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John Joseph Pettiglio
Aug 22, 2006
Newport, RI - John Joseph Pettiglio, 47, of 81 Garfield Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at 2:30PM of lung cancer. Born in Haverhill, MA, on July 14, 1959, he was the son of the late John William Pettiglio and Joan Delores Fowler, the brother of Jeffrey William Pettiglio. John attended primary school in New Hampshire and graduated...
Alexandre Campos Da Costa
Aug 22, 2006
Middletown, RI - Alexandre Campos daCosta, 40, of 215 North Fenner Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. He was the husband of Carla D. Panaggio. Born in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, on August 13, 1966, he was the son of Pierre and Merces Campos Costa.Prior to coming to the United States Alex...
Barbara Jane Lauder
Aug 21, 2006
Middletown, RI - Barbara J. Nickerson Lauder, 72, of 13 Wood Road, Middletown, RI, died Monday, August 21, 2006 at home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Bernard Keith Lauder. Born in Boston, MA, on September 16, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Edwin and Margaret Owens Nickerson.Mrs. Lauder worked at the Newport Hospital and...
Jesse R. Bowers
Aug 21, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Jesse R. Bowers, Sr., 88, of Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of 20 Memorial Boulevard, Newport, RI, died Monday, August 21, 2006. He was the husband of the late Mary L. Williams Bowers. Born in Jacksonville, FL on March 11, 1918, he was the son of the late Albren and Mary Louise Apaul Bowers Spence. Mr. Bowers...
Patricia Madette Kusic
Aug 18, 2006
McKeesport, PA - Patricia Madette Blaine Kusic, 88, of 3006 Jenny Lind Street, McKeesport, PA, died Friday, August 18, 2006 at the home of her daughter in Portsmouth, RI. She was the wife of Samuel Joseph Kusic. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, on July 8, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Herbert Blaine and Claire Vollmer Blaine. Besides her...
Dorothy Lillian Parris
Aug 18, 2006
Newport, RI ? Lt Jg Dorothy Lillian Parris, USN, Ret, 90, of Newport, RI, died Friday, August 18, 2006 at home. Born in Newport, RI, on November 12, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Ralph C. and Effie Walker Parris.Dorothy served in the Nurses Corp in the Navy during WWII from 1940 to 1944 and was advanced for...
Beverly A. Freitas
Aug 17, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Beverly A. Freitas, 58, of 160 Cedar Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Fall River, MA, died Thursday, August 17, 2006, at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA after a short illness. Born in Fall River, MA, on July 20, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Alfred and Dorothy Heroux Braga. Bev worked at Clements Market...
Robert B. Gaines Sr
Aug 16, 2006
Newport, RI - Robert B. ?Bob? Gaines, Sr., of Bacheller Street, Newport, passed away in the early morning Wednesday, August 16th. He is survived by his devoted wife of 63 years Hazel B. Greene Gaines, daughter Cheryl Williamson and her husband Kenneth of Woonsocket, RI and sons Robert B. Gaines Jr. of Middletown, RI, Bruce W. and Brett S. Gaines...
Ruth Virginia Kane
Aug 16, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Ruth Virginia Kane, 86, of Belmont Drive, passed away at Newport Hospital after a brief illness on Wednesday, August 16, 2006. She was the wife of the late John Francis Kane. Born in Arlington, Massachusetts she was the daughter of the late Fred Caplin and Gladys Howard Caplin.She was a resident of Portsmouth for 60 years, graduated...
Helen Donaldson Taft
Aug 16, 2006
Newport, RI - Helen Donaldson Short Taft, 89, of ?Beechbound? at 127 Harrison Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of Longmeadow, MA, died Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Richard Taft, whom she met and married in Newport, where they summered for most of their lives. Born in Calgary Alberta, Canada, on...
Stanley Walter Drewniak
Aug 14, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Stanley Walter Drewniak, 69, of 84 Longmeadow Road, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Fall River, MA, died Monday, August 14, 2006, surrounded by his family at his sisters home. He was the former husband of Georgene Drewniak of Fall River, MA. Born in Fall River, MA, on May 24, 1937, he was the son of the late Stanley...
Georgena Stanger
Aug 13, 2006
Jamestown, RI ? Georgena Wetherill Stanger, 91, of 64 Bay View Avenue, Jamestown, RI, died Sunday, August 13, at home, after a short illness. She was the wife of the late John Hallowell Stanger. Born in Philadelphia, PA on July 14, 1915, she was the daughter of Webster King Wetherill and Georgena Vaux Cresson. She was a member of the...
Joseph Ferris
Aug 11, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Joseph Ferris Jr., 90, of 2856 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, August 11, 2006, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Olinda Almeida. Born in Newport, RI, on July 7, 1916, he was the son of the late Joseph and Antonia Medeiros Ferris.Mr. Ferris had worked for Bonanza Bus Lines...
Jean Paul Schneider
Aug 10, 2006
Middletown, RI - Jean Paul Schneider, 75, of 14 Algonquin Drive, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, August 10, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the beloved husband of Beverly Ann O?Brien Schneider. Born in Washington, DC on February 22, 1931, he was the son of the late Frederick Valentine and Anna McGee Schneider.Mr. Schneider was a 1950 graduate of...
Elsie May Power
Aug 9, 2006
Newport, RI - Elsie May Power, 91, of 9 Toppa Boulevard, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, August 9, 2006, at her home in Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John Henry Power. Born in Newport, RI on May 20, 1915, she was the daughter of the late John and Ruth Coldicott Townend.Mrs. Power was a very active member...
Julia Sands Chase
Aug 7, 2006
Middletown, RI ? Mrs. Robert A. Chase, the former Julia Sands Dickson, died Monday, August 7, 2006 at home.She was the daughter of the late Mrs. Julia Parker Sands Dickson of Newport and the late Paul Roland Dickson of Cincinnati, Ohio. She was the sister of the late Charles Roland ?Bunty? Dickson. The granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs....
Dan Edwards Jr
Aug 7, 2006
Newport, RI - Dan Edwards Jr., 68, of 87 Girard Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, August 7, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Naomi Edwards of Ft. Worth, TX. Born in New Orleans, LA, on November 18, 1937, he was the son of the late Dan and Agnes Watkins Edwards.Mr. Edwards served in the United...
Manuel L. Ventura
Aug 7, 2006
Newport, RI - Manuel L. Ventura, 86, of 5 Gardiner Street, Newport, RI, died Monday, August 7, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Maria Aguiar Ventura. Born in San Miguel, in the Azores on February 2, 1920, he was the son of the late Antonio and Maria Belhiete Ventura.Mr. Ventura worked at the Newport Hospital...
Shirley Ann Prendergast
Aug 4, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Shirley A. Carvalho Prendergast, 64, of 530 MiddleRoad, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, August 4, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Fall River, MA, on May 16, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Sarah Motta Carvalho. She was the former wife of Fred Prendergast.Mrs. Prendergast was a bookkeeper for Lauders Construction in...
Barbara T. Mello
Aug 1, 2006
Little Compton, RI - Barbara T. Perry Mello, 65, of 48 Long Highway, Little Compton, RI, died Tuesday, August 1, 2006 at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of Joseph Mello. Born in Newport, RI on October 3, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Manuel S. and Madeline Silveira Perry.Mrs. Mello worked along...
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