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John Joseph Diehl
Dec 19, 2004
Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698 John Joseph Diehl, Capt.USMC ret Middletown, RI - John Joseph Diehl, Capt.USMC ret., 88, of 11 Sherwood Road Middletown, died Sunday, December 19, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Margaret Anita ? Bubbles? Todd Diehl. Born in Springfield, MA on July 5, 1916, he was the son of the late...
Margaret Mary Kearney
Dec 18, 2004
Portsmouth, - Margaret Mary ?Peg? Hanlon Kearney, 72, of 27 Colonel Christopher Greene Road, Portsmouth, formerly of 45 Springdale Avenue, Waterbury, CT, died Saturday, December 18, 2004 at home.She was the wife of 47 years, of the late James F. Kearney. Born in Waterbury, CT on June 9, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Mary Joyce...
Raychel R. Pratt
Dec 17, 2004
Newport, RI - Raychel R. Morales Pratt, 78, of 87 Girard Avenue, Newport, formerly of 139 Fenner Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Friday, December 17, 2004 in Middletown, RI. Born in Havana, Cuba on October 3, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Carlos and Raquel Ramiro-Garcia Morales. Mrs. Pratt was a finalist for Miss Havana as a teenager before...
Helen Theresa Turner
Dec 14, 2004
Cranston, RI - Helen T. Barden Turner, 88, of Cra Mar Nursing Home Cranston, formerly of Shangri La Lane, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at Kent County Memorial Hospital Warwick, RI.She was the wife of the late Tellis R. Turner. Born in Corona Long Island, NY on September 30, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Eugene...
Hedley William Greer
Dec 14, 2004
Middletown, RI - Hedley William Greer, 97, of 39 Oak Street Middletown, died Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Carolyn Webber Greer. Born in Newport, RI on April 10, 1907, he was the son of the late Hedley James and Mabel Kessell Greer. Mr. Greer was retired from the Eppley Laboratory...
Mary Ann Hanks
Dec 12, 2004
Newport, RI - Mary Ann Coute Hanks, 75, of 29 Newport Avenue, Newport, died Sunday, December 12, 2004 at home. She was the wife of the late Curtis Lee Hanks, and former wife of Edward S. Mattos, Sr. Born in Portsmouth, RI on August 2, 1929, she was the daughter of the late John Duarte and Hortence Combra Coute. Mrs....
Charles H. Peckham
Dec 12, 2004
Newport, RI - Charles ?Charlie? H. Peckham, 94, of 7 Hall Avenue, Newport, died Sunday, December 12, 2004 at the home of his son and daughter in-law at 9 Champlin Terrace, Middletown.He was the husband of the late Margaret Veronica Platt Peckham. Born in Newport, RI on March 8, 1910, he was the son of the late Benjamin A. G....
John Rae Sullivan
Dec 11, 2004
John Rae Sullivan Middletown, RI - John Rae Sullivan, 86, of the John Clarke Nursing Center, Middletown, formerly of 55 Miantonomi Avenue, Middletown, died Saturday, December 11, 2004 at the John Clarke Nursing Center, Middletown, RI.He was the husband of Barbara Crane Sullivan. Born in Newport, RI on May 28, 1918, he was the son of the late John Henry...
Manuel Rodrigues Santos Jr
Dec 9, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Manuel Rodrigues Santos, Jr., 86, of 16 Morgan Street, Portsmouth, died Thursday, December 9, 2004 at St. Elizabeth Manor Bristol, RI.He was the husband of Lucia Santos Santos of Portsmouth, RI. Born in Lowell, MA on January 31, 1918, he was the son of the late Manuel and Maria Andre Santos Sr. Mr. Santos worked for Firestone...
Lucille Esther Standish
Dec 7, 2004
Lucille Esther Morse Standish Middletown, RI - Lucille Esther Standish, 83, of Middletown, died Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of Commander John C. ?Myles? Standish, CDR, USN Retired. Born in Whitman, MA on August 20, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Amy Ramsdell Morse. Mrs....
Frank Albert Shorey Jr
Dec 5, 2004
Newport, RI - Frank Albert Shorey, Jr., 63, of 30 East Bowery Street Newport, died Sunday, December 5, 2004 at home after a couregous battle with cancer.He was the husband of Carol Donnelly Shorey. Born in Newport, RI on December 16, 1940, he was the son of the late Frank Albert Shorey and Christina Almy Shorey Hinton. Mr. Shorey owned...
Joseph Anthony Perry Silvia
Dec 3, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Joseph Anthony Perry Silvia, 86, of 23 Sequoia Lane, Portsmouth, died Friday, December 3, 2004 at home.He was the husband of Belmira Souza Silvia. Born in Portsmouth, RI on November 4, 1918, he was the son of the late Joseph R. and Philomeua Pereira Silvia. Mr. Silvia was in the United States Navy for 8 years and...
Flora Easterbrooks
Dec 3, 2004
Middletown, - Flora L. Vars Easterbrooks, 92, of 600 Valley Road Middletown, formerly of County Street Newport, died Friday, December 3, 2004 at John Clarke Nursing Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Richard B. Easterbrooks. Born in Newport, RI on July 11, 1912, she was the daughter of the late William J. and the late Jennie...
Ruth C. Smith
Dec 2, 2004
Middletown, RI - Ruth C. Reed Smith, 83, of 600 Valley Road, Middletown, formerly of Evans Street, Newport, died Thursday, December 2, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Fleming T. Smith. Born in Philadelphia, PA on September 17, 1921, she was the daughter of the late George Albert and Carrie May Smith Reed....
James Raymond Chantre
Dec 2, 2004
James Raymond Chantre Middletown, RI - James Raymond Chantre, 59, of 283 Forest Avenue, Middletown, died Thursday, December 2, 2004 at West South Hospital, Atlanta, GA.He was the former husband of Jean Milton of Fayettville, NC. Born in New Bedford, MA on November 8, 1945, he was the son of Mary DeMello Chantre of Middletown and the late Manuel O....
Bernice Edith Kleven
Dec 2, 2004
Newport, RI - Bernice Edith Siney Kleven, 83, of Nina Lynette Home, 87 Washington Street, Newport, formerly of Middletown, RI, died Thursday, December 2, 2004, of complications from Rheumatoid Arthritis at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Harold Stanley Kleven. Born in Waterbury, CT on June 2, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Philip...
Nancy Ellen Thomas
Nov 29, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Nancy Ellen Sanborn Thomas, 56, of 151 Pear Street, Portsmouth, lost her two year battle with cancer on Monday, November 29, 2004 at home. She was the wife of Michael Thomas. The daughter of Marian Watkins Sanborn of Naples, FL and the late Fredrick Sanborn, she was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 17th, 1948. Nancy met...
Frances Eileen Mcnamara
Nov 28, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Frances E. McKenna McNamara, 84, formerly of 35 Linda Terrace, Portsmouth, died Sunday, November 28, 2004 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late George McNamara, who passed away on January 20, 1991. Born in Willimantic, CT on August 17, 1920, she was the daughter of the late John and Frances...
George Michael Medeiros
Nov 28, 2004
Lt. George Michael Medeiros, Sr., Ret., formerly of the Newport Fire Department, 76, of 90 Third Street Newport, died Sunday, November 28, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Margaret Avery Medeiros. Born in East Providence, RI on September 29, 1928, he was the son of the late Joseph and Virginia A. Pereira Medeiros. Mr. Medeiros worked...
Marion Grupp
Nov 26, 2004
Portsmouth, - Marion Hilde Grupp, 98, of 420 Windstone Drive, Portsmouth, formerly of the John Clarke Retirement Center, Middletown, died Friday, November 26, 2004 at home.She was the wife of the late George Grupp. Born in Plochingen, Germany on February 21, 1906, she was the daughter of the late Fritz and Rose Weyde Hild. Mrs. Grupp became a Newport resident...
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