3, 2011
Middletown, RI - Marjorie Rita Wright Skahill, 92, of Middletown, RI, died Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Cmdr. John J. Skahill.Born in Braintree, MA, on May 13, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Justin E. and Ethel Preston Wright.Mrs. Skahill was a graduate of Braintree High School and...
Charles Morrissey
Mar 2, 2011
Charles Morrissey, 57, of Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.Born in Dover, NH, on December 22, 1953, he was the son of the late Thomas J. Morrissey Sr. and Lorraine Flayhan Morrissey. He is survived by his siblings Al J. Morrissey of Plymouth, MA, Michael J. Morrissey of Middletown, RI, John J. Morrissey of...
Joseph T. Lyons, Sr
Mar 1, 2011
Middletown, RI - Joseph T. Lyons, Sr., 86, of 9 Collins Terrace, Middletown, RI, died on March 1, 2011 at home. Born in Somerville, MA on January 12, 1925, he was the son of the late Evelyn Lyons of Somerville MA, and brother of the late Thomas Gordon Smith.Mr. Lyons served in the United States Navy for 24 years and...
Nick Spentzos
Feb 27, 2011
Newport, RI - Nick Spentzos, 87, of 6 Whitfield Place, Newport, RI, died Sunday, February 27, 2011, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Noula Kostopoulos Spentzos. Born in Nestani, Greece, on June 6, 1923, he was the son of the late Konstandinos and Panagiota Papaprokopiou Spentzos.Mr. Spentzos immigrated to the United States 52 years ago. He has...
Betty Jean Coggeshall
Feb 27, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Betty Jean Taylor Coggeshall, 81, of 72 Point Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, February 27, 2011, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Vincent L. Coggeshall. Born in Fall River, MA, on January 15, 1930, she was the daughter of the late John R. and Edith Blackburn Taylor.Mrs. Coggeshall was a 1948...
Edna Bradley Wood
Feb 25, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Edna Bradley Wood, Concert Pianist and Teacher, of 128 Belmont Drive, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Black Point Farms, Portsmouth and Providence, died February 25 in Portsmouth.She was the wife of the late Herbert E. Wood. Born in Providence, RI, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Talbot Bradley.Mrs. Wood was a well-known concert pianist...
Sarah Kristina Cosgrove
Feb 25, 2011
Middletown, RI - Sarah Kristina Bergkvist Cosgrove, 97, of 600 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, died Friday, February 25, 2011 at John Clarke Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late John Cosgrove.Born in Springfield, MA, on July 26, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Gustav and Marie Stoleberg Bergkvist.Mrs. Cosgrove worked as a watch maker...
Fannie Angell Topazio
Feb 25, 2011
Fannie Camara Angell Topazio, 75, of Bristol, RI died after a lengthy battle with cancer on Friday, February 25, 2011. She was a loving mother, devout piano player, concert enthusiast, jewelry maker and parishioner of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Bristol.She was the wife of the late Arturo G. Topazio and the late Ernest A. Angell. Born in...
Pauline Tetrault
Feb 24, 2011
Newport, RI - Pauline Metivier Tetrault, 80, formerly of West House, Middletown, RI, died on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Heatherwood Nursing Home in Newport.She was the wife of the late Joseph A. Tetrault. Born in Fall River, MA on September 19, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Rose Hebert Metivier.Mrs. Tetrault was a communicant of...
Susan Jo Shekerow
Feb 23, 2011
Susan J. Shekerow, 59 of Monument, CO, passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2011, in the Memorial Hospital Central with her family by her side.Susan was the wife of Dr. Mark D. Forte of Monument, CO.Born in Westerly, RI on September 16, 1951, she was the daughter of Joseph C. and Rose M. Sammataro Shekerow of Cranston, RI.Susan graduated from Cranston...
Doreen A. Perry
Feb 23, 2011
Doreen A. Perry, 42, of Newport, RI, died unexpectedly at home on Wednesday, February 23, 2011. She is the loving mother of Andrew Pennor and Derek Ambrose, the loving daughter of Marjorie and Donald Bruce Perry, and loving sister of Donald, Denise and Diane Perry of Newport and Middletown, and loving Auntie to Jessica Rose Perry.In addition to her family,...
Robert Francis Gunning
Feb 22, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Robert Francis Gunning, 95, of 22 Sherman Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.He was the husband of the late Catherine Mary Hosking Gunning. Born in Fall River, MA on October 3, 1915, he was the son of the late John A. and Henrietta Smith Gunning.Mr. Gunning served in the...
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