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Christopher G. Morris
Apr 7, 2005
Portsmouth, RI - Christopher G. Morris, 51, of a lifelong resident of Portsmouth, died Monday, March 7, 2005 at home. Born in Newport, RI, on June 25, 1953 he was the son of the late Theresa Morris. Christopher attended Portsmouth High School and was a veteran certified welder with over 20 years experience. For many years he worked at Electric...
Florence Gertrude Wilderman
Apr 7, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Florence G. Wilderman, 96, of 30A Freeborn Street, Newport, RI, died Thursday, April 7, 2005 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI after a short illness.Born in Boston, MA on July 4, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Simon Frederick Gouthro and Gertrude Anderson Kronman. She was the widow of Charles A. Wilderman, who...
Donald L. Crow
Apr 5, 2005
MIDDLETOWN, RI - Donald L. Crow 77, of 83 Jo-Ann Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, April 5, 2005at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Darlene Gillespie Crow. Born in Bayard, Nebraska on January 20, 1928, he was the son of the late Oner and Lottie Williamson Crow. Donald Crow served in the United States...
Matthew Vincent Hyman
Apr 3, 2005
Newport, RI - Matthew Vincent Hyman, infant son of Christopher Toppa and Elizabeth Hyman, 239 B Eustis Avenue Newport, died Sunday, April 3, 2005 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Besides his parents he is survived by his sisters Gwen Toppa and Marissa Toppa both of Newport, RI. Funeral services were private.
Pope John Paul Ii
Apr 2, 2005
Karol Jzef Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and...
Arnold J. Wayne
Apr 1, 2005
Newport, RI ? Arnold J. Wayne, 78, of 47 Warner Street Newport, died Friday, April 1, 2005 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.He was the husband of Carrie B. Williams Wayne. Born in Brooklyn, NY on December 15, 1926, he was the son of the late Chester Agnes Middleton Wayne and the stepson of the late Estella Wayne....
Benjamin E. Hall Jr
Apr 1, 2005
Portsmouth, - Benjamin E. Hall Jr., 76, of 191 West Shore Road, Portsmouth, died Friday, April 1, 2005, at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.He was the husband of Claudette Gagon Hall, and the late Sue Brown Hall. Born in Fall River, MA, on January 14, 1929, he was the son of the late Benjamin Hall and Etta Korzeneski Hall.Mr. Hall...
John H. Robertson Jr
Mar 30, 2005
Newport, RI - John H. Robertson, Jr., 80, of 30 Caswell Avenue Newport, died Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Delvida Silvia Robertson. Born in Cascade, Virginia on March 18, 1925, he was the son of the late John H. and Nannie Southern Robertson. John was a 20 year Veteran of...
John Harry Koulouvardis
Mar 29, 2005
NEWPORT, RI - John Harry Koulouvardis, 77, of 52 Charles Street, Newport, RI, formerly of 31-77 35st Astoria, New York, died Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at John Clarke Nursing Home Middletown, Rhode Island. Born in Newport, RI on August 17, 1927, he was the son of the late Harry C. and Helen Michalopoulos Koulouvardis. John was a 1945 graduate of...
Charles Joseph Schaefer Jr
Mar 29, 2005
Middletown, RI - Charles Joseph Schaefer Jr., 87, of 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Helen Brown Schaefer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 12, 1917, he was the son of the lateCharles J. and Ida Sontag Schaefer. Mr. Schaefer...
Mary Monteiro Woodward
Mar 28, 2005
Newport, RI - Mary Woodward, 85, of 30 Freeborn Street Newport, RI, died Monday, March 28, 2005 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on September 9, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Maximo and Geralda Neves Monteiro. Mrs. Woodward was a 1939 graduate of Rogers High School. She worked at the former...
David Francis Medeiros
Mar 28, 2005
Fort Walton Beach, FL - David Francis Medeiros, 36, of 1633 Florence Avenue Fort Walton Beach, FL, formerly of 61 Brown Terrace, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, March 28, 2005 at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center Fort Walton Beach, FL. Born in Newport, Rhode Island on June 27, 1968, he was the son of Anthony Francis Medeiros and Ann Marie Fredette...
John J. Bento
Mar 27, 2005
Portsmouth, RI - John J. Bento, 85, of 511 Boyds Lane Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, March 27, 2005 at St. Annes Hospital Fall River, MA.He was the husband of Raylene L. Barton Bento of Portsmouth, RI. Born in Fall River, Massachusetts on July 4, 1919, he was the son of the late Joseph and Agnes Horan Bento. John was a...
Dana Glenn Foss
Mar 26, 2005
Newport, RI - Dana Glenn Foss, 48, of Third Street Newport, died Saturday, March 26, 2005 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on February 8, 1957, he was the son of Gerald and Betty Jean Westgate Foss of Middletown, RI Dana had worked in the manufacturing industry in the New Jersey area. Besides his parents Dana leaves...
Robert Lee Sparks
Mar 25, 2005
Portsmouth, RI - Robert Lee Sparks, 61, of 97 Turnpike Avenue Portsmouth, died Friday, March 25, 2005 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.Born in Matoaka, West Virginia on October 16, 1943, he was the son of the late Charles R. and Beulah Grace Dickens Sparks. Robert owned and operated G R Painting on Aquidneck Island for over 25...
Marielle Desilvia
Mar 25, 2005
Portsmouth, RI ? Marielle Field DeSilvia, 61, of 90 Founders Ave Portsmouth, formerly of Rose Street Oakwood Terrace, died Friday, March 25, 2005 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of Joseph DeSilvia of Porstmouth, RI. Born in Pensacola, Florida on November 12, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Russell and Grace Brown Field. In her youth Mel...
Elizabeth Frances Quigley
Mar 22, 2005
Newport, - Elizabeth Frances Quigley, 92, of 7 Everett Street, Newport, died Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at home. Born in Newport, RI on June 27, 1912, and was the daughter of the late William and Ruth Pearl Riggs Quigley. Miss Quigley graduated from the URI School of Pharmacy. During WWII she worked at the Newport Torpedo Station. After WWII she...
Dorothy Roddy
Mar 20, 2005
Middletown, - Dorothy Wiedman Roddy, 100, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, RI formerly of Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Halifax, Vermont, died Sunday, March 20, 2005 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.. She was the wife of the late Mr. T. Duane Roddy. Born in Newark, New Jersey on December 1, 1904, she was the daughter...
Dorothy Jean Burkhardt
Mar 19, 2005
Dorothy Jean Brown Burkhardt Newport, - Dorothy Jean Brown Burkhardt, 75, of Gibson Park Place, Newport, formerly of Pennacook Street, Newport, died Saturday, March 19, 2005 at home surrounded by her family.She was the wife of the late Arthur F. Burkhardt Jr. Born in Newport, RI, on July 7, 1929, she was the daughter of the late George and Violet...
Marion Galvin Beckers
Mar 18, 2005
Middletown, - Marion Galvin Beckers, 92, of Blenheim Newport, 303 Valley Road, Middletown, RI, formerly of Spartanburg, South Carolina, died Friday, March 18, 2005 at the Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Charles V. Beckers. Born in Baltimore, MD, on February 25, 1913, she was the daughter of the late George...
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