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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Ruth Rosebel D'Andrea

Ruth Rosebel D'Andrea

Jun 22, 2007

Newport, RI - Ruth Rosebel Carter DAndrea, 83, of 2 Elliott Place, Newport, RI, died Friday, June 22, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John R. DAndrea.Born in Westport, MA on June 20, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Clarinda Chace Carter.Mrs. DAndrea grew up in Little Compton,...

Frances M. Grieco

Frances M. Grieco

Jun 21, 2007

Newport, RI - Frances M. Grieco, 92, formerly a resident at 549 Wapping Road in Portsmouth for over thirty years, died Thursday, June 21, 2007 at St. Clare Home in Newport. Born in New York, NY on Dec. 8, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Greco Grieco.Ms. Grieco, a 1937 graduate and alumna of New...

Frederick W. Chapman

Frederick W. Chapman

Jun 20, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Frederick W. Chapman, CDR, USN Ret., 80, of Portsmouth, died Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown. He was the husband of Theresa M. Frew Chapman. They had been married for 60 years. Born in Greenport, NY on Feb. 12, 1927, he was the son of the late Frederick D. and Roberta...

Jospeh Jesse Medeiros

Jospeh Jesse Medeiros

Jun 20, 2007

Tiverton, RI - Joseph Jesse Medeiros, 89, of 70 Mill Street, Tiverton, RI, formerly of 33 Freeborn Street, Portsmouth, died Wednesday, June 20, 2007, surrounded by his loving family at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. He was the husband of the late Maria Mary Medeiros. Born in Portsmouth, RI on May 22, 1918, he was the son of the...

Mary F. Moore

Mary F. Moore

Jun 17, 2007

Middletown, RI - Mary F. Galvin Moore, 84, of 43 Ward Street, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, June 17, 2007 at Silver Creek Manor, Bristol, RI. She was the wife of the late Joseph W. Moore. Born in Newport, RI on November 5, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Patrick and Abbie Dwyer Galvin.Mrs. Moore was a clerk for...

Rudy John Boiani

Rudy John Boiani

Jun 16, 2007

Rudolph ?Rudy? John Boiani, 70, of 122 Eustis Avenue, Newport, RI, died Saturday, June 16, 2007 at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.Born in Newport, RI, on July 20, 1936, he was the son of the late Livio John and Louisa Silva Boiani.Mr. Boiani was a graduate of the former De La Salle Academy in Newport. He was most known for...

Maria Dutra

Maria Dutra

Jun 16, 2007

Maria DaGloria Dutra, 93, of 39 Houston Avenue, Newport, RI, died Saturday, June 16, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport. She was the wife of the late Antonio Dutra. Born in Fayal, Azores, on April 8, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Jose Silveira and Inacia Rodrigues Garcia da Cha.Mrs. Dutra worked as a housekeeper at the former Garrettson...

Robert Joseph Dearth, Sr

Robert Joseph Dearth, Sr

Jun 15, 2007

Newport, RI - Robert Joseph Dearth, Sr., 69, of 141 Third Street, Newport, RI, died Friday, June 15, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Donna E. Dupre Dearth. Born in Abington, MA on June 27, 1937, he was the son of the late Thomas and Margaret Cass Dearth.Mr. Dearth worked for 32 years as a...

Mary M. Olaynack

Mary M. Olaynack

Jun 14, 2007

Middletown, RI ? Mary Magdalene Rieker Olaynack, 83, of 24 Kay Boulevard, Middletown, formerly of 33 Bliss Road, Newport, died Thursday, June 14, 2007 peacefully at home. She was the wife of the late Henry Joseph Olaynack. Born in Lancaster, PA, on February 18, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Florence Bitner Rieker. Mrs. Olaynack first...

G. Elinor Peckham

G. Elinor Peckham

Jun 12, 2007

Portsmouth, RI ? G. Elinor Christensen Peckham, 65, of 31 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI She was the wife of Ashley Hall Peckham. Born in Centereach, NY on September 1, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Gudrun Hansen Christensen.Mrs. Peckham was the Innkeeper for Bestemor?s House....

Judith A. Landers

Judith A. Landers

Jun 10, 2007

Judith A. Landers, 67 passed away June 10th, 2007, at home surrounded by family and friends after a courageous five year battle with cancer. Born in 1939 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Judy was the eldest of five children of Marcelline and the late William H. Fudge. Judy graduated from Holt High School in 1957 and Michigan State University in 1961....

Martha Louise Parker

Martha Louise Parker

Jun 10, 2007

Newport, RI - Martha Louise Parker, 89, died Sunday, June 10, 2007, at Newport Hospital.She was the wife of the late Samuel K. Parker, Sr. whom she married in 1936.Born on November 16, 1917, in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Julia Blair Wiginton, in Newport. Martha was a faithful member of the Community Baptist...

Thelma D. Grenon

Thelma D. Grenon

Jun 10, 2007

Newport, RI - Thelma D. Duffee Grenon, 90, of 66 Girard Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of Channing Street, died Sunday, June 10, 2007 at John Clarke Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Joseph D. Grenon. Born in Jamestown, RI on May 5, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Sumner and Bertha Pickering...

Amy A. Pinto

Amy A. Pinto

Jun 9, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Amy Andrus Pinto, 50, of 253 Jepson Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, June 9, 2007, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Mark S. Pinto.Born in Corpus Christi, TX, on March 1, 1957, she was the daughter of Kermit Warren and Martha Lasater Andrus.Mrs. Pinto was loving homemaker who enjoyed arts and crafts, animals,...

Sharon M. Depalma

Sharon M. Depalma

Jun 8, 2007

Newport, RI - Sharon M. Tobin DePalma, 60, of 33 Congdon Avenue, Newport, RI, died Friday, June 8, 2007 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Vincent DePalma.Born in Newport, RI on April 7, 1947, she was the daughter of Marie Childs Tobin of Newport and the late Richard Francis.Besides her mother...

Marilyn Anne Gotthold

Marilyn Anne Gotthold

May 31, 2007

Newport, RI - Marilyn Anne Doughty Gotthold, 63, of 195 Admiral Kalbfus Road, Newport, RI, died Thursday, May 31, 2007 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on October 28, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Irving William and Dorothy Snow Doughty.A lifelong resident of Newport, Marilyn, also known as Lynn, was a...

Alice M. Quinn

Alice M. Quinn

May 30, 2007

Newport, RI - Alice M. ?A.Q.? Quinn, 83, of 20 Pennacook St, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on July 22, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Thomas S. and Alice Vaughn Quinn.A graduate of Rogers High School, class of 1942, she worked thirty-seven years in the Newport...

Howard Libby

Howard Libby

May 29, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Howard Libby, 90, of Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at home. He was the husband of the late Mildred Bourne Libby. Born in Portland, Maine, on November 25, 1916, he was the son of the late Howard and Florence Knight Libby. The Libby family moved to Newport at the time of the Great...

Alfred Silvia, Jr

Alfred Silvia, Jr

May 27, 2007

Tiverton, RI - Alfred Raymond Silvia Jr., 44, of 33 Bayview Ave, Tiverton, RI, formerly of Portsmouth, died suddenly Sunday, May 27, 2007 at his home. Born in Newport, RI on July 23, 1962, he was the son of Norma Almeida Silvia of Portsmouth and the late Alfred Raymond Silvia Sr.Fred, as he was known by his family and friends,...

Patricia A. Emmet

Patricia A. Emmet

May 27, 2007

Newport, RI - Patricia A. Emmet, 59, died of metastatic breast cancer at her home in Newport on May 27. She is survived by her husband of nearly 30 years, William Emmet, with whom she also maintained a home in Washington, DC, and her two children, Nicholas, 28 and Susanna, 26 both of New York City. All were at her...

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