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Shirley M. Kesson
Apr 22, 2004
Newport, RI - Shirley M. Kesson, 70, of 125 Van Zandt Avenue, Newport, died Thursday, April 22, 2004 at Miriam Hospital Providence, RI.She was the wife of William Kesson. Born in Grasmere, NH on May 4, 1933, she was raised, after the death of her parents, by Earl H. of Portsmouth, RI and the late Mary S. Jameson.Mrs. Kesson spent...
Marie Christine Preston
Apr 22, 2004
Middletown, RI - Marie Christine Flores Preston, 73, of 10B Buck Road, Middletown, died Thursday, April 22, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Mrs. Preston was born in Marina, Algeria, on February 6, 1931. Mrs. Preston was a receptionist at New Visions Self Help Programs for 4 years. She volunteered at the Salvation Army for many years.She is survived by...
George A. Bennett
Apr 20, 2004
Newport, RI - George A. Bennett, 77, of Girard Avenue, Newport, formerly of 48 Elm Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, April 20, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the former husband of the late Barbara Wood Bennett Dennis. Born in Newport, RI on July 8, 1926, he was the son of the late William and Marion Wood Bennett. Mr....
Samuel Alonzo Boyd
Apr 20, 2004
Newport, RI - Samuel ?Lump? Alonzo Boyd, 48, of 66 Girard Avenue Newport, formerly of 9 Filmore Street, Newport, RI, died Tuesday, April 20, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Beverlee Young Boyd. Born in St. Augustine, FL on October 15, 1955, he was the son of Samuel Boyd Jr. of Middletown, RI, and Hazel Clark...
Mary Della North
Apr 19, 2004
Newport, RI - Mary Della Calnen North, 95, of 38 Whitwell Avenue Newport, died Monday, April 19, 2004 at St. Clare Home Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Howard T. North. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on November 11, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Albert P. and Mary Burke Calnen. Mrs. North was a 1932...
Annette Breitenstein
Apr 19, 2004
Newport, RI - Annette Lacroix Breitenstein, 77, formerly of 51 Middle Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, April 19, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.Born in Providence, RI on September 7, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Eva Hamel Lacroix. She is survived by three sons Richard Breitenstein of Tiverton, RI, Arthur Charles Breitenstein...
Robert L. Gardner
Apr 19, 2004
Middletown, RI - Robert Louis Gardner, 49, of 1 Continental Drive, Middletown, died Monday, April 19, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Cynthia Miller Gardner. Born in Naples, Italy, on September 13, 1954, he was the son of the late Donald Kenneth and Fortuna ?Flo? Romito Gardner. Mr. Gardner was an Education Director for CCR Computer...
Michael Austin Bunker
Apr 18, 2004
Middletown, RI - Michael A. Bunker, 84, of 11 Winthrop Drive, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, April 18, 2004 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Lila Margaret Goffe Bunker. Born in Portsmouth, NH on August 16, 1919, he was the son of the late Charles Francis and Mary A. Ahearn Bunker. Mr. Bunker served...
Louisa R. Amaral
Apr 17, 2004
Middletown, RI - Louisa R. Kaull Amaral, 83, of 66 Seascape Avenue, Middletown, died Saturday, April 17, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of Alfred T. Amaral. Born in Newport, RI on February 3, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Archie and Rebecca Pike Kaull. Mrs. Amaral worked at the former J.J. Newberrys 5 10,...
Judith I. Crocker
Apr 15, 2004
Newport, RI - Judith I. DuBell Crocker, 57, of 398 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, died Thursday, April 15, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.Born in Providence, RI on October 9, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Dorothy Clark DuBell. She is survived by her son James DuBell of Newport, RI, two daughters Elvina Crocker of Maine, and...
Helen Hazard Harpin
Apr 15, 2004
Newport, RI - Helen Hazard Harpin, 92, of 42 Cranston Avenue,Newport, died Thursday, April 15, 2004 at Newport Hospital, Newport,RI.She was the wife of the late Charles Henry Harpin. Mrs. Harpin was born in Newport, RI on October 16, 1911, the daughter of the late William Douglas and Charlotte Mahan Hazard.A lifelong resident of Newport, Mrs. Harpin was a direct...
Ruth J. Knutsen
Apr 14, 2004
Newport, RI - Ruth J. Knutsen, a retired Captain of the US Army Nurse Corps, 96, a resident of the Village House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Newport, and formerly of Greenville, East Providence, and Little Compton, died Wednesday, April 14, 2004 at the center.Born in Brooklyn, NY on March 9, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Severin and...
Robert Herbert Carson Sr
Apr 13, 2004
Newport, RI - Robert Herbert Carson, Sr., 71, of 18C Coddington Street, Newport, RI, formerly of Framingham, MA, and Philadelphia, PA, died Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on February 16, 1933, he was the son of the late James Douglas and Aria Elizabeth Thomas Carson. Mr. Carson was drafted into the United...
Laura Maria Pine
Apr 11, 2004
Middletown, RI - Laura M. Moniz Pine, 81, of 49 Reservoir Avenue Middletown, died Sunday, April 11, 2004 at the home of her sister.She was the wife of the late Manuel J. Pine. Born in Newport, RI on November 16, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Evaristo and Anna DeCosta Moniz. As a young woman, Mrs. Pine worked...
Virginia Augusta Dutra
Apr 11, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Virginia A. Corsair Dutra, 83, of 315 Union Street Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, April 11, 2004 at the home of her daughter in Tiverton, RI.She was the wife of the late Henry Guy Dutra. Born in Newport, RI on November 1, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Alan McPherson and Katherine Mary Mikut Corsair. Mrs....
Paul F. Smith
Apr 8, 2004
Middletown, RI - Paul F. Smith, 88, of 11 Donald Drive Middletown, formerly of Gaffney, SC, died Thursday, April 8, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Rita Bouley Smith and the late Laura Gamala Smith. Born in Lancaster, SC on September 5, 1915, he was the son of the late Charles H. and Ann...
Josephine A. Blanton
Apr 8, 2004
Newport, RI - Josephine ?Phiney? Maigler Blanton, 75, of 19D Pond Avenue Newport, died Thursday, April 8, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on March 19, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Gustav and Nora Marren Maigler. Mrs. Blanton worked for 31 years as an assembler with the former General Electric Company. She was...
John J. O'Malley
Apr 7, 2004
LONG TIME EXECUTIVE FOR THE BOSTON HERALD Middletown, RI - John J. OMalley, 80, of 1084 Green End Avenue Middletown, formerly of Dorchester, MA, died Wednesday, April 7, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Maria C. Lalli OMalley. Born in Boston, MA on January 26, 1924, he was the son of the late Thomas F. and...
John Lee Coggeshall
Apr 5, 2004
Warren, RI - John Lee Coggeshall, 34, of 510 Child Street Warren, formerly of 72 Point Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, April 5, 2004 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI. Born in Fall River, MA on July 6, 1969, he was the son of Vincent Coggeshall and Betty Jean Taylor Coggeshall. Mr. Cogeshall worked for twelve years at Stop Shop...
George Everett Cook
Apr 3, 2004
Lenox, - George Everett Cook, 76, of 405 Pittsfield Road Lenox, formerly of 139 Sandy Point Avenue, Portsmouth., died Friday, April 2, 2004 at the Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg, PA. He was the husband of Lorraine Swazey Cook. Born in Unity, ME on Oct. 24, 1927, he was the son of the late James Everett Cook and the late Kate Perkins...
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