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Robert Knowles
Nov 5, 2003
Robert B. Knowles, 76, of 16B Ludlow Road Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Janice Copley Knowles. They would have celebrated their 53rd Anniversary this month. Born in Tiverton, RI on September 7, 1927, he was the son of the late Robert B. and Rose Vera Weiner Knowles. Mr. Knowles...
Shirley A. Fransson
Nov 4, 2003
Shirley A. Gisser Fransson, 77, of Whitehall Middletown, RI, formerly of 352 Mailcoach Road, Redwood Farms, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, November 4, 2003 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Peter Lindburg Fransson. Born in the Bronx, NY on February 1, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Lillian Dresbold Gisser. Mrs. Fransson...
Elizabeth King
Nov 1, 2003
Elizabeth Griffith King, 86, of 31 Rhode Island Avenue Newport, died Saturday, November 1, 2003 at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI. She was the wife of Roger Hamilton King. Born in Newport, RI on January 14, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Roy Griffith and the late Grace Crane Holt. Mrs. King was a lifelong resident of Newport...
Roman William Maire
Oct 31, 2003
Roman William Maire, 85, formerly of 4 Orville Drive, Middletown, RI, died Friday, October 31, 2003 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Edith George Maire. Born in Emmendingen, Germany on December 31, 1917, he was the son of the late Charles L. and Matilda Frick Maire.Mr. Maire was a paratrooper in the...
Margaret Ellen Esker
Oct 29, 2003
Portsmouth, RI - Margaret Ellen Lawrence Esker, 90, of 259 Riverside St. Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at home.She was the wife of the late Wilfred M Esker. Born in Fall River, MA on August 3, 1913, she was the daughter of George S. and Margaret E Holt Lawrence. Mrs. Esker worked for the former Glencain Manufacturing Company...
Catherine A. Smith
Oct 29, 2003
Newport, RI - Catherine A. Smith, 59, of 906 Newport Green Newport, RI, died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at home. Born in Providence, RI on November 6, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Catherine Smith.Ms. Smith worked as an assembler at AT Cross in Lincoln, RI for several years when she was younger. She was...
Julia Frances Whitlock
Oct 28, 2003
Julia Frances Silvia Whitlock, 85, of 8 Calvert Street Newport, RI, died Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at the home of her daughter. She was the former wife of Jesse H. Whitlock. Born in Newport, RI on June 2, 1918, she was the daughter of the late John and Julia Harrington Silvia. Mrs. Whitlock was a 1936 graduate of Rogers High...
Jesse Decosta
Oct 28, 2003
Jesse DeCosta, 86, of 24 Miantonomi Avenue Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at home.He was the husband of the late Anna Silveira DeCosta. Born in Newport, RI on May 15, 1917, he was the son of the late Antone and Georgianna Pacheco DeCosta.Mr. DeCosta worked at Boulevard Nurseries for 65 years. He also worked as a Bakemaster at...
Deltude Margaret Harris
Oct 27, 2003
Newport, RI - Deltude Margaret Deveau Harris, 94, of St. Clare Nursing Center Newport, formerly of 6 Tyler Street, Newport, RI, died Monday, October 27, 2003 at St. Clare Home Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Frank R. Harris. Born in Salmon River, Nova Scotia, Canada on January 8, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Norman...
Glenna Marie Brown
Oct 27, 2003
Middletown, RI - Glenna Marie Rush Brown, 72, of 614 Forest Park Middletown, RI, died Monday, October 27, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Exeter, ME on December 21, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Elden and Bernice White Rush. Mrs. Brown was a Computer Operator with the US Naval Underwater Systems Center in Newport, RI...
Mary Irene Cairns
Oct 27, 2003
Portsmouth, RI - Mary Irene Prince Cairns, 95, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, RI formerly of 6 North Drive Portsmouth, died Monday, October 27, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late John Cairns. Born in Newport, RI on June 15, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Mertland and...
Alice Boxell
Oct 25, 2003
Converse, IN - Alice Geraldine Cox Boxell, 82, of 516 East Walbash Converse, IN, formerly of Newport, RI, died Saturday, October 25, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Jesse S. Boxell. Born in Newport, RI on May 4, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Katherine ONeil Cox. Mrs. Boxell lived...
Gladys C. Vindinha
Oct 23, 2003
Middletown, - Gladys C. Vindinha, 75, of 557 Aquidneck Avenue Middletown, died Thursday, October 23, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on September 20, 1928, she was the daughter of the late John M. and Alice Santos Vindinha. Miss Vindinha was a billingclerk for the Newport Electric Company for 25 years, retiring in 1988. She was...
James E. Mitchell
Oct 23, 2003
James E. Mitchell, artist and long-time resident of Newport, died Thursday, October 23, 2003, of cancer at Brigham and Women?s Hospital in Boston. He was 77. Mr. Mitchell was born in New York City, and spent his youth sailing the coastal regions of Long Island and South Carolina. He served for five years in the Merchant Marine during and after...
Sara Marcia Levy
Oct 23, 2003
Newport, - Sara Marcia Levy, 65, of 160 Park Holm Newport, died Thursday, October 23, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Bronx, NY on November 14, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Hyman and Frances Levy.Ms. Levy was a Manager with various convenience stores. She is survived by three sons Joseph B. Levy of Portsmouth, RI,...
Amy Helga Bare
Oct 19, 2003
Bristol, RI - Amy Helga Janes Bare, 92, of 3 Sakonnet Terrace, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, October 19, 2003 at St. Elizabeth Manor Bristol, RI after a long illness.She was the wife of the late Reverend Carl Brenton Bare, former pastor of the United Congregational Church, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on Dec. 28, 1910, she was the daughter...
Carl Gregory Vouros
Oct 19, 2003
Newport, RI - Rev. Protopresbyter Carl G. Vouros, 84, of 37 Castle Hill Avenue, Newport, RI, formerly of 94 Mast Street, Jamestown, RI, and New Britain, CT, died Sunday, October 19, 2003, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Krisowla Morris Vouros. Born in Boston, MA, on June 9, 1919, he was the son of the late Gregory...
Joseph Francis Moniz Sr
Oct 18, 2003
Newport, - Joseph F. ?Joe Cement? Moniz Sr., 89, of 487 Thames Street, Newport, died Saturday, October 18, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late M. Natalie Stepp Moniz. Born in Portsmouth, RI on March 31, 1914, he was the son of the late Joseph Francis and Maria Pacheco Moniz. Mr. Moniz was a lifelong...
James Edward Miranda
Oct 16, 2003
Tiverton, - James Edward Miranda, 94, of Sakonnet Bay Manor Tiverton, RI, formerly of 1114 Middle Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, October 16, 2003 at Village House Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Kathryn Louise Ryan Miranda. Born in Portsmouth, RI on August 14, 1909, he was the son of the late Manuel and Mary Pacheco Miranda. Mr....
Gloria M. Tameleo
Oct 16, 2003
Newport, - Gloria Marie Tameleo, 76, of 70 Harrison Avenue Newport, formerly of Las Vegas, Nevada, died Thursday, October 16, 2003 at Village House Newport, RI. Born in Providence, RI on October 26, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Laura Toti Tameleo. Ms. Tameleo worked as a secretary for a Food Brokerage Firm for 25 years...
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