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Vernon L. Gorton, Sr
Jul 3, 2010
Vernon L. Gorton Sr. of Portsmouth passed away July 3, 2010 at his 87 Freeborn Street home. Born in Fall River Mass. he was the son of the late John B. Gorton and Mary Sullivan Gorton. He was the brother of the late Thomas Gorton, John B. Gorton Jr. and Eileen Gorton Shanley. He is survived by his beloved wife...
Nancy Louise Brown
Jul 2, 2010
Newport, RI - Nancy Louise Brown, 76, of 24 Mary Street, Newport, RI, died Friday, July 2, 2010 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. Born in Fall River, MA, on June 14, 1934, she was the daughter of the late George K. and Bessie Rose Brown. Nancy had worked most recently with the James L. Maher Center. She...
Anthony C. Kouis
Jul 1, 2010
BRISTOL, RI, - Anthony C. Skip Kouis, 59, was born the son of Anthony Pano Kouis and the late Caroline Henderson in Newport, RI. He died July 1, 2010 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband of Francine M. Paschoal Kouis.Skip was a retired Master Sergeant, United States Army, following over 26 years of...
Sarah F. Richards
Jul 1, 2010
Newport, RI - Sarah F. Stolze Richards, 95, of 398 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of 7 Smith Avenue, Newport, died Thursday, July 1, 2010 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center in Newport.She was the wife of the late Comer Dick Richards for 62 years. Born in Newport, RI on March 19, 1915, she was the daughter of the late...
Patricia M. Connors
Jun 29, 2010
, RI - Patricia M. Kirby Connors, 79, of 191 Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI, formerly of 2 Admiralty Drive, Middletown, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at John Clarke Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late John J. Connors. Born in Everett, MA on September 1, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Katherine...
Sarah Ann Howe
Jun 29, 2010
Portsmouth, RI - Sarah Ann Drury Howe long-time resident of Aquidneck Island, died Tuesday in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She was 92.Born in Providence, RI in 1917, she grew up in Middletown, RI. She attended the Wheeler School in Providence, RI and taught nursery school at Milton Academy in Massachusetts and the Park School in Baltimore, MD. In 1944 she married...
William Clinton Unangst
Jun 26, 2010
William Clinton Unangst, 73, of 46 Goldenrod Drive, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, June 26, 2010 at Tuft Medical Center, Boston, MA. He was the husband of Constance Mary Shea Unangst.Born in Wellsboro, PA on May 16, 1937, he was the son of the late Arthur and Ellen Short Unangst.Lt. William Unangst was a 20 year veteran of the US Navy....
Ida Wilson Smith
Jun 25, 2010
Ida Wilson SmithMiddletown, RI - Ida Wilson Smith, 98, of 600 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of Darien, CT, and 11200 102 2nd Avenue, Seminole, FL, died Friday, June 25, 2010 at the John Clarke Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late James Moore Smith.Born in Lincoln, RI on October. 16, 1911, she was the daughter...
James F. Reynolds, Jr
Jun 23, 2010
James F. Reynolds, Jr., 59, of Park Holm, Newport, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at Newport Hospital.He was the husband of 24 years to Anna M. Bernier Reynolds.Born in Woonsocket, RI on July 22, 1950, he was the son of the late James F. Reynolds, Sr. and Alice Norine Hingley Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds was a former auto mechanic...
William F. Decosta
Jun 22, 2010
Tampa, FL - William Francis DeCosta, 75, passed away peacefully at home with family by his side on Tuesday, June 22, 2010.Born in Newport, RI on May 21, 1935, he was the son of the late Antone and Georgianna Pacheco DeCosta.Bill DeCosta served faithfully and honorably with the United States Air Force, he received three commendation medals. His meritorious services;...
Edward W. Young
Jun 22, 2010
Newport, RI - Edward W. Young, Newport, RI, passed away on June 22 at Newport Hospital, after a brief illness. He was the son of the late William and Elizabeth Oliver Young.Ed worked for the Newport Creamery from 1952 to 1997 retiring as plant manager. He saw service for his country first in the US Merchant Marine and was later...
Tom Kroger
Jun 21, 2010
Middletown, RI - Tom Kroger, 58, of 215 Honeyman Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Monday, June 21, 2010 at home surrounded by his family.He was the loving husband of Kathleen Berube Kroger for 32 years. Born in Fall River, MA on March 17, 1952, he was the son of the late Dr. Louis Eugene and Frances Connelly Kroger.Mr. Kroger was a...
Ann L. Howayeck
Jun 21, 2010
NEWPORT, RI - Ann L. Mendes Howayeck, 87, of Tucson, AZ and Newport, RI, passed away on Monday, June 21, 2010 at the home of her daughter, Janice ODonnell.She was the wife of the late Thomas Howayeck. Born in Fall River, MA on November 2, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Mary Theresa Connors Mendes.Mrs. Howayeck...
Mary Elizabeth Chambers
Jun 20, 2010
Mary Elizabeth Andrews Chambers, age 84, of Kingston Avenue, Newport, RI, passed away on Sunday, June 20, 2010 at home. She was the wife of the late Walter H. Chambers.A lifelong resident of Newport, she was born on June 20, 1926, the daughter of the late Manuel and Alice Gomes Andrews.Mrs. Chambers was a communicant of St. Joseph Church and...
James Franklin Rossman
Jun 20, 2010
Rossman, James FranklinOf Jackson, MI and Newport, Rhode Island died Sunday June 20, 2010 two months shy of his 90th birthday. Beloved husband and father. Survived by his daughter Barbara Rossman and grandson David Rossman-Robinson of Spokane, WA; son James H.and daughter in-law Pamela Rossman of Jackson, Michigan, and daughter Ann Rossman of Newport, RI. Also survived by his neices...
Emma Frid
Jun 18, 2010
Emma Jacobsen Frid of John Clarke Nursing Home and Blenheim, Newport, passed away on Friday, June 18, 2010 at the age of 92. Born in Vernsted, Denmark on May 29, 1918, she was one of thirteen children of Henry Jacobsen and Emilie Larsen Jacobsen.She met her future husband, Tage Frid, before he headed to Iceland after Denmark was liberated in...
Deronda J. Ford
Jun 15, 2010
Middletown, RI - Deronda J. Hart Ford, 74, of 417 Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the loving wife of the late Calvin Poole Ford, Jr. She joined her husband on June 15th hours after the day they celebrated 58 years of marriage. Born in Fall River, MA on Jan. 13,...
Margaret Rose Farrell
Jun 15, 2010
Middletown, RI - Margaret Rose Cleary Farrell, 51, of 129 River Run Road, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 surrounded by family.She was the loving wife of Michael John Farrell for thirty years. Born in Massapequa, NY on December 19, 1958, she was the daughter of the late John and Margaret Sweeney Cleary of Tiverton. She worked...
Gerald Paul Mcosker
Jun 14, 2010
McOsker, Gerald P., 70, of Middletown, formerly of Little Compton, Newport, and Providence, died June 14, 2010. He was the husband of Marcia Ide McOsker and the son of the late John C. and Ruth E. McOsker.A lifelong resident of Rhode Island, Gerald McOsker was a 1957 graduate of Classical High School, a 1961 graduate of Providence College, and a...
Marie Hope Tobin
Jun 13, 2010
Newport, RI - Marie Hope Nana Childs Tobin, 91, of 17A Pond Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of 6 Warner Place, Newport, died Sunday, June 13, 2010 at home with her family.She was the wife of the late Richard Tobin. Born in Barnstable, MA on January 18, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Parkman and Florence Larkin Childs.Mrs. Tobin...
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