Obituaries

Memorial Funeral Homes Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Charles A. Edenbach Jr

Charles A. Edenbach Jr

Sep 13, 2003

Middletown, RI - Charles A. Edenbach, Jr., of 80 Esplanade Middletown, died Saturday, September 13, 2003 at home. He was the husband of Joan K. Egan Edenbach of Middletown. He was born in Newport, RI on August 11, 1939; he was the son of the late Charles A. and Loretta Sullivan Edenbach. Mr. Edenbach was a funeral director and owner...

Emery Arthur Lewis

Emery Arthur Lewis

Sep 11, 2003

Port St. Lucie, - Emery Arthur Lewis, 78, of Port St. Lucie, FL formerly of Newport, RI, died Thursday, September 11, 2003 at his home in Florida.He was the husband of the late F. Lorraine Donnelly Lewis. A native of Newport, he was born on May 3, 1925, he was the son of the late George Taylor and Susan Spingler...

Chantee Lewis

Chantee Lewis

Sep 7, 2003

Newport, - Capt. Chantee Lewis, USN, Ret. 77, of 36 Ayrault Street, Newport, died suddenly Sunday, September 7, 2003 at home.He was the husband of Lorna Rutherford Lewis. Born in Sacramento, CA, he was the son of the late Francis and Bess Steere Lewis.A graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy Class of ?48A, Capt. Lewis served 27 years in...

Charles E. Gillen Jr

Charles E. Gillen Jr

Sep 7, 2003

Wiliamsburg, - Charles E. Gillen, Jr., 79, of 3477 Hunters Ridge Wiliamsburg, VA, formerly of Thurston Avenue, Newport, RI and Rosedale Court, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, September 7, 2003 at Riverside Regional Health Care Center Williamsburg, VA.He was the husband of Eleanor Popple Gillen. Born in Schenectady, NY on May 10, 1924, he was the son of the late C....

Marjorie Gastler Hicks

Marjorie Gastler Hicks

Sep 6, 2003

Portsmouth, - Marjorie Gastler Hicks, 87, of 125 Quaker Lane, Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, formerly of Durham, CT, where she had lived for 80 years, and Newport, RI, died Saturday, September 6, 2003, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Irving W. Hicks Jr. Born in Durham, CT on February 20, 1916, she was the daughter of...

Francis V. Lauder Ii

Francis V. Lauder Ii

Sep 5, 2003

Portsmouth, - Francis V. Lauder, II, of Black Point Lane Portsmouth, died Friday, September 5, 2003 at home.He was the husband of Catherine Escubar Lauder of Portsmouth. Born in East Orange, NJ, he was the son of the late Alexander William and Loie Zimmerman Lauder. Mr. Lauder served as a Senior Chief in the United States Navy for 21 years,...

Daniel E. Heimann

Daniel E. Heimann

Sep 4, 2003

Middletown, - Daniel E. Heimann, 47, of 252 Oliphant Lane Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, September 2, 2003 at home.He was the fianc of Leslie Younce. Born in Fairfax, VA on May 19, 1956, he was the son of Denise Mermod Heimann of Middletown, RI and the late Jack Heimann.Mr. Heimann was a 1974 graduate of Middletown High School. He started...

Elizabeth Mae Levesque

Elizabeth Mae Levesque

Sep 2, 2003

Appleton, - Elizabeth Mae Levesque, 56, of Burkettville Road Appleton, ME, died Tuesday, September 2, 2003 at home. Born in Fall River, MA on March 15, 1947, she was the daughter of May Y. Dudley Levesque of Portsmouth, RI and the late George Levesque. Ms. Levesque was a paralegal and also an LPN. She had been working for the State...

John Melvin Mcneill

John Melvin Mcneill

Aug 31, 2003

Portsmouth, - John M. McNeill, 70, of 2121 West Main Road, Apt. #305, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Calfornia and Stamford, CT, died Sunday, August 31, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI due to complications from lung and heart disease. Born in Birmingham, MI, on June 18, 1933, he was the son of the late Thomas and Helen Melvin McNeill.Mr. McNeill...

Joseph Francis Escobar

Joseph Francis Escobar

Aug 31, 2003

Middletown, - Joseph Francis Escobar, 74, of 424 Third Beach Road Middletown, died Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 115A Niagra Street Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the former Olive Moniz Escobar of Newport. Born in Middletown, RI on December 28, 1928, he was the son of Philomena F. Vierra Escobar of Middletown, and the late John R. Escobar.Mr....

Dorothy Clark Chaplin

Dorothy Clark Chaplin

Aug 31, 2003

Newport, - Dorothy Clark Harlow Chaplin, 78, of 1201 Capella South Goat Island Newport, died Sunday, August 31, 2003 at home.She was the wife of Rev. George Manton Chaplin. Born in Lowell, MA on December 31, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Harold Clark and Mildred E. Carpenter Harlow. Mrs.Chaplin moved to the Newport area in 1927 and...

Harrison J. Murdock

Harrison J. Murdock

Aug 31, 2003

Harrison J. ?Harry? Murdock, 89, of 36 Caswell Avenue, Newport, died Sunday, August 31, 2003, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Josephine Trifero Murdock for 61 years. Born in Newport, RI on April 3, 1914, he was the son of the late William Stuckey and Ella McNeil Murdock. Mr. Murdock had worked for the US Postal Service...

Josephine Sondra Farias

Josephine Sondra Farias

Aug 29, 2003

Portsmouth, - Josephine Sondra Moniz Farias, 68, of 2014 East Main Road Portsmouth, died Friday, August 29, 2003 at home after multiple complications due to Multiple Sclerosis.. She was the wife of Joseph George Farias of Portsmouth. Born in Fall River, MA on October 29, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Alice Proc Moniz. Mrs. Farias...

Veronica Ray

Veronica Ray

Aug 25, 2003

Newport, - Veronica ?Ronnie? Anderson Ray, 62, of 5 Russell Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, August 25, 2003 at Roger Williams Medical Center Providence, RI.She was the wife of George E. Ray Jr. Born in Fall River, MA on July 11, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Edward A. and Margaret P. Riley Anderson.Mrs. Ray graduated from Saint...

George Noel Maynard Sr

George Noel Maynard Sr

Aug 25, 2003

Portsmouth, - George Noel Maynard SR., 63, of 36 Heritage Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, August 25, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Diane Fitzler Maynard. Born in New Bedford, MA on September 19, 1939, he was the son of the late George Noel and Marguerite Marie Campbell Maynard.Mr. Maynard worked as a mechanical engineer for...

Mary Margaret Venancio

Mary Margaret Venancio

Aug 24, 2003

Middletown, - Mary Margaret Silvia Venancio, 96, formerly of 32 Hoppin Road, Newport, RI, died Sunday, August 24, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Francis George Venancio. Born in Middletown, RI on November 27, 1906, she was the daughter of the late John B. and Mary Deniz Silveira Silvia. Mrs. Venancio...

William Arthur Walton

William Arthur Walton

Aug 23, 2003

Newport, - William Arthur Walton, 90, of 14 Vernon Avenue, Newport, died Saturday, August 23, 2003 at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Catherine Hodgson Kelly-Walton and the late Constance Sellers Walton. Born in Westerly, RI on Dec. 4, 1912, he was the son of the late Frederick and Selina Culley Walton. Mr. Walton...

Paul Clayton Fuller

Paul Clayton Fuller

Aug 21, 2003

Portsmouth, - Paul Clayton Fuller, 82, of 2368 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of North Carolina and Dartmouth, MA, died Thursday, August 21, 2003 at the Grand Islander Health Care Center in Middletown, RI.He was the husband of Anna Nina Pizar Fuller. Born in Peabody, MA on August 13, 1921, he was the son of the late Paul R....

William Martin Haney

William Martin Haney

Aug 21, 2003

William Martin Haney, Jr., 72Beloved husband, father and dedicated teacherCENTERVILLE, MA - William Martin Haney, Jr., formerly of Portsmouth and Newport Rhode Island, died Thursday at Beth Israel Hospital after a brief illness.Mr. Haney was born in Riverside, Rhode Island and educated at LaSalle Academy, Providence College and Brown University where he developed a lifelong passion for learning and teaching....

Thomas Stoupis

Thomas Stoupis

Aug 21, 2003

Portsmouth, - Thomas Stoupis, 73, of 59 Roger Williams Court, Portsmouth, RI and of Naples, FL, died Thursday, August 21, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Eva Andreopolis Stoupis. Born in Albania on October 4, 1929, he came to the United States in 1935. He was the son of Athena Lollis Stoupis of Middletown, RI and...

Share by: