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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

John Marshall Hobgood

John Marshall Hobgood

May 4, 2007

Middletown, RI - John Marshall ?Hobby? ?Pappy? Hobgood, 83, of Middletown, RI, formerly of Plainview, NY and Huntington, NY, died Friday, May 4, 2007. He was the husband of the late Adele Bank Hobgood. Born in Fountain Hill, AR on October 15, 1923, John joined the United States Navy at the age of 17, serving in WWII from 1941-1946 as...

Grace Pauline Tapper

Grace Pauline Tapper

May 3, 2007

Newport, RI - Grace Pauline Donahue Tapper, 99, formerly of 39 Farewell Street, Newport, RI, died Thursday, May 3, 2007 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Fred B. Tapper. Born in Newport, RI on October 23, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Abby Greelish Donahue. Mrs....

Geraldine Reeve

Geraldine Reeve

May 3, 2007

Portsmouth, RI ? Geraldine Sylvia Reeve, 90, of Russett Road, where she lived with her daughter and formerly of 2032 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, May 3, 2007 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Frederick G. Reeve. Born in Little Compton, RI on May 10, 1916, she was the...

Mary L. Tavares

Mary L. Tavares

May 2, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Mary L. Tavares, 93, of 16 Garden Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Antone Tavares Born in Portsmouth, RI on Nov. 29, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Manuel M. and Georgiana Furtado Lopes.Mrs. Tavares was a communicant of St. Barnabas Church. She...

Regina M. Greene

Regina M. Greene

May 2, 2007

Newport, RI - Regina M. Williams Greene, 52, of 18 John Chaffe Boulevard, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at home. She was the wife of Edward Goodson of Stone Mountain, GA. Born in Flushing, NY on January 5, 1955, she was the daughter of Charles and Emma Johnson Williams of South Carolina.Mrs. Greene was a member of New...

Hugh Hulslander

Hugh Hulslander

May 2, 2007

Middletown, RI - Hugh Hulslander, 76, of 6 High Street, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Amy Keefe Hulslander. Born in Worcester, MA on Apr. 6, 1931, he was the son of the late John D. and Ella Berger Hulslander.Mr. Hulslander served in the United States Navy during the...

Mary Eleanor Pike

Mary Eleanor Pike

Apr 30, 2007

Middletown, RI - Mary E. ?Eleanor? Chamberlin Pike, 91, of Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI, formerly of 20 Bacheller Street, Newport, died Monday, April 30, 2007 at the center. She was the wife of the late Walter S. Pike. Born in Yonkers, NY, on July 26, 1915, she was the daughter of the late George and Mabel Pike...

Antone V. Mello

Antone V. Mello

Apr 30, 2007

Middletown, RI - Antone Viera Mello, 59, of 102 Third Beach Road, Middletown, RI, died Monday, April 30, 2007 at the home of his brother in Tiverton, RI. Born in Fall River, MA on August 17, 1947, he was the son of the late Jessie and Hilda Viera Mello.Mr. Mello was a supervisor at the public works department for the...

Gilda M. Combra

Gilda M. Combra

Apr 28, 2007

Gilda M. Combra, 92, formerly of Middle Road, Portsmouth, died Saturday, April 28, 2007 at Village House Nursing Rehabilitation Center in Newport.She was the wife of the late Joseph E. Combra. They had been married for 53 years. Born in Bristol, RI on April 2, 1915, she was a daughter of the late Antone and Mary Duponte Medeiros.For many years,...

Anne Allan

Anne Allan

Apr 27, 2007

Middletown, RI - Anne Murdoch Allan, 62, of Middletown, RI, died Friday, April 27, 2007 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. Born in Newport, RI on October 7, 1944, she was the daughter of the late John S. and Anne Murdoch Allan, Jr.Ms. Allan was a 1962 graduate of Rogers High School and a 1966 graduate of the University of...

Prescott E. Sisson

Prescott E. Sisson

Apr 25, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Prescott E. Sisson, 88, of 4 Debra Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Rita H. Doucet Sisson. Born in Middletown, RI on March 24, 1919, he was the son of the late Ernest and Jennie Grinnell Sisson.Mr. Sisson served in the Army Air Corp. during World War...

Charles Lyon Hopper, Md

Charles Lyon Hopper, Md

Apr 25, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Charles Lyon Hopper, MD FACS, 76, of 68 James Court, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at home surrounded by members of his family. He was born May 6, 1930 in Atlanta Georgia. He was the son of Harold C. Hopper and Margaret Lyon Hopper. He grew up in the mid-west and moved to Ridgewood, NJ....

Alson A. Castonguay

Alson A. Castonguay

Apr 24, 2007

Newport, RI - Alson A. Castonguay, 73, of 20 Hope Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at Newport Hospital after an eight year battle with cancer. He was married for 45 years to the late Mary P. Janaros Castonguay. He was born on Mother?s Day, May 14, 1933, in Newport, RI to the late Rose Alma Gagnon Castonguay...

Captain Leroy Thomas Taylor, Usn, Ret

Captain Leroy Thomas Taylor, Usn, Ret

Apr 23, 2007

MIDDLETOWN, RI ? Retired Navy Captain LeRoy Taylor, 94, died Monday, April 23, 2007. He was the husband of the late Floride Hewitt Taylor. A native of Mississippi, he graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy and was commissioned in 1935. He served in the heavy cruiser LOUISVILLE, on the staff of Commander Cruisers, Scouting Force, in the destroyer DAVIS,...

Mary Elizabeth Kelley

Mary Elizabeth Kelley

Apr 22, 2007

Newport, RI - Mary E. Hicks Kelley, 66, of 6 Gibson Park Place, Newport, RI, died Sunday, April 22, 2007 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Joseph Edward Hicks and the late William Russell Kelley. Born in Medford, MA on March 5, 1941, she was the daughter of the late James...

Burna Dale Levi

Burna Dale Levi

Apr 19, 2007

Newport, RI ? Capt. Burna Dale Levi, USN, Ret., 83, of 48 Catherine Street, Newport, RI, died Thursday, April 19, 2007 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Nancy Anne Mullens Levi. A native of Tampa, FL, he was the son of the late Burna Dale and Mary Levi.Captain Levi served in the United States Navy for over 30...

Ray Wadleigh

Ray Wadleigh

Apr 16, 2007

Jamestown, RI - Ray Williams Wadleigh, 91, of 74 Bayview Drive, Jamestown, RI, formerly of 313 Swans Wharf Row, Newport, RI, died Monday, April 16, 2007 at John Clarke Health Care Center, Middletown, with her two daughters by her side. She was the wife of the late Admiral John Remey Wadleigh. Born in Washington, DC on February 20, 1916, she...

David Jospeh Correa

David Jospeh Correa

Apr 16, 2007

David J. Correa, 80, of Overhill Road, Warren, died Monday, April 16, 2007 at the Silver Creek Manor in Bristol.Born in Warren, RI on January 9, 1927 he was a son of the late Frank and Mary Alves Correa. Mr. Correa was a shipper for the former I Shalam in Warren for many years before retiring.He was a US Army...

Ernest W. Feld

Ernest W. Feld

Apr 15, 2007

Tiverton, RI - Ernest William Feld, 66, of Tiverton, RI, formerly of Pawtucket, RI, and Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, April 15, 2007 at the Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center, Providence, RI. He was the husband of Audrey C. Cooke Feld. Born in Pawtucket, RI, on April 26, 1940, he was the son of the late Ernest and Ruth Doyle Feld. Mr....

Brenda J. Gallant

Brenda J. Gallant

Apr 15, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Brenda J. Gallant, 55, of 10 First Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, April 15, 2007 at home. She was the wife of Arthur Joseph Gallant, Jr. Born in Damariscotta, ME, on July 11, 1951, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Gloria Armstrong.Mrs. Gallant was the customer service manager at Shaw?s for 10 years. She...

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