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Doris A. Devol
Jul 21, 2007
Newport, RI - Doris A. Dow Devol, 68, of 35 Gould Street, Newport, RI, died Saturday, July 21, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Donald J. Devol. Born in Newport, RI on September 11, 1938, she was the daughter of the late John and Francine Sprage Dow. Mrs. Devol worked as a dietary aid at...
Marie Stander
Jul 21, 2007
Newport, RI - Marie Maggie Dawson Stander 78, of 55 Friendship Street Newport died Saturday, July 21, 2007 in the Heatherwood Nursing Center in Newport. She was the wife of Ernest E. Stander having celebrated 32 years of marriage.Born in Skidmore, MD on February 7, 1929 she was the daughter of the late Frank Arthur and Maggie Stevens Green.Besides her...
Yvonne I. Esparza
Jul 21, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - Yvonne I. Berard Esparza, 88, of 153 Viking Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, July 21, 2007 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Raymond F. Esparza. Born in Montville, CT on April 2, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Blanche LaVoie Berard.Mrs. Esparza was a...
James F. Sullivan
Jul 20, 2007
James F. Sullivan, 83, of Balsam Avenue, Middletown, passed away Friday, July 20, 2007 at home.He was the husband of the late Joan F. Prasso Sullivan whom he married October 2, 1957.Born in Newport on May 30, 1924, he was a son of the late John L. and Nora G. Sullivan Sullivan.Mr. Sullivan was a 1942 graduate of DeLasalle and...
Geoffrey B. Lennon
Jul 20, 2007
Middletown, RI - Geoffrey B. Lennon, 48, of 687 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Friday, July 20, 2007 peacefully at home surrounded by his family. He was the devoted husband of Deborah J.Minkle Lennon and father of Patrick N. Lennon and Rebecca A. Lennon. Born in Haverhill, MA on Aug. 29, 1958, he was the son of the late...
Marcia D. Haggis
Jul 17, 2007
Middletown, RI - Marcia D. King Haggis, 69, of 21 Bartlett Road, Middletown, RI, passed away peacefully at Newport Hospital on Tuesday, July 17. She leaves her husband of 47 years, John W. Haggis.Born in Newport, she was the daughter of the late Chester Thomas and Dorothy Richardson King.Marcia graduated with her associates degree from Catherine Gibbs School. She then...
Dolores Ann Fisher
Jul 17, 2007
Middletown, RI - Dolores Ann Dorato Fisher, 69, of 11 Village Lane, Middletown, RI, formerly of 6 Blackwell Place, Newport, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on October26, 1937, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Philomena Mello Dorato.Mrs. Fisher was a registration clerk at the...
Derrick L. Farthing
Jul 16, 2007
Newport, RI - Derrick L. Farthing, 53, of Donovan Manor, Newport, RI, died Monday, July 16, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Hamilton, OH on May 6, 1954, he was the son of Garney Farthing of Hamilton, OH and the late Elizabeth Carroll Whalon.Mr. Farthing was an avid dart player and former member of the Newport Dart League....
Jo-Ann Waterman
Jul 16, 2007
Newport, RI - Jo-Ann Perlingieri Waterman, 62, of 8 Lowndes Street, Newport, RI, died Monday, July 16, 2007 at home. Born in Newport, RI on May 29, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Michael M. and Norma Ferraro Perlingieri.Mrs. Waterman was a 1963 graduate of Rogers High School. She worked at Newport Prescription Center. Prior to working at...
Joyce Fly
Jul 15, 2007
Middletown, RI - Joyce Wing Graves Fly, 63, of Middletown, RI, died Sunday, July 15, 2007, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Richard N. Fly. Born in Rochester, NH, on July 15, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Christine Wing Graves.Mrs. Fly had worked as an assembler for 16...
James F. Robinson
Jul 15, 2007
James F. Robinson, 89, of 65 Kaufman Road, Tiverton, RI, died Sunday, July 15, 2007 at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Mildred Whalen Robinson. Born in Bethel, Delaware, on July 1, 1918, he was the son of the late Bessie Hopkins.Mr. Robinson grew up in Delaware and enlisted in the US Navy at...
Kathleen Barbara Torrenti
Jul 12, 2007
Kathleen Barbara Murphy Torrenti, 57 of 5 Brenda Road Old Saybrook, CT formally of Middletown, RI died Thursday, July 12, 2007 at Yale New Haven Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Thomas C. Torrenti of Old Saybrook, CT.Born in Cranston, RI on January 21, 1950. She was the daughter of Barbara B Murphy of Middletown, RI and the late...
Shirley Riess
Jul 11, 2007
Middletown, RI - Shirley F. Riess, 70, of Middletown, Rhode Island, died at home on Wednesday, July 11th after a valiant 29 month battle with pancreatic cancer, surrounded by family and friends. A lifelong Aquidneck Islander, Shirley was born in Newport to Margaret Frederick and William Christmas Freeborne. She is survived by her daughter Alyson F. Novick, son-in-law Robert R....
Helen Marie Mcphee
Jul 10, 2007
Newport, RI - Helen Marie Carreiro McPhee, 86, of 53 Gould Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at the Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Arthur Joseph ?Mac? McPhee. Born in Portsmouth, RI, on September 4, 1920, she was the daughter of the late John and Evelyn Bratton Carreiro.Mrs. McPhee...
Margaret T. Lalli
Jul 9, 2007
Portsmouth, RI ? Margaret Mullian Lalli, 78, of Portsmouth, RI, died on Monday, July 9, 2007, at home. She was the wife of the late Frank J. Lalli, Sr. Born in Norfolk, VA on February 9, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Roy Fulton and Jessie Lukeman Mullian.Mrs. Lalli worked as a realtor for Aquidneck Realty and Century...
Mae Ann Ball
Jul 8, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - Mae Ann DeCosta Ball, 82, of 29 Thurston Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, July 8, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Arthur A. Ball. Born and raised on the DeCosta Farm in Portsmouth, RI on October 10, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Mary Viera DeCosta.She...
Anna M. Murphy
Jul 8, 2007
Newport, RI - Anna M. Thornton Murphy, 64, of 197 Park Holm, Newport, RI, died Sunday, July 8, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Galway, County Ireland, on February 6, 1943, she was the daughter of the late John P. and Elizabeth Niland Thorton.Anna worked at the Sportsman Restaurant for 35 years and for 7 years at Lil...
Stuart Leo Caulfield
Jul 8, 2007
Newport, RI - Stuart Leo Caulfield, 80, of 13 Chestnut Street, Newport, RI, died Sunday, July 8, 2007 at Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA. He was the husband of Dolores J. Carroll Caulfield. Born in Westerly, RI on January 11, 1927, he was the son of the late Stuart L. and Helen Smith Caulfield.Mr. Caulfield was honorably discharged from the...
Marion Carol Silvia
Jul 7, 2007
Portsmouth, RI - Marion Carol Pappas Silvia, 73, of 111 Locust Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, July 7, 2007, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Herbert M Silvia.Born in Boston, MA, on July 22, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Bonner Pappas.Mrs. Silvia was a communicant of St. Barnabas Church. She...
Virginia L. Heffernan
Jul 7, 2007
MIDDLETOWN, RI ? Virginia L. Forrest Heffernan, in Newport Hospital on July 7, 2007, at the age of 89. A resident of the Grand Islander Healthcare Center, she died from complications associated with a recent hip fracture. Born on July 10, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Edwin R. Forrest and Elizabeth H. Dwyer Forrest. Mrs. Heffernan was...
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