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Rita Dolan Sellar
Dec 21, 2006
Rita Dolan Sellar of Bellevue Avenue Newport, RI died peacefully at her home ?Seaweed,? at the age of 102 on December 21st, 2006. She was born in Torresdale, PA on February 24, 1904 to Clarence W. and Rosalie Brown Dolan. Rita?s grandfather, Thomas Dolan, purchased ?Seaweed? formerly owned by farmer Bailey for his family?s summer residence. Rita spent her summers...
Francis J. Szczepaniak
Dec 21, 2006
Francis ?Frank? J. Szczepaniak, Jr., 60, of 969 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly Thursday, December 21, 2006 at home.Born in Newport, RI on November 23, 1946, he was the son of Rosemary Camara Szczepaniak of Portsmouth and the late Francis Szczepaniak Sr.Frank grew up in Portsmouth, attending the St. Anthony?s School. He attended De La Salle Academy in...
Lorraine R. Morrissey
Dec 20, 2006
Middletown, RI - Lorraine R. Flayhan Morrissey, 83, of 155 Wyatt Road, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Thomas J. Morrissey, Sr. Born in Dover, NH on Feb. 21, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Elizabeth Owen Flayhan. She is survived by her children, George...
Richard C. Chafton Sr
Dec 20, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Richard C. ?Ricki? Chafton, Sr., 46, of 14 Second Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at home. Born in Newport, RI, on August 1, 1960, he was the son of Ethel M. Sargent Chafton of Portsmouth, RI, and the late Claywell Moss Chafton. Mr. Chafton attended Roger Williams University and inducted into the National Honor...
Lucy Maria Rodrigues
Dec 20, 2006
Newport, RI ? Lucy Maria Silva Rodrigues, 72, of 86 Pope Street, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Vincent Rodrigues. Born in Fayal, the Azores, on June 15, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Jose and Jezuina Rodrigues Silva. Mrs. Rodrigues moved to the United...
J. Neil St. Laurent
Dec 19, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - J. Neil St. Laurent, 74, of 182 Riverside Street, Portsmouth, RI, died on Tuesday, December 19, 2006, at home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of the late Georgette Claire Thibeault St. Laurent, who passed away in 2004. Born in Fall River, MA on December 2, 1932, and lived in Portsmouth all his life, he...
Cheryl Arleen Williamson
Dec 19, 2006
Honolulu, HI ? While the Hawaiian Trade Winds blew and the waves lapped the shore on Waikiki Beach, Cheryl Arleen Gaines Williamson, 58, of 2421 Ala Wai Boulevard, Honolulu, HI, formerly of 269 Madeline Avenue, Woonsocket, RI, holding her beloved husbands hand passed from this life on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 in Honolulu. She was the wife of Kenneth E....
Carol Beverley Gomes
Dec 18, 2006
Newport, RI - Carol Beverly Gomes, 69, of 87 Girard Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, December 18, 2006 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the former wife of the late David N. Gomes, Sr. Born in Niagra Falls, NY on March 16, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Veronica Drawbridge Rader. Mrs....
Dennis James Cordeiro
Dec 18, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Dennis James Cordeiro, 67, of 448 Park Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, December 18, 2006 at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. Born in Newport, RI on August 31, 1939, he was the son of the late Manuel O. and Bella Alfonso Cordeiro.Dennis entered the Portsmouth Police Department in 1967 and worked his way up to Deputy...
Antone Joseph Silvia
Dec 17, 2006
Middletown, RI - Antone Joseph Silvia, 87, of 649 Aquidneck Avenue, Middletown, RI, passed away died Sunday, December 17, 2006 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. He was the husband of the late Emily Cayton Silvia. Born in Middletown, RI on December 14, 1919, he was the son of the late Jesse and Angelica Furtado Silvia.Mr. Silvia was a communicant...
Ruth F. Weaver
Dec 16, 2006
Middletown, RI - Ruth Fullerton Weaver, 99, of 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, formerly of Girard Avenue, died Saturday, December 16, 2006 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Lester A. Weaver. Born in Newport, RI on May 6, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Francis ?Frank? N. and...
Edward Albert Sherman
Dec 16, 2006
Middletown, RI - Edward Albert Sherman, Jr., of Middletown, former editor and co-owner of The Newport Daily News, died Saturday, December 16, 2006, at Forest Farm Nursing Home in Middletown. He was the husband of the late Kirtley Maxfield Sherman, who passed away in 1981.Born at Newport Hospital on June 19, 1915, Mr. Sherman was the son of Edward Albert...
John F. Gawalt
Dec 16, 2006
Middletown, RI - John F. Gawalt, 74, of 1346 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, December 16, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the beloved husband of Mary Ann Moschini Gawalt. Born in Boston, MA on Nov. 11, 1932, he was the son of the late John R. and Margaret Kutzur Gawalt and step son of the...
Roger Dale Pinheiro
Dec 15, 2006
Middletown, RI - Roger Dale Pinheiro, of 32B Ludlow Road, Middletown, RI, died Friday, December 15, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Maureen Prendergast Pinheiro. Born in Newport, RI, on March 6, 1940, he was the son of the late John and Gertrude Lawton Pinheiro.Mr. Pinheiro was a welder for the former Newport...
James E. Soares
Dec 15, 2006
Fort Myers , FL - James E. Soares, 66, of Fort Myers, FL, died Friday, December 15, 2006 at Shellpoint Pavillion Hospital, Ft. Myers, FL. He was the husband of Carol Jackson Soares. Born in Newport, RI on October 6, 1940, he was the son of the late Antone M. and Clara Pacheco Soares. James and his wife Carol have...
Joseph N. Loffredo, Sr
Dec 14, 2006
Newport, RI - Joseph N. Loffredo, 83, of 171 Eustis Avenue, Newport, RI, died Thursday, December 14, 2006, surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Christine E. Antonelli Loffredo. Born in Lawrence, MA on March 25, 1923, he was the son of the late Americo and Josephine Campaiolla Loffredo.Mr. Loffredo served in the United States Army, during...
Evelyn M. Faria
Dec 13, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Evelyn M. Bertrand Faria, 76, of 198 Jepson Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, December 13, 2006, surrounded by her family at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Frank J. Faria. Born in Fall River, MA, on January 29, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Phillip and Yvonne Charest Bertrand. Mrs. Faria...
Lorraine C. Levesque
Dec 12, 2006
Fall River, MA - Lorraine C. Levesque, 80, of recently of the Catholic Memorial Nursing Home, Fall River, MA, formerly of Indiantown, FL, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at the nursing home. She was the wife of the late Arthur Adolph Levesque. Born in New Bedford, MA, on October 15, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Ovila...
Hortensia Colas Vananglen
Dec 11, 2006
Newport, RI - Hortensia Colas Van Anglen, 89, of Heatherwood Health Care Center, Newport, RI, formerly of 37 Tower Drive, Darien, CT, died Monday, December 11, 2006 at the center. She was the former wife of Chalmers Easton Van Anglen. Born in Havana, Cuba on January 3, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Juan Jose Colas Duany and...
John William Caragianis
Dec 10, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - John William Caragianis, 75, of 95 Adams Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, December 10, 2006 at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. He was the husband of Nina Daglis Caragianis. Born in Cambridge, MA on August 13, 1931, he was the son of the late William and Helen Vinios Caragianis. He served in the United States Navy...
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