Obituaries

Memorial Funeral Homes Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

John Joseph Diehl

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...