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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Clarence M. Martin

Clarence M. Martin

Apr 20, 2003

Middletown, - Clarence M. ?Duke? Martin, 66, of 14 Marshall Lane Middletown, formerly of Newport, Rhode Island, died Sunday, April 20, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Penny T. Ng Martin. Born in Guilford County, NC on April 23, 1936, he was the son of the late Lonnie and Lucille Doggett Martin.Mr. Martin served in the...

Ethel May Razza

Ethel May Razza

Apr 18, 2003

Newport, - Ethel May Cardoza Razza, 68, of 24 Loyola Terrace, Newport, died Friday, April 18, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of Anthony Thomas Razza. Born in Middletown, RI on February 3, 1935, she was the daughter of the late George Lewis and Irene Flowers Cardoza. Besides her husband she is survived by one daughter Rita...

Joseph Soeira

Joseph Soeira

Apr 18, 2003

Newport, - Joseph ?Perky? Soeira, 82, of 39 Farewell Street, ?Mumford Manor? Newport, formerly of Morrison Ave, Middletown, died Friday, April 18, 2003 at Miriam Hospital Providence, RI. He was the companion of Anna Bettencourt. Born in Middletown, RI on June 9, 1920, he was the son of the late William Soeira and Maria Almeida Soeira. Mr. Soeira, known as...

Edward Lawrence Kardel

Edward Lawrence Kardel

Apr 17, 2003

Newport, - Edward Lawrence Kardel, 70, of 19B Pond Avenue Newport, died Thursday, April 17, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He was the husband of Geraldine Girouard Kardel. Born in Newport, RI on September 15, 1932, he was the son of the late Eugene and Susan Oakley Kardel. A veteran of the US Army, Mr. Kardel served in Germany...

Leontine Jones

Leontine Jones

Apr 16, 2003

Portsmouth, - Leontine Ouellette Jones, 94, of 4 South Drive Portsmouth, died Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Ambrose Huey Jones. Born in St. Agatha, ME on December 16, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Laura Martin Ouellette. Mrs. Jones worked as an...

Ruth Elizabeth Manchester

Ruth Elizabeth Manchester

Apr 16, 2003

Portsmouth, - Ruth Elizabeth Manchester, 85, of 78 Pine Tree Road Portsmouth, died Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on December 3, 1917, she was the daughter of the late John Rogers Manchester and Lulu Albro Manchester. Ruth worked at the Torpedo Station during World War II, later at Gold Insurance Co. on...

Stanley John Jakubiak

Stanley John Jakubiak

Apr 15, 2003

Portsmouth, - Stanley John Jakubiak, 69, of 5 East Terrace Portsmouth, died Tuesday, April 15, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He was the husband of Betty Ann Causey Jakubiak. Born in Providence, RI on November 9, 1933, he was the son of the late Stanley Z. Jakubiak and Sophie Rose Wnek Jakubiak. Mr. Jakubiak was a Dean of Administrative...

Henry L. Johnson

Henry L. Johnson

Apr 15, 2003

Newport, - Henry L. ?Bud? Johnson, 84, of 25 Whitwell Avenue Newport, formerly of 13 Atlantic Street, died Tuesday, April 15, 2003 at home. He was the husband of Catherine ?Eileen? Jackson Johnson. Born in Newport, RI on September 8, 1918, he was the son of the late Louis H. and Isabelle Barker Johnson. In the 1930s, Mr. Johnson was...

Anthony Peter Coute

Anthony Peter Coute

Apr 13, 2003

Newport, - Anthony Peter Coute, 54, of 24 Halsey Street Newport, formerly of 48 Gould Street, Newport, died Sunday, April 13, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.. Born in Newport, RI on August 28, 1948, he was the son of Marie Alice Janeiro Coute of Newport and the late Antone Peter Coute.Mr. Coute was an Auto Body Repairman with Aquidneck...

Josephine Elsie Law

Josephine Elsie Law

Apr 13, 2003

Newport, - Elsie ?Jay? Law, 74, of 24 Mary Street Newport, formerly of Bowery Street Newport, died Sunday, April 13, 2003 at home. Born in Attleboro, MA on April 15, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Joseph W. and Myrtle Handy Sternman. Mrs. Law sold timeshare property with the RCI Co. at the Inn on the Harbor and...

George Richard Steffes

George Richard Steffes

Apr 12, 2003

George Richard Steffes, 66, of 5 Sherri Lane Middletown, formerly of 124 Vernon Avenue Middletown, died Saturday, April 12, 2003 at home. Born in River Rouge, MI on July 26, 1936, he was the son of the late Harold and Margaret Frasier Steffes. Mr. Steffes served in the Navy for 15 years. He was a Mechanic Technician for the Vitro...

John P. Viveiros

John P. Viveiros

Apr 10, 2003

Newport, - John P. Viveiros Jr., 80, of 8 Dexter Street Newport, died Thursday, April 10, 2003 at home.He was the husband of Geraldine Carrigan Viveiros. Born in St. Miguel, the Azores on June 25, 1922, he was the son of the late John P. and Frances Perreira Viveiros.Mr. Viveiros was a 1941 graduate of Rogers High School. He worked...

Anastasia Veronica Byron

Anastasia Veronica Byron

Apr 10, 2003

Newport, - Anastasia Veronica Miller Byron, 92, of 20 Summer Street Newport, formerly of 21 Mt. Vernon Street, Newport, died Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Albert James Byron Jr. Born in Newport, RI on January 26, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Adolph A....

Alfred F. Vierra

Alfred F. Vierra

Apr 9, 2003

Newport, - Alfred F. Vierra, 78, of 35 Slocum Street Newport, died Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at home. He was the husband of Mary Elizabeth ?Betty? Wilson Vierra. They would have been married for 53 years on April 15. Born in Middletown, RI on November 11, 1924, he was the son of the late William and the late Rose Parvo...

Estulano Garcia

Estulano Garcia

Apr 8, 2003

Newport, - Estulano Garcia, 78, of 2 Third Street Newport, died Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at home. He was the husband of Irene Pires Garcia of Newport. Born in Fayal, Azores, on January 30, 1925 he was the son of the late Manuel and Maria Rosa deSousa. Mr. Garcia was a marine carpenter with CC Yachts in Middletown for 15...

Donna Claire Pratt

Donna Claire Pratt

Apr 8, 2003

Middletown, - Donna Claire Morgan Pratt, 62, of 24 Namquid Drive, Middletown, died Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Col. Stanley G. Pratt. Born in Rochester, NY on July 19, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Ronald and Violet Kaiser Morgan. Mrs. Pratt had worked as a clerk for...

Mildred Adelia Adeline Kuiee

Mildred Adelia Adeline Kuiee

Apr 6, 2003

Newport, - Mildred Adelia Adeline Kuiee, 77, of 65 Cowie Street Newport, formerly of Burnside Avenue, Newport, died Sunday, April 6, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on May. 13, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Benjamin Baker and Mildred Edith Sprague Kuiee. Miss. Kuiee worked as a factory worker for the Naval...

Elizabeth C. Joslyn

Elizabeth C. Joslyn

Apr 5, 2003

Middletown, - Elizabeth C. Thibodeau Joslyn, 63, of 16 Murphy Circle, Middletown, died Saturday, April 5, 2003, at the Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of US Navy Chief Petty Officer Malcolm H. Joslyn, USN Ret. Born in Orono, Maine on June 3, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Alice Flanagan Thibodeau. Mrs. Joslyn...

Ruth Anne Sullivan

Ruth Anne Sullivan

Apr 2, 2003

Middletown, - Ruth Anne Davison Sullivan, 66, of 15 Sherwood Road Middletown, died Wednesday, April 02, 2003 at home.She was the wife of Raymond Carter Sullivan. Born in Haverhill, MA on July 19, 1936, she was the daughter of the late John and Ruth Hoyt Davison.Mrs. Sullivan moved to Newport in 1941 at the age of 5 with her family....

John Francis Casey

John Francis Casey

Apr 2, 2003

Portsmouth, - John Francis Casey, 87, of 106 King Phillip Street Portsmouth, died Wednesday, April 2, 2003 at St. Annes Hospital Fall River, MA.He was the husband of Dorothy Callahan Casey. Born in Brighton, MA on January 16, 1916, he was the son of the late Cornelius H. and Abigail Moynihan Casey.Mr. Casey worked as an oil burner service technician...

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