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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Sister Dorothy Gertrude Pendergast, Fcj

Sister Dorothy Gertrude Pendergast, Fcj

Feb 28, 2006

Portsmouth, RI ? Sr. Dorothy Pendergast, FCJ of St. Philomena Convent, Portsmouth died peacefully on Tuesday. Sister was born in Providence in 1919, the daughter of the late Michael and Gertrude Pendergast. She was pre-deceased by her sister Eileen Peterson and her brother Joseph Pendergast. Sister is mourned by her religious community, her three nieces, two nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, and...

Robert Montgomery Hawthorne, Sr

Robert Montgomery Hawthorne, Sr

Feb 24, 2006

NEWPORT, RI - Robert Montgomery Hawthorne, Sr. of 193 Forest Ave, Forest Farm, Middletown, RI, formerly of 9 Mt. Vernon Street, Newport, died Friday, February 24, 2006 at Newport Hospital. He was 96 years old.He was the husband of the late Elizabeth ?Betty? DeFriend Hawthorne.Born in Gary, IN on October 7, 1909, he was the son of the late Charles...

Rita M. Sevigny

Rita M. Sevigny

Feb 24, 2006

Rita M. Sevigny, 85, recently of 90 Bay Spring Ave in Barrington, RI and formerly of 23 Dyer Street, Warren, RI, died Friday, February 24, 2006 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. She was the wife of the late Paul E. Sevigny.Born in Fall River, MA on July 10, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Charles T. and...

Manuel Francis Ferris, Sr

Manuel Francis Ferris, Sr

Feb 19, 2006

NEWPORT, RI - Manuel F. Ferris, Sr., 87, of 77 Pope Street, Newport, RI, died Sunday, February 19, 2006, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Roselind Theresa Benevides Ferris.Born in Newport, RI, on July 14, 1918, he was the son of the late James and Mary Martin Ferris.Mr. Ferris had worked as a painter for the...

Beverly Ann Bowler

Beverly Ann Bowler

Feb 18, 2006

Beverly Ann Haught Bowler, 59, of 445 Turner Road, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, February 18, 2006, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on November 21, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Jerry and Lucy Greco Haught.Mrs. Bowler was a communicant of St. Lucys Church. She was an avid bowler and enjoyed traveling. After graduating from...

Sidney Jeffery Gordon

Sidney Jeffery Gordon

Feb 17, 2006

NEWPORT, RI - Sidney Jeffery Gordon, Sr., 50, of 23 Park Holm, Newport, RI, died Friday, February 17, 2006, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Brenda Joyce Walmsley Gordon.Born in San Diego, CA on March 1, 1955, he was the son of the late Harry Carter Gordon, Sr. and Mabel Hall Gordon.Mr. Gordon worked in the...

Randall Jon Grev

Randall Jon Grev

Feb 16, 2006

TOTOWA, NJ ? Randall Jon Grev, 38, 169 Minisink Road, Totowa, NJ, died Thursday, February 16, 2006 at the North Jersey Developmental Center for handicapped children. He was the son of Stuart A. Grev and the late Ruth G. Grev of Oakland Farm in Portsmouth. Randall was born February 9, 1968, in Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ and resided at...

Rose Mary Rodrigues

Rose Mary Rodrigues

Feb 16, 2006

MIDDLETOWN, RI - Rose Mary Rodrigues, 88, of 749 Jepson Lane, Middletown, RI, died Thursday, February 16, 2006, at home.She was the wife of the late Thomas J. Rodrigues.Born in Taunton, MA, on April 29, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Antone F. and Frances Rodrigues Rodrigues.Mrs. Rodrigues and her husband owned and operated Toms Service Station beginning...

Jesse Parvo

Jesse Parvo

Feb 15, 2006

NEWPORT, RI?Jesse Parvo, 93, of 6 Freeborn Street, Newport, RI, died on Wednesday, February 15, 2006, at the Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Emily Santos Parvo with whom he celebrated his 70th wedding anniversary in November 2005. Born in Middletown, RI on August 8, 1912, he was the son of the late Jesse and Rose Moitoza Parvo.Jesse grew...

Chester Thomas King

Chester Thomas King

Feb 12, 2006

NEWPORT, RI - Chester Thomas ?Tom? King, 94, of 9 Robinson Street, Newport, RI, died Sunday, February 12, 2006, at home. He was the husband of the late Dorothy Richardson King. Born in Newport, RI, on September 16, 1911, he was the son of the late Chester George and Laura Edwards King. Mr. King had started at the former Naval...

Anne M. Price

Anne M. Price

Feb 11, 2006

PORTSMOUTH, RI - Anne M. Venancio Price, 83, of 7 Bayside Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, February 11, 2006, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI, surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Jerome M. Price. Born in Newport, Rhode Island on October 6, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Violante Venancio.Mrs. Price worked...

Abbie I. Perry

Abbie I. Perry

Feb 11, 2006

MIDDLETOWN, RI ? Abbie I. Perry, 84, of 600 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, February 11, 2006, at John Clarke Nursing Home, Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on March 9, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Ida Irwin Greenman.Mrs. Perry was a nurse?s aid for many years having worked for the Baptist Home, Catherine...

Ann Madden

Ann Madden

Feb 10, 2006

Ann Crosson Madden PORTSMOUTH, RI - Ann Crossen Madden, 79, of 3225 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, February 10, 2006, at the Haven Health Center, in Rocky Hill, CT. She was the former spouse of the late Thomas N. Madden.Born in Fall River, MA, on November 18, 1926, she was the daughter of the late James Francis and...

Mary Theresa Ferreira

Mary Theresa Ferreira

Feb 9, 2006

Mary Therese Ferreira NEWPORT, RI - Mary Therese Ferreira, 89, of 507 Broadway, Newport, RI formerly of Third St, Newport, died Thursday, February 9, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on July 4, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Joseph L. and Mary Vargas Ferreira.Ms. Ferreira worked as an office manager at JJ Newbury...

Miriam Lynne Carson

Miriam Lynne Carson

Feb 8, 2006

M. Lynne Grinnell Carson PORTSMOUTH, RI ? Miriam Lynne Grinnell Carson, 51, of 57 Atlantic Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Barrington, RI, died Wednesday, February 8, 2006, at Newport Hospital, in Newport, RI surrounded by her family and friends. Born in Newport, RI on October 17, 1954, she was the daughter of Kenneth Grinnell Sr. of Portsmouth, RI and the...

Georgianna Gomes

Georgianna Gomes

Feb 8, 2006

Georgianna Mello Gomes NEWPORT, RI ? Georgianna Mello Gomes, 93, of 398 Bellevue Avenue, Heatherwood Nursing Center Newport, RI formerly of Forest Farm Assisted Living Center and 2368 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Benjamin Gomes Sr. Born in Fairhaven, MA,...

Jerome Joseph Callaghan

Jerome Joseph Callaghan

Feb 7, 2006

MIDDLETOWN, RI - Jerome Joseph Callaghan Sr., 73, of 322 Mitchells Lane, Middletown, RI, passed away Tuesday morning with his loving wife, Katy, by his side, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. His children were all with him in his last few days. He was the husband of Katherine Betsch Callaghan. Born in Taunton, MA, on January 25, 1933, he...

Deborah Davis Erwin

Deborah Davis Erwin

Feb 4, 2006

PORTSMOUTH, RI ? Deborah ?Debbie? Davis Erwin, 57, of 141 Ferry Landing Circle, Portsmouth, RI died, Saturday, February 4, 2006, at home, after a 27 year battle with adenoid cystic cancer.For 30 years, she was the wife of Captain Richard Erwin, USN, Ret.Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on November 28, 1948, she was the daughter of the late John and...

Herschel L. Turner

Herschel L. Turner

Feb 4, 2006

MIDDLETOWN, RI - Herschel L. Turner, 73, of Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI, formerly of 23 King Road Middletown, RI, died February 4, 2006, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Joan B. Gill Turner. Born in Danforth, Maine on April 16, 1932, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Anne...

Normand Joseph Boisse

Normand Joseph Boisse

Feb 3, 2006

BRISTOL, RI - Normand Joseph Boisse, 79, of RI Veterans Home, Bristol, RI, formerly of Pawtucket, RI, died Wednesday, February 1, 2006, at RI Veterans Home, Bristol, RI. He was the husband of the late Theresa Kalogeras Boisse. Born in Pawtucket, RI on June 20, 1926, he was the son of the late Damis and Philomine Gagne Boisse. Mr. Boisse...

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