Obituaries

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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

James Thomas Perry

James Thomas Perry

Mar 16, 2005

Middletown - James Thomas Perry, 58, of 1 King Road Middletown, died Wednesday, March 16, 2005 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.Born in Newport, RI, on August 27, 1946, he was the son of the late Manuel Pine Perry and Josephine Silvia Perry. Mr. Perry was a Certified Nursing Assistant with Newport Hospital for over 30 years retiring in 2001. He...

Mary Clara Beleardis

Mary Clara Beleardis

Mar 15, 2005

Newport, RI - Mary Clara Beleardis, 94, of Bellevue Ave, Newport, formerly of 1 Heath Street and 19 Chapel Street, Newport, died Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late John Beleardis. Born in St. Miguel, Azores, on August 12, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and...

Florence Mae Potts

Florence Mae Potts

Mar 14, 2005

Middletown - Florence Mae Potts, 85, of 1249 Wapping Road Middletown, died Monday, March 14, 2005 at Briarcliffe Manor Johnston, RI.She was the wife of the late Lyman F Potts.Born in Newport, RI on August 25, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Cresent Headley and Anna Mae Carlisle Headley.Mrs. Potts was a homemaker. Mrs Potts was a...

Nobu Tomi Furukawa

Nobu Tomi Furukawa

Mar 14, 2005

Middletown, RI ? Nobu Tomi Furukawa, 85, of 606 Forest Park Middletown, formerly of North Providence, RI, died Monday, March 14, 2005 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. Born in Kobe, Japan, on March 9, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Zentaro and Yasuko Norimoto Tomi. She is survived by her children Nobuaki Ogawa of Osaka,...

Betty Lee Quinn

Betty Lee Quinn

Mar 14, 2005

Portsmouth, RI - Betty Lee Brooks Quinn, 76, of 48 Jesse Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died on Monday, March 14, 2005, at home.She was the wife of the late Capt. Jack Q. Quinn USN. Born in Marion, MI on April 5, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Arlie and Frances Katherine White Brooks.Betty was a graduate of Cadillac High...

Jose N. Nevares

Jose N. Nevares

Mar 11, 2005

Newport, RI ? Jose ?Chino? N. Nevares, 56, of 41 Park Holm Newport, died Friday, March 11, 2005 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Morovis, Puerto Rico, on April 16, 1948, he was the son of the late Valentino and Carmen Nevares. Mr. Nevares was a cook for various restaurants on the island.His funeral will be held on Saturday,...

Glenn Scot Thomson

Glenn Scot Thomson

Mar 10, 2005

Middletown, RI - Glenn Scot Thomson, 42, of 164 Park Holm, Newport, RI, died Thursday, March 10, 2005 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Bremerton, WA on August 7, 1962, he was the son of Wilma Appleton Thomson of Middletown, RI and the late James M. Thomson. Glenn was a cook at the former Howard Johnsons Restaurant, the Inn...

Nanci B. Moniz

Nanci B. Moniz

Mar 9, 2005

Bristol, RI - Nanci B. Hebert Moniz, 55, of 130 Mt. Hope Avenue, Bristol, died Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay, WI.She was the wife of Richard C. Moniz. Born in Taunton, MA on February 22, 1950, she was the daughter of the late William and Loretta Hitt Hebert. Nanci worked for Joann Fabrics of Ohio...

Herbert A. Lawton

Herbert A. Lawton

Mar 8, 2005

Herbert Alexander Lawton Jr., 70, of Toppa Boulevard, Newport, R.I., died Tuesday, March 8, 2005. Husband of late Jane Richardson Lawton, father of Jeffrey Lawton of Locust Valley, NY and Elizabeth Lawton of Richmond, CA, and grandfather of Matthew and Alexander Lawton of New York. Fianc of Marie J. Maguire of Newport, RI.Born in Newport, RI to Herbert A and...

John Francis Kane

John Francis Kane

Mar 8, 2005

John Francis Kane, 83, of Belmont Drive passed away peacefully at home with his family after a long illness on Tuesday, March 8, 2005. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Ruth Caplan, his son, William and daughter-in-law Pamela Kane of Portsmouth and his daughter, Sandra and son-in-law William B. Rouse of Dunwoody, GA. He has four grandchildren,...

John Anthony Miranda

John Anthony Miranda

Mar 7, 2005

Bristol, RI - John Anthony Miranda Jr., 57, of 661 Metacom Avenue, Unit 7 Bristol, RI, formerly of 3 Charles Street Bristol, RI died Monday, March 7, 2005 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center Providence, RI.He was the husband of Joanne Pereira Miranda. Born in Acushnet, MA on December 22, 1947, he was the son of the late John A. Miranda...

Virginia Shaw

Virginia Shaw

Mar 7, 2005

Virginia A. ?Ginnie? Shaw, 72, died on Monday, March 7 in Roger Williams Hospital, Providence, RI. Born May 11, 1932, in Boston, MA, she was the daughter of Dr. Roy E. and Mabel Quilter Ellsworth. She was a 1950 graduate of Franklin, MA High School, and attended the University of Pennsylvania in 1950-51. After her marriage in February, 1955 to...

Russell Anthony Walsh

Russell Anthony Walsh

Mar 4, 2005

Newport, RI - Russell Anthony Walsh, 90, of John Clarke Retirement Center, Middletown, RI formerly of 40 Third Street Newport, RI died Friday, March 4, 2005 at the center.He was the husband of the late Isabel Mae McMillan Walsh. Born in Fall River, MA on April 20, 1914, he was the son of the late Cleveland R. and Edith Covell...

Lily Moon Mcbride

Lily Moon Mcbride

Mar 3, 2005

Lily Moon McBride, infant daughter of Joshua McBride and Catherine Schweitzer McBride of Sprague Street Portsmouth, died Monday, February 28, 2005 at birth in Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Besides her parents she is survived by her paternal grandparents William McBride of Portsmouth, RI and Theresa Pickett Hay of Lakeland, FL, her maternal grandparents Dave and Ginny Blake Schweitzer of Wakefield,...

David R. Ebbitt

David R. Ebbitt

Mar 3, 2005

PORTSMOUTH, RI - David R. Ebbitt, 85, of Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, formerly of Red Cross Avenue, died Thursday, March 3, 2005 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Wilma Robb Ebbitt. Born in Newport, RI on March 18, 1919, he was the son of the late W. Frank and Bernice Ailman Ebbitt. Mr. Ebbitt was a...

George E. Peck

George E. Peck

Mar 3, 2005

George E. Peck, 87, of 370 Highland Road Tiverton, died Thursday, March 3, 2005 at St. Annes Hospital Fall River, MA.He was the husband of the late Clarissa J. Hodgson Peck who died in 1996. Born in Waterbury, CT on July 1, 1917, he was the son of the late Charles and Harriet F. Polford Peck. Mr. Peck was a...

Cross Benedetto Toti

Cross Benedetto Toti

Feb 28, 2005

North Kingstown, RI - Cross Benedetto Toti, 6, of 579 Pendar Road North Kingstown, formerly of Redwood Farms, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, February 28, 2005 at home. Born in Providence, RI on September 17, 1998, he was the son of Alan B. and Karen Edes Toti. Besides his parents he is survived by two sisters Jessica Doyle and his twin...

Daniel R. Nichols

Daniel R. Nichols

Feb 28, 2005

Middletown, RI ? Daniel R. Nichols, 38, of Middletown, passed away Friday, February 25, 2005 at home after a brief, courageous battle with cancer.He was the husband of Nancy Buskey Nichols. Mr. Nichols was born on September 9, 1966 in Brockport, New York. Mr. Nichols has been serving in the US Navy for the last 16 years. He was a...

Ida M. O'Fahl

Ida M. O'Fahl

Feb 27, 2005

Newport, RI - Ida M. PikeOFahl, 97, of 47 Mill Street Newport, died Sunday, February 27, 2005 at home. Born in Newport, RI on March 31, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Elizabeth James Pike. Ida has lived in Newport all her life, never venturing further than Buffalo, New York. On July 1st, 1926, while still...

Kevin Charles Martell

Kevin Charles Martell

Feb 27, 2005

Bristol, RI - Kevin Charles Martell, 39, of 81 Oliver Street, Bristol, died Sunday morning, February 27, 2005 at home. Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, on April 8, 1965, he was the son of Denis P. and Beverly Ann Bexter Martell of Milo, ME. Kevin was an autobody technician for Euro Collision Repair in Middletown for 3 years and...