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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Neal Vars

Neal Vars

Jan 14, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Neal Vars, 62, of 3 4th Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, January 14, 2010, at home surrounded by his family, in Portsmouth, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on January 26, 1947, he was the son of the late Neal F. and Pauline Manchester Vars.Mr. Vars was a member of the Portsmouth Senior Center, and a member of...

Bessie L. Roberts

Bessie L. Roberts

Jan 13, 2010

Newport, RI - Bessie L. Walker Roberts, 84, of 98 Kay Street, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Charles L. Roberts, Sr. a police officer in Millburn N.J. Born in Newport, RI on September 30, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Louis and...

Mary Louise Samuels

Mary Louise Samuels

Jan 13, 2010

Newport, RI - Mary Louise Samuels, 93, of 14 Sea View Avenue, Newport, RI, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Born in Newport, RI on March 28, 1916, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Murphy Samuels.Mary worked as an administrative secretary at the Newport Naval Hospital for 32 years...

Billie H. Carey

Billie H. Carey

Jan 12, 2010

CAREY, Billie H., 73, of Bristol, RI, formerly of Portsmouth, RI, and Seekonk, MA died after a courageous two and a half year battle with pancreatic cancer surrounded by his loving family on January 12, 2010. He was born in Texas, the son of the late Harold and Lorene Carey of Irving, Texas. He has a late brother, James M....

Herbert W. Bloom, Jr

Herbert W. Bloom, Jr

Jan 12, 2010

Middletown, RI - Herbert W. Bloom, 82, of Village House Nursing Home, 70 Harrison Avenue, Newport, formerly of 66 Phelps Road, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Newport Hospital. Born in Newport, RI on September 18, 1927, he was the son of the late Herbert W. Bloom and Marion DeLaVergne Simmons.Mr. Bloom served in the United States Army...

Willard Byron Potter

Willard Byron Potter

Jan 12, 2010

Willard Byron Potter Middletown, RI - Willard Byron Potter, 83, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Daisy Constantopoulos Potter. Born in Blackduck, MN on May 11, 1926, he was the son of the late Byron and Irma Klug Potter.Mr. Potter served in the United States Navy during World War II, the Korean...

Sue Anne Kotlewski

Sue Anne Kotlewski

Jan 8, 2010

Sue Anne Kotlewski, 68, of 17 Seacrest Drive, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Buffalo, NY, died Friday, January 8, 2010 at Newport Hospital.She was the wife of Frank Kotlewski for 38 years. Born in Buffalo, NY on May 22, 1941, she was the daughter of the late George and Anna Sullivan Barlow. She worked for several years as a clerk in...

William S. Randall

William S. Randall

Jan 7, 2010

William Bill Stacy Randall, 93, of Panama City, died on Thursday, January 7, 2010.Bill was born July 18, 1916, in Newark, NJ, to the late George John Randall and Ada May Hammel of Orange, NJ. As a boy, Bill delivered sales circulars for his father and worked at the corner AP. In 1933, Bill started his 45-year career at Prudential...

James E. Tedder

James E. Tedder

Jan 7, 2010

Newport, RI - James E. Tedder, 80, of Newport, RI, died Thursday, January 7, 2010 at home surrounded by his family.He was the husband of the late Billie A. Chandler Tedder. Born in Haines City, FL on September 20, 1929, he was the son of the late John R. and Carolyn Batchlor Tedder.Mr. Tedder enlisted in the USN September 9,...

Forrest A. Edward

Forrest A. Edward

Jan 6, 2010

Middletown, RI - Forrest A. Edward, 75, of Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.He was the husband of the late Marilyn June Reid Edward. Born in Newport, RI on February 21, 1934, he was the son of the late Horton W. and Evelyn Taber Edward.Mr. Edward retired from the United States Army in...

Efstathios H. Kyriakides

Efstathios H. Kyriakides

Jan 5, 2010

Efstathios Kyriakides, 86, husband of the late Parthena Konstontinides Kyriakides died January 4, 2010 in his home. Born November 15, 1923, he was son of the late Haralambos and Despina Alexandrides Kyriakides.Mr. Kyriakides was born in Russia, and moved to Greece in 1938. He later emigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1963 and owned and operated restaurants in...

Robert A. Dube

Robert A. Dube

Jan 5, 2010

Portsmouth, RI - Lt. CDR Robert A. Dube, USN, ret. 88, of 61 Pine Tree Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at home surrounded by his family.He was the husband of Jeanne Madeline Bessette Dube. Born in Pawtucket, RI on November 10, 1921, he was the son of the late Harmon and Alida Laliberte Dube.Mr. Dube retired from...

Mary Rozes

Mary Rozes

Jan 4, 2010

Newport, RI - Mary Macris Rozes , 95, of 8 Annandale Terrace, Newport, RI, died Monday, January 4, 2010 at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Spiros A. Rozes. Born in Tripotama, Greece on February 17, 1914, she was the daughter of the late James and Pauline Dimitropoulos Macris.Mrs. Rozes was a Communicant of St....

John Joseph Jessey

John Joseph Jessey

Jan 3, 2010

Middletown, RI - John Joseph Jessey, 81, of 29 Oakwood Road, Middletown, RI, died on Sunday, January 3, 2010, surrounded by his loving family.He was the husband of Evelyn Mello Jessey for 60 years. Born in Newport, RI on December 25, 1928, he was the son of the late John and Grace Johnston Jessey. He retired from the US Navy...

Carlton A. Sexton

Carlton A. Sexton

Jan 2, 2010

SEVERNA PARK, Md. - Carlton A. Sexton,94, of Severna Park, Maryland, formerly of Middletown, Rhode Island, died on Saturday, January 2, 2010, at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital, Randallstown, Maryland. Born on March 14, 1915 in Fall River, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Arthur and Ethel Waring Sexton. He graduated from Durfee High School in Fall River,...

Winifred Mary Taylor

Winifred Mary Taylor

Dec 31, 2009

Winifred Mary Wyni Barker Taylor, 85, of Forest Farms Assisted Living, Middletown, formerly of 16 High Street, Middletown, passed away at Newport Hospital on Thursday, December 31, 2009.She was the wife of the late Lt. Col. Robert C. Taylor, USMC Ret..Born in Middletown, RI on May 27, 1924, Winifred was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Winifred Staunton Barker.The...

John William Toulan, Iii

John William Toulan, Iii

Dec 28, 2009

Tiverton, RI - John William Toulan, III, 54, of 69 Nanaquaket Road, Tiverton, RI, passed away Monday, December 28, 2009 at home surrounded by his family.He was the husband of Deborah Chace Toulan. Born in Boston, MA on May 27, 1955, he was the son of Lillian E. McDermott Toulan of Fall River, MA and the late John W. Toulan,...

Donald Carl Gall

Donald Carl Gall

Dec 27, 2009

Portsmouth, RI - Donald Carl Gall, 68, of 121 Islington Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2009 at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.He was the husband of Patricia A. Jutkiewicz Gall. Born in Coral Gables, FL on April 2, 1941, he was the son of the late Oscar W. and Eloise A. Barden Gall.Mr. Gall served in the Navy...

Sheila Margaret Jeanes

Sheila Margaret Jeanes

Dec 25, 2009

Bristol, RI - Sheila M. Jeanes, of Bristol, RI, formerly of Eustis Avenue, Newport, died peacefully at Newport Hospital on Christmas Day, 2009. Born in Newport she was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Josephine Rehill Jeanes.Sheila worked at the James L. Maher Center in the horticulture program for 40 years. She was active in the Black Light...

William Andrew Simmons

William Andrew Simmons

Dec 25, 2009

William Andrew Simmons Middletown, RI - William Andrew Simmons, 91, of 385 Third Beach Rd, Middletown, RI, died Friday, December 25, 2009 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of the late Mary Whitehead Simmons. Born in Port Chester, NY on September 9, 1918, William joined the US Navy in World War 2 and served in the Pacific Theater. He...

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