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Donald Andrew Sawyer
May 21, 2003
Newport, - Donald Andrew Sawyer, 78, of 87 Girard Avenue Newport, formerly of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, died Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at RI Veterans Home Bristol, RI.He was the husband of the late Ruth Betters Sawyer. Born in Pittsfield, MA on July 27, 1924, he was the son of the late Harold and Donalda Larche Sawyer. Mr. Sawyer attended LaSalle University...
Elsie Ann Tavares
May 20, 2003
Portsmouth, - Elsie Ann Andrade Tavares, 79, of Metacom Manor, Bristol, formerly of 4 South Drive Portsmouth, died Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.She was the wife of the late Antone Tavares. Born in Bristol, RI on July 27, 1923, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Mary Louis Andrade. Mrs. Tavares worked...
Ruthann Young
May 18, 2003
NEWPORT, RI, - RuthAnn Carlson Young, 49, of 76C Crest Street Middletown, died Sunday, May 18, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Brooklyn, NY on May 29, 1953, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Dorothy Marone Carlson.She is survived by two sons William Young and James Young both of Newport, RI, two daughters Dawn Young...
Filomena Mcfarland
May 18, 2003
Newport, - Filomena DeMatteo ?Babe? McFarland, 75, of 65 Houston Avenue Newport, died Sunday, May 18, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of Anthony L. McFarland of Newport. Born in Newport, RI on August 21, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Marie Manselli DeMatteo.Mrs. McFarland volunteered at the James L. Maher Center. She...
Delvida Frances Robertson
May 18, 2003
Newport, - Delvida Frances Silvia Robertson, 83, of 6 Pope Street Newport, died Sunday, May 18, 2003 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.She was the wife of John Robertson of Newport. Born in Portsmouth, RI on April 28, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Antoinette Freitas Silvia. Mrs. Robertson was a member of St....
Mary B. Faria
May 16, 2003
Middletown, - Mary B. Frank Faria, 81, of 595 Aquidneck Ave, Middletown, died Friday, May 16, 2003 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.She was the wife of Manuel Faria. Born in Jamestown, RI on May 8, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Antone Frank and Anna Lacerda Frank. Mrs. Faria was raised on Watson?s Farm in Jamestown and...
Elbert Julian Passman , Jr
May 15, 2003
Memorial Funeral Home375 BroadwayNewport, RI401 846-0698Elbert Julian Passman, JR. Middletown, - Elbert Julian Passman, Jr., 47, of 14 Reardon Drive Middletown, died Thursday, May 15, 2003 at Mass General Hospital Boston, MA. Born in Corona, CA on December 11, 1955, he was the son of Elbert J. Passman Sr. and Mary Brindle Passman of Middletown, RI. Mr. Passman was a...
Gilbert Rogers Manchester
May 15, 2003
Portsmouth, - Gilbert Rogers Manchester, of 78 Pine Tree Road Portsmouth, died Thursday, May 15, 2003 at Charlton Memorial Hospital Fall River, MA.He was the husband of the late Margery A. ?Monnie? McHale Manchester. Born in Newport, RI on December 21, 1921, he was the son of the late John Rogers Manchester and Lulu Albro Manchester. Mr. Manchester served in...
Mary Elizabeth Hawthorne
May 14, 2003
Middletown, - Mary Elizabeth Hawthorne, 86, of 125 Quaker Lane, Portsmouth, formerly of 17 Anne Hutchinston Court, Portsmouth, died Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. Born in New London, CT on November 9, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Frederick A Hawthorne and Bridget E Sullivan Hawthorne.Dr. Hawthorne attended St. Marys Academy...
Donald James Alfonso
May 13, 2003
Portsmouth, - Donald James Alfonso, 60, of 1272 West Main Road Portsmouth, formerly of 50 President Avenue, Portsmouth, died Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at St. Annes Hospital Fall River, MA.He was the former husband of Janice Veronica Giblin Gannek of Warwick, RI. Born in Newport, RI on September 16, 1942, he was the son of the late Antone and Adelma...
James Francis Roberts Jr
May 13, 2003
Portsmouth, - James Francis Roberts, Jr., 82, of 80 Ormerod Avenue Portsmouth, died Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Mary Kathleen Doyle Weir Roberts. Born in Fall River, MA on September 12, 1920, he was the son of the late James F. Sr. and Mary A Dooley Roberts.Mr....
John G. Skiffington
May 12, 2003
Middletown, - John G. Skiffington, 83, of 2 A Ludlow Road Middletown died Friday, May 9, 2003 at John Clarke Nursing Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of the late Mary Louise Carney Skiffington. Born in Boston, MA on April 19, 1920, he was the son of the late Mark Skiffington and Mary McCue Skiffington Mr. Skiffington worked as a...
Mary Darrah Ritchie
May 11, 2003
PROVIDENCE, - Mary Darrah Sullivan Ritchie, 89, of 34 Berkeley Court, Middletown, died Sunday, May 11, 2003 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.She was the wife of the late George W. ?Bud? Ritchie Jr. Born in Newport, RI on August 16, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Jeremiah F. and Florence M. Curry Sullivan. Mrs. Ritchie was a 1931...
Margaret Theresa Morris
May 10, 2003
Middletown, - Margaret Theresa Kardel Morris, 69, of 91 Park Holm, Newport, died Saturday, May 10, 2003 at the Grand Islander Nursing Home.She was the wife of the late Thomas J. Morris. Born in Newport, RI on March 1, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Edward Lawrence Kardel and Susan Marie Oakley Kardel. She is survived by...
Maria Peidade Defreitas
May 7, 2003
Newport, - Maria P. Mendes DeFreitas, 73, of 90 Girard Avenue Newport, died Wednesday, May 7, 2003 at Charlton Memorial Hospital Fall River, MA.She was the wife of the late Jaime DeFreitas to whom she was married to for 51 years at the time of his death. Born in Madeira, Portugal, on October 30, 1929, she was the daughter of...
Grace Alma Hanson
May 6, 2003
Grace Alma Williamson Hanson, died Tuesday, May 6, 2003 at the Village House Nursing Center Newport, RI. Born July 3, 1910 in North Providence, RI, she was the daughter of the late Alban Williamson and Jennie Lena Neudeck Williamson. Wife of the late Dr. Frederick Charles Hanson, MD, Capt. U.S. Navy Reserves, of Southbridge, MA. Mrs. Hanson graduated from Rhode...
Emil Francis Nunes
May 6, 2003
Middletown, - Emil F. Nunes, Jr., 80, of 19 Bayview Park Middletown, formerly of 105 East Main Road Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, May 6, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He was the husband of Clara Vierra Nunes of Middletown. Born in Newport, RI on March 9, 1923, he was the son of the late Emil Francis and Anna Morgan...
Marie Rose Weeks
May 4, 2003
Portsmouth, - Marie Rose Theriault Weeks, 65, of 5 Karen Street Portsmouth, died Sunday, May 4, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of Arthur G. Weeks of Portsmouth. Born in Rockwood, ME on February 2, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Wilfred and Gertrude H. King Terrio.Mrs. Weeks had graduated fromThe Greenville High School in...
Jesse Joseph Almeida Jr
May 3, 2003
Middletown, - Jesse Joseph Almeida, Jr., 69, of 169 Fayal Lane Middletown, died Saturday, May 3, 2003 at home.He was the husband of Joan B. Lawrence Almeida. Born in Middletown, RI on January 13, 1934, he was the son of Emily Alvernas Almeida of Middletown and the late Jesse Joseph Almeida Sr. Mr. Almeida was a retired operating engineer from...
Albert J. Lapointe
May 3, 2003
Portsmouth, - Albert J. Lapointe, 79, of 45 Coreys Court Portsmouth, formerly of Central Falls, RI, died Saturday, May 3, 2003 at home. He was the husband of Irene Barriere Lapointe. They would have celebrated their 56th anniversary on May 24. Born in Pawtucket, RI on September 12, 1923, he was the son of the late Albert Lapointe and Louise...
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