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Mary Serbst Rogers
Jun 30, 2004
Middletown, - Mary L. Serbst Rogers, 75, of 20 Phillips Avenue, Middletown, died Wednesday, June 30, 2004 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.She was the wife of John E. Rogers. Born in Providence, RI on Nov. 2, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Henry F. and the late Gladys Rodman Serbst.Mrs. Rogers was a graduate of Colt Memorial...
Barbara Ritchie Tracy
Jun 28, 2004
Middletown, - Barbara Ritchie Tracy, 82, of 212 Vernon Avenue, Middletown, died Monday, June 28, 2004 at home. She was the wife of the late Jeremiah A. Tracy Sr. Born in Middletown, RI on January 1, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Charles Ritchie and the late Nellie Titus Ritchie.A 1939 graduate of Rogers High School, Mrs. Tracy...
Edward Francis Giblin Jr
Jun 28, 2004
Edward Francis Giblin, JR. Portsmouth, - Edward Francis Giblin, Jr., 84, of 44 Child Street, Portsmouth, died Monday, June 28, 2004, at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, MA.He was the husband of the late Marion Louise Murphy Giblin. Born in Fall River, MA, on December 27, 1919, he was the son of the late Edward Francis and Rose Alma Ouellette...
Clara C. Fagan
Jun 27, 2004
Clara C. Fagan Portsmouth, - Clara C. Fagan, 80, of 22 Maple Drive, Portsmouth, died Sunday, June 27, 2004 at Forest Farm Health Care Center.She was the wife of the late John F. Fagan Jr. Born in Palatka, FLA on Feb. 5, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Cyrus Penner and Katherine Gardner Cannon. Mrs. Fagan had been...
Sylvia Catherine Ganem
Jun 27, 2004
Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Sylvia Catherine Ganem Newport, - Sylvia Catherine Ganem, , of 61 Gibbs Avenue Newport, died Sunday, June 27, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.. She was the wife of the late Charles Ganem. Who died in 1994and the late John De Santis who died in 1944. Born in San Miguel, Portugal, she was the daughter...
Leonora S. Bananto
Jun 27, 2004
Leonora S. Callewaert Bananto Portsmouth, - Leonora S. Callewaert Bananto, 49, of 65 Silvania Road, Portsmouth, formerly of Waukegan, IL, died Sunday, June 27, 2004, at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. She was the wife of John P. Bananto Jr. Born in the Netherlands, on April 3, 1955, she was the daughter of Gretchen Zoetmulder Callewaert of Apache Junction, AZ,...
Janice Lawton Dwyer
Jun 26, 2004
Middletown, - Janice Anne Lawton Dwyer, 67, of 4 Winthrop Street, Middletown, died Saturday, June 26, 2004 at home. She was the wife of the late James Henry Dwyer Jr. Born in Newport, RI on June 20, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Herbert A Lawton and the late Mae McGowan Lawton. She was the first girl born...
Jerold E, Steeves
Jun 26, 2004
Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Jerold E. ?Jerry? Steeves Middletown, - Jerold E. ?Jerry? Steeves, 63, of 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, formerly of Newport, died Saturday, June 26, 2004, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on November 21, 1940, he was the son of the late John E. and Phyllis Swift Steeves....
William Lee Mckechnie
Jun 26, 2004
Middletown, - William Lee McKechnie, 68, of 510 Forest Park, Middletown, died Saturday, June 26, 2004 at St. Anne?s Hospital, Fall River, MA. Born in Beverly, MA on Jan. 26, 1936, he was the son of the late William McKechnie and the late Edna Chipman McKechnie. A Korean War veteran of the US Navy, Mr. McKechnie was a computer specialist...
Peter James O'Neill
Jun 25, 2004
Peter J. ONeill, 60, of 102 Van Zandt Ave Newport, died Friday, June 25, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He was the husband of Margaret ?Margie? E. Craft ONeill. Born in Newport, RI on February 10, 1944, he was the son of Mary Murdoch ONeill of Newport, RI and the late Reginald P. ONeill. Peter ONeill was a graduate...
Frances Marie Viau
Jun 24, 2004
Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Frances M. Viau Newport, - Frances M. Viau, 73, of 15 Homer Street Newport, died Friday, June 25, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on June 8, 1931, she was the daughter of Lewis Francis Viau and Mary Sanches Viau. Ms. Viau worked in the accounting department at Newport Hospital for...
Antonetta M. Schuller
Jun 23, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Antonetta Toni Maria Schuller, 62, of 48 Sprague Street, Portsmouth, died Wednesday, June 23 at home after an extended illness.She was the wife of David Schuller. Born in Providence, RI on February 10, 1942, she was the daughter of Yolanda Perretta Pagliarini of Coventry, RI and the late Frank Pagliarini. Mrs. Schuller began her career as a...
Georgette C. St. Laurent
Jun 22, 2004
Portsmouth, RI - Georgette C. Thibault St. Laurent, 73, of 182 Riverside Street, Portsmouth, died Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at home.She was the wife of Neil St. Laurent of Portsmouth, RI. Born in Fall River, MA on October 2, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Emile and Leona Lambert Thibault. Mrs. St. Laurent was a member of the...
Orrin A. Tubbs
Jun 21, 2004
Orrin Arthur Tubbs, 74, of 36C Glen Meade Drive, Portsmouth, formerly of Falmouth, Maine, died Monday, June 21, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Virginia M. Bittner Tubbs. Born in Portland, ME on June 11, 1930, he was the son of Gerald L. Tubbs and Ruth Gardiner Tubbs. Mr. Tubbs met his wife while he was...
John Dutton King
Jun 21, 2004
Stoneham, MA - John Dutton King, 84, of 200 Leisure Lane, Stoneham, formerly of 11 Sylvia Road, North Reading, MA, died Monday, June 21, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Shirley C. Vidito King of Stoneham, MA. Born in Wakefield, MA on September 18, 1919, he was the son of the late Jabez R. and Fanny...
Christine C. Hayward
Jun 20, 2004
Middletown, RI - Christine C. McCall Hayward, 92, of Grand Islander Health Care Center, Middletown, died Sunday, June 20, 2004 at the center.She was the wife of the late Reginald Hayward. Born in Providence, RI on December 7, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Catherine Quinn McCall.Mrs. Hayward had worked as a salesperson for many years...
Russell Thomas Raffa
Jun 20, 2004
Middletown, - Russell Thomas Raffa, 61, of 162 Alston Avenue, Middletown, died Sunday, June 20, 2004 at Charlton Memorial Hospital Fall River, MA.Born in Newport, RI on May 9, 1943, he was the son of Thomas P. Raffa of Middletown, and the late Ruth Patricia Judge Raffa. Mr. Raffa was a graduate of Rogers High School, Class of 1962. He...
Bettye Jo Omer
Jun 19, 2004
Portsmouth, - Bettye Jo Doyle Omer, 74, of 15 North Drive Portsmouth, died Saturday, June 19, 2004 at home. Born in Park City, KY on Jan. 16, 1930, she was the daughter of Raymond and Mora Brooks Doyle. Mrs. Omer moved to the Newport and Portsmouth area in 1961. She worked for 40 years as a sales manager for the...
Paul Yorganjian
Jun 19, 2004
Tiverton, - Paul Yorganjian, 86, of Sakonnet Bay Manor, Tiverton, formerly of Newport, RI, died Saturday, June 19, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Margaret Hagopian Yorganjian. Born in Providence, RI on July 3, 1917, he was the son of the late Peter Yorganjian and Margaret Dulgarian Yorganjian. Mr. Yorganjian Owned and Operated...
Catherine Virginia Benton
Jun 19, 2004
Middletown, RI - Catherine Virginia Bradley Benton, 89, of 303 Valley Road, Middletown, formerly of 83 Bliss Mine Road Newport, RI, died Saturday, June 19, 2004 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the Gold Star wife of the late Theron T. Benton. Born in Newport, RI on April 29, 1915, she was the daughter of the late...
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