Obituaries

Memorial Funeral Homes Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Gertrude Angela Reise

Gertrude Angela Reise

Apr 27, 2006

Jamestown, RI - Gertrude Angela Raposa Reise, 88, of 25 Seaview Avenue, Jamestown, RI, formerly of 38 West Narragansett Avenue, Newport, RI, died Thursday, April 27, 2006, at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late John A. Reise. Born in Fall River, MA, on May 26, 1917, she was the daughter of the...

Joseph Henry O'Connor

Joseph Henry O'Connor

Apr 26, 2006

Middletown, RI - Joseph Henry OConnor, 80, of 50 Bay View Park, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at Newport Hospital. He was the beloved husband of the late Ruth Marjorie Kirchner OConnor to whom he was married for 54 years. Born in Providence, RI, on July 15, 1925, he was the son of the late Bernard and...

Marguerite M. Spence

Marguerite M. Spence

Apr 23, 2006

Portsmouth, RI - Marguerite M. Gordon Spence, 92, of 55 Silva Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Lee Avenue, Newport, RI, died Sunday, April 23, 2006, peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Newport, RI, on October 4, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Ellen Anderson Gordon. She is survived by her sons...

Norma Smyth

Norma Smyth

Apr 23, 2006

JAMESTOWN, RI ? Norma Whaley Smyth, of 17 Friendship Street, Jamestown, RI, formerly of Narragansett, RI, died Sunday, April 23, 2006 at home with her family. She was the wife of Frederick C.B. Smyth. Born in South Kingstown, RI, she was the daughter of the late H. Clifford and Elizabeth Doherty Whaley. Norma graduated from South Kingstown High School. She...

Frances Barbara Guadagni

Frances Barbara Guadagni

Apr 22, 2006

Frances Barbara Leary Guadagni Middletown, RI - Frances Barbara Leary Guadagni, 79, of 969 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of 135 Gibbs Avenue, Newport, died Saturday, April 22, 2006, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Michael James Guadagni. Born in Newport, RI, on March 10, 1927, she was the daughter of the late David...

Dorothy Rita Toppa

Dorothy Rita Toppa

Apr 21, 2006

Rita Toppa, 87, of Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of 72 Warren Ave, Middletown, died Friday, April 21, 2006 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Nicholas Toppa. Born in Newport, RI, on April 14, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Mae Dillon Devlin.She was also known as Ma Toppa to...

Hazel May Maloney

Hazel May Maloney

Apr 19, 2006

Hazel May Green Maloney Newport, RI - Hazel May Green Maloney, 83, of 31 Sheffield Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, April 19, 2006, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Robert Paul Maloney. Born in Eustis, FL, on January 19, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Grandville Nevin and...

Howard F. Holland

Howard F. Holland

Apr 18, 2006

Newport, RI ? Howard Franklin Hound Dog Holland, 86, of 248 Broadway, Newport, RI, formerly of Tilley Avenue and Pond Avenue, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of the late Louise Gray Holland. Born in Chelsea, MA, on October 6, 1919, he was the son of the late James and Daisey Stockbridge...

Max Unger Iii

Max Unger Iii

Apr 18, 2006

Center Ossipee, NH ? Arthur ?Max? Hugo Unger III, 38, of 13 Barrington Circle, Center Ossipee, NH, formerly of Newport, died Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at Sea aboard the boat Eulah McGrath. He was the beloved husband of Carrie Chase Unger. Born in Newport, RI, on March 21, 1968, he was the son of Roberta Pacheco Settle of Newport, RI...

Otto Kurt Kraft

Otto Kurt Kraft

Apr 15, 2006

Middletown, RI - Otto Kurt Kraft, 56, of 6 Namquid Drive, Middletown, RI, died Saturday, April 15, 2006 at Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I. He was the husband of Faith Hope Souza Kraft. Born in Mt. Clemens, MI on April 22, 1949, he was the son of the late Donald Benoit and Catherine Kunst Kraft.Mr. Kraft served in the United...

Odell Felix Favier

Odell Felix Favier

Apr 15, 2006

Newport, RI - Odell Felix Favier, 88, of Village House, died Saturday, April 15, 2006, at the Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Rose Mazza Favier. Born in Menfro, MO, on July 9, 1917, he was the son of the late Felix J. and Iva Ferrer Favier.Mr. Favier graduated from Rogers High School...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...