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Rose Bergeron Church
Apr 3, 2004
Rose Marie Bergeron Church, 94, of 283 Bristol Ferry Road, Portsmouth, died Saturday, April 3, 2004 at the Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown, RI. She was the wife of retired merchant marine Captain Vernon F. Church. They celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary in January 2004, having been married January 21, 1932. Born in New Bedford, MA, on Dec....
Merton Caswell Hull Jr
Apr 2, 2004
Jamestown, RI - Merton Caswell Hull, Jr, 80, of 1 Spring Street Jamestown, formerly of Swinburne Street, Jamestown, died Friday, April 2, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. Born in Jamestown, RI on January 11, 1924, he was the son of the late Merton Caswell and the late Charlotte Ellis Hull. Mr. Hull was an Electrical Technician...
William Scott Munroe
Apr 2, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - William Scott Munroe, 56, of Fourth Street Portsmouth, died Friday, April 2, 2004 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center Providence, RI. He was the partner of Steven S. Turek. Born in Cleveland, OH on October 31, 1947, he was the son of Merle Munroe of Cleveland, OH and the late Jean Munroe. Mr. Munroe was a Director of...
Bruce Thomas Letourneau
Apr 2, 2004
Middletown, - Bruce Thomas Letourneau, 59, of 18 J.H. Dwyer Drive Middletown, died Friday, April 2, 2004 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Diane Moltenbrey Letourneau. Born in Montague, MA on Jun. 25, 1944, he was the son of the late Herman and the late Bertha Dubie Letourneau. Dr....
John Calvin Gazaway
Mar 31, 2004
Newport, RI - John C. Gazaway, 79, of 66 Girard Avenue Newport, formerly of 62 Hickory Lane, Narrowsburg, NY, died Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of Deborah Kohn Gazaway. Born in Carneys Point, NJ on March 24, 1925, he was the son of the late Gene and Alice Davis Gazaway.Mr....
Richard P. Wolz
Mar 31, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Richard P. Wolz, 67, of 25 Cheryl Avenue Portsmouth, died Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.He was the husband of Louise Jakubowski Wolz. Born in Queens, NY on July 24, 1936, he was the son of the late Peter and Louise Bell Wolz. Mr. Wolz was in the Navy for 28 years as...
Aniceta Macdonald
Mar 30, 2004
Newport, RI - Aniceta Shea MacDonald, 95, a reknown soprano soloist, formerly of South Bostson, MA and Farewell St., Newport, RI, died Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at St. Clare Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Roland L. MacDonald. Born in Newport, RI on May 15, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Matthew Shea...
Florence Murray
Mar 28, 2004
Newport, RI - Florence Kerins Murray, 87, of 2 Kay Street Newport, a retired Rhode Island Supreme Court Associate Justice, died Sunday, March 28, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.Justice Murray was the wife of the late Paul F. Murray. A practicing attorney for fifty years and the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island from 1977 to...
Robert William Owens
Mar 27, 2004
Middletown, RI - Robert William Owens, 84, of 164 Boulevard Middletown, died Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Ruth Evans Owens. Born in New York, NY on November 26, 1919, he was the son of the late Harold B. Daisy Koschny Owens Kennedy. Mr. Owens entered into the Civil Service in 1940 as...
Joseph Carl Medeiros
Mar 27, 2004
Newport, RI - Joseph Carl Medeiros, 87, of 7 Balsam Street Newport, died Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Hermina ?Minnie? Lopes Medeiros. Born in Newport, RI, on May 20, 1916, he was the son of the late Virgino Medeiros and Maria Sardinha Medeiros. Mr. Medeiros served in the...
Emily R. Freitas
Mar 27, 2004
Middletown, - Emily R. Freitas, 97, of 113 Renfrew Avenue Middletown, died Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.. She was the wife of the late Antone Freitas. Born in Azores, Portugal on April 26, 1906, she was the daughter of the late Francisco and Maria Raposa Rezendes. Mrs. Freitas was a communicant of Jesus...
Frances Marie Semonelli
Mar 27, 2004
Newport, RI - Frances M. DennySemonelli, 75, of Bellevue Avenue Newport, formerly of Chapel Street Newport, died Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. She was the former wife of the late Pasquale ?Sam? Semonelli. Born in Philadelphia, PA on June 9, 1928, she was the daughter of the late James and Margaret Augusta Denny....
Charles Steven Soliozy Jr
Mar 26, 2004
Newport, RI - Charles Steven Soliozy, Jr., 47, of Heatherwood Health Care Center Newport, formerly of 24 Red Cross Avenue, died Friday, March 26, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on February 6, 1957, he was the son of Charles Steven and Sadie Hidson Soliozy of Newport, RI. Mr. Soliozy was a 1975...
Louise Kazanjian
Mar 26, 2004
Newport, Louise T. Kazanjian, of Bellevue Avenue Newport, RI, a civic leader and community leader in Rhode Island, died in Newport on Friday, March 26. She was 86, and had suffered for many years from Alzheimer?s Disease. Born in Brookline, MA, she attended Simmons College. She married Powel H. Kazanjian, the president of the well-known John H. Kazanjian Co. on...
Michelle Collene Bledsoe
Mar 24, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Michelle Collene Bledsoe, 56, of 42 Lepes Road Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Kentfield, CA on January 31, 1948, she was the daughter of Dorice AndersonZauss Aull of Newport, RI, the late William Zauss and the stepdaughter of the late Arthur Aull. Ms. Bledsoe was a Logistics Management...
Louise Frances Woodall
Mar 23, 2004
Middletown, RI - Louise F. Sherwood Woodall, 92, formerly of Blenheim Newport Middletown, and Reservoir Road, Middletown, died Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Marvin E. ?Woody? Woodall. Born in Newport, RI on May 15, 1911, she was the daughter of the late John and Helena Dowd...
Francis Medeiros Jordan
Mar 23, 2004
Middletown, RI - Francis Medeiros Jordan, 82, of 813 Forest Park Middletown, died Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at home.He was the husband of Mae A. Green Jordan. Born in Portsmouth, RI on June 23, 1921, he was the son of the late Antone and Julia Almeida Jordan. Mr. Jordan was a veteran of World War II serving in the Army....
Lynda Ruth Chafton
Mar 21, 2004
Newport, RI - Lynda Ruth Chafton, 47, of 156 Park Holm Newport, died Sunday, March 21, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of Raymond Tillery. Born in Boston, MA on April 1, 1956, she was the daughter of Ethel May Sargent Chafton of Portsmouth, RI and the late Claywell Moss Chafton. Mrs. Chafton was a sales clerk...
Dorothea G. Sullivan
Mar 21, 2004
Newport, - Dorothea G. Sullivan, of 37 Thurston Avenue, Newport, died Sunday, March 21, 2004, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.Born in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late Cornelius and Anne Shine Sullivan. Ms. Sullivan had lived in Boston, MA, for several years. She was a Graduate of Rogers High School and the Boston Clerical School. She...
Mary Dias
Mar 21, 2004
Newport, - Mary ?gigi? Hammett Dias, 91, of Newport, died Sunday, March 21, 2004 at home. She was the wife of the late Antonio V. Dias. Born in Newport, RI on Nov. 21, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Whilhemina Hammett. Mrs. Dias was a communicant of St. Josephs Church where she was a member of...
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