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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Henry Earl Williams

Henry Earl Williams

Jan 22, 2011

Portsmouth, RI - Henry Earl Williams, 97, of Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, January 22, 2011 at Sakonnet Bay Manor, Tiverton, RI. Born in Newport, RI on December 4, 1913, he was the son of the late Seddie and Frances Tripp Williams. Mr. Williams was a U.S. Navy Veteran of WWII. A skilled woodworker, he worked many years for the late...

George E. Barclay De Tolly

George E. Barclay De Tolly

Jan 22, 2011

Newport, RI - George E. Barclay de Tolly, 84, of 10 Pell Street, Newport, RI, died Saturday, January 22, 2011 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Poznan, Poland on January 19, 1927, he was the son of the late Baron Erick and Baroness Alda Ruhlin Barclay de Tolly and the descendant of a noble Scottish family that immigrated to...

Patricia Catherine Conrad

Patricia Catherine Conrad

Jan 21, 2011

Newport, RI - Patricia Catherine Maguire Conrad, 89, of 30 Bliss Road, Newport, RI, and Naples, FL, died peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Friday, January 21, 2011 at St. Lukes Hospital, New Bedford, MA after a long illness.She was the wife of the late Lloyd T. Conrad with whom she shared 64 years of marriage. Born in Newport, RI...

William F. Cormier

William F. Cormier

Jan 20, 2011

Middletown, RI - William F. Cormier, 81, of 8 Balsam Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, January 20, 2011 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Barbara J. Champlin Cormier. Born in Lawrence, MA on May 19, 1929, he was the son of the late Frank X. and Grace Clay Cormier.Mr. Cormier moved to Pascoag as a child. He...

Rodney P. Bowley

Rodney P. Bowley

Jan 19, 2011

Newport, RI - Rodney P. Bowley, 73, of 38 Bedlow Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at home. He was the husband of Paula Peloquin Bowley. Born in Newport, RI on February 27, 1937, he was the son of the late John F. and Mary Amoruso Bowley.Mr. Bowley grew up in Newport and was a 1954 graduate of...

Laura Barlow

Laura Barlow

Jan 18, 2011

Bristol, RI - Laura Balzano Barlow, 95, of 111 High Street, Bristol, RI, died on January 18, 2011 at St. Elizabeths Manor after a short illness.She was the wife of the late Charles T. L. Barlow to whom she was married for 47 years. Born in Bristol on September 14, 1915, she was the youngest daughter of the late Francesco...

Ruth Patricia Abbruzzi

Ruth Patricia Abbruzzi

Jan 18, 2011

Newport, RI - Ruth P. Sullivan Abbruzzi, 95, of 6 Thurston Avenue, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at John Clarke Retirement and Nursing Center. She was born August 6, 1915 in Newport RI, the daughter of the late Sgt. Cornelius Sullivan, NPD and Anne Shine Sullivan.She was the wife of the late Louis Duke Abbruzzi.Ruth is survived by...

Louise M. Libby

Louise M. Libby

Jan 18, 2011

SOLOMONS ISLAND, MD - Louise M. Libby, 98, of Solomons Nursing Home, Solomons Island, MD, formerly of Newport, Rhode Island and Palm Beach, Florida, and Highlands County, Florida passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at the nursing home.Born in Newport, RI on December 12, 1912, she was the wife of the late Joseph Reed Libby, of Newport, who passed...

Isobel Nardiello

Isobel Nardiello

Jan 17, 2011

Portsmouth, RI - Isobel Nardiello, 71, of Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, January 17, 2011, at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA, after a long illness. She was the wife of Frank Carmen Nardiello.Born in Glasgow, Scotland, on October 20, 1939, she was the daughter of the late John Vincent and Isabella MacLeod Murphy.Besides her husband of 49 years, she is...

Irene Lemke

Irene Lemke

Jan 17, 2011

Middletown, RI - Irene Lemke, 89, of Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Monday, January 17, 2011 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Boston, MA on March 21, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Alice Burmester. She is survived by her grandchildren James Riley, Sean P. Riley, Sheila Lavault, Colleen Medeiros and Sharon Riley....

John H. Quarry

John H. Quarry

Jan 17, 2011

Newport, RI - John Quarry, 46, of Girard Avenue Newport passed away January 17, 2011 in Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.Born in Newport, on October 30, 1964, he was the son of Robert and Marlene Backus Quarry of Gouverneur, NY.John worked in construction for Newport Roofing Company and formerly for R.J. Cauley.Besides his parents, John leaves his brothers and sisters Roland...

Mary Sanger

Mary Sanger

Jan 16, 2011

Mary S. Starlight Sanger, 65, of Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2011 at Forest Farm Health Care Center in Middletown.Born in Hagerstown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Sabin P. and Dorothy Stonebraker Sanger of Wellesley, Massachusetts and sister of the late Stuart F. Sanger.Mary was an avid painter and artist, and...

Alice Duce

Alice Duce

Jan 12, 2011

Middletown, RI - Alice Duce, 94, of 467 Wolcott Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, January 12, 2011 at Kent County Memorial Hospital, Warwick, RI with her daughter and granddaughter by her side.She was the wife of the late Herbert William Duce.Born in Westfield, MA on December 1, 1916, she was the daughter of the late George E. and Adelaide Burnett...

John Henry Macgowan

John Henry Macgowan

Jan 12, 2011

JOHN H. JACK MACGOWAN A man of all seasons January 25, 1918 - January 12, 2011 A resident of Corne Street, Newport, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully at Newport Hospital on Jauary 12. Jack, as his friends knew him, was raised in Southampton, New York, after emigrating from his birthplace in St. John, New Brunswick Canada, when he was eight...

Rita E. Levesque

Rita E. Levesque

Jan 11, 2011

New Bedford, MA - Rita Elizabeth Joyce Levesque, 85, of New Bedford, MA, formerly of Portsmouth, RI died Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at St. Lukes Hospital, New Bedford, MA. Born in Lowell, MA on March 28, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Ida Lord Joyce.Rita was a devoted mother and grandmother whose greatest joy in life...

Gordon Feid

Gordon Feid

Jan 11, 2011

Major Gordon Feid, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, 88, of 400 Sea Meadow Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at his daughters home in Contoocook, NH. He was the husband of the late Lucille O. Gagne Feid, they were married for sixty-five years.Born in North Attleboro, MA on March 31, 1922, he was the son of the late Charles...

Loretta M. Mizerek

Loretta M. Mizerek

Jan 11, 2011

Loretta Mary Robicheau Mizerek, 91, of Newport passed away unexpectedly on January 11, 2011 at Newport Hospital.A daughter of the late Malcom and Genevieve Doucette Robicheau, she was born on October 26, 1919 in Salmon River, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 1920, Lorettas family immigrated to Newport beginning her 90 years of residing in Newport.On September 5, 1942, she married her...

Herbert Walter Baker, Jr

Herbert Walter Baker, Jr

Jan 10, 2011

Middletown, RI - Herbert Walter Baker, Jr., 71, of Bayview Park, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, January 10, 2011 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Madeline Aleicho Baker of Middletown.Born in Newport, RI on April. 6, 1939, he was the son of the late Herbert W. and Mary Amaral Baker. Herbert worked in the Newport School Department retiring in...

Aaron B. Carlin

Aaron B. Carlin

Jan 9, 2011

Tiverton, RI - Aaron B. Carlin, 65, of Tiverton, RI, died Sunday, January 9, 2011 at St. Annes Hospital, Fall River, MA. He was the mate of Ann Nancy Levesque for over 20 years. Born in Shoemaker, CA on January 5, 1946, he was the son of the late Arthur and Virginia Williams Carlin.Cal, as he was known by his...

Josephine M. Green

Josephine M. Green

Jan 8, 2011

Portsmouth, RI - Josephine M. Green, 81, of 44 Stagecoach Road, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Newport, RI, died Saturday, January 8, 2011 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Rochester B. Green, USN. Born in Newfoundland, Canada, on February 26, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Mary Yard Mullins.Josephine grew...

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