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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Ettorino Deascentis

Ettorino Deascentis

Nov 16, 2007

Ettorino DeAscentis Middletown, RI - Ettorino DeAscentis, 92, of 35 Maple Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Friday, November 16, 2007 at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Elsie Corey DeAscentis. Born in Newport, RI on April 1, 1915, he was the son of the late John and Judita Caputi DeAscentis.Mr. DeAscentis had worked as an inspector at...

Dr. Harold W. Fisher

Dr. Harold W. Fisher

Nov 16, 2007

DR. Harold W. Fisher, 78, of Kingston, RI, passed away Friday, November 16, 2007 at West Jersey Hospital, Voorhees, NJ. He was the beloved husband of Lynda Mikki Heathcock-Lewis Fisher and was formerly married for 52 years to the late Doris Stockdale Fisher. Born in Galt, Ontario, Canada he was the son of the late Harold W. and Florence W....

Frances G. Batey

Frances G. Batey

Nov 16, 2007

Frances G. Whitaker Batey, 81, of 17A Pond Ave, Newport, RI, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, November 16, 2007. Born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 17, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Grace Smith Whitaker.She was a devoted member of the Community Baptist Church. She had been employed by Newport Public Schools...

Mary A. Pine

Mary A. Pine

Nov 15, 2007

Mary A. Pine, 91, of Carriage Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, November 15, 2007. She was the wife of the late Joseph Anthony Pine. She was born in East Providence, Rhode Island on October 8, 1916. She was the daughter of the late Antonio A. Pereira and Hortense Jorge Pereira.Mrs. Pine was the owner and operator of the former Pine...

Barbara W. Matose

Barbara W. Matose

Nov 15, 2007

Barbara W. Matose, 87, of Eustis Avenue, Newport, died peacefully at home on Thursday, November 15, 2007.She was the wife of the late Frank S. Matose.Born in New York, NY on January 4, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Kate Clarke Flynne.She resided in Newport most of her life and was a graduate of Rogers High...

Catherine Anne Dickinson

Catherine Anne Dickinson

Nov 12, 2007

Middletown, RI - Catherine Dickinson, 60, of 128 Center Avenue, Middletown, died Monday, November 12, 2007 at Newport Hospital, after a long illness. She was the wife of Philip Dickinson. Born in Bryn Mawr, PA, on February 2, 1947, she was the daughter of the late James and Madge Hibbits Kerrigan. She was known for her sharp wit, her great...

Robert P. Munro

Robert P. Munro

Nov 9, 2007

MIDDLETOWN, RI - Robert P. Munro, 62, of Dudley Avenue North, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, November 4, 2007, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on July 11, 1945, he was the son of the late Franklin and Abby Mack Munro. Mr. Munro served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. He was part of the...

Larry L. Wall

Larry L. Wall

Nov 9, 2007

Larry L. Wall, 73, of 24 Mary Street, Newport, died Friday, November 9, 2007 at Newport Hospital.He was the husband of Pauline D. Sylvester Wall.Born in Frankfort, IN on July 23, 1934, he was a son of the late Dwight A. and Frances M. Yost Wall.Mr. Wall served in the US Navy for 20 years and was a veteran of...

Helen A. Matley

Helen A. Matley

Nov 8, 2007

Middletown, RI - Helen A. Malone Matley, 83, of Middletown, RI, died Thursday, November 8, 2007. She was the wife of the late Charles Andrew Matley, Sr. Born in Portsmouth, RI on October 17, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Jane Jackson Malone.Mrs. Matley was the youngest girl in the family of nine, growing up...

Bessie A. Defillippo

Bessie A. Defillippo

Nov 8, 2007

Newport, RI - Bessie A. Wood DeFillippo, 102, of 19 Appleby Street, Newport, RI, died Thursday, November 8, 2007 at Heatherwood Nursing and Rehabilitative Center, in Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Nicholas DeFillippo. Born in Newport, RI on November 5, 1905, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Louisa Jackson Wood of this city....

Keith James Coriander

Keith James Coriander

Nov 7, 2007

Manhattan, NY - Keith James Coriander, 51, of 5000 Broadway, Manhattan, NY, died November 7, 2007 in New York. Born in Newport, RI on June 16, 1956, he was the son of Philip Coriander and Joanne Gray Coriander of Newport.Keith was a 1974 graduate of Rogers High School. He worked as a makeup artist for Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf...

Patricia Ann Stevenson

Patricia Ann Stevenson

Nov 6, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Patricia Ann Sullivan Stevenson, 76, of 287 Fischer Circle, Portsmouth, RI, died on Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at the Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Capt Roger Stevenson, USN, MC, Ret. Born in St. Louis, MO on June 12, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Col. William Sullivan, MD, US Army, Ret....

Annis Mary Wilson

Annis Mary Wilson

Nov 6, 2007

Newport, RI - Annis Mary Rondina Wilson, 97, of Dartmouth Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late William E. Wilson. Born in Fano, Italy, on October 26, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Getulio and Virginia Tombari Rondina, she lived in Newport all...

John R. Walaski

John R. Walaski

Nov 4, 2007

Middletown, RI - John R. Walaski, 43, of 5A Bristol Road, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, November 4, 2007 at home. Born in Salamanca, NY on February 15, 1964, he was the son of Lorraine Soares Passmore of Middletown and the late Martin Samuel Walaski, JR. John worked on the fishing boats on Perry Mill Wharf. Besides his mother he is...

Rose Ann Makeever

Rose Ann Makeever

Nov 4, 2007

Middletown, RI - Rose Ann Nunes Makeever, 77, of 25 Stockton Drive, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, November 4, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on Aug. 18, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Octavio and Rose Dutra Nunes.Rose, a graduate of Rogers High School, worked at the Newport Hospital for 22 years. She use...

John A. Stroup

John A. Stroup

Nov 2, 2007

Newport, RI - John A. Stroup, 33, of 3 Shimoda Way, Newport, RI, died Friday, November 2, 2007 at Newport Hospital. Born in Newport, RI on August 28, 1974, he was the son of Harry Stroup, Jr. of Middletown and Susan Aguiar Stroup of Newport. In addition to his mother and father, he is survived by his former wife Alicia...

Mary Louise Netter

Mary Louise Netter

Nov 2, 2007

Mary Louise Netter, 86, of Harrison Ave, Newport, RI, formerly of Newton, MA, died Friday, November 2, 2007 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Shelley Netter of Newport. Born in Durham, NC on July 16, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Etta Downey Royster. Mrs. Netter worked as a seamstress...

Manuel C. Silvia, Jr

Manuel C. Silvia, Jr

Nov 1, 2007

Middletown, RI - Manuel C. Silvia, Jr., Retired Middletown Fire Chief, 84, of Sachuest Way, Middletown, RI, formerly of Turner Road, Middletown, died Thursday, November 1, 2007 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Mary E. Ferreira Rodrigues Silvia. Born in Middletown, RI on February 20, 1923, he was the son of the late...

Phyllis C. Collier

Phyllis C. Collier

Oct 31, 2007

Newport, RI - Phyllis C. Collier, 50, of 30 Toppa Blvd., Newport, RI, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at home surrounded by her loving family, after a long and courageous battle with chronic illness. Born in Newport, RI on April 25, 1957, she was the daughter of Gloria M. Andrews Collier of Newport, RI and Ernest Collier, Jr. of Norfolk,...

Martha E. Santos

Martha E. Santos

Oct 31, 2007

Middletown, RI - Martha E. Crouch Santos, 67, of 233 Morrison Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. She was the wife of Francis P. Santos. Born in San Diego, CA on November 17, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Arthur E. Crouch, Sr. and Ruth Burrell Crouch. Besides her husband...

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