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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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Dolores P. Connell
Aug 1, 2006
Newport, RI - Dolores P. Connell, 76, of 6 Record Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, August 1, 2006, at home. She was the wife of Donald S. Connell. Born in Newport, RI, on December 17, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Joseph V. and Natalie Kunz Mello.Mrs. Connell worked for the State of Rhode Island in the Unemployment...
Forrest William Christensen
Aug 1, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Forrest William Christensen, 82, of 39 Quail Road, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of 85 Linda Terrace, died Tuesday, August 1, 2006 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center, Providence, RI. He was the husband of the late Anne Catherine McDonald Christensen. Born in Newport, RI, on February 21, 1924, he was the son of the late Eric Marius born 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...
Alfred Megliola
Jul 29, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Alfred Megliola, 76, of Little River, SC, died peacefully on Saturday, July 29, 2006, at the home of his daughter Elaine. Born in Springfield, MA, on November 19, 1929, he was the son of the late Antonio and Concetta Maglione Megliola.Mr. Megliola had worked as a tool designer for Professional Design in Agawam, MA, then as a...
Nancy Ann Steele
Jul 29, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Nancy Ann Peabody Steele, 70, of Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, July 29, 2006 at home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Joseph Raymond Steele.Born in Newport, RI on August 13, 1935, she was the daughter of the late John Forster and Mary G. Peabody. Mrs. Steele grew up in Middletown and was a 1953...
Robert L. Jackson
Jul 29, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Robert L. Jackson, 79, of 60 Lepes Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, July 29, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Dottie Robertson Jackson. They were married for 57 years.Born in Mobile, Alabama on October 4, 1926, he was the son of the late Samuel and Alberta Stewart Jackson.Mr. Jackson was a retired US...
James A. Harvey
Jul 26, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - James A. Harvey, of 43D Glen Meade Drive, Portsmouth , RI, died on Wednesday, July 26, 2006, at home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Irene Lightfine Harvey. Born in Bluff City, AK, on August 24, 1916, he was the son of the late James Isaac and Lucy Lee Barlow Harvey. Mr. Harvey served...
Muriel Trent
Jul 25, 2006
Newport, RI - Muriel E. Mordaunt Trent, 97, formerly of Springfield, MA, died Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Harry C. Trent. Born in Dorchester, MA, on December 2, 1908, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Veronica Murphy Mordaunt.Mrs. Trent was a 1928...
Dean Harding Spaulding
Jul 24, 2006
Newport, RI - Dean Harding Spaulding, 82, of Heatherwood Health Care Center, Newport, RI, formerly of 245 Broadway Apt#2, died Monday, July 24, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Christina Woodard Spaulding. Born in Newport, VT, on February 21, 1924, he was the son of the late Benjamin S. and Alda Larabee Spaulding.Mr....
Earl Jameson
Jul 22, 2006
Portsmouth, RI - Earl Huntington ?Jimmy? Jameson, 91, of Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of 87 Washington Street, Newport and King Road, Middletown, died Saturday, July 22, 2006 at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Mary Shaffell Jameson. Born in Henniker, NH, on April 28, 1915, he was the son of the...
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