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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Cleveland Fred Stedford, Sr

Cleveland Fred Stedford, Sr

Apr 4, 2007

Newport, RI - Cleveland Fred Stedford, Sr., 38, of 50 Washington Square, Newport, RI, formerly of 20D Rolling Green, Newport, died Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at Rhode Island Hospital. He was the husband of Catherine H. Arsenault Stedford. Born in Newport, RI on August 7, 1968, he was the son of Oscar Cleveland and Beverly Monteiro Stedford of Newport.Mr. Stedford...

Judith A. Blaney

Judith A. Blaney

Apr 2, 2007

Newport, RI ? Judith ?Judy? Blaney, 53, formerly of Middletown, RI, died suddenly on Monday, April 2, 2007 at the Newport Hospital. Born in Quincy, MA, on October 28, 1953, she was the daughter of the late James C. and Agnes R. McNally Blaney.Judy resided in Massachusetts until her family moved in 1965 to Middletown. She was a graduate of...

Helen Mellekas-Frazer

Helen Mellekas-Frazer

Apr 1, 2007

Middletown, RI - Helen G. Mellekas-Frazer, 84, of Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, April 1, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John T. Mellekas Sr. Born in Newport, RI, on December 27, 1922, she was the daughter of the late James and Julia Marchington.Mrs. Frazer was a member of...

Vernon F. Church

Vernon F. Church

Apr 1, 2007

Portsmouth, RI ? Captain Vernon F. Church Merchant Marine ret., 97, of 283 Bristol Ferry Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, April 1, 2007, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Rose Marie Bergeron Church to whom he had been married to for 72 years. Born in Portsmouth, RI, on April 22,...

Richard J. Ryan

Richard J. Ryan

Mar 30, 2007

Middletown, RI - Richard J. Ryan, 73, of Middletown, died Friday, March 30, 2007 at home of pulmonary fibrosis. Born in Mineola, NY on May 23, 1933, he was the son of the late Daniel and Mary Ryan Ryan.Richard was a Navy veteran of the Korean War and owner/operator of Ryans Barber Shop on Bellevue Avenue in Newport for 47...

Virginia Faith Waddell

Virginia Faith Waddell

Mar 30, 2007

Virginia Faith Waddell, 91, of Wyomissing, PA, died Friday, March 30, 2007 at the John Clarke Nursing Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of J. Howard Waddell.Born in Chester, PA on May 15, 1915, she was a daughter of the late Douglas R. and Lillian de Hamme Faith.Mrs. Waddell was a volunteer for over 30 years at Reading Hospital in...

James Edward Harrington

James Edward Harrington

Mar 29, 2007

Westport, MA - James Edward Harrington, 75, of 100 Village Way, Westport, RI, formerly of 43 Attleboro Avenue, Portsmouth, died Thursday, March 29, 2007 at home. He was the husband of the late Mabel ?Vicki? Vickery Harrington. Born in Fall River, MA on February 6, 1932, he was the son of the late James Edward and Olive Loretta Stacy Harrington.Mr....

Dortha Selby Mershon

Dortha Selby Mershon

Mar 28, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Dortha Selby Mershon, 80, of 7 Nina Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife since 1996 of William R. Mershon, LCDR, USN, Ret, and Professor Emeritus at Roger Williams University. Born in Des Moines, IA on September 6, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Franklin...

Matilda Ann Gonsalves

Matilda Ann Gonsalves

Mar 28, 2007

Tiverton, RI - Matilda Ann Depointe Gonsalves, 89, of 433 East Road, Tiverton, RI, died Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at Silver Creek Manor, Bristol, RI. She was the wife of the late Arthur Gonsalves and the late Manuel Costa. Born in Portsmouth, RI on March 14, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Antone and Mary Brown Depointe. Mrs....

Joseph R. Manville, Jr

Joseph R. Manville, Jr

Mar 28, 2007

Joseph R. Manville, Jr., 65, of Fort Myers Beach, Fl, formerly of 25 King Road, Middletown, died Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at home.Born in Newport, RI on July 6, 1941 he was the son of Amy E. Perry of Newport and the late Joseph R. Manville, Sr. Mr. Manville was a carpenter employed with Blueline Construction Corp before retiring.He was...

Attilio Arthur Deascentis

Attilio Arthur Deascentis

Mar 28, 2007

Newport, RI ? Attilio ?Arthur? DeAscentis, 90, of 129 Carroll Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Evelyn Kimball DeAscentis. Born in Newport, RI on June 21, 1916, he was the son of the late John and Giuditta Caputi DeAscentis.Mr. DeAscentis was a police officer for the Newport...

Rita Hologitas

Rita Hologitas

Mar 27, 2007

Newport, RI - Rita Hologitas, 82, of 28 Thurston Avenue, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in New Bedford, MA on November 14, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Speros and Stella Bakakeas Hologitas.Rita had moved with her family to the Newport area in 1929. She was a Graduate of Rogers...

Manuel Jesse Alvanas

Manuel Jesse Alvanas

Mar 26, 2007

Portsmouth, RI - Manuel Jesse Alvanas, 76, of 110 Jepson Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, March 26, 2007 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Joan Ann Frazier Alvanas. Born in Newport, RI on March 20, 1931, he was the son of Mary Raposa Alvanas of Tiverton, RI, and the late Manuel J. Alvanas.Mr. Alvanas served in...

Axel C. Weiderman

Axel C. Weiderman

Mar 26, 2007

Newport, RI - Axel C. Weiderman, Jr., 73, of 4 Ernest Street, Newport, RI, died Monday, March 26, 2007 at home with his family. He was the husband of the late Elizabeth Ann Walker Weiderman. Born in Gloucester, MA on November 21, 1933, he was the son of the late Axel C. and Gladys Walker Weiderman.Mr. Weiderman was a dockmaster...

Michael F. James

Michael F. James

Mar 24, 2007

Newport, RI - Michael F. James, 55, of 10 Thurston Avenue, Newport, RI, died Saturday, March 24, 2007, at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. He was the husband of Deborah DeRensis James. Born in Newport, RI, on December 28, 1951, he was the son of the late Willard and Dorothy Murphy James.Mr. James was born and raised in Newport, RI,...

Larry David Jones

Larry David Jones

Mar 22, 2007

Middletown, RI - Larry David Jones, 52, of 969 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, died on Thursday, March 22, 2007, at home. He was the husband of Lynda Jones. Born in Henderson, TX on October 29, 1955, he was the son of John Paul and Dorothy Spencer Jones of Texarkana, Texas.Larry moved often as a child through North Texas and...

Arnold Dunbar Chaplin

Arnold Dunbar Chaplin

Mar 22, 2007

Arnold Dunbar Chaplin Portsmouth, RI - Arnold Dunbar Chaplin, 86, of 7 Debra Drive, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Middletown, RI, died Thursday, March 22, 2007 at home. He was the husband of the late Alice Terpening Chaplin. Born in Providence, RI on March 29, 1920, he was the son of the late Arthur Wilfred and Florence Luther Chaplin.Mr. Chaplin served...

Clara Slaiding

Clara Slaiding

Mar 20, 2007

Newport, RI - Clara Terry Slaiding, 86, of Harrison Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of Portsmouth, died Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. Born in California, on April 20, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Clara Sousa Terry. Clara was an inspector for many years for Speidel in Providence. She was a...

Henry J. Olaynack

Henry J. Olaynack

Mar 19, 2007

Middletown, RI - Henry Joseph Olaynack, 85, of 24 Kay Boulevard, Middletown, RI, formerly of 33 Bliss Road, Newport, died Monday, March 19, 2007 at home. He was the husband of Mary Rieker Olaynack. Born in Newport, RI on September 14, 1921, he was the son of the late Joseph W. and Lottie Gorski Olaynack.Mr. Olaynack was a 1941 graduate...

Mildred Friend

Mildred Friend

Mar 19, 2007

Portsmouth, RI ? Mildred Millie Friend, 86, of Portsmouth, RI, died March 19 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Taylors, SC. Mrs. Friend was visiting for the winter when cancer was discovered and died at home, lovingly tended by Jerilyn and Kirk Alford, who were soon joined by Mrs. Friend?s son Bob. Born in Portsmouth, RI on...