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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Mary A. Nunes

Mary A. Nunes

Aug 1, 2005

MIDDLETOWN, RI, - Mary A. Lacerda Nunes, of 25 Wayside Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Monday, August 1, 2005, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the former wife of Gabriel S. Nunes of Westport, MA. Born in Newport, RI on January 27, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Bettencourt Lacerda. Mrs. Nunes had worked as...

Christine Tuttle

Christine Tuttle

Jul 30, 2005

Salcha, Alaska ? Christine Baird Tuttle, 44, of 7005 Coldfoot Court, Salcha, Alaska, formerly of Auburn, MA, died Saturday, July 30, 2005, in Alaska.She was the wife of Fred Tuttle. Born in Laconia, NH, on June 21, 1961, she was the daughter of Walter Baird of Willows, CA, and the late Sandra Almy Almeida.Christine had worked as a truck driver...

Jennifer Lynn Browning

Jennifer Lynn Browning

Jul 30, 2005

Jennifer Lynn Browning FALL RIVER, MA - Jennifer Lynn Browning, 31, of Fall River, MA, formerly of Newport, RI, died Saturday, July 30, 2005, in Fall River, MA. Born in Newport, RI on November 16, 1973, she was the daughter of Joan Dina Browning of Newport, RI and step daughter of John Browning of Ledyard, CT. Raised in Newport, she...

Elizabeth Ann Reed

Elizabeth Ann Reed

Jul 30, 2005

PORTSMOUTH, RI Elizabeth Sis A. DeSantis Reed, 71, of 11 Donna Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, July 30, 2005, at home. She was the wife of John D. Reed. Born in Newport, RI on November 19, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Ruth Delavergne DeSantis. Sis was a 1951 graduate of Rogers High School and worked...

Geraldine V. Leis

Geraldine V. Leis

Jul 29, 2005

TIVERTON, RI - Geraldine V. Camara Leis, 66, of 2 Margaret Street, Tiverton, RI, died Friday, July 29, 2005, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Capt. Alfred C. Leis, USN, Ret. Born in Portsmouth, RI at the Brown House on January 14, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Mary Martin Camara. Geraldine...

Robert W. Mcbrier

Robert W. Mcbrier

Jul 28, 2005

PORTSMOUTH, RI - Robert W. McBrier, 60, of 15 Hammel Court, Portsmouth, RI, died peacefully at home with his family on Thursday, July 28, 2005. He was the husband of Marlene Thome McBrier. Born in Newport, RI on February 3, 1945, he was the son of Rheta McCann McBrier of Portsmouth, RI and the late Col. Robert W. McBrier. Bob...

Frank Kazin

Frank Kazin

Jul 26, 2005

PORTSMOUTH, RI - Frank Kazin, 88, of 97 Clearview Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, he died peacefully on Tuesday, July 26, 2005, after a long illness at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Genevieve Laczka Kazin. Born in Providence, RI on September 11, 1916, he was the son of the late Peter and Blanche Stankiewicz Kazin....

Myrtle Louise Leary

Myrtle Louise Leary

Jul 24, 2005

PORTSMOUTH, Rhode Island---Myrtle Louise Ashworth Leary, 75 of 122 Cottage Avenue, Portsmouth died Sunday, July 24, 2005 at Newport Hospital. Born in Fall River, Massachusetts on March 13, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Dorothy Wright Ashworth. She worked at the Portsmouth Public Library for 20 years as the assistant librarian in the children?s room.She is...

Nancy L. Miller

Nancy L. Miller

Jul 24, 2005

MIDDLETOWN, RI - Nancy L. Burns Miller, 54, of 10 Reardon Drive, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, July 24, 2005, at Brigham Women?s Hospital, Boston, MA. She was the wife of Roger Glen Miller. Born in North Kingstown, RI, on December 26, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Robert E. and Lucille Simmons Burns Jr. Nancy grew up a...

Elizabeth Frances Crosby

Elizabeth Frances Crosby

Jul 23, 2005

Elizabeth Frances ?Betty? CrosbyNEWPORT, RI - Elizabeth Frances ?Betty? Crosby, 86, of 8 Sagamore Street, Newport, RI, died Saturday, July 23, 2005, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in New York, NY, on July 22, 1919, she was the daughter of the late James and Frances Dervin Crosby. Ms. Crosby had worked as an administrative officer, Department of the...

Dorice E. Stone

Dorice E. Stone

Jul 22, 2005

Dorice E. Weiner Stone Portsmouth, RI - Dorice E. Weiner Stone, 87, of 233 Jepson Lane, Portsmouth, died Friday, July 22, 2005, at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Andrew Low Stone. Born in Fall River, MA, on July 13, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Rose Talbot Weiner. Mrs....

Ronald A. Sears

Ronald A. Sears

Jul 22, 2005

Ronald A. Sears, 60, of 33 Carey Street, Newport, RI, died on Friday, July 22, 2005, at Heatherwood Health Care Center, Newport. He was the husband of Rhonda Jean Blue Sears. Born in Newport, RI on August 13, 1944, he was the son of the late Manuel and Dorothy DeSimone Sears. Ronald was in the United States Air Force for...

Claire I. Burke

Claire I. Burke

Jul 22, 2005

MIDDLETOWN, RI - Claire I. Burke, 82, of 417 Forest Ave, Middletown, RI formerly of Merton Road, Newport, died Friday, July 22, 2005 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late James Burke, Jr. Born in Newport, RI on April 4, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Raymond J. and Christina...

Ava Christine Michael

Ava Christine Michael

Jul 21, 2005

NEWPORT, RI - Ava Christine Michael, infant daughter of Theodore J. and Aileen Ramirez Michael, died at birth on Thursday, July 21, 2005, in Women Infants Hospital, Providence, RI. Besides her parents, she is survived by her twin sister Kate Rebecca Michael of Newport, RI, her grandmothers Ronnie L. Bozas Michael of Newport, RI, and Renato and Adela Lazaro Ramirez...

Anne Macbeth Cooper

Anne Macbeth Cooper

Jul 21, 2005

Anne MacBeth Cooper, of Middletown, RI, died on Thursday, July 21, 2005. Anne was born in Newport on March 23, 1930 and was the daughter of Anna and John MacBeth. She was a graduate of Rogers High School in 1948, the Peter Bent Brigham School of Nursing in 1951 and received her BA at STCC in 1983. She is survived...

Antonio Figueiredo

Antonio Figueiredo

Jul 19, 2005

MIDDLETOWN, RI ? Antonio ?Tony? Figueiredo, 78, of 13 Massachusetts Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on October 30, 1926, he was the son of the late Antonio and Mary Silvia Figueiredo. Tony was a plumber for Tilley Plumbing and for the Newport School Department. He...

Francis Joseph Mchugh

Francis Joseph Mchugh

Jul 19, 2005

BOSTON, MA - Francis Joseph McHugh, 97, of Wingate at Needham Rehab, Needham, MA, died Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at St. Elizabeths Medical Center, Boston, MA. He was the husband of the late Mary Pickering McHugh for over 59 years, until her death on December 9, 2000 and his first wife Elaine Armstrong McHugh who he lost in the hurricane...

Mildred M. Brosnahan

Mildred M. Brosnahan

Jul 18, 2005

NEWPORT, RI - Mildred M. Carter Brosnahan, 83, of 190 Girard Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of Shangri-La Lane, Middletown, RI, died unexpectedly, Monday, July 18, 2005, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in South Boston, MA on April 24, 1922, she was the daughter of the late George and Catherine Uftring Carter. Mrs. Brosnahan worked as a secretary for Herbert...

Modena E. King

Modena E. King

Jul 15, 2005

PORTSMOUTH, RI - Modena E. Wentworth King, 88, of 7 North Drive, Portsmouth, RI died Friday, July 15, 2005at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Matthew Dunbar King. Born in South Orrington, Maine on December 13, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Arthur B and Sarah Symonds Wentworth.Mrs. King was a member of...

George J. Carpetis

George J. Carpetis

Jul 14, 2005

NEWPORT, RI - George J. Carpetis, 85, of Heatherwood Nursing, Newport, RI, formerly of 2 Equality Park West, Newport, RI, died Thursday, July 14, 2005, at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on May 6, 1920, he was the son of the late James and Mary Annis Carpetis. Mr. Carpetis served in the United States...

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