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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Marguerite Rose Fitzgerald

Marguerite Rose Fitzgerald

Jun 5, 2006

Newport, RI - Marguerite Rose Lupien Fitzgerald, 89, of Heatherwood Nursing Home, Newport, RI, formerly of West House, Midletown, RI, died Monday, June 5, 2006 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late James Francis Fitzgerald. Born in Malden, MA on March 7, 1917, she was the daughter of the late William and...

Richard Gordon Martin

Richard Gordon Martin

Jun 5, 2006

Middletown, RI - Richard Gordon Martin, 66, of 545 Forest Park, Middletown, RI, died Monday, June 5, 2006 at home. Born in Newport, RI, on August 1, 1939, he was the son of the late John Joseph and Gladys ONeill Martin.Mr. Martin served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. He was a security guard at Raytheon...

Monique Louise Keselica

Monique Louise Keselica

Jun 3, 2006

Newport, RI - Monique Louise Loichot Keselica, 74, of 18 Madeline Drive, Newport, RI, died Saturday, June 3, 2006, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Michael Nicholas Keselica LCDR USN, Ret. Born in Paris, France, on March 4, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Georges and Bertha Deshayes Loichot.Mr. and Mrs. Keselica began...

Frances Minifie

Frances Minifie

May 31, 2006

Frances T.J. Minifie, a longtime resident of Newport, Rhode Island, died there on May 31, 2006, six weeks shy of her 90th birthday, from heart complications following a hip fracture. Franny, as she was known to family and a wide circle of friends, was steeped in the life of the Episcopal Church. The daughter of an Episcopal minister, both she...

Ellen Rita Gibbons

Ellen Rita Gibbons

May 28, 2006

Portsmouth, RI ? Ellen ?Ella? R. Gibbons, 92, of 125 Quaker Hill Lane, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Perry Street, Newport, died Sunday, May 28, 2006 at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Fall River, MA on February 16, 1914, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna Donovan Gibbons.Ms. Gibbons worked as a clerk typist...

Earle Channing Seaforth

Earle Channing Seaforth

May 27, 2006

Tiverton, RI - Earle Channing Seaforth, 90, of 26 Kaufman Street, Tiverton, RI, died Saturday, May 27, 2006, at Newport Hospital. Born in Newport, RI, on December 28, 1915, he was the son of the late George and Miriam Richards Seaforth Buchanan. He was the former husband of the late Erminna ?Minnie? Barboza Seaforth whom he married in June of...

Ricardo Fernandez Romero

Ricardo Fernandez Romero

May 27, 2006

Middletown, RI - Ricardo Fernandez Romero, 71, of 22 Algonquin Drive, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Elisa ?Elsie? Pascua Romero, who passed away on January 31, 2006. Born in Alaminos, Pangasinan, Philippines, on September 20, 1934, he was the son of the late Leon and Miguela...

Donald L. Nichols

Donald L. Nichols

May 26, 2006

Portsmouth, RI - Donald L. Nichols, 80, of 48 Arrowhead Lane, Portsmouth, RI, died Friday, May 26, 2006 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Thalia Peterson Nichols. Born in Lewiston, ME on Dec. 8, 1925, he was the son of the late Mancell and Helen Kenney Nichols. Besides his wife he leaves five...

Alice Lorraine Perry

Alice Lorraine Perry

May 26, 2006

Middletown, RI- Alice L. Armstrong Perry of 584 Jepson Lane, Middletown, RI, died peacefully on May 26, 2006, surrounded by her family at her niece?s home in West Roxbury, MA, following a prolonged illness. Born on August 27, 1941, in Newport, she was the daughter of the late Sumner B. and Frances M. Oakham Armstrong. Alice was a life-long resident...

Robert Dalphin Soares

Robert Dalphin Soares

May 26, 2006

PORTSMOUTH, RI ? Robert ?Bob? D. Soares, 77, of Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, January 10, 2006, at home. He was the husband of Julia June Soares. Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, on January 7, 1929, he was the son of the late Frank and Maria Dalphin Soares.Mr.Soares was a 1947 graduate of BMC Durfee High School. He dutifully served the...

Sandra Lucille Bucchanio

Sandra Lucille Bucchanio

May 21, 2006

Sandra Lucille Revell Bucchanio Portsmouth, RI - Sandra Lucille Revell Bucchanio, 63, of 86 President Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Franklin, MA, died Saturday, May 20, 2006, at the Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. She was the wife of Joseph F. Bucchanio. Born in Milford, MA, on February 3, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Edward L. and...

Melinda Delayer Dubreuil

Melinda Delayer Dubreuil

May 19, 2006

Melinda Delayer Long DuBreuil Tiverton, RI - Melinda Delayer Long DuBreuil, 38, of 775 Crandall Road, Tiverton, RI, formerly of 64 Willow Lane, Portsmouth, RI, and Rehobeth, MA, died Friday, May 19, 2006, at Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA. She was the wife of Robert L. DuBreuil. Born in Iowa City, Iowa, on April 25, 1968, she was the...

Florence Sarah Richardson

Florence Sarah Richardson

May 17, 2006

Florence Sarah Perry Richardson, 77, of 75 West Narragansett Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, May 17, 2006, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Gordon Jack Richardson. Born in Newport, RI, on November 26, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Alphonso and Carrie Mellieu Perry.Mrs. Richardson had worked for the State of...

Everett W. Smith Jr

Everett W. Smith Jr

May 17, 2006

Middletown, RI - Everett W Smith, Jr., died May 17, 2006, at Newport Hospital after a long battle with emphysema. Born in Newport, RI, on October 1931, he was the son of the late Everett W. and Jennie Kaull Smith.Everett was a Mechanical Engineering Technician for the U.S. Naval Underwater Systems Center, retiring in January 1995 after 30 years of...

Claire Anne Lipinski

Claire Anne Lipinski

May 17, 2006

Claire Anne Lipinski, 76, of 153 Locust Avenue, Portsmouth, Rhode Island died at home on Monday, May 17, 2006. She was the wife of the late Joseph C. Lipinski, who predeceased her on October 14, 2004. Longtime Portsmouth residents, they had been married for 41 years at the time of Mr. Lipinski?s death.Born in Brooklyn, New York on July 26,...

Herbert H. Weida

Herbert H. Weida

May 16, 2006

Herbert H. Weida Port. St. Lucie, FL - Herbert H. Weida, 78, of 156 West Caribbean, Port. St. Lucie, FL, formerly of Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at the Hospice House Woodside, Pinellas Park, FL. He was the husband of Anne E. Snopley Weida. Born in Newark, NJ, on October 7, 1927, he was the son of the...

Mary R. Bucolo

Mary R. Bucolo

May 16, 2006

Mary R. Bucolo Portsmouth, RI - Mary R. Bucolo, 81, of 147 Lawrence Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Mariano J. Bucolo. Born in Needham, MA on May 24, 1924, she was the daughter of the late James and Mary McGuiness Ruane.Mary was a graduate of...

Francis M. Reynolds

Francis M. Reynolds

May 16, 2006

Portsmouth, RI - Francis ?Franny? Martin Reynolds, 54, of 55 Riverside Street, Portsmouth, RI, died suddenly on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA. He was the loving husband of Kathleen Grant Reynolds for the last 22 years.Born in Newport, RI, on April 9, 1952, he was the son of Annette LaRiviere Reynolds of Newport and...

Theresa R. Stroud

Theresa R. Stroud

May 16, 2006

Theresa R. Stroud, 88, of 50 Livingston Place, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at the Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA. She was the wife of the late Darrell Mottu Stroud. Born in Newport, RI, on June 3, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Marco Giovanni and Domenica Christina Risso Risso.Mrs. Stroud worked at the Eastern Rhode...

Donald Lawerence Stevens

Donald Lawerence Stevens

May 15, 2006

Donald ?Spot? Lawerence Stevens Newport, RI - Donald ?Spot? Lawerence Stevens, 53, of 90 Girard Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, May 15, 2006, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the former husband of Robin Stevens. Born in Clinton, MA, on November 30, 1952, he was the son of the late Charles Henry and Margaret...