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Naomi Gale Purcell
Jul 15, 2009
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Naomi Gale Nelson Purcell, 68, of 791 Lantern Hill Road, Ledyard, CT, died peacefully at the home of her daughter Michele Kluth after a long illness on Wednesday, July 15, 2009.She was the wife of Larry T. Purcell. Born in Newport, RI on August 21, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Russell Carl and Sarah...
Agnes Pimentel
Jul 15, 2009
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Agnes Silveira Pimentel, 89, of 821 Mitchells Lane, Middletown, RI, died peacefully on Wednesday, July 15, 2009.She was the wife of the late Antonio Pimentel to whom she was married to for 46 years. Born in Portsmouth, RI, on September 20, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Antonio D. and Maria Vierra Silveira.Mrs. Pimentel was...
Barbara L. Silvia
Jul 14, 2009
Middletown, RI - Barbara Louise Souza Silvia, 82, of 1511 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, July 14, 2009 after a short illness.She was the wife of Raymond J. Silvia for 62 years.Born in Newport, RI, on March 19, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Laura Louis Souza.Mrs. Silvia was a lifelong homemaker, raising her...
Gerda M. Marek
Jul 14, 2009
Newport, RI - Gerda M. Buppelmann Marek, 85, of 28D Earl Avenue, Newport, RI, died on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown.She was the beloved wife of the late Adolf H. Marek. She leaves two daughters Renate R. Marek and Hildburg Susan McAuliffe. She was the grandmother Oma of the late Peter Bowler, Jr. and...
James Francis Roberts, Iii
Jul 13, 2009
Port St. John, FL - James J.R. F. Roberts, III, 61, formerly of Portsmouth, RI, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 13, 2009 at home in Port St. John, FL.J. R. was a decorated SGT in the U.S. Air Force from 1966-70, also serving in Vietnam combat, 1968. J. R. retired on October 31, 2003 after working 32 years as...
David Cabral
Jul 12, 2009
Newport, RI - David Cabral, passed away at Newport Hospital July 12, 2009 at the age of 85 years, after a long illness. Born May 21, 1924, he was the son of the late Joseph and Mary Perry Cabral of Bristol, RI. He was the husband of Dorothy Snyder Cabral of Newport, who where married for 65 years. David came...
Edith H. Demauro
Jul 10, 2009
Middletown, RI - Edith Haslam DeMauro, 95, of Blenheim Newport, Middletown, RI, formerly of 269 Spring Street, Newport, died Friday, July 10, 2009 at home.She was the wife of the late Samuel Raymond DeMauro. Born in Fall River, MA on February 18, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Emily Chapman Haslam.Edith attended Emmanuel Church and United...
Muriel L. Lyon
Jul 9, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Muriel L. Lyon, 90, of 86 Belmont Drive, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Stoneham, MA, died Thursday, July 9, 2009 at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Karl H. Lyon, Sr.Born in Somerville, MA on November 17, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Frank...
Catherine I. Rock
Jul 9, 2009
Newport, RI - Catherine I. Kelso Rock, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2009 in Newport Hospital.She was the wife of Donald A. Rock. Born in DeKalb Junction, NY on January 23, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Kathleen Perry Kelso.Mrs. Rock worked for many years for K-Mart. She was a communicant of St. Barnabas Church and...
John C. Standish
Jul 6, 2009
MIDDLETOWN, RI, John C. Myles Standish, CDR, USN Ret of Middletown, RI, died on Monday, July 6, 2009.He was the husband of the late Lucille E. Standish. Born in Whitman, Plymouth County, MA he was the son of the late Harold and Ruth Corthell Standish. Myles graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1943. A few months later he...
Stanley H. Lorence
Jul 6, 2009
Middletown, RI - Stanley H. Lorence, 87, of Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI, formerly of 41 Bourbon Street, Portsmouth, died Monday, July 6, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Elsie Leah Paquin Coggeshall Lorence. Born in St. Ansgar, IA on June 24, 1922, he was the son of the late Anton and Anna Mach...
Stephen Thomas Benisch
Jul 3, 2009
Newport, RI - Stephen Thomas Benisch, 54, died Friday, July 3, 2009 at home in Middletown after a courageous battle with cancer.Born in Newport, RI on October 24, 1954, Stephen is survived by his parents William and Dorothy Benisch of Newport, Hope Yordy and their daughter Nicole Benisch, and Donna Benisch and their daughter Jessica Benisch. He is also survived...
Carl Gunnar Oaklund
Jul 3, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Carl Gunnar Oaklund, 74, of 12 Third Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, July 5, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Rosemary Souza Oaklund. Born in New York City, NY on February 3, 1935, he was the son of the late Axel and Violet Johansson Oaklund.Mr. Oaklund worked as an automobile painter for 14...
Doris Blanche Vivieros
Jul 2, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Doris Blanche Dyer Vivieros, 88, of 193 Forest Avenue, Middletown, and formerly of 271 Sprague Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, July 2, 2009. She was the wife of the late Gabriel John Vivieros. Born in Fall River, MA, on June 13, 1921, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Delia Janson Dyer.Mrs. Vivieros was...
Patty June Freehan
Jul 1, 2009
Patricia June Patty Freehan, 51, of Mulberry Road, Bristol, RI passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at home surrounded by her family and those who loved her.Born in Pittsfield, MA on October 2, 1957, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Mary A. Murtha Freehan. Patty attended the Maher Center for many years, enjoying the workshop and...
Catherine Rhoda Zurybida
Jun 30, 2009
Middletown, RI - Catherine Rhoda: Cox Zurybida, 85, of Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI.She was the wife of the late Vladymir Zurybida. Born in Jamestown, RI on July 25, 1923, one of fifteen children, she was the daughter of the late Henry W. and Catherine ONeil Cox.Mrs. Zurybida was a communicant of St....
Eileen Dorothy Potts
Jun 30, 2009
Eileen D. Stewart Potts, 88, of Shangri-La Lane, Middletown, RI died Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at Heatherwood Nursing Subacute Center in Newport.Born in Newport, RI on January 28, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Dorothy Mayberry Stewart.Mrs. Potts was a harness specialist at Raytheon Corp. before retiring.She enjoyed walking, plant hopping, animals, and will be sadly missed by...
Ronald Martin
Jun 30, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Ronald Martin, 74, of 77 President Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at St. Lukes Hospital, after battling interstitial fibrosis for a year.He was the husband of the late Amelia Oliveira Martin. Born in Fall River, MA on October 15, 1934, he was the son of the late Manuel Scotty and Mary Machado Martin.Ronald Martin...
Marge Raposa
Jun 29, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Helen Marjorie Marge Finnegan Raposa, 84, of Portsmouth, RI, died peacefully at Newport Hospital on Monday, June 29, 2009. She was the wife of Joseph Raposa Jr., of Portsmouth, RI. She was born on June 23, 1925 in Fall River, MA, the daughter of Owen and Esther Turcotte Finnegan. She attended Sacred Heart Academy in Fall River....
George Lincoln Sisson
Jun 28, 2009
Bristol, RI - George Lincoln Sisson 89, of 472 Poppasquash Road, Bristol, RI, formerly of Hope Street, Bristol, died Sunday, June 28, 2009, with his wife at his side, at St. Elizabeths Manor, Bristol.He was the husband of Mary Patricia Doyle Sisson. Besides his wife of 50 years, he is survived by his son Mark S. Sisson of Seattle, WA....
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