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Edwin G. Turner
Oct 11, 2007
Port Monmouth, NJ - Edwin G. Turner, 54, of 461 Port Monmouth Road, Port Monmouth, RI, formerly of Tiverton and Portsmouth, died Thursday, October 11, 2007 at home. He was the husband of Mary Cabral Turner. Born in Newport, RI on March 29, 1953, he was the son of the late Thomas and Sybil Tripp Turner.Ed worked as a quahoger...
Robert William Hall
Oct 10, 2007
Middletown, RI - Robert W. Hall, 77, of 2 Bayview Park, Middletown, RI, formerly of Rhode Island Avenue, Newport, died Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at the V.A. Medical Center in Providence. He was the husband of the late Anna Margaret Tasker Hall. Born in Fall River, MA on Nov. 30, 1929, he was a son of the late William and...
Jean Francis Thomas
Oct 9, 2007
Middletown, RI - Jean Frances Thomas, 87, of 600 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of Hammond Street, Newport, died Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Chester John Thomas, Jr. Born in Newport, RI on January 25, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Frank L. and Catherine Burke Ryan.Mrs. Thomas was...
Abby Munro
Oct 9, 2007
Middletown, RI - Abby Mack Munro, 90, of 9 Dudley Avenue North, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at home. She was the wife of the late Franklin Munro, retired Chief, USCG. Born in Newport, RI on January 6, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Cornelius and Annie Keane Mack.Mrs. Munro worked at the Newport Naval Base...
Mary G. Rosa
Oct 8, 2007
Mary Gomes Joaquin Rosa, age 88, of Middletown, RI died peacefully on Monday, October 8, 2007, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI, surrounded by her loving family.She was the wife of the late Christopher Correira Rosa, Jr. who passed away in 1990.She was also predeceased by her parents, Antonio and Adelaide Gomes Joaquin; her daughter Susan Marie Rosa Rydalch; and two...
Jerrry M. Cates
Oct 8, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - Jerry M. Cates, 64, of Portsmouth, RI, died suddenly on Monday, October 8, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of 21 years to Karen Cates and father of James M. Cates of Boston, MA and Jeremiah T. Cates of Newport. Born in Oklahoma on Feb. 16, 1943, he was the son of the...
Anna Davis
Oct 7, 2007
Portsmouth, RI ? Anna Priller Davis, 87, of 257 Sprague Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, October 7, 2007 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center, Providence, RI. She was the wife of the late Charles R. Davis. Born in Germany, on March 14, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Johann and Maria Priller. Mrs. Davis was an avid bingo player....
Hugh Christopher Whittle
Oct 7, 2007
Middletown, RI - Hugh Christopher Whittle, 62, of 1078 Wapping Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of 75 Ayrault Street, Newport, died Sunday, October 7, 2007, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Greenwich, CT, on September 19, 1945, he was the son of the late Peter and Diana Dower Whittle.Mr. Whittle had been a resident of Newport and Middletown for...
Jesse D. Silvia
Oct 7, 2007
Middletown, RI - Jesse D. Silvia, 74, of West House, Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, October 7, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on May 11, 1933, he was the son of the late Frank M. and Mary Medeiros Silvia.A life long resident of Middletown, Jesse worked as a mechanic for Harrison Ford Co. and...
Shirley Pierce
Oct 5, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - Shirley Pierce, 78, formerly of Thurston Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, October 5, 2007 at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Charles F. Pierce. Born in Fall River, Mass, on October 30, 19287, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Elsie Shoard Leach.Shirley was a 1946 graduate...
Elizabeth D. Olaynack
Oct 3, 2007
Newport, RI ? Elizabeth ?Betty? D. Lazar Olaynack, nee Lazar, age 67, of 7 Kyle Terrace, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at home surrounded by her family. Betty waged a courageous battle with cancer for almost nine years, never once letting it affect her spirits and love for her family and friends, all of whom she valued above...
Mary Simpson
Oct 3, 2007
Mary Kemper Simpson died Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at her home in Newport. Born 101 years ago in Newark, NY, she was a daughter of the late Peter and Charlotte Bartle Kemper. After graduating from Mt. Holyoke College and the New York School of Design, she and her sister founded and ran a successful interior design business in New York...
Raymond F. King, Iii
Oct 1, 2007
Newport, RI - Raymond F. King, III, 47, of Newport and South County, RI, passed away unexpectedly Monday, October 1, 2007. Born in Newport, RI on December 27, 1959, he was the son of the late Raymond F. King, Jr., and Constance E. Simmons Peckham and Donald F. Peckham of Middletown.Ray was an Eagle Scout, an avid lifelong sailor and...
Debra Lee Franklin
Oct 1, 2007
Perryville, RI - Debra Lee Franklin, 50, of Post Road, Perryville, RI, was called home on Monday, October 1, 2007 at South County Hospital, Wakefield, RI. Born in Newport, RI on April 26, 1957, she was the daughter of Mary Harris Franklin and Charles R. Franklin also of Newport, RI.Debra attended school in Newport and was a 1976 graduate of...
Christine M. Collins
Sep 30, 2007
Christine M. Collins, of 64 Haven Lane, Conway, NH passed away suddenly on September 30, 2007 in Lewiston, ME.She was the wife of Richard T. Collins Jr.Born in Newport, RI, on February 28, 1970. Christine grew up in Portsmouth and was a 1988 graduate of Portsmouth High School. After graduation she moved to New Hampshire. She worked as a sales...
Pauline Guthrie
Sep 24, 2007
Pauline McGowan Guthrie Portsmouth, RI - Pauline McGowan Guthrie, 91, a former longtime resident of Portsmouth, RI and Middletown, RI, died on Monday, September 24, 2007 at Winchester House, in Libertyville, IL of natural causes after a long struggle with Alzheimer?s Disease. Pauline was born On February 5, 1916 in Somerville, MA to the late Agnes McGrath McGowan and James...
George Walter Woolhouse
Sep 24, 2007
Middletown, RI - George Walter ?Ducky? Woolhouse, 73, Middletown, RI, died Monday, September 24, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Joyce Brinton Woolhouse. Born in Newport, RI on November 30, 1933, he was the son of the late Charles and Mable Melleleu Woolhouse.Mr. Woolhouse retired from the former AP grocery store as store manager. During...
C. William Cote`
Sep 23, 2007
Middletown, RI ? C. William ?Wild Bill? Cote`, 73, of 10 Osage Drive, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, September 23, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the beloved husband of Bette Hubbs Cote. Born in Springfield, MA on July 6, 1934, he was the son of the late Clarence and Rose Frappier Cote.Captain Cote` was a graduate of Mt....
Robert Irving Dennis
Sep 22, 2007
Robert Irving Dennis Middletown, RI - Robert Irving Dennis, 91, of 1052 East Main Road, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, September 22, 2007, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Elizabeth Houlihan Dennis. Born in Newport, RI, on November 2, 1915, he was the son of the late Marshall L. and Martha Eagan Dennis.Mr....
Grant Hermans Cornwell
Sep 21, 2007
PORTSMOUTH ? Grant Hermans Cornwell, 92, of 52C Glen Meade Drive, died Friday, September 21, 2007, at home. He was the husband of the late Ellen Margaret Gandsey, to whom he was married for 62 years. Formerly of Batavia, IL, New Canaan, CT and Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, Grant lived in Portsmouth for thirteen years.Born in Lyons, NY on February...
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