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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Edward Joseph Williams

Edward Joseph Williams

Feb 2, 2006

NEWPORT, RI - Edward Joseph Williams, 84, of 2 Bedlow Avenue, Newport, RI, died Thursday, February 2, 2006, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Mary E. Laranjo Williams. Born in Newport, RI, on April 16, 1921, he was the son of the late Harry E. and Johanna Shea Williams. Mr. Williams was a parishoioner of Jesus...

Anthony Frank Zdanuk Sr

Anthony Frank Zdanuk Sr

Jan 31, 2006

PORTSMOUTH, RI ? MMCM, Anthony Frank Zdanuk, Sr., USN, Ret. 85, of 70 Robin Road, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Seymour, CT, died Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at Rhode Island Hospital, in Providence, RI. He was the husband of Shirley L. Cotnoir Zdanuk.Born in Ansonia, CT, on October 31, 1920, he was the son of the late Alexander and Michaelina Minka...

Elisa Romero

Elisa Romero

Jan 31, 2006

MIDDLETOWN, RI ? Elisa ?Elsie? Pascua Romero, 66, of 22 Algonquin Drive, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, January 31, 2006, after a short illness, with her family by her side. She was the wife of Ricardo F. Romero. Born in LaAminos, Pangasinan, Philippines, on July 6, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Feliciano and Angela Fontanilla Pascua. While a...

Esther E. Rohr

Esther E. Rohr

Jan 30, 2006

NEWPORT, RI - Esther E. West Rohr, 92, of Newport, RI, died Monday, January 30, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late David W. Rohr. Born in Newport, RI on November 1, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Alfred M. and Lydia Titus West. She is survived by her daughters Janice L....

Elizabeth Frances Hoffnagle

Elizabeth Frances Hoffnagle

Jan 29, 2006

NEWPORT, RI - Elizabeth Frances Hoffnagle, 56, of 89 Park Holm, Newport, died Sunday, January 29, 2006 at home in Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Joseph John Hoffnagle Sr. Born in Newport, Rhode Island on September 25, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Leslie N. and Lois Boone Ragsdale of Newport, Rhode Island.She was...

Paul Stephen Englefield

Paul Stephen Englefield

Jan 28, 2006

MIDDLETOWN, RI - Paul Stephen Englefield, 24, of 26 Harbor Village Drive, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, January 28, 2006, at home.Born in Alexandria, VA, on December 26, 1981, he was the son of David and Patricia McIntosh Englefield of Middletown.Paul grew up in Woodbridge, VA. He had attended the Vaughan Elementary School from 1985-1991 and then the Godwin Middle School...

Virginia Gladding Bottomley

Virginia Gladding Bottomley

Jan 27, 2006

Virginia Gladding Kaull Bottomley NEWPORT, RI - Virginia Gladding Kaull Bottomley, 84, of 18 Mt. Vernon Street, Newport, RI, died Friday, January 27, 2006, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late George Samuel Bottomley Sr. A life long resident of Newport, and raised in the Point Section, she was born in New Bedford,...

Lorraine Alice Germano Mccabe

Lorraine Alice Germano Mccabe

Jan 24, 2006

NEWPORT, RI - Lorraine Alice Germano McCabe, 77, of 4D Rolling Green, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, January 24, 2006, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Warren C. McCabe Sr. Born in Boston, MA on October 23, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Joseph James and Irene LaCourse Germano. Mrs. McCabe was a...

Mary Bridget Kinsella

Mary Bridget Kinsella

Jan 24, 2006

NEWPORT, RI - Mary B. Kinsella, 71, formerly of 31C Deblois Street and 128 Second Street, Newport, passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2006, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on April 22, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Edward J. and Mary Kelly Kinsella. Mary B attended St. Joseph?s School...

Patricia Ann Quinn

Patricia Ann Quinn

Jan 22, 2006

NEWPORT, RI - Patricia Ann DeMatteis Quinn of 22 Homer Street in Newport, R.I., passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2006, surrounded by her loving family. Loving wife of Martin Quinn of Newport, R.I., and beloved mother of sons Martin Quinn of Portsmouth, R.I., and Joseph Quinn of Fort Collins, CO, and daughter Sara Quinn of Newport, R.I., loving sister...

Alfred Ainsworth

Alfred Ainsworth

Jan 20, 2006

Alfred Ainsworth, 92, of 329 Windstone Drive Portsmouth, formerly of 4 Canonicus Avenue, Newport, died Friday, January 20, 2006, at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He was the husband of Barbara Grindrod Ainsworth. Born in New Bedford, MA on November 19, 1913, he was the son of the late Alfred Ainsworth Sr. and the late Mary Crone Ainsworth. Mr. Ainsworth worked...

Mary Theresa Bettencourt

Mary Theresa Bettencourt

Jan 18, 2006

MIDDLETOWN, RI - Mary T. Silva Bettencourt, 54, of 136 Fenner Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, January 18, 2006, at home surrounded by her family. She was the wife of Joseph Bettencourt.Born in Cedres Faial, Acores, on December 14, 1951, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Maria Clara Silva.Mrs. Bettencourt moved from the Acores in 1967 and...

Shirley Jane Ayotte

Shirley Jane Ayotte

Jan 18, 2006

NEWPORT, RI - Shirley J. Roberts Ayotte, 75, of 51 Holland Street, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, January 18, 2006, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Leopold N. Ayotte. Born in Cecil Washington City, PA on December 27, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Alberta Orr Roberts. Mrs. Ayotte moved to Newport from...

Donald Harold Tinney

Donald Harold Tinney

Jan 17, 2006

Donald Harold Tinney, born in Charlemont, MA on May 18, 1934, only son of the late Harold Benjamin Tinney and Ruth Emily Betzer Tinney, died on January 17, 2006 in Newport not far from his home, Belcourt Castle on Bellevue Avenue and Ledge Road.He is survived by his wife Harle Hanson Tinney and numerous cousins. Donald descended from the Erwin...

Dolores M. Silveira

Dolores M. Silveira

Jan 16, 2006

MIDDLEOWN, RI - Dolores M. Breau Silveira, 92, of 1064 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Monday, January 16, 2006, at home.She was the wife of the late Manuel Deniz Silveira II.Born in New Bedford, MA, on May 30, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Octave and Virginie Bourque Breau.Along with her husband, they owned and operated the...

Albert Bonnetat Biastre

Albert Bonnetat Biastre

Jan 16, 2006

NEWPORT, RI - Albert Bonnetat Biastre, 92, of 3 Harrison Lane, Newport, RI, died Monday, January 16, 2006, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Sophie Cecelia Shaknites Biastre.Born in Newport, RI, on August 4, 1913, he was the son of the late Jacques and Virginie Bonnetat Biastre.Mr. Biastre had worked as a carpenter for...

Augustus P. Pine

Augustus P. Pine

Jan 16, 2006

MIDDLETOWN, RI - Augustus P. ?Gus? Pine, 83, of 417 Forest Avenue #218, Middletown, RI died Monday, January 16, 2006. He was the husband of the late Bertha Arsenault Pine. Born in Middletown, Rhode Island on May 28, 1922, he was the son of the late Manuel and Mary Pasqual Pine.Mr. Pine served in The United States Army in Europe...

Frederick Russell Smith Sr

Frederick Russell Smith Sr

Jan 15, 2006

Torpedoman?s Mate Chief, USN, Retired, Frederick R. Smith Sr., Eldest son of Albert Smith and Mary Chioda Smith both now deceased, brother of Kenneth Smith and the late Beverly Shays of Worcester, MA, passed away on 15 January 2006 at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI.A loving husband, father, and grandfather, his professional career included 22 years in the U.S. Navy,...

Robert B. Miranda

Robert B. Miranda

Jan 9, 2006

MIDDLETOWN, RI - Robert B. Miranda, 58, of 41 Paquin Place, Middletown, RI, died Monday, January 9, 2006 at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Fall River, Massachusetts on June 7, 1947, he was the son of Lorraine Gomes Miranda Santos of Portsmouth and the late John P. Miranda. Mr. Miranda was a lifelong self-employed lobsterman. He also raised...

Agnes Maria Caiger

Agnes Maria Caiger

Jan 9, 2006

MIDDLETOWN, RI - Agnes Maria Mariman Caiger, 98, of Middletown, died January 9, 2006 at The Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Frederick Willis Caiger for 66 years who predeceased her in 1995. Born in Nicholas, Belgium, on October 17, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Marcel and Augusta Mariman.Mrs....

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