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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Paul Lawrence Massey

Paul Lawrence Massey

Mar 19, 2004

Newport, RI - Paul Lawrence Massey, 60, of 25 Burnside Ave Newport, died Friday, March 19, 2004 at home. Born in Newport, RI on March 6, 1944, he was the son of the late Elva Massey. Mr. Massey was a member of the former Outer World Bowling League and was an avid darts player, active in many leagues and tournaments...

Mary Elizabeth Paschoal

Mary Elizabeth Paschoal

Mar 19, 2004

Middletown, RI - Mary E. Paschoal, 89, formerly of Forest Park, Middletown, died Friday, March 19, 2004 at Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on April 11, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Freitas Pasquale. Miss Paschoal worked in private service as a housekeeper for many years for many Newport...

Abbie Lawton Bryant

Abbie Lawton Bryant

Mar 19, 2004

Abbie Preece Lawton Bryant Middletown, RI - Abbie Preece Lawton Bryant, 87, of 28 Concord Drive Middletown, died Friday, March 19, 2004 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI after a lengthy illness.She was the wife of the late James Edwin Bryant. Born in Newport, RI on December 7, 1916, she was the daughter of the late George Francis and Alice Greenwood...

Raymond Ephrem Pruneau Sr

Raymond Ephrem Pruneau Sr

Mar 19, 2004

Raymond Ephrem Pruneau, Sr. Middletown, - Raymond Ephrem Pruneau, Sr., 66, of 85 Maple Avenue, Middletown, formerly of Danbury, CT and Cape Cod, MA, died Friday, March 19, 2004 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. He was the husband of Anite Kovach Pruneau. Born in Quebec, Canada, on Jul. 27, 1937, he was the son of Yvette Roy Pruneau of Sherbrook,...

Barbara Briggs

Barbara Briggs

Mar 18, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Barbara Briggs, 85, of 2087 East Main Road Portsmouth, a Lifelong Resident of Portsmouth, died Thursday, March 18, 2004 at John Clarke Nursing Center Middletown, RI.Born in Portsmouth, RI on December 3, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Mervin C. and Marguerite Holman Briggs. Miss. Briggs was a 1936 graduate of Rogers High School, a...

Alice Massed

Alice Massed

Mar 16, 2004

Newport, RI - Alice DeCosta Massed, 77, of 23 Hoppin Road, Newport, died Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at Village House Newport, RI.She was the wife of Michael George Massed. Born in Newport, RI on April 10, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Antone and Georgianna Pacheco DeCosta. Mrs. Massed worked for the city of Newport in the city...

Arthur Riebello Soares

Arthur Riebello Soares

Mar 15, 2004

Newport, RI - Arthur Riebello Soares Sr., 76, of 89 Bliss Mine Road, Newport, formerly of 115 Houston Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, March 15, 2004 at home.He was the husband of Lois Marie Howes Soares. Born in Middletown, RI on September 23, 1927, he was the son of the late Manuel R. and Rosie A. Vincent Soares. As a...

Robert Earle Whipple

Robert Earle Whipple

Mar 15, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Robert Earle Whipple, BMC, USN, ret., 76, of 27 Donna Drive, Portsmouth, formerly of Earley Street, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, March 15, 2004 at the Rhode Island Veterans Home, Bristol, RI. He was the husband of Mabel ?Nell? Manning Whipple. They celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in July of 2003. Born in Boston, MA, on February 27,...

Catherine Mary Gunning

Catherine Mary Gunning

Mar 10, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Catherine Mary Hosking Gunning, 83, of 22 Sherman Avenue Portsmouth, died Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of Robert F. Gunning of Portsmouth, RI whom she was married to for 62 years. Mrs. Gunning was born in Fall River, MA on September 15, 1920. She was the daughter of the...

Eugene Coulter

Eugene Coulter

Mar 9, 2004

Middletown, RI - Eugene Coulter, 51, of 24 Buck Road Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, March 9, 2004 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.He was the husband of Frances A. Dorsey Coulter of Middletown, RI. Born in Harrison Township, PA on February 9, 1953, he was the son of Alberta Adamik Coulter Smith of Apollo, PA and the late Arthur L....

Ronald A. Pacheco

Ronald A. Pacheco

Mar 9, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Ronald A. Pacheco, 67, of 63 Cottage Avenue Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, March 9, 2004 at St. Annes Hospital Fall River, MA.He was the husband of Judith A. Oliveira Pacheco. Born in Fall River, MA on November 3, 1936, he was the son of the late Antone N. and Irene Rocha Pacheco Forand.Mr. Pacheco was a 1957...

Mary Faria Botelho

Mary Faria Botelho

Mar 6, 2004

Middletown, - Mary Faria Botelho, 92, of 23 Livingston Place, Middletown, died Saturday evening, March 6, 2004 at the St. Clare Home, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Joseph Botelho. Born in Middletown, RI on April 6, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Antone and Frances Moitoza Faria. Mrs. Botelho was a communicant of Jesus...

Natalie Louise Rodriques

Natalie Louise Rodriques

Mar 5, 2004

Middletown, - Natalie Louise Dennis Rodriques, 82, of the Grand Islander Health Care Center, 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, formerly of 40 Alicia Circle, Tiverton, died Friday, March 5, 2004 at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Portsmouth, RI on September 25, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Richmond C. and Maude N. Sowle...

Shirley Clark

Shirley Clark

Mar 5, 2004

Middletown, RI - Shirley Crosby Clark, 72, of 8 North Drive, Middletown, died Friday, March 5, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI.She was the wife of Alan P. Clark to whom she was married for 47 years. Born in Ridgewood, NJ on May 15, 1931, she was the daughter of the late James E. and Beatrice Cottrell...

Louise Kathryn Maxson

Louise Kathryn Maxson

Mar 4, 2004

Newport, RI - Louise K. Williams Maxson, 88, of 5 Peckham Avenue Newport, formerly of 7 Daniel Street, Newport, died Thursday, March 4, 2004 at her home.She was the wife of the late Clark Sherman Maxson. Born in Charlestown, MA on September 25, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Raymond and Mary Christine Stewart Williams. Mrs. Maxson...

Elizabeth F. Dye

Elizabeth F. Dye

Mar 1, 2004

Princeton, NJ - Elizabeth F. Connell Dye, 99, of Newport, RI, died Monday, March 1, 2004 at the home of her daughter Evelyn in Princeton, NJ.She was the wife of the late James W. Dye. Born in Port Glasgow, Scotland, on February 16, 1905, she was the daughter of the late William and Anne Frieborn Connell.Mrs. Dye resided in Newport...

Norma Williams

Norma Williams

Mar 1, 2004

Newport, RI - Norma J. Simone Williams, 72, of 9 Peckham Avenue Newport, died Monday, March 1, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of Sydney O. Williams of Newport, RI. They celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in June 2003. Born in Providence, RI on May 5, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Alice...

Wesley Vance Cagle

Wesley Vance Cagle

Mar 1, 2004

Coventry, - Wesley Vance Cagle, 74, of the Haven Health Care Center, Coventry, RI, formerly of 72 Third Street, Newport, died Monday, March 1, 2004 at the Haven Health Care Center, Coventry, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on May 29, 1929, he was the son of the late David and Lynette Sherman Albro Cagle. Mr. Cagle had been the owner...

Elizabeth M. Arnold

Elizabeth M. Arnold

Feb 29, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Elizabeth McQuaid Arnold, 94, a retired Navy Lt. Commander, of Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, formerly of 35 Sherman Street, Portsmouth, died Sunday, February 29, 2004 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.She was the wife of the late Edgar R. Arnold. Born in Newport, RI on October 18, 1909, she was the daughter of the late William A. and...

Joseph W. Macneil

Joseph W. Macneil

Feb 28, 2004

Newport, - Joseph W. MacNeil, 81, of 309 Spring Street Newport, formerly of 105 Immokolee Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, February 28, 2004 at St. Clare Home Newport, He was the husband of Catherine Prosser MacNeil. Born in Boston, MA on April 18, 1922, he was the son of the late Florence MacNeil Barnes Mr. MacNeil worked for Crompton Knowles...

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