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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

A. Barbara Wilson

A. Barbara Wilson

Apr 3, 2009

Middletown, RI - A. Barbara Wilson, 71, of 217 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of Elizabeth, NJ, died Friday, April 3, at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of Thomas Wilson Sr., of 49 years. Born in Elizabeth, NJ on September 8, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Catherine Morgan White.Mrs. Wilson was a member...

Lee Prescott Tolman

Lee Prescott Tolman

Apr 3, 2009

Portsmouth, RI - Lee Prescott Tolman, 94, of 11 Fox Run Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, April 3, 2009 at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. Born in New York, NY, on June 7, 1914, he was the son of the late Charles P. and Hazel Kelley Tolman.He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1936 with a Bachelors...

Cliff T. Black, Jr

Cliff T. Black, Jr

Apr 3, 2009

Newport, RI - Cliff T. Black Jr., 78, of 24 Burdick Avenue, Newport, RI, died Friday, April 3, 2009 at home.He was the husband of the late Helen Mae McFeters Black of 49 years. Born in Anderson, SC on September 24, 1930, he was the son of the late Cliff T. and Ruth Whitten Black.Mr. Black served in the United...

Frank Pritchard

Frank Pritchard

Mar 29, 2009

Jamestown, RI - Frank C. Pritchard, 84, of Windsor Street, Jamestown, formerly of Portsmouth, the first civilian public affairs officer at the former Newport Naval Base and later at its successor command, the Naval Education and Training Center NETC, died Sunday, March 29th at home surrounded by his loving family after a long illness.A Pawtucket native, he was the husband...

E. Mary Marshall

E. Mary Marshall

Mar 29, 2009

Portsmouth, RI - E. Mary Marshall, 83, of Mail Coach Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, March 29, 2009 at Newport Hospital.She was the wife of 58 years to Joseph F. Marshall. Born in Newport, RI on October 17, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Angelo and Sabastiana Caccomo Marchese.She especially enjoyed her family and friends.In addition to her...

Mary M. Honnen

Mary M. Honnen

Mar 23, 2009

Portsmouth, RI - Mary M. Peggy York Honnen, of 221 Water Street, Portsmouth, RI, passed away Monday, March 23, 2009 in the Newport Hospital. She was the wife of Albert E. Honnen for 63 years. Born in Lawrence, MA on Apr. 1, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Walter R. and Mary Scanlon York.Mrs. Honnen began working as...

Steven C. Connery

Steven C. Connery

Mar 22, 2009

Steven C. Connery, 59, of 28 Lucy Avenue, Tiverton, RI, formerly of Middletown, RI, died Sunday, March 22, 2009, at home. He was the husband of Sandra Perrotti Connery.Born in North Kingstown, RI, on January 22, 1950, he was the son of the late Robert and Marjorie Cook Connery.Steven grew up in Middletown and was a graduate of Middletown High...

Theresa Antoinette Sleeper

Theresa Antoinette Sleeper

Mar 22, 2009

Theresa A. Brodeur Sleeper Newport, RI - Theresa A. Brodeur Sleeper, 85, of 8 Battery Street, Newport, RI, died Sunday, March 22, 2009 at home.She was the wife of the late Frederick Warren Sleeper. Born in Fall River, MA, on January 7, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Antoinette Gelinas Brodeur.Mrs. Sleeper had worked for the...

Lloyd 'Lou' Conrad

Lloyd 'Lou' Conrad

Mar 21, 2009

Lloyd Thomas Lou Conrad, 89, of 30 Bliss Road, Newport, and Naples, FL died Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Patricia Maguire Conrad for 64 years.Born in French Lick, IN on January 27, 1920, he was the son of the late Thomas and Lillian Conrad.Lou graduated from URI in 1942 and then...

William Woodson

William Woodson

Mar 21, 2009

William Woodson, 87, of Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI, died Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on September 14, 1921, he was the son of the late William and Leona Myers Woodson.He is survived by his sister Helen Cofield of Newport, RI and several nieces and nephews.He is preceded in death...

Elvira Silvia

Elvira Silvia

Mar 16, 2009

Elvira F. Felizberto Silvia, 88, of 20 Selina Lane, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Bedlow Avenue, Newport, died Monday, March 16, 2009 at Elmhurst Extended Care, Providence, RI. She was the wife of the late Henry Aloysius Silvia.Born in Tiverton, RI on April 2, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Manuel F. and Maria J. Branco Felizberto.In her younger...

Richard E. Bauchspies

Richard E. Bauchspies

Mar 16, 2009

Colonel Richard E. Bauchspies, US Army Retired Portsmouth, RI - Col. Richard E. Bauchspies, USA, Ret. died peacefully at home on March 16, 2009 after a long battle with cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange in Viet-Nam. Richard Dick was born in Columbus, GA, to Rollin LeRoy and Kathryne Elizabeth Schmauch Bauchspies, while his father served as an Army...

Claire Cecile Fay

Claire Cecile Fay

Mar 14, 2009

Claire C. Fay, 87, of Bristol Ferry Road, Portsmouth, died Saturday, March 14, 2009 at St. Annes Hospital in Fall River, MA.Born in Quincy, MA on February 20, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Clarice Letourneau Fay.Ms. Fay graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in Fall River and later earned her Bachelors Degree from Emmanuel College in...

John E. Beaton

John E. Beaton

Mar 12, 2009

Middletown, RI - John E. Beaton, 79, of 3 Cedar Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, March 12, 2009 surrounded by his family at St. Lukes Hospital, New Bedford, MA.He was the husband of Alice Mary Paquet Beaton. Born in Lancaster, NH on May 28, 1929, he was the son of the late Phillip and Rita Newell Beaton. Mr. Beaton served...

Frank J. Alvanas

Frank J. Alvanas

Mar 12, 2009

Middletown, RI - Frank Jesse Alvanas, 71, of 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, March 12, 2009, surrounded by his family at Newport HospitalHe was the former husband of Jean Sanches Alvanas. Born in Portsmouth, RI on September 29, 1937, he was the son of Mary Raposa Alvanas of Middletown, RI and the late Manuel J. Alvanas.Mr. Alvanas...

Clarie Toppins

Clarie Toppins

Mar 10, 2009

Newport, RI - Clarie Toppins, 77, of 27 Burnside Avenue, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Edith Ketter Toppins. Born in New Holland, NC on August 12, 1931, he was the son of the late Edwin and Maggie Patterson Toppins.Mr. Toppins worked as a custodian for Sodexho...

Donn S. Connell

Donn S. Connell

Mar 10, 2009

Newport, RI - Donn S. Connell, 85, of 6 Record Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at home surrounded by his family.He was the husband of the late Dolores P. Mello Connell, his wife of 57 years. Born in Newport, RI on January 16, 1924, he was the son of the late James J. and Agnes Kelleher Connell.Mr....

Carmel M. Parvo

Carmel M. Parvo

Mar 9, 2009

Middletown, RI - Carmel M. Perry Parvo, 99, of 34 Underwood Lane, Middletown, RI, died Monday, March 9, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Joseph G. Parvo. Born in Newport, RI on February 8, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Amelia Augustus Perry.Mrs. Parvo was a communicant of Jesus Saviour...

Elizabeth Ann Medeiros

Elizabeth Ann Medeiros

Mar 8, 2009

Elizabeth Ann Medeiros Tiverton, RI - Elizabeth Ann Medeiros, 47, of 27 Furey Ave, Tiverton, RI, formerly of Homer Street, Newport, died Sunday, March 8, 2009 at her parents home in Portsmouth, RI. Born in Honolulu, HI on September 10, 1961, she was the daughter of Joseph P. and Ann Marques Pelletier of Portsmouth.Elizabeth was a medical secretary for nearly...

Fay M. Allen

Fay M. Allen

Mar 8, 2009

Middletown, RI - Fay M. Harris Allen, 88, of Middletown, RI, passed at her home of 59 years on Sunday, March 8, 2009. Born in Newport, RI on November 17, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Eva Levesque Harris. A lifelong resident of Aquidneck Island, she graduated from the 1st class at the former St. Catherine...

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