Obituaries

Memorial Funeral Homes Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

George Vierra

George Vierra

Jan 12, 2004

Middletown, RI - George Vierra, 79, of 5 Vierra Terrace Middletown, RI, died Monday, January 12, 2004 at home.He was the husband of Mary Coggeshall Vierra. Born in Middletown, RI on August 24, 1924, he was the son of the late Manuel and Edmina Lopes Vierra. Mr. Vierra for the last 20 years was a security guard at the Newport...

Manuel Silvia Jr

Manuel Silvia Jr

Jan 12, 2004

Newport, RI - Manuel Silvia, Jr., 71, of 90 Girard Avenue Newport, RI, died Monday, January 12, 2004 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on December 28, 1932, he was the son of the late Manuel and Margaret Tarvis Silvia. Mr. Silvia served in the United States Air Force. He worked in the maintenance...

Josephine T. Mather

Josephine T. Mather

Jan 11, 2004

Middletown, RI - Josehpine T. Baxter Bastone Mather, 96, of formerly of John Clarke Retirement Center, Middletown, RI and Quaker Manor, Portsmouth, RI, died Sunday, January 11, 2004 at John Clarke Nursing Center, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Frank J. Bastone and the late John Mather. Born in Wheeling, WV on January 22, 1907, she was a...

Mary Catherine Hering

Mary Catherine Hering

Jan 10, 2004

Newport, - Mary Catherine Eberl Hering, 95, a resident of the Sakonnet Bay Manor, Tiverton, formerly of Newport, died Saturday, January 10, 2004 at the facility. She was the wife of the late Paul Otto Hering. Born in Traunstein, Germany, on May. 13, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Josef Eberl and the late Katherine Karl Eberl. Mrs....

Barrett Sand

Barrett Sand

Jan 8, 2004

Jamestown, RI - Barrett Sand, 82, of 9 Marcello Drive Jamestown, RI, died Thursday, January 8, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Barbara Drury Sand. Born in Schenectady, NY on August 8, 1921, he was the son of the late Ivan and Dorothy Barrett Sand.Mr. Sand served in the United States Army during World War II....

Phyllis Leigh Deblois

Phyllis Leigh Deblois

Jan 7, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Phyllis L. Wright DeBlois, 46, of 109 Cottage Ave Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at home.She was the wife of Ronald DeBlois. Born in Norfolk, VA on August 27, 1957, she was the daughter of the late William and Doris Rimby Wright.Mrs. DeBlois most recently worked for Newport County Community Mental Health and had worked...

Walter James Kelly

Walter James Kelly

Jan 7, 2004

Portsmouth, RI - Walter James Kelly, 90, of 41 Sakonnet Drive, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Paradise Avenue, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Gertrude T. Murphy Kelly. Born in Cumberland, RI on December 9, 1913, he was the son of the late Joseph P. and Dora E. Moore Kelly. Mr....

Rose Mary Favier

Rose Mary Favier

Jan 7, 2004

Newport, RI - Rose Mary Mazza Favier, 88, of 67 Washington Street Newport, RI, died Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of Odell Favier. Born in Newport, RI on June 28, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Guiseppe and Angelina Ceasero Mazza.Mrs. Favier was a communicant of St. Josephs Church. She was...

Kenneth G. Clarke

Kenneth G. Clarke

Jan 7, 2004

Newport, RI - Kenneth G. Clarke, 40, of 10 Cross Street Newport, RI, died Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at home. Born in Newport, RI on April 21, 1963, he was the son of Mary D. Mello Clarke of Portsmouth, RI and the late Francis A. Clarke.Mr. Clarke was a 1980 graduate of Rogers High School. He was a cook at...

Dorothy Frances Smith

Dorothy Frances Smith

Jan 6, 2004

Tiverton, RI - Dorothy Frances Hibbert Smith, 87, of 128 Riverside Drive Tiverton, RI, died Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late William E. Smith. Born in Fall River, MA on March 2, 1916, she was the daughter of the late James and Etta Huoy Hibbert. Mrs. Smith was...

Pauline Helen Tilley

Pauline Helen Tilley

Jan 6, 2004

Middletown, RI - Pauline Helen Gladding Tilley, 89, of 280 Greene Lane Middletown, RI, formerly of 1221 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at Village House Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Charles F. Tilley. Born in Newport, RI on January 15, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Lake and Hannah...

Catherine Pilcz Joseph

Catherine Pilcz Joseph

Jan 3, 2004

Connors Funeral Home55 West Main RoadPortsmouth, RI401 683-2511Catherine Pilcz Joseph Middletown, - Catherine Pilcz Joseph, 87, of 9 Beach Street, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Pompton Lakes, NJ, and Rowayton, CT, died Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at the Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Charles Joseph. Born in Varslod, Hungary, on January 21, 1916,...

Marvin Devett Ferrell

Marvin Devett Ferrell

Jan 2, 2004

Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Marvin Devett ? Red? Ferrell Portsmouth, - Marvin Devett ?Red? Ferrell, 70, of 36 Kerr Road Portsmouth, and Bidwell, Ohio, died Friday, January 2, 2004 at Miriam Hospital Providence, RI. He was the husband of Lydia Ferreira Ferrell. Born in Delburton, West, Virginia on August 16, 1933, he was the son of the late Thomas...

Irene Marie Donahue

Irene Marie Donahue

Jan 2, 2004

Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Irene Marie Donahue Newport, - Irene Marie Donahue, 65, of 69 Pope Street Newport, died Friday, January 2, 2004.She was the wife of Thomas A. Donahue of Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on February 19, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Jason John and Ann Elizabeth Kain Craft. Mrs. Donahue was a...

Ruth Ann Mccomb

Ruth Ann Mccomb

Jan 2, 2004

Newport, - Ruth Ann McComb, of 269 Gibbs Avenue Newport, died Friday, January 2, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of Norris L. McComb. She was the daughter of the late Richard Francis Dooley and Anna Herget Dooley. Mrs. McComb attended Pennsylvania College for Women in Pittsburgh. Her interests included ocean travel, she sailed on various...

Mary Alcina Dovale

Mary Alcina Dovale

Jan 2, 2004

Connors Funeral Home55 West Main RoadPortsmouth, RI401 683-2511Mary Alcina doVale Portsmouth, - Mary Alcina Sousa doVale, 90, of 40 Echo Lane Portsmouth, died Friday, January 2, 2004 at Orchard View Manor Nursing Home, East Providence, R.I. She was the wife of Joseph Cordeiro DoVale. Born in Sao Miguel, AZORES on Mar. 26, 1913, she was the daughter of the late...

Robert Alexander Cruz

Robert Alexander Cruz

Jan 1, 2004

Newport, RI - Robert ?Alex? Cruz, 31, of 11 Clinton Avenue Newport, RI, formerly of Warner Street, died Thursday, January 1, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on September 2, 1972, he was the son of Norma Isabel Oropesa Cruz. Mr. Cruz was a cook at Bishop?s 4th Street Diner for many years. He was a...

Calece Siasia Florendo

Calece Siasia Florendo

Jan 1, 2004

Middletown, RI - Calece SiAsia Florendo, of 43 Shangi La Lane Middletown, died at birth on Thursday, January 1, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the daughter of Paula Florendo. She is survived by her grandmother Shirley Florendo of Portsmouth, RI, her grandfather Onrubio Florendo of Phillipines, two uncles Onrubio Florendo of Portsmouth, VA, and Philip Florendo of...

Manuel O. Chantre

Manuel O. Chantre

Jan 1, 2004

Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Manuel O. Chantre Middletown, - Chief Manuel O. Chantre, Ret. USN 83, of 283 Forest Avenue Middletown, died Thursday, January 1, 2004 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He was the husband of Mary DeMello Chantre of Middletown, RI Born in New Bedford, MA on February 17, 1920, he was the son of the late Thomas...

Anna Perry Silvia

Anna Perry Silvia

Dec 28, 2003

Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Anna Perry Silvia Silvia Middletown, - Anna Perry Silvia Silvia, 94, of the Grand Islander Health Care Center, formerly of 6 Long Meadow Avenue, Middletown, and 166 Fayal Lane, Middletown, died Sunday, December 28, 2003, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late...