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George R. Boyd
Feb 2, 2011
Tiverton, RI - George R. Boyd, 80, of 50 Lark Lane, Tiverton, RI, formerly of 1 Winthrop Drive, Middletown, died Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at home.He was the husband of Mary Sherbush Boyd. Born in Newport, RI on January 7, 1931, he was the son of the late Walter G. and Mary Lutz Boyd.George grew up in Newport and graduated...
Madalaine Hein Lounsbury
Feb 2, 2011
Madalaine Elizabeth Hein Lounsbury, 69, of 1367 Glenwood Park Road, Princeton, WV, died Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at Bluefield Regional Hospital, Bluefield, WV. Born in Washington, DC on May 12, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Madalaine Primrose Hein. For many years she lived in New England, then spent 15 years living in Syracuse, NY. Over...
Mary Elizabeth Lopez
Jan 31, 2011
Middletown, RI - Mary Elizabeth Lopez, 93, a life-long resident of Middletown, passed away Monday, January 31, 2011 at home. Mary was born on July 7, 1917, she lived in the family home her entire life with the six month exception when she and her husband first married. Mary was predeceased by her husband Jesse G. Lopez, who she met...
Donald T. Heywood
Jan 31, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Donald T. Heywood, 79, of 127 Berkley Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, January 31, 2011 at St. Annes Hospital.He was the husband of the late Shirley Anne Tufts Heywood. Born in Cohasset, MA, on July 10, 1931, he was the son of the late Hervey W. and Sarah Teasdale Heywood. Mr. Heywood was an engineer at Sylvania...
Olga Herminia Torres
Jan 30, 2011
Newport, RI - Olga Herminia Torres, 89, of 31 Red Cross Avenue, Newport, RI, died Sunday, January 30, 2011 at home. Born in Santa Domingo, Santa Clara, Cuba, on December 21, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Herminia Hernandez de Torres and Robert Torres Waugh.At a time when there were not many women physicians, Dr. Torres earned her...
John P. Gatta
Jan 29, 2011
Newport, RI - John T. Peter Gatta, 71, of 137 Third Street, Newport, RI, died Saturday, January 29, 2011 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Cambridge, MA on October 18, 1939, he was the son of the late Angelo and Emma Findley Gatta. Mr. Gatta worked most of his life as a painter, he was the owner of AOK...
Doris Alda Lincourt
Jan 29, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - Doris Alda Parker Lincourt, 91, of Fairview Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, January 29, 2011 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center, Providence, RI.She was the wife of the late Joseph O. Lincourt. Born in Newport, RI on August 23, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Horace and Alvhild Steijen Parker.Mrs. Lincourt was a member of St....
Florence Kuttner
Jan 28, 2011
Portsmouth- Florence E. Flo Perry Kuttner, age 72 of Silva Avenue, Portsmouth, RI died January 28, 2011 at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the widow of the late Robert P. Kuttner.Born in Newport, RI on October 10, 1938 she was the daughter of the late Elsie I. Watson and the late Wallace S. Perry.Flo graduated from Rogers...
Henry Wilson
Jan 28, 2011
Bristol, RI - Henry Wilson, Jr., 77, formerly of 87 Girard Avenue, Newport, died Friday, January 28, 2011 at RI Veterans Home, Bristol, RI.He was the husband of the late Beatrice Robinson Wilson. Born in Charlestown, SC on February 17, 1933, he was the son of the late Henry Wilson, Sr. and Lottie Green Wilson. Mr. Wilson served in the...
William Charles Griswold
Jan 28, 2011
Portsmouth, RI - William C. Bill Griswold, Sr., 65, of 284 Corys Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, January 28, 2011 at St. Annes Hospital, Fall River, MA. Born in Newport, RI on April 22, 1945, he was the son of the late Arthur E. and Mary K. Doyle Griswold.Bill worked for the past eighteen years for Electric Boat in Groton...
Laura Rose Medeiros
Jan 28, 2011
Laura R. Silvia Medeiros, 86, formerly of 15 Wilson Road, Middletown, RI, died Friday, January 28, 2011 at the Grand Islander Heath Care Center in Middletown after a long illness.She was the wife of Manuel Medeiros, Jr.Born in Middletown, RI on December 13, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Parvo Silvia.Mrs. Medeiros was a 1942...
Chester C. Schulze
Jan 27, 2011
Middletown, RI - Chester C. Chet Schulze, 72, of Bayview Park, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, January 27, 2011 at Newport Hospital with his pastor and his beloved family and friends by his side.He was the husband of the late Betty J. Kimba Schulze. Born in Freetown, NY on March 7, 1938, he was the son of the late Chester H....
Barbara Frances Lawrence
Jan 27, 2011
Newport, RI - Barbara F. Hicks Lawrence, 85, Newport, RI, died Thursday, January 27, 2011 at home with her family at her side. She was the beloved wife of the late Steven Lawrence, Jr. Born in Newport, RI on May 8, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Ralph M. and Gladys M. Lawton Hicks. Barbara was very devoted...
Wilma G. Sandvig
Jan 26, 2011
Newport, RI - Wilma G. Brakke Sandvig, 96, of Village House, Newport, formerly of Thief River Falls, MN, died on January 26, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband Stanley Gerald Sandvig and her siblings, Arlie Blow of Tucson, AZ and Leonard Brakke of Milbank, SD. She was a member of St. Peters Lutheran Church. An avid and...
Joseph R. O'Dell
Jan 26, 2011
Middletown, RI - Joseph Rodgers Odell, Jr., 87, of Middletown, RI, passed away on January 26, 2011.He was the youngest of five children born to Sallie Bell Cooper and Joseph Rodgers ODell. He was preceded in death by his siblings and his first wife of 20 years, Ellen ODell, their son Joseph R. ODell III, his second wife of 20...
Rose Mary Mccray
Jan 24, 2011
Rose M. McCray, 81, of Paramount Apartments, 76 Broadway, Newport, RI, died on Monday, January 24, 2011 at Newport Hospital.She was the longtime companion of Edward Massey of Newport and the former wife of Harold McCray of Portsmouth.Born in Newport, RI on November 18, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Fortunato and Mary Rosa Ribeiro.Mrs. McCray was a...
Juanita Gee
Jan 24, 2011
She was born in Middletown, RI on October 11, 1917. She attended Rogers High School and later married Richard Gee of Fiskeville, RI. Together they moved to Fiskeville, where they operated the Arkwright Poultry farm until the 1960s. Mrs. Gee took on the task of farming with zest and competence. After that time, Juanita assumed the position of an accountant...
Koula Tsaparas
Jan 24, 2011
Newport, RI - Koula Sarris Tsaparas, 91, of Village House Nursing Center, formerly of Pond Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, January 24, 2011 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late John P. Tsaparas. Born in Newport, RI on July 3, 1919, she was the daughter of the late John F. and Mary Loftatis Sarris.Mrs....
Kathleen Cecelia Fitzgerald
Jan 23, 2011
Kathleen Cecelia FitzGerald, 94, formerly of Newport, RI, died on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at the Grand Islander Healthcare Center in Middletown, RI.Born in Newport, RI on April 23, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Catherine Golden FitzGerald.Kathleen worked for the Newport Housing Authority from 1961 to 1993. When the elderly high rise on Chapel Street...
Ana Cabral Moura
Jan 22, 2011
Ana Cabral Moura, of 5 Valhalla Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at home surrounded by her family.She was the wife of the late Antonio S. Moura.Born in Santa Maria, Azores on November 8, 1919, she was the daughter of Antonio Cabral and Maria Jose Andrade Cabral. Ana moved to the United States in 1976 and resided...
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