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Mary Edith Wicks
Jan 31, 2009
Mary E. Lariviere Wicks, 65, of 4 Cordiero Terrace, Middletown died Saturday, January 31, 2009, in Newport Hospital. She was the wife of William R. Wicks.Born in Fall River, MA on June 17, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Mary Silvia Lariviere.Mrs. Wicks worked for the familys business Wicks Nurseries as a plant propagator. She had...
Brian K. Audette
Jan 28, 2009
Newport, RI - Brian K. Audette, 47, of 76 Broadway, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at home. Born in Norwalk, CT on July 27, 1961, he was the son of William A. Audette of Middletown and the late Margaret Pavao Audette. He was also the stepson of Marsha Audette. Brian worked as a service attendant for many years....
Karl Michael Suleski
Jan 28, 2009
Newport, RI - Karl Michael Suleski, 84, of 70 Harrison Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at Village House Nursing Home in Newport. He was the husband of the late Dorothy M. Schranz Suleski. Born in Hadley, MA, on January 30, 1924, he was the son of the late John and Mary Kopczynski Suleski. He is survived by...
Lillian Hall Foberg
Jan 26, 2009
Middletown, RI - Lillian Hall Sherman Foberg, 91, of Middletown, died peacefully on Monday, January 26, 2009 at Heatherwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Newport with her family by her side. She had formerly resided at Village House Nursing Home in Newport. She was the wife of the late Charles W. Foberg. Born in Newport, RI on June 16, 1917,...
Martha E. Skipper
Jan 25, 2009
Middletown, RI - Martha E. Clark Skipper, 85, of 7 Orville Drive, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, January 25, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Donald Byron Skipper. Born in Jessup, MD on November 13, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Burns and Bertha Disney Clark.Mrs. Skipper worked as a secretary...
Lucy T. Silvestri
Jan 25, 2009
Newport, RI - Lucy T. Silvestri, 75, of Newport, RI, died Sunday, January 25, 2009, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on February 9, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Anna Gulgelmo Silvestri.Originally from Newport, Lucy was a graduate of St. Catherines Academy, Class of 1952. Ms. Silvestri moved to California in...
Betty D. Wert
Jan 24, 2009
Middletown, RI - Betty D. Wert, 77, died peacefully Saturday, January 24, 2009 at the Newport Hospital surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Curtis E. Wert, Sr. Born in Mobile, AL on November 23, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Sylvester Joseph Anastasia Carmello and Mary Wiggins Carmello.Betty was a lifelong resident of...
Cynthia Lorraine Mcgaughey
Jan 23, 2009
Middletown, RI - Cynthia Lorraine McGaughey, 59, of 114 Rogers Lane, Middletown, RI, died Friday, January 23, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Lynn, MA on August 11, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Earl Burns and Jeanne Kelley.Ms. McGaughey enjoyed cooking, baking and sewing. She is survived by her son Scott John McGaughey of Maine,...
Joan Elizabeth Francis
Jan 20, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Joan Brown Francis, of 222 Lawrence Drive, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Tiverton, Rhode Island and Spring Lake, NJ, died Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at St. Annes Hospital in Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late Leon W. Francis, Jr., who died on Sunday, January 11. Born in Spring Lake, NJ, she was the daughter...
Joseph Francis Roderiques
Jan 20, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Joseph Francis Roderiques, 84, of 518 Turnpike Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of the late Mary Louise Sinnett Roderiques. Born in Middletown, RI on August 2, 1924, he was the son of the late August and Francelina Vieira-deMello Roderiques.Mr. Roderiques served in the United...
Marion Elizabeth Roberts
Jan 20, 2009
NEWPORT - MARION E. ROBERTS, 82, formerly of 26 Prescott Hall Road, passed away peacefully on January 20, 2009 at John Clarke Nursing Center surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of Sidney D. Roberts, Sr. for 58 years. Born in Newport on July 25, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Rose Turner and step-...
Virginia Lee Polek
Jan 19, 2009
Newport, RI - Virginia Wilson Lee Polek, 70, of Dartmouth Street, Newport, RI, a retired registered nurse died Monday, January 19, 2009 at the home of her daughter. Born in Newport, RI on October 1, 1938, she was the daughter of the late William Elmer and Annis Rondina Wilson. She lived Succusunna, NJ for many years before returning to Newport....
Susan Jean Carey
Jan 18, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Susan Jean Brown Carey, 50, of 86 Norseman Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, January 18, 2009 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. Born in Newport, RI on June 29, 1958, she was the beloved daughter of Roger Jerome Brown, Sr. of Portsmouth, RI and the late Dorothy Jean Vieira Brown.Susan was a communicant of St. Anthonys Church....
Carlton W. Baldwin
Jan 15, 2009
101, of Ward Street, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, January 15, 2009 at the Heatherwood Nursing Subacute Center in Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Alice L. Littlefield Baldwin and the late Thilde Baldwin. Born in Stratford, CT on Apr. 8, 1907, he was the son of the late Homer W. and Annie Hawley Baldwin.Mr. Baldwin was a...
Robert J. Mccarthy
Jan 12, 2009
Middletown, RI - LCDR Robert J. McCarthy USN Ret, age 81 of 54 Warren Ave, Middletown, RI died Monday, January 12, 2009 at home. Born in Springfield, MA, son of Daniel J. and Catherine Harrington McCarthy. He leaves his wife, Mary P. Pat OConnor McCarthy.LCDR McCarthy was a veteran of WWII, Korea and Vietnam. He enlisted in the Navy upon...
John Joseph Curran
Jan 12, 2009
Mr. Curran, of Hammonton, passed away after a lengthy illness on January 12, 2009. Jack was born on December 23, 1925 in Newport, RI, to the late Michael and Nora Hurley Curran who immigrated from Counties Kerry and Cork Ireland respectively. A Navy veteran of WWII V12 Program at Holy Cross and MIT, Mr. Curran moved with his family to...
Leon W. Francis
Jan 11, 2009
Portsmouth, RI - Leon W. Francis, Jr., 81, of 222 Lawrence Drive, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Spring Lake, New Jersey, died Sunday, January 11, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Joan Elizabeth Brown Francis. Born in Red Bank, NJ on June 13, 1927, he was the son of the late Leon W. and Hazel Brandt...
Doris Helen Traynor
Jan 11, 2009
Bristol, RI - Doris Helen Brillon Traynor, 80, of 180 Franklin Court, Bristol, RI, formerly of North Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, January 11, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late William E. Traynor. Born in Pawtucket, RI on December 7, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Ralph H. and Annette Caron...
Mildred Guerrera
Jan 11, 2009
Middletown, RI - Mildred Millie Lepore Guerrera, 93, of Middletown, RI, died Sunday, January 11, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Domenic Vincent Guerrera. Born in Waterbury, CT on February 9, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Pasquale and Donna Maria Bilanchia Lepore.Millie moved to Newport in 1939 with her family...
Paul Walker Williamson
Jan 10, 2009
Jamestown, RI - Paul W. Williamson, CDR USN Ret, 82, of 79 Green Lane, Jamestown, RI, died Saturday, January 10, 2009 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the loving husband of Caroline W. Williamson. Born in Batavia, NY, he was the son of the late Rev. John Swan Williamson and Elizabeth Walker Williamson.He graduated from DeVeau Academy in 1944...
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