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Lena W. Barratt
Dec 28, 2006
Lena Christine Whitaker Barratt, 91, of Newport, Rhode Island died Thursday, December 28, 2006, at Newport Hospital. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, George A. Barratt, by her children, Paul F. Barratt of Wakefield, RI, Judy Barratt Gross of Boulder, CO, Bruce Barratt and companion Margaret Hunt of Princeton, NJ, by two grandsons, Mica and Avrey Gross,...
Edward R.M. Quigley
Dec 28, 2006
Middletown, RI - Edward R.M. Quigley, 83, of 77 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, December 28, 2006 at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI, where he was cared for the last two months of his life. He was the husband of Anne E. Daly Quigley. Born in Fall River, MA on May 4, 1923, he was the son...
Catherine D. Smith
Dec 28, 2006
Catherine Dorothy Butler Smith, 89, of 64 Riverside Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, December 28, 2006 at the home of her daughter Kathryn.She was the wife of the late Harold P. Smith.Born in Dorchester, MA, on January 15, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Thomas P. and Nora ONeil Butler.Mrs. Smith had worked as an office manager for...
George Joseph Mello
Dec 27, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - George Joseph Mello, 80, of 97 Martens Road, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Beacon Street, Middletown, died Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Frances Bernhardt Mello. Born in Portsmouth, RI on August 3, 1926, he was the son of the late Manuel T. and Eva Perry Mello. Mr. Mello was...
Anna Machado
Dec 27, 2006
Tampa, FL - Anna Machado, 83, of 3709 North 12th Street, Tampa, FL, died Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at Community Hospital, New Port Richey, FL. Born in Fall River, MA, on January 8, 1923, she was the daughter of the late John B. and Annie Ferreira Machado. Anna was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Tampa, FL, and...
Filomena Escobar
Dec 26, 2006
Middletown, RI ? Filomena Mello Escobar, 99, of 424 Third Beach Road, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John R. Escobar. Born in Middletown, RI on October 9, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Jesse V. and Mary Stark Mello. She is...
Sylvia Travers
Dec 25, 2006
Middletown, RI ? Sylvia Paiva Travers, 74, of Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI, formerly of 54 Gould Street, Newport, RI, died Monday, December 25, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late George Travers. Born in New Bedford, MA on November 11, 1932.Mrs. Travers worked as a nurse?s aide for 20 years at...
Elizabeth Rogers
Dec 25, 2006
Newport, RI - Elizabeth ?Betty? Esposito Rogers, 72, of 20 Ward Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, December 25, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Earl Thomas Rogers. Born in Newport, RI on December 3, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Anthony Genaro and Yolanda Luistro Esposito.Mrs. Rogers was a former member...
Christopher Charles Pierce
Dec 24, 2006
Christopher Charles Pierce Portsmouth, RI - Christopher Charles Pierce, 52, of Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, December 24, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Fall River, MA, on April 5, 1954, he was the son of Shirley Leach Pierce of Middletown, and the late Charles F. Pierce.Mr. Pierce had worked as a cab driver for 10 years at Cozy...
Maria Mary Medeiros
Dec 24, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Maria Mary Medeiros, 91, of 33 Freeborn Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, December 24, 2006 at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. She was the wife of Joseph Jesse Medeiros of Portsmouth, RI. Born in Fall River, MA on May 25, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Jose Pedro and Serafina Araujo Medeiros. Mrs. Medeiros...
Margaret 'Peg' Mccabe
Dec 22, 2006
Margaret ?Peg? McCabe nee Clarkin, 82, of 21 Bowery Street, Newport, died at her home Friday, December 22, 2006. Born in New York City on May 30, 1924, she was the daughter of the late James and Nora Rowan Clarkin.She was the beloved mother of Christopher McCabe of Orange, CT, Monica McCabe of Royal Oak, MI, Maura McCabe of Peekskill,...
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...
Madeline Budlong
Dec 21, 2006
NEWPORT, RI ? Madeline ?Maggie? Correira Budlong, of 30B Earl Avenue, Newport, RI, passed away Thursday, December 21, 2006 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Robert ?Bob? Budlong of Newport. They were to celebrate their twenty fifth wedding anniversary this coming February. Born in Little Compton, RI, on April 12, 1939, she was...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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