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Raymond P. Bauman
Apr 7, 2023
Raymond P. Bauman, 79, of Portsmouth, RI, died on April 7, 2023, at home with his family by his side after a long battle with cancer. He was the husband of Reiko (Imai) Bauman. Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA, on September 9, 1943, he was the son of the late Raymond J. and Gertrude (Sheridan) Bauman. Raymond graduated from Wilkes-Barre's King's...
William Henry Parker
Apr 7, 2023
WILLIAM HENRY PARKER, died April 7, 2023. Born Orange New Jersey to John J Parker and Ella A. Nafey, He was married to Edna Andrea Mulvihill September 1947 for 75 years. He leaves two children David (Mary) of Round Hill, VA and Ellen (Harry) of Cape Ann, MA, as well as 6 grandchildren and one great-grandchild Bill left high school...
George W Leary
Apr 4, 2023
George W Leary, 60, of Middletown, passed away at Rhode Island Hospital on April 4, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Newport, RI on December 15, 1962, he was the son of George and Janice (Sullivan) Leary. In 1985, he married Carol Chamberlin and for the past 38 years they enjoyed a wonderful life together. George was the...
Peter B. Turano
Apr 2, 2023
Peter Bryan Turano, 80, of Middletown, RI, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on April 2nd, 2023. Peter was born in Newport, RI, on September 19, 1942, to the late Laurence "Bud" Turano and Dorothy "Dot" Turano. He is survived by his wife, Martha Turano, of thirty years, his children Laurence (Joanne) Turano, Dennis (Madeline) Turano, Casey (John)...
Peter Sortwell Sweet
Apr 1, 2023
Peter Sortwell Sweet of Portsmouth, RI peacefully passed away on April 1, 2023 at the age of 80. Born on June 6, 1942 at the Boston Lying-In. Peter was the son of the late Alfred J. Sweet Jr. and Elise Sortwell Sweet Wigglesworth. He never remembered his father, who was a spotter pilot shot down over France during WWII when...
Lorraine Anne Boiani
Apr 1, 2023
Lorraine A. (Lamarre) Boiani, 78, of Newport, passed away on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River. She was the wife of the late Richard D. Boiani. Born in Claremont, NH, she was the daughter of the late Edmond and Irene (Ferland) Lamarre. Lorraine enjoyed knitting, crocheting and reading. Throughout the years, she was known to have...
Keehln Mychael Edwards
Mar 27, 2023
Keehln Mychael Edwards Pawtucket, RI -Keehln Mychael Edwards, 36, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, died on March 27, 2023. Born in Newport, RI on September 9, 1986, He was the son of Charles and Clayre (Chamberlin) Edwards. Keehln aka KeeWords aka Moms Masterpiece, was best known for his effortless ability to light up any room he walked into with his larger...
Thomas Joseph Donovan
Mar 26, 2023
Tom was born in Washington, D.C. on September 19, 1987, the son of William and Donna (Coghlan) Donovan also of Arlington and Newport, Rhode Island. The fourth of seven children, Tom grew up in Arlington, spending many summer vacations in Newport, R.I., where his father and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins trace their roots back three generations. While at Bishop...
Lisa J. Maynard
Mar 26, 2023
Lisa J. Maynard of Portsmouth, RI passed away peacefully Sunday March 26th in Avon, CT. Born in Newport, RI on November 28, 1967 daughter of Robert L. Maynard and the late Jacqueline M. Maynard. Lisa was a proud graduate of Middletown High School where she participated in school and social activities. Throughout her school years, Lisa was active in RI...
Mary (Correira) Barretto
Mar 25, 2023
Mary (Correira) Barretto, 95, of Portsmouth died on March 25, 2023, with her family by her side. She was the wife of the late Joseph George Barretto. Born on April 5, 1927, in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Sylvania (Pimental) Correira. Mary was a communicant of St. Anthony's Church and a member of...
Brian C. Pelletier
Mar 25, 2023
Brian C. Pelletier, age 81 of Newport RI, died unexpectedly on March 25, 2023. He was born in Newport on June 20, 1941, the son of the late Adolf "Joe" and Mary (Drogue) Pelletier. He leaves his wife of 40 years, Annette Doherty Pelletier. In addition to his wife, he leaves his two younger brothers, Peter (Pam) Pelletier and Philip...
Doris L. Corey
Mar 24, 2023
Doris L. Corey Doris L Corey, age 92, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday March 24'th 2023. She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Corey. Born in New Bedford she was the daughter of the late Omer and Jeannette Gelinas. She was preceded in death by her son David Corey and...
Dr. Yilmaz S. Durudogan
Mar 20, 2023
Yilmaz was the youngest child of the Durudogan family. Before the turn of the century, his father, Ottoman Pasha Ibrahim, had fathered seven children. Upon the death of his first wife, Ibrahim married a young widow, Mediha, and had 4 children. He died 20 years later, survived by Mediha and 3 children (Mustafa, Fahri and Yilmaz). The Republic was established...
Janet G. Schlosky
Mar 16, 2023
Janet G. Schlosky, 88, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away on March 16, 2023. She was the wife of the late YNC Richard D. Schlosky, USN (Ret). Born in Wayland, MA on August 7, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Diana (Morgan) Yarrish. Janet married her childhood sweetheart, Richard, and she was a proud Navy wife and...
Francis W. Ingersoll
Mar 16, 2023
Francis W. Ingersoll, Jr., 85 of Beacon Street, Middletown, RI, formerly of 15 Howard Street, Newport, died on Thursdsay, March 16, 2023 at home. He was the husband of Maryalice "Mimi"(Guevremont) Ingersoll. Born in South Boston, MA on February 1, 1938, he was the son of the late Francis W. and Estelle (Luzio) Ingersoll. Mr. Ingersoll served in the United...
Emiko Kelly
Mar 16, 2023
Emiko Hidaka Kelly, 72, passed away on March 16th, 2023, peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle with kidney disease. Emiko was born on January 10, 1951 in Miyazaki, Japan to her loving parents Iwao and Fumiko Hidaka. She fell in love and ventured to the United States in 1982, where they made a life...
Joan L. Ceglarski
Mar 15, 2023
Middletown, RI -- Joan Louise Ceglarski died peacefully after a brief illness on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at her Wyatt Road home in the loving care of her family. She was 95. Born in Providence on Nov. 13, 1927, she was the second of four children of Joseph and Loretta (Wrynn) Daly, and grew up in East Providence. After graduating...
Charles Ernest Parks
Mar 15, 2023
Charles Ernest Parks, 95, of Newport, Rhode Island, died on March 15, 2023. He was the husband of June (Manchester) Parks. Born in Baltimore, MD on November 6, 1927, he was the son of Charles and Theresa (O'Donnell) Parks. Charles Parks was born into a family in which military service was paramount. His grandfather served as a General in WWI,...
Anthony James Mccallum Cooper
Mar 13, 2023
Anthony James McCallum Cooper Middletown, RI -Anthony James McCallum Cooper, 61, of Middletown, Rhode Island, died on March 13, 2023 after a brief illness, at Newport Hospital. Born in Orford, England, on August 10, 1961, He was the son of James and Naomi (McCallum) Cooper. Tony served in the Army, and after leaving the Army, Tony worked as a truck...
John Andrew Edward-Corbett
Mar 13, 2023
John Edward-Corbett, the sweetest, funniest guy in the world, passed away on March 13, 2023. He was 39. From his birth in Newport Hospital, John displayed a precocious flair for amusing his family. As young children, his sisters' constant goal was to catch their parents in a serious conversation and get John to perform The Bumbler-a silent, Mr. Bean-style tour...
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