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Emma Louise Barry

Emma Louise Barry

Oct 14, 2004

Newport, RI - Emma Louise Willis Barry, 101, of 5 Division Street, Newport, died Thursday, October 14, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late William E. Barry. Born in Block Island, RI on March 18, 1903, she was the daughter of the late Everett Arnold and Evelyn Ball Willis. Before her marriage she was employed...

Irene P. Martin

Irene P. Martin

Oct 12, 2004

Middletown, RI - Irene P. Pasqua Martin, 77, of 417 Forest Avenue Middletown, died Friday, October 8, 2004 at the West House, 417 Forest Avenue, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late William F. Martin Born in Bridgeport, CT, she was the daughter of the late Thomas B. Pasqua and Mary Woods Pasqua. Mrs. Martin after graduating from...

Rose Najmy

Rose Najmy

Oct 11, 2004

Rose Farran Najmy, of East Main Road Portsmouth, formerly of White Plains, NY Lennox, MA, died Monday, October 11, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Philip and Mary Sherbrekh Farran. Mrs. Najmy started work at the age of 15 in a handbag factory in NYC, then during WWII she...

Charlotte Frances Williams

Charlotte Frances Williams

Oct 9, 2004

Newport, RI - Charlotte Frances Booker Williams, 92, of 58 Gould Street Newport, died Saturday, October 9, 2004 at home.She was the wife of the late John H. ?Jack? Williams. Born in Newport, RI on July 10, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Helen E. Thompson Booker. Mrs. Williams was a member of the Community Baptist...

Richard Robert Knowles

Richard Robert Knowles

Oct 9, 2004

Newport, RI -Dr. Richard R. Knowles 78, of 103 Harrison Avenue ?Pen Craig? Newport, died Saturday, October 9, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Colleen Patricia O?Connell Knowles. Born in Newport, RI on May 26, 1926, he was the son of the late Richard Robert Knowles and Anna Christian Knowles. Dr. Knowles was...

Lillian Barton

Lillian Barton

Oct 7, 2004

Lillian B. Dunbar Carroll Barton, 91, of 191 Forest Avenue Middletown, died Thursday, October 7, 2004 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Patrick Albert Carroll and the late Eugene F. Barton. Born in Tiverton, RI on Aug. 29, 1913, she was the daughter of Henry E. Dunbar and Mary A. Robbins...

Edith Bettencourt

Edith Bettencourt

Oct 6, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Edith Oliveira-Silvia Lavender Bettencourt, 90, of 213 Sprague Street, Portsmouth, formerly of Fall River, MA, died Wednesday, October 6, 2004 at Southpointe Rehabilitation And Skilled Care Center Fall River, MA.She was the wife of the late John R. Lavender and John Bettencourt. Born in Portsmouth, RI on August 22, 1914, she was the daughter of the late...

Hazel F. Morris

Hazel F. Morris

Oct 5, 2004

Middletown, RI - Hazel F. Sullivan Morris, 87, of 303 Valley Road, Blenheim Assisted Living, Middletown, formerly of Newport and Barrington, RI, died Tuesday, October 5, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Robert Lewis Morris. Born in Somerville, MA on September 11, 1917, she was the first child of the late Charles Murdock Sullivan...

Cynthia M. Palmer

Cynthia M. Palmer

Oct 5, 2004

Newport, RI - Cynthia M Palmer, 77, of 30 Hazard Road, Newport, died Tuesday, October 5, 2004 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.She was the wife of Richard Palmer. Born in Bristol, RI on May 24, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Mary ?Netta? E. Saillant McCaw and Arthur M McCaw. Mrs. Palmer atteded St. Marys Jr. College,...

Roselina Rodrigues

Roselina Rodrigues

Oct 5, 2004

Middletown, RI - Roselina Roposa Rodrigues, 92, of 55 Valley Road, Middletown, died Tuesday, October 5, 2004 at home.She was the wife of the late Henry F. Rodrigues Sr. Born in Sao Miguel, the Azores, on June 19, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Bento Mathias and Marianna Medeiros Raposa. Mrs. Rodrigues was a member of Jesus Saviour...

Elisabeth Curren

Elisabeth Curren

Oct 4, 2004

PORTSMOUTH, RI - Elisabeth Neser Curren wife of George F. Curren, of 20 Indian Avenue, #18 Georgetown Apartments, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, October 4, 2004 at home. Born in Burlington, VT on January 17, 1921, she was the daughter of George Neser and Maria Rennemiere Neser. She attended school at Mt. St. Mary Academy and University of Vermont, where she...

Sgt. Christopher Scott Potts

Sgt. Christopher Scott Potts

Oct 3, 2004

Tiverton, RI - Sgt. Christopher Scott Potts, 38, of Tiverton, RI, died on his birthday, serving his country in Iraq.He was the husband of Terri Ann Conley Potts. Born in Rockville, CT on October 3, 1966, he was the son of Arthur J. Potts of Portsmouth, RI and Elizabeth Miner Hackett of Middletown, RI.Christopher was a member of the Alpha...

Archibald Hugh Douglas Jr

Archibald Hugh Douglas Jr

Oct 3, 2004

Newport, RI - Archibald Hugh Douglas, Jr., 81, of 58 Kay Street Newport, died Sunday, October 3, 2004 at Village House Newport, RI.He was the husband of Jean Van Curen Douglas. Born in San Diego, CA on November 23, 1922, he was the son of the late Archibald H. and Winifred Davis Douglas. Mr. Douglas graduated in 1940 from St....

Karen Jeanne Berluti

Karen Jeanne Berluti

Oct 3, 2004

Karen Jeanne Berluti Newport, - Karen Jeanne Berluti, 46, of 15B Dudley Avenue, Newport, formerly of 39 West Narragansett Avenue, Newport, died Sunday, October 3, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI, after a courageous battle with colon cancer. Born in Newport, RI on March 31, 1958, she was the daughter of Charles C. and Catherine Caine Berluti of Newport, RI....

William E. Thomas

William E. Thomas

Oct 2, 2004

Newport, RI - William E. ?Bubba? Thomas, 86, of 4 Bosworth Ct Newport, formerly of Mumford Manor, died Saturday, October 2, 2004 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI after a brief illness. Born in Newport, RI on September 30, 1918, he was the son of the late Edward Thomas and the late Margaret Collins Thomas. Mr. Thomas was...

Willis Cofield

Willis Cofield

Oct 2, 2004

Bristol, RI - Willis Cofield, 87, of the Rhode Island Veterans Home, Bristol, RI, formerly of 86 Warner Street, Newport, died Saturday, October 2, 2004 at the Rhode Island Veterans Home, Bristol, RI.He was the husband of Helen Leona Woodson Cofield. Born in Garner, NC on December 6, 1916, he was the son of the late LeRoy and Charity Haywood...

James Hd Nelson

James Hd Nelson

Oct 1, 2004

James ?HD? Nelson, 26, of 435 Cherry Street, Fall River, MA, formerly of Portsmouth, RI and Morton, PA, died Friday, October 1, 2004 in Berkeley, MA. Born in Philadelphia, PA on October 10, 1977, he was the son of CWO Alycee Nelson-Ruley USMC Ret. of Morton, PA and the fiancee of Danielle Laferriere of Fall River, MA and Little Compton,...

Ruth Barker Dame

Ruth Barker Dame

Sep 29, 2004

Newport, - Ruth Stone Dame, 71, of 70 Harrison Avenue Newport, died Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at Village House Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Harry Norman Dame. Born in Newport, RI on February 14, 1933, she was the daughter of Gladys Winslow Barker Stone of Middletown, RI and the late Ashton B. Stone. Mrs. Dame had...

Rita Ann Falk

Rita Ann Falk

Sep 29, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Rita Ann Haynes Falk, 84, of 438 Bristol Ferry Road, Portsmouth, formerly of 9 King Street, Newport, RI and Corning, New York, died Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Joseph E. Falk. Born in Corning, NY on February 29, 1920, she was the daughter of...

Edna Goffe

Edna Goffe

Sep 29, 2004

Middletown, RI - Edna Ferguson Goffe, 89, of 9 Phelps Road, Middletown, died peacefully Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at home.She was the wife of the late George Henry Goffe. Born in Amsterdam, NY on January 17, 1915, she was the daughter of the late George and Nellie Kernahan Ferguson.Mrs. Goffe was a graduate of Amsterdam High School, Amsterdam, NY and...

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