Obituaries

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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Michael J. Kelly

Michael J. Kelly

Apr 14, 2006

Middletown, RI - Michael J. Kelly, 92, of 50 Trout Drive, Middletown, RI, formerly of 51 Annandale Road, Newport, RI, died Friday, April 14, 2006 at home. He was the husband of Kathleen Tiernan Kelly. Born in Newport, RI, on September 19, 1913, he was the son of the late Mortimer and Ellen Donnelly Kelly.Mr. Kelly was a graduate of...

Clara Perry Vars

Clara Perry Vars

Apr 14, 2006

Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Clara Perry Vars Middletown, RI - Clara Perry Vars, 92, of John Clarke Nursing Home, Middletown, RI, formerly of 50 Third Street, Newport, RI, died Friday, April 14, 2006, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Harold Saunders Vars. Born in Newport, RI, on March 19, 1914, she was the...

Ruth E. Macomber

Ruth E. Macomber

Apr 13, 2006

Portsmouth, RI - Ruth E. Pelissier Macomber, 91, of Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of 35 Water Street, Portsmouth, died Thursday, April 13, 2006, at the Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late William P. Macomber, Jr. Born in Hadley, MA, on April 13, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Charles...

Viola P. Herbert

Viola P. Herbert

Apr 13, 2006

Viola P. Perry Herbert Newport, RI - Viola Perry Herbert, 81, Newport, RI, died Thursday, April 13, 2006 at the Heatherwood Nursing Center, Newport. She was the wife of the late Wendell H. Herbert Born in Portsmouth, RI on Jan. 24, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Souza Perry. She is survived by her daughter...

Julia Lorillard Wampage Pell

Julia Lorillard Wampage Pell

Apr 13, 2006

Julia Lorillard Wampage Pell MIDDLETOWN - Julia Lorillard Wampage Pell of Middletown, Rhode Island, died of lung cancer on April 13, 2006, at Newport Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Washington, D.C. on May 9, 1953. She is survived by her life-partner, Julie Smith, her step-daughter, Elise McCaffrey, her parents, former Senator and Mrs. Claiborne Pell,...

Judith Craig

Judith Craig

Apr 12, 2006

Judith Roland Craig, 60, of 412 Bellevue Avenue, White Lodge, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, April 12, 2006.She was the wife of Glen Craig.Born in Providence, RI, on September 18, 1945, she was the daughter of the late William H. Roland Jr. and Elizabeth King Roland.Judith graduated from Lincoln School in Providence, RI, and attended the American University in Washington, DC.Besides...

Emma Lima

Emma Lima

Apr 12, 2006

Middletown, RI ? Emma Soares Lima, 96, a resident of the Grand Islander Center in Middletown, RI, and formerly Portsmouth, RI, passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2006. She was the wife of the late Antone Lima. Born in Fall River, MA, on March 15, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Amelia DeJesus Soares.Mrs. Lima resided...

Philip B. Gomes Jr

Philip B. Gomes Jr

Apr 11, 2006

Newport, RI - Philip B. Gomes, Jr., 78, of 71 Callendar Avenue, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the former husband of Bernadine Jackson Lacey of Graysonville, MD and Stella Cote Gomes of Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on December 17, 1927, he was the son of the late Philip and...

Diane Elizabeth Maynard

Diane Elizabeth Maynard

Apr 10, 2006

Portsmouth, RI ? Diane E. Fitzler Maynard, 69, of 36 Heritage Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, April 10, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late George Maynard. Born in Fall River, MA on Apr. 2, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Louise Jones Fitzler.Mrs. Maynard worked at Raytheon for 30...

Anne M. Taylor

Anne M. Taylor

Apr 10, 2006

Tiverton, RI ? Anne M. Bailey Taylor, 82, of Sakonnet Bay Manor, Tiverton, RI, formerly of 70 Everett Street, Middletown, RI, died Monday, April 10, 2006 at John Clarke Retirement Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Donald William Taylor. Born in Warwick, RI on August 25, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Walter and...

John Michael Desantis Jr

John Michael Desantis Jr

Apr 10, 2006

Providence, RI - John Michael DeSantis, Jr., 62, of 100 Elena Street, Cranston, RI, formerly of Riverside, RI, died Monday, April 10, 2006 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. Born in Sacremento, CA on August 24, 1943, he was the son of Jeanetta Henderson DeSantis of Portsmouth, RI, and the late John Michael DeSantis.Mr. DeSantis was a warehouse supervisor for...

Jerome Francis Spillane

Jerome Francis Spillane

Apr 7, 2006

Jerome Francis Spillane Newport, RI - Jerome Francis Spillane, 93, of 33 Arnold Avenue, Newport, RI, died Friday, April 7, 2006, peacefully at the Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Elizabeth Ann Brennan Spillane. Born in County Kerry, Irelane, on November 12, 1912, he was the son of the late Thomas Patrick and Bridget...

Gertrude G. Newton

Gertrude G. Newton

Apr 6, 2006

Gertrude G. Long Jenkins Newton Newport, RI - Gertrude G. Long Jenkins Newton, 81, of 14 Hall Avenue, Newport, RI, died Thursday, April 6, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Culpepper, VA on October 6, 1924, she was the daughter of the late William and Annie Turner Long.Mrs. Newton worked at the Naval Torpedo Station from 1941 to...

Robert L. Ouellette

Robert L. Ouellette

Apr 6, 2006

Barrington, RI - Robert L. Ouellette, 43, of 225 New Meadow Road, Barrington, RI, formerly of Admiral Court, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, April 6, 2006 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on May 13, 1962, he was the son of Thomas G. Ouellette of Middletown and the late Jeanne Lefebvre Ouellette.Robert graduated from Middletown High School...

Ivy Brierley

Ivy Brierley

Apr 5, 2006

Tiverton, RI - Ivy Whitworth Brierley, 98, of Sakonett Bay Manor, Tiverton, RI, formerly of Sprague Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, April 5, 2006. She was the wife of the late William Charles Brierley. Born in Fall River, MA on June 2, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Elizabeth Seaman Whitworth.Mrs. Brierley graduated from the Anthony...

Wendy H. Uslan

Wendy H. Uslan

Apr 3, 2006

Newport, RI ? Wendy H. Uslan, 46, of 20 Walnut Street, Newport, RI, died Monday, April 3, 2006 at home. She is survived by her husband Walter Green along with her step son William Dana Green of Arlington, MA, her step daughter Stephanie G. Kaiser of Quincy, MA, her brother Mark Uslan of Huntington, WV and her sister Ruthanne Chinich...

Henry G. Antoni

Henry G. Antoni

Apr 3, 2006

Portsmouth, RI ? Henry ?Hank? George Antoni, 86, of 60 Summit Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, April 3, 2006 at Silver Creek Manor, Bristol, RI. He was the husband of the late Mary E. O?Brien Antoni who died in 1982, and the late Ann A. Gerlach Antoni.Born in Brooklyn, NY on October 14, 1919, he was the son of the...

Elaine Pierce

Elaine Pierce

Apr 3, 2006

Elaine Guisti Pierce Portsmouth, RI - Elaine Pierce, 74, of 218 McCorrie Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, April 3, 2006 at her home in Portsmouth. She was the wife of Fred A. Pierce, USN Ret. They were married for 46 years. Born in Brooklyn, NY on April 27, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Virginia Lucatti...

Catherine Marie Galvin

Catherine Marie Galvin

Apr 2, 2006

Catherine Marie Galvin PORTSMOUTH, RI - Catherine Marie Galvin, 93, of Aquidneck Place, 125 Quaker Lane, Portsmouth, RI, and formerly of Blenhem Retirement Center, Middletown, RI, and of 48 Toppa Boulvard, Newport, RI, died Sunday, April 2, 2006 at Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, RI. She was the wife of the late Thomas Patrick Galvin who died on December 2, 1971. Born...

Edward Nelson Day

Edward Nelson Day

Apr 2, 2006

Middletown, RI - Edward Nelson Day, 89, of 207 Vernon Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, April 2, 2006 in Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Grace R. Villar Day. Born in Brooklyn, NY on Aug. 5, 1916, he was the son of the late William James and Elizabeth Thompson Day.Mr. Day worked at GAF Corp, for 37...

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