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Margaret Alice Stepp
Aug 28, 2004
Newport, RI - Margaret Alice Vierra Stepp, 84, of 5 Annadale Road, Newport, died Saturday, August 28, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late James F. Stepp. Born in Middletown, RI on October 12, 1919, she was the daughter of the late William and Rose Parvo Vierra. Mrs. Stepp was a communicant of Jesus Saviour...
Dorothy Henrie
Aug 26, 2004
Middletown, RI - Dorothy Lily Nelson Henrie, 100, of 600 Valley Road, Middletown, formerly of Ft. Lauderdale, FL and Newport, RI, died Thursday, August 26, 2004, after a brief illness at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Edwin Hunterson Henrie and the late Maxwell Falconer MacNally. Born in Hartford, CT on February 6, 1904, she was...
Eleanor Rodda
Aug 26, 2004
Newport, RI - Eleanor G. Rodda, 75, of Watson Street, Newport, died Thursday, August 26, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late James S. Rodda. Born in Newport, RI on October 13, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Mary Elizabeth Mockler Gleason.Mrs. Rodda was a member of the former Jayceettes in...
Mary J. Lawrence
Aug 26, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Mary Jean Silvia Lawrence, 81, of 1651 East Main Road, Portsmouth, died Thursday, August 26, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Oliver E. Lawrence. Born in Portsmouth, RI on August 31, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Antonia Freitas Silvia. Mrs. Lawrence was the longest surviving Kidney...
Sister Mary Cavanagh, Fcj
Aug 25, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Sister Mary Cavanagh, FCJ, 69, of Saint Philomena Convent Portsmouth, died Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at home following an illness. Born in Providence, RI on July 3, 1935, she was the daughter of the late John and Alice Tierney Cavanagh. Sr. Mary was born in Blessed Sacrament Parish in Providence. Sr. Mary entered the Sisters Faithful Companions...
Geraldine A. Lamphere
Aug 25, 2004
Newport, RI - Geraldine ?Gerry? Lamphere, 79, of 72 Bedlow Ave Newport, died Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at home.She was the wife of the late William Lloyd Lamphere. Born in Jersey City, NJ on August 11, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Travis and Mary A. Travis Smith. Mrs. Lamphere worked at the Metro Glass Company and...
Philip Francis Lydon
Aug 22, 2004
Newport, RI - Philip Francis Lydon, 73, of 34 Stockholm Street Newport, formerly of Jamestown, RI, died Sunday, August 22, 2004 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.Born in Watertown, MA on March 20, 1931, he was the son of the late Philip P. and Louise Herlihy Lydon. Mr. Lydon was the human relations director for Bic Corp retiring in 1993...
Arthur Norman Leduc Jr
Aug 22, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Arthur Norman Leduc, Jr., 65, of 102 Mint Water Brook Lane, Portsmouth, died Sunday, August 22, 2004 at home. He was the husband of Judith Seale Leduc. Born in Newport, RI on July 17, 1939, he was the son of Marjorie Silvia Leduc Campbell of Portsmouth, RI and the late Arthur N. Leduc. Mr. Leduc was a...
Mary Dieffenbach
Aug 21, 2004
Mary A. Wholey Dieffenbach, 74, of 240 Newport, - Mary A. Wholey Dieffenbach, 74, of 240 Maple Avenue, Newport, formerly of Kansas City, MO, died Saturday, August 21, 2004 at home, surrounded by loved ones, after a courageous battle with lung cancer.She was the wife of John H. Dieffenbach. Born in Kansas City, MO, on March 13, 1930, she was...
Elizabeth Dorey
Aug 18, 2004
Middletown, RI - Elizabeth Easton Dorey, 84, of Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, formerly of 14A Rolling Green and Newport Green, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, August 18, 2004 at the center.She was the wife of the late Joseph A. Dorey. Born in Newport, RI on June 19, 1920, she was the daughter of the late James A. and Elizabeth...
Cynthia Anne Allan
Aug 15, 2004
North Bridgton, ME - Cynthia Anne Allan, 27, of 311 del Chadbourne Road, North Bridgton, ME, formerly of 81 Aquidneck Avenue, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, August 15, 2004 at Bridgton Hospital Bridgton, ME. Born in Newport, RI on November 14, 1976, she was the daughter of Edward L. and Sharon M. Hussey Allan of Portsmouth, RI.Cynthia was a 1994 graduate...
Edward Van Rensseler Thomas
Aug 13, 2004
Newport, - Edward Van Rensseler Thomas, 93, of Heatherwood Health Care Center Newport, died Friday, August 13, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Mabel E. White Thomas. Born in Newport, RI on May 31, 1911, he was the son of the late Edward and Margaret Collins Thomas. Mr. Thomas had...
Jesuina Faria
Aug 13, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Jesuina Silveira Faria, 94, of 25 Elshant Terrace / 25 Luther Lane Portsmouth, formerly of 19 Lee Avenue Newport, RI, died Friday, August 13, 2004 at the home of her daughter.She was the wife of the late Manuel G. Faria. Born in Horta, Fayal, Azores, on February 11, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Carlos...
Eleanor Mcpoland
Aug 11, 2004
Eleanor Corcoran McPoland Newport, - Eleanor Corcoran McPoland, 73, of 50 Eastnor Road, Newport, died Wednesday, August 11, 2004, at the St. Clare Home, Spring Street, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Roy McPoland. Born in Providence, RI, on October. 21, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Margaret Morrison Corcoran. Mrs. McPoland was a Graduate...
Louis Gaspar Sr
Aug 11, 2004
MILTON, FLORIDA, - Louis Gaspar, Sr. of 6529 Julia Drive, Milton, Florida, formerly of 9 Carey Street, Newport, died Wednesday, August 11, 2004 at home. He was the husband of the late Violet Agnes Gaudreau Gaspar. Born in Fall River, MA, on December 25, 1919, he was the son of the late Adriano and Marianne DeCosta Gaspar. Mr. Gaspar was...
Peter John Boiani
Aug 11, 2004
Peter John Boiani Newport, RI - Peter John Boiani, 69, of 108 Eustis Avenue Newport, died Wednesday, August 11, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He was the husband of Gertrude ?Trudy? Elizabeth Murphy Boiani. Born in Newport, RI on January 14, 1935, he was the son of Tito Boiani and Elizabeth Caveroni Boiani. Mr. Boiani graduated from Rogers HS...
Robert Joseph Panela
Aug 11, 2004
Robert Joseph Panela Portsmouth, - Robert Joseph Panela, 57, of 30 Warcan Way, Portsmouth, died Wednesday, August 11, 2004, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Bronx, NY, on January 14, 1947, he was the son of the late Bob A. Panela and Iraida Alvarez Panela of Portsmouth, RI. Mr. Panela had worked as a watch maker for Bulova...
Marie Jeannette Charette
Aug 10, 2004
Marie Jeannette Fortin Charette Newport, RI - Marie Jeannette Fortin Charette, 87, of 70 Harrison Avenue, Newport, formerly of Wyandotte, Mich. and East Hartford, CT, died Tuesday, August 10, 2004, at Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Noel Charette. Born in Frenchville, Maine, on May 21, 1917, she was the daughter of the late...
Mary Trent
Aug 9, 2004
Mary Trent Newport, - Mary Trent, 82, of the Heatherwood Health Care Center, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, formerly of 76 Broadway, Newport, RI, died Monday, August 9, 2004, at the Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on November 1, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Martha Louise Smith Johnson. Mrs. Trent had worked for various families on...
Roger Lorn Allen
Aug 5, 2004
Roger Lorn Allen Middletown, RI - Roger Lorn ?Lorne? Allen, 62, of 140 Green Lane, Middletown, died Thursday, August 5, 2004, at home surrounded by his family.He was the husband of Carolyn G. Pile Allen. Born in Pennington Gap, VA on July 22, 1942, he was the son of Flora Holman Allen of Dryden, VA and the late Ray C....
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