Obituaries

Memorial Funeral Homes Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

George A. Samways

George A. Samways

Aug 3, 2004

George A. Samways ?Sam? Newport, RI - George A. Samways, 84, of Newport, died Tuesday, August 3, 2004 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, R.I. He was the husband of the late Isaline Rodda Samways. Born in Providence, RI on February 24, 1920, he was the son of the late George Alford Samways and the late Elizabeth Boyd Samways....

Theresa Delores Welby

Theresa Delores Welby

Aug 3, 2004

Theresa Delores Costa Welby, 77, of 35 Squantum Drive Middletown, died Tuesday, August 3, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late James J. Welby. Born in Cambridge, MA on October 9, 1926, she was the daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Costa. Mrs. Welby was a Homemaker. She was one of 18 children....

Ruth A. Rubican

Ruth A. Rubican

Aug 3, 2004

Ruth A. Clark Rubican, 77, of 14 Pleasant Street, Newport, died Tuesday, August 3, 2004, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Roy Wilbert Rubican. Born in Franklin, PA, on December 11, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Mae Mann Clark. Mrs. Rubican had worked for the School of Nursing at...

Anne Marie Cannarozzi

Anne Marie Cannarozzi

Aug 1, 2004

Anne Marie Catalona Cannarozzi Middletown, - Anne Marie Catalona Cannarozzi, 82, of 288 Green End Avenue, Middletown, died Sunday, August 1, 2004 at home. She was the wife of the late Walter Joseph Cannarozzi. Born in Akron, OH on June 17, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Frances Luria Catalona. Mrs. Cannarozzi was the owner and...

Alexander Barker Simmons

Alexander Barker Simmons

Aug 1, 2004

Alexander Barker Simmons Middletown, - Alexander Barker Simmons, 85, of 1998 West Main Road Middletown, died Sunday, August 1, 2004 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Mary E. Hibbard Simmons. Born in Newport, RI on September 1, 1918, he was the son of the late John L. Jr. and Ruth Barker Simmons. Mr....

Joseph Anthony Sylvia

Joseph Anthony Sylvia

Jul 31, 2004

Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Joseph Anthony Sylvia Middletown, - Joseph Anthony Sylvia, 91, of 76 Valley Road Middletown, died Saturday, July 31, 2004 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.. He was the husband of Kathleen McNutt Sylvia. Born in Tiverton, RI on July 24, 1913, he was the son of Leon Sylvia and Antonia Sylvia. Mr. Sylvia owned and...

Dorothy J. Mcleish

Dorothy J. Mcleish

Jul 31, 2004

Memorial Funeral HomeObituary846-0698PLEASE RUN WITH PHOTODorothy J. Scott McLeishNewport - Dorothy J. Scott McLeish 78 of 30 High Street Middletown died Saturday July 31, 2004 in the Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late James C. McLeishBorn in Mt Kisco, NY on November 5, 1925 she was the daughter of the late Archibald and Hulda Olsen Scott.Mrs. McLeish...

William Clayton Simmons

William Clayton Simmons

Jul 30, 2004

William Clayton Simmons Cranston, - William Clayton Simmons, 54, of 165 Holland Street, Cranston, formerly of Middletown, RI, died Friday, July 30, 2004 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.He was the husband of the late Veronica L. Johnson Simmons. Born in Portsmouth, VA, on May 27, 1950, he was the son of Clayton William and Daisy Simmons Porter. Mr. Simmons...

Elizabeth Sillcocks Walker

Elizabeth Sillcocks Walker

Jul 30, 2004

Elizabeth Sillcocks Walker Newport, - Elizabeth Sillcocks Walker, 87, of the St. Claire Home, Newport, RI, formerly of New York, New York, died Friday, July 30, 2004, at the St. Clare Home, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Benjamin Harrison Walker, a grandson of President Benjamin Harrison. Born in Rumson, NJ, on August 30, 1916, she was the...

Victor Anthony Cinotti

Victor Anthony Cinotti

Jul 30, 2004

Connors Funeral Home55 West Main RoadPortsmouth, RI401 683-2511Victor A. Cinotti Portsmouth, - Victor A. Cinotti, 72, of 18 DeArruda Terrace Portsmouth, died Friday, July 30, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Dolores P. Cordeiro Cinotti. Born in Newport, RI on Nov. 28, 1931, he was the son of the late Victor and Eloise Cox...

Marjorie Barbara Putorak

Marjorie Barbara Putorak

Jul 28, 2004

Marjorie Barbara Putorak Newport, - Marjorie Barbara Putorak, 75, of 125 Quaker Hill, Aquidneck Place Portsmouth, formerly of 36 Whitwell Avenue, Newport, died Wednesday, July 28, 2004 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in New Britian, CT on April 18, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Stella Wojtusik Putorak. Miss Putorak was a registered Nurse with...

Shirley May Thompson

Shirley May Thompson

Jul 28, 2004

Newport, - Shirley May Robinson Thompson, 73, of 28 Gould Street, Newport, died Wednesday, July 28, 2004, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of Ezra William Thompson of Newport, Rhode Island, They were married for 53 years. Born in Ashaway, RI on June 14, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Earl J. and Cora Alice...

Patricia Ann Fessenden

Patricia Ann Fessenden

Jul 26, 2004

Patricia Ann Stevens Fessenden Portsmouth, - Patricia Ann Stevens Fessenden, 69, of 311 Bristol Ferry Road, Portsmouth, died Monday, July 26, 2004, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. Born in Grantsville, West Virginia on August 27, 1934, she was the daughter of the late John Stevens and Violet Stout Stevens. Mrs. Fessenden had been the Manager at the Newport Naval Supply...

Elizabeth B. Mills

Elizabeth B. Mills

Jul 25, 2004

Elizabeth Bahney Mills Middletown, - Elizabeth Bahney Mills, 96, of 191 Forest Avenue Apt. #116, Middletown, RI, formerly of Northgate Apartments, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, July 25, 2004, at the Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Charles E. Mills. Born in Los Angelas, CA, on August 8, 1907, she was the daughter of...

Adelaide Louise Beal

Adelaide Louise Beal

Jul 25, 2004

Adelaide Louise Chase Beal Middletown, - Adelaide Louise Chase Beal, 90, of 4 Oak View Terrace, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, July 25, 2004, at the Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late E. Howard Beal. Born in Lynn, MA on February 8, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Charles H. and Grace...

Joyce Sherman Roche

Joyce Sherman Roche

Jul 24, 2004

Joyce Sherman Roche Portsmouth, - Joyce Sherman Roche, 81, of 18 South Drive, Portsmouth, died Saturday, July 24, 2004, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of George Dewick Roche Sr. Born in Portsmouth, RI, on August 1, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Almy and Ethelind Dean Bliss Sherman. Mrs. Roche...

Birdie Robinson Lawrence

Birdie Robinson Lawrence

Jul 20, 2004

Mrs. Birdie E. Robinson Lawrence, 59, of 6 Donald Drive, Middletown, RI the daughter of John Johnson and Julia Johnson Robinson-Vanall, was born on August 22, 1944 in Anderson, South Carolina and departed this life on July 20, 2004. Birdie attended schools in Norfolk, Virginia and Alameda Community College. She was an avid gardener, a great bowler and tennis player....

Mary Mendonca Elshant

Mary Mendonca Elshant

Jul 20, 2004

Middletown, - Mary A. Mendonca Elshant, Middletown?s Oldest Resident, 106, of 546 Jepson Lane, Middletown, died Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at home.She was the wife of the late Manuel Elshant. Born in San Miguel, Azores on February 21, 1898, she was a daughter of the late Francisco and Maria Perreira Mendonca. Mrs. Elshant came to the United States at the...

Frances Watson Ferreira

Frances Watson Ferreira

Jul 19, 2004

Middletown, RI - Frances Marian Watson Ferreira, 66, of 148 Newport Avenue, Middletown, died Monday, July 19, 2004 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of Joseph John Ferreira Sr. Born in Newport, RI on Nov. 5, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Rosewell M. Watson and the late Frances P. Anthony Watson....

Shelia Mary Horgan

Shelia Mary Horgan

Jul 19, 2004

Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Sheila Mary Horgan Middletown, - Sheila Mary Horgan, 60, of 13 Osage Drive Middletown, died Monday, July 19, 2004 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI.. She was the wife of the late George Francis Horgan Jr. who died on Sept. 8, 1991 Born in New Haven, CT on July 8, 1944, she was...