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Jeffrie Friedman
Mar 31, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - Jeffrie Michael Friedman, 57, of Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, March 31, 2008 at home. Born in Fall River, MA, he was the son of Joseph Friedman of Portsmouth, RI and the late Ardelle Onorato Friedman.Mr. Friedman worked for several different construction companies on the island. He loved cars and took great pride in restoring vintage cars as...
Laura F. Peterson
Mar 30, 2008
Middletown, RI - Laura F. Boiani Peterson, 95, of Murphy Circle, Middletown, RI, formerly of Oakwood Road, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, March 30, 2008 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Francis A. Pete Peterson, Sr. Born in Newport, RI, on March 3, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Dandolo and Lodovina Gentile Boiani.Mrs. Peterson...
Robert Kempenaar
Mar 29, 2008
Newport, RI - Robert Kempenaar, 85, of Boca Raton, FL and formerly of Middletown, RI, died with his family by his side on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Catherine Crombie Kempenaar of Boca Raton, FL. Born in Newport, RI on March 12, 1923, he was the son of the...
Selma Shelton Robinson
Mar 28, 2008
Newport, RI - Selma Shelton Robinson, 80, of Prescott Hall Road, Newport, RI, died Friday, March 28, 2008 at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Inpatient Center, Providence, RI. She was the wife of the late Jamerson W. Robinson.Born in Lake Landing, NC on August 6, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Claudis and Annie Gibbs Shelton.Mrs. Robinson was a...
Margaret Lina Nixon
Mar 26, 2008
ROME, GA - Margaret Lina Nixon, 91, of Rome, GA, formerly of Cedartown, GA and 150 Green End Avenue, Middletown, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008 following an extended illness.. She was the wife of the late Herbert Arthur Nixon. Born in Newport, RI on July 26, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Archibald and Sophie Elling Alderson.Mrs. Nixon...
Arthur Dumond
Mar 24, 2008
Middletown, RI - Arthur Dumond, 61, of 1 Admiralty Drive, Middletown, RI, died Monday, March 24, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Eleanor Gilbride Dumond. Born in Lawrence, MA on August 28, 1946, he was the son of the late Arthur and Claire Demers Dumond. Mr. Dumond was a Senior Chief in the...
Michele Suzanne Gizzi
Mar 24, 2008
Newport, RI - Michele Suzanne Lynch Gizzi, 56, of 15 Caswell Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, March 24, 2008 at home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of James F. Gizzi, Jr. Born in Newport, RI on August 19, 1951, she was the daughter of the late William and Helen Carr Lynch. Mrs. Gizzi was a registered nurse...
Ronald Lema
Mar 24, 2008
Middletown, RI - Ronald Lema, 52, of Mixter Street, Middletown, RI, died Monday, March 24, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the loving husband of his adoring wife, Karen M. Desjardins Lema. As high school sweethearts, they were together for 34 years. Born in Newport, RI on March 16, 1956, he was the son of the late Joseph...
Donald J. Fontaine
Mar 23, 2008
East Providence, RI - Donald J. Fontaine, recently of Hattie Ide Chaffee Home, East Providence, RI, formerly of Sprague Street, Portsmouth, died Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008 at Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI. He was the husband of Cecilia Depoint Fontaine for 60 years. Born at home in Portsmouth, RI on June 21, 1924, he was the son of...
Margaret Mercer
Mar 21, 2008
Newport, RI - Margaret Pincince Mercer, 75, of 195 Admiral Kalbfus Road, Newport, RI, died Friday, March 21, 2008, at the Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late Paul Harry Mercer Sr. Born in Newport, RI, on May 4, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Rosalphe and Alice Paul Pincince.Mrs. Mercer was...
Jane A. Chaffee
Mar 18, 2008
Middletown, RI - Jane Ashworth Chaffee, 93, of John Clarke Retirement Center, Middletown, RI, formerly of Paradise Avenue, died Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at her home. She was the wife of the late Albert Ashworth and the late James Chaffee. Born in Fall River, MA on March 30, 1914, Mrs. Chaffee worked as a legal secretary for many years in...
Susan I. Walsh
Mar 16, 2008
Newport, RI - Susan I. Simmons Walsh, 77, of 53 Admiral Kalbfus Road, Newport, RI, died peacefully with her children at her side Sunday, March 16, 2008, at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Raymond Joseph Walsh. Born in Newport, RI on May 18, 1930, she was the daughter of the late...
Joseph M. Bettencourt
Mar 16, 2008
Middletown, RI - Joseph M. Bettencourt, 58, of 136 Fenner Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, March 16, 2008 at the home of his son, Anthony, in Middletown, RI, surrounded by his family. He was the husband of the late Mary Theresa Silva Bettencourt. Born in Calhetas, Sao Miguel, Azores, on December 20, 1949, he was the son of the late...
Jeannie Levasseur-Powell
Mar 16, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - Jeannie LeVasseur-Powell, of East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2008 in the Newport Hospital.Born in Newport on October 13, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Joseph N. and Helen L. Underwood LeVasseur.Ms. LeVasseur worked for many years as a cook for the Head Start Program in Middletown. She was an...
Irene D. Galiley Merker
Mar 14, 2008
Middletown, RI - Irene D. Galiley Merker, 97, of 600 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of 174 Boulevard, Middletown, RI, died Friday, March 14, 2008 at the John Clarke Nursing Center in Middletown. She was the wife of the late John E. Merker.Born in Shamokin, PA on September 10, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Stanaslaus and Antonia...
Birna Carvalho
Mar 13, 2008
Birna Carvalho- 65, of Moitoza Lane, Portsmouth, died peacefully at home on Thursday, March 13, 2008 with her family at her side.She was the wife of Alfred Carvalho. They had been married for 45 years.Born in Iceland on August 12, 1942, she was the daughter of Helga Kristin Magnusdottir and the late Hedin Vilhjalmsson.Mrs. Carvalho was a sales associate with...
Beatrice Joaquin
Mar 9, 2008
Portsmouth, RI - Beatrice Medeiros Joaquin, 86, of 26 Foxboro Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, March 9, 2008 at the Sarah S. Brayton Nursing Care Center, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of the late Mario Joaquin. Born in Fall River, MA, on July 22, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Angela Cabral Medeiros.Mrs. Joaquin...
M. Kirt Salen, Jr
Mar 8, 2008
M. Kirt Salen, JR. Newport, RI - M. Kirt Salen, Jr., 80, of 90 Rhode Island Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of 34 Kay Street, Newport, Darien, CT, and Ocean Drive, Vero Beach, FL, died Saturday, March 8, 2008 at home. Born in Philadelphia, PA, on July 1, 1927, he was the son of the late Moderwell K. and Margaret Joyce...
Jeanne Ann Peckham
Mar 8, 2008
Newport, RI - Jeanne Ann Jolie Peckham, 69, of the Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI, formerly of 1305 Wapping Road, Middletown, died Saturday, March 8, 2008 at the Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John Conley Peckham Sr. Born in Newport, RI, on December 9, 1938, she was the daughter of the...
Matthew Park Jr
Mar 7, 2008
Matthew Park, Jr. Portsmouth, RI - Matthew Park, Jr., 74, of 2368 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Manhattan, NY, died Friday, March 7, 2008 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Barbara Kymer Park and the late Mary Hart Park. Born in Newport, RI on February 12, 1934, he was the son of...
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