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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Ronald Avery Pearl

Ronald Avery Pearl

Aug 14, 2010

Middletown, RI - Ronald Avery Pearl, 78, of 22 Gossets Turn Drive, Middletown, RI, died on Saturday, August 14, 2010, at home surrounded by his family.He was the husband of Alice E. Gauntlett Pearl.Born in Manchester, CT on April 24, 1932, he was the son of the late Burton D. and Mae Jones Pearl.Mr. Pearl served in the United States...

Richard F. Crowley

Richard F. Crowley

Aug 13, 2010

Richard F. Crowley, 84, of Blenheim-Newport, Middletown, RI, died Friday, August 13, 2010 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Helen Marie Crowley.Born in Boston, MA on November 23, 1925, he was the son of the late Joseph P. and Frances Sherman Crowley.Mr. Crowley served in the United States Navy during Vietnam. He worked for...

William I. Mcdaniel

William I. Mcdaniel

Aug 12, 2010

William I. McDaniel, 74, of Rego Road, Middletown, died on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at Heatherwood Nursing Rehabilitation Center in Newport.He was the husband to Alice Pincince McDaniel for 53 years.Born in Aliquippa, PA on September 19, 1935, he was the son of the late Irvine W. and Anna Marie Young McDaniel.Mr. McDaniel served in the United States Navy for...

Shirley Parvo Plumley

Shirley Parvo Plumley

Aug 11, 2010

Middletown, RI - Shirley Parvo Plumley, 75, of 417 Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at Newport Hospital. Born in Newport, RI on December 17, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Alfred V. and R. Alice Kation Parvo. Shirley graduated from St. Catherins Academy in 1952. She married in 1954 living in upstate New York,...

Clayton B. Heald

Clayton B. Heald

Aug 11, 2010

Newport, RI - Clayton B. Heald, 72, of 70 Carroll Avenue, Newport Green, Newport, died on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at home with his family at his side.He was the husband of Judy Lawrence Heald.Born in Newport, RI on July 16, 1938, he was the son of the late Emerson M. and Jennie P. Sisson Heald.Mr. Heald was a carpenter...

Barbara R. Ainsworth

Barbara R. Ainsworth

Aug 9, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Barbara R. Grindrod Ainsworth, 92, of 329 Windstone Drive, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Canonicus Avenue, Newport, died Monday, August 9, 2010 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Alfred Ainsworth. Born in New Bedford, MA on March. 26, 1918, she was the daughter of the late William and Bertha Rushton Grindrod.Mrs. Ainsworth had worked...

Katharine M. Champion

Katharine M. Champion

Aug 7, 2010

Katharine M. Champion, 55, daughter of Donald and Barbara Barrows Champion of Middletown, RI died on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at Newport Hospital. A native Newporter, Kathy is survived by her daughter Shannon Champion, granddaughter Yazmine Champion, and grandson Kyle Rainville of Portsmouth, RI. She also leaves two sisters, Patricia Morris of Goffstown, NH and Donna Switzer of Springfield, VA...

Gloria Ann Medeiros

Gloria Ann Medeiros

Aug 6, 2010

Newport, RI - Gloria Ann Medeiros, 92, of 12A Coddington Street, Newport, RI, died peacefully on Friday, August 6, 2010 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Portsmouth, RI on April 9, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Pacheco Moniz.Gloria was a lifelong Newport resident. She worked for a short time at...

Adeline Cerce

Adeline Cerce

Aug 4, 2010

Adeline Raposa Cerce, 88, of Dexter Street, Portsmouth, RI passed away on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at Silver Creek Manor in Bristol, RI.She was the wife of the late James Cerce.Born in Fall River, MA on September 11, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Jose D. Joseph and Georgianna Souza Raposa.Mrs. Cerce was a communicant of St. Anthony...

Mary C. Baker

Mary C. Baker

Aug 3, 2010

Newport, RI - Mary C Sardinha Baker, 97, of 3 Butler Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at St. Clare Home, where she lived for the last 6.5 years. She was a Newport resident for 75 years.She was the wife of the late Joseph J. Sardinha and the late James F. Baker. Born in Fall River, MA a...

Gladys M. Rogers

Gladys M. Rogers

Aug 1, 2010

Newport, RI - Gladys M. Rogers, passed away peacefully at Newport Hospital following a sudden illness. Her family was with her at the time of her death Born in Newport, RI on October 5, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Gladys Segerson Rogers.Gladys was a resident of the Jamari Group Home in Newport for the past...

Sr. Mary Agnes O'Brien, Fcj

Sr. Mary Agnes O'Brien, Fcj

Aug 1, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Sister Mary Agnes OBrien, FCJ, 92, of St. Philomena Convent, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Fitchburg, MA and Providence, RI, died Sunday, August 1, 2010 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born Bridget Mary Teresa OBrien in County Limerick, Ireland on April 14, 1918, she was the third of seven children of Patrick and Mary OBrien...

Julia Ann James

Julia Ann James

Jul 30, 2010

Julia Ann Milton JamesNewport, RIJulia Ann Milton was born December 1, 1925 to Ruffin Aubrey Anna Bell Owens Milton in Newport, RI. She attended school in Newport and graduated from Rogers High School in 1943. She was employed by the State of RI Department of Human Services for 35 years and the United States Government at NUWC for 11 years.She...

Edith L. Severance

Edith L. Severance

Jul 30, 2010

Tiverton, R.I. - Edith L. Severance, 83 of Tucker Avenue, Tiverton, died at home on Friday, July 30, 2010.She was the former wife of the late Joseph R. Vital of Swansea, and also the late Joseph Souza of Tiverton.Edith was born in Alliance, Ohio on December 27, 1926, a daughter of the late Eugene and Edith Lindsay Severance.Edith left Durfee...

Jesse J. Sharp

Jesse J. Sharp

Jul 30, 2010

Satellite Beach, FL, Jesse J. Sharp 27 formerly of Middletown, RI died July 30, 2010 after a car accident in Cocoa Beach, FLBorn in Jacksonville, FL on November 1, 1982, Jesse leaves his mother and stepfather Kathleen Connell Sharp Silveira and David Silveira of Middletown, his father and step mother John R. Sharp and Mary Jean Sharp of Satellite Beach,...

Nancy Jean Robinson

Nancy Jean Robinson

Jul 26, 2010

Middletown, RI - Nancy Jean Shilling Robinson, 78, of 191 Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Monday, July 26, 2010 at Newport Hospital.She was the wife of the late Jack V. Robinson, Lt CDR, USN, Ret. Born in Staunton, VA on March 19, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Clinton R. and Erma Jane Ellenberger Shilling.Mrs. Robinson worked as...

Adelino Angelo Raposa

Adelino Angelo Raposa

Jul 24, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Adelino Angelo Raposa, 85, of 382 Union Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, July 24, 2010 at Briarcliff Manor, Johnston, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on July 26, 1924, he was the son of the late Bento and Marianna Medeiros Raposa.Mr. Raposa served in the United States Army during World War II. He worked his entire career in...

Thomas V. Wilson

Thomas V. Wilson

Jul 24, 2010

Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Thomas V. Wilson, 41, of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, formerly of Portsmouth, RI, Saturday, July 24, 2010, died from a car accident.Born in Queens, NY on May 26, 1969, he was the son of Dorothy Henrich Wilson of Bradenton, FL and the late Edward J.Thomas was a 1987 graduate of Portsmouth High School then a 1991 graduate...

Marion C. Humphreys

Marion C. Humphreys

Jul 22, 2010

Newport, RI - Marion C. McKenna Humphreys, RN, of Newport, died on July 22, 2010. Born on March 26, 1913 in Providence, RI, she was the daughter of the late John F. and Mabel McGaughey McKenna and wife of the late Evan T. Humphreys.A 1934 graduate of the former Homeopathic Hospital now Roger Williams General; Marion held her RN license...

Antoinette Smith

Antoinette Smith

Jul 22, 2010

Newport, RI - Antoinette Ferreira Smith, 94, of 416 Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, July 22, 2010 at home.She was the wife of the late William H. Smith. Born in Fall River, MA on November 24, 1915, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna Rego Ferreira. Mrs. Smith worked for 20 years at Egans Laundry in...

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