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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Mary Elizabeth O'Neill

Mary Elizabeth O'Neill

Oct 22, 2007

Newport, RI - Mary Elizabeth Murdoch ONeill, 93, of Village House Health Care Center, Newport, RI, formerly of 1008 Newport Green and 206 Coggeshall Avenue, Newport, died Monday, October 22, 2007 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Reginald P. ONeill. Born in Greenwich, CT on June 5, 1914, she was the daughter...

Raymond Walter Bailey, Sr

Raymond Walter Bailey, Sr

Oct 22, 2007

Newport, RI - Raymond Walter Bailey, Sr., 62, of 19 Chapel Street, Newport, RI, died Monday, October 22, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Derby, CT on November 22, 1944, he was the son of the late George and Laura Rose Bailey. Mr. Bailey was a residential case manager for Hidden Valley Ranch Rehabilitation Center, in San Diego...

Thomas J. Bolender

Thomas J. Bolender

Oct 21, 2007

Middletown, RI- Thomas J. Bolender, 54, of Middletown, RI, died Sunday, October 21, 2007 at his home. Born in Newport, RI on January 24, 1953, he was the son of Carl Bolender, Sr. of Middletown, RI and Virginia Bolender of Newport, RI. Tom was an avid horseman and golfer. He was an excellent polo player and whip master of the...

Sholom Martin Pugatch

Sholom Martin Pugatch

Oct 19, 2007

Sholom Martin Pugatch Kissimmee, FL ? Sholom ?Sonny? Martin Pugatch, 67, of Kissimmee, FL, formerly of Randolph, MA, died Friday, October 19, 2007. Born in Boston, MA, he was the son of the late Louis and Flora Bornstein Pugatch.Sonny had worked as a driver for the Boston Globe for over 30 years, retiring in 2002. He is survived by son...

Gladys Mclean

Gladys Mclean

Oct 19, 2007

Attleboro, MA ? Gladys Hyland McLean, 77, of 27 Fourth Street, Attleboro, MA, died Friday, October 19, 2007, at the Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Bertrand McLean.Born in Attleboro, MA, on May 29, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Mildred Healy Hyland.In her youth, Mrs. McLean had worked...

Roberta R. Farley

Roberta R. Farley

Oct 18, 2007

Newport, RI - Roberta Farley, 97, of 15 Toppa Blvd, Newport, RI, died Thursday, October 18, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born on July 26, 1910, in Greenfield, Mass, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Agnes Wood Martin. She was the wife of the late Floyd E. Farley, a Lt Cdr in the US Navy from...

Agnes M. Johann

Agnes M. Johann

Oct 16, 2007

Newport, RI - Agnes M. Murphy Johann, 87, of 23 Almy Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Joseph V. Johann. Born in Newport, RI on January 13, 1920, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Maria A. Connors Murphy. Mrs. Johann graduated from...

Irene C. Belanger

Irene C. Belanger

Oct 15, 2007

Middletown, RI - Irene C. Konarski Belanger, 90, of 12 Rosa Road, Middletown, RI, died Monday, October 15, 2007 at Somerset Ridge Nursing Home, Somerset, MA. She was the wife of the late Joseph A. Belanger. Born in Fall River, MA on September 19, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Victor and Catherine Sierzega Konarski. She is survived...

David H. Lane

David H. Lane

Oct 15, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - David Hewlett Lane, 71, of 14 Mary Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, October 15, 2007 at home. He was the husband of Doris F. Lande Lane.Born in Flushing, NY, on March 13, 1936, he was the son of Edith H.K. Sanford Pigot of Santa Rosa, CA, and the late William B. Lane.Mr. Lane had worked as a...

Charles W. Chittam

Charles W. Chittam

Oct 13, 2007

Charles Wayne Chittam, 64, of Shangri-La Lane, Middletown, passed away at home on Saturday, October 13, 2007.He was the husband of Linda Harkin Chittam.Born in Athens, Alabama on January 22, 1943, he was a son of the late Charles G. and Hattie Mae McElyea Chittam.Mr. Chittam was a retired veteran of both the US Navy and the US Army having...

Benjamin Gomes, Jr

Benjamin Gomes, Jr

Oct 12, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Benjamin Gomes, Jr., 75, of 142 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, October 12, 2007 at home. He was the husband of Olinda Anselmo Gomes. Born in Middletown, RI on October 15, 1931, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Georgianna Mello Gomes.Mr. Gomes served in the United States Army during the Korean War....

Agnes G. Marques

Agnes G. Marques

Oct 12, 2007

Coventry, RI - Agnes G. Mello Marques, 86, of Sharon Drive Coventry, formerly of 43 Vanicek Avenue, Middletown, died Friday, October 12, 2007 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Manuel M. Marques.Born in Portsmouth, RI on November 8, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Manuel T. and Emelia Garcia Mello.Mrs. Marques, along with her...

Edwin G. Turner

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

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...

Abby Munro

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...

Jean Francis Thomas

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...

Mary G. Rosa

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

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...

Hugh Christopher Whittle

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

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...