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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Roy Eugene Short

Roy Eugene Short

Aug 2, 2003

Middletown, - Roy Eugene Short, 76, of 858 Mitchells Lane Middletown, RI, formerly of Bayminette, AL, died Saturday, August 2, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. He was the husband of the late Madeline R. Holmes Short. Born in Davy, WV, on September 20, 1926, he was the son of the late Joe and Lydia Morgan Short. Mr. Short was...

Irving Donald Champion

Irving Donald Champion

Aug 2, 2003

Middletown, - Irving Champion, 93, of 15 Aquidneck Drive Middletown, RI, died Saturday, August 2, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the late Helen S. Chase Champion. Born in Newport, RI on August 1, 1910, he was the son of the late George E. and Edna L. Fish Champion. Mr. Champion was...

Eileen Miriam Sarkissian

Eileen Miriam Sarkissian

Aug 2, 2003

Portsmouth, - Eileen Miriam Keogh Sarkissian, 80, of 125 Quaker Hill Lane Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Woodstock Avenue, Stratford, CT, died Saturday, August 2, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of Samuel Sarkissian. Born in Taunton, MA on January 12, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Helena Smith Keogh. Mrs....

George Victory Hudson

George Victory Hudson

Jul 31, 2003

NEWPORT, - George Victory Hudson, 91, of 19 Chapel Street, Newport, RI, formerly of 20 Donna Drive Portsmouth, RI, died Thursday, July 31, 2003 at home.He was the husband of the late Frances Sherif Hudson. Born in Newport, RI on October 2, 1911, he was the son of the late George V. and Emmia Pike Hudson. Mr. Hudson was an...

Bernie Dew Toppins Sr

Bernie Dew Toppins Sr

Jul 30, 2003

Newport, - Bernie Dew Toppins, Sr., 74, of 16A Edgar Court Newport, died Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at home. He was the husband of the late Lenora Hicks Toppins. Born in New Holland, NC on December 14, 1928, he was the son of the late Edwin and Maggie Patterson Toppins.Mr. Toppins worked for the former Safe Way of Newport for...

Maureen L. Last

Maureen L. Last

Jul 28, 2003

Newport, RI - Maureen L. Last, 72, of 76 Broadway Newport, died Monday, July 28, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Michigan City, IN on May 10, 1931, she was the daughter of the late William and Mary Webber Last.Maureen worked as a food server for 6 years at the US Naval Base. She was a member of...

Richard Paul Rinehart

Richard Paul Rinehart

Jul 27, 2003

Newport, - Richard Paul Rinehart, 54, of 90 Girard Avenue Newport, died Sunday, July 27, 2003 at home. Born in Canton, MA on May 5, 1949, he was the son of the late Everett and Doris Williams Rinehart.Mr. Rinehart was a professional comedian and he enjoyed landscaping. Mr. Rinehart was a friend of ?Bill W.? He is survived by his...

Nancy C. Ryan

Nancy C. Ryan

Jul 26, 2003

Newport, - Nancy C. Jones Ryan, 64, of 87 Spring Street Newport died Saturday, July 26, 2003 at home. Born in Morrisville, Vermont on August 9, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Woodrow and Barbara Ashley Jones. Miss Ryan was raised by her grandparents in Morrisville, Vermont, she had worked at Ann?s Kitchen in Middletown, the Trawler restaurant...

Gladys Ann Rodrigues

Gladys Ann Rodrigues

Jul 23, 2003

Newport, - Gladys Ann Travers Rodrigues, 67, of 87 Girard Avenue Newport, RI, formerly of 27 Whitwell Avenue, Newport, RI, died Wednesday, July 23, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Richard B. Rodrigues. Born in Newport, RI on June 25, 1936, she was the daughter of John and Marion Viera Travers.Mrs. Rodrigues was...

Justin Grace

Justin Grace

Jul 23, 2003

Middletown, - Justin Grace, 93, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, formerly of 57 Merton Road, Newport, Rhode Island, died Wednesday, July 23, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of the late Cortez Howard Goodrich Grace. Born in Dothan, AL on May 22, 1910. Mr. Grace was a Chief in the United States Navy....

Margaret Veronica Vogel

Margaret Veronica Vogel

Jul 22, 2003

Middletown, - Margaret Veronica Shea Vogel, 95, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, RI, formerly of 41 Sakonnet Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late John F. Vogel. Born in Fall River, MA on July 31, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Mortimer...

Charles Donald Baker

Charles Donald Baker

Jul 21, 2003

Middletown, - Charles Donald Baker, 63, of 12 Sherwood Road Middletown, RI, died Monday, July 21, 2003 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.He was the husband of Beverly Ann Cicerone Baker. Born in Newport, RI on October 26, 1939, he was the son of the late Charles Francis and Mary OBrien Baker.Mr. Baker was the chef at the Newport Hospital...

Olive Ruth Etheline Smith

Olive Ruth Etheline Smith

Jul 20, 2003

Middletown, - Olive Ruth Etheline Hamilton Smith, 88, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, RI, formerly of 6 Madeline Drive, Newport, RI, died Sunday, July 20, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Leonard Dwain Smith. Born in Calcutta, OH on August 24, 1914, she was the daughter of the late William...

Emily Newell Ritchie

Emily Newell Ritchie

Jul 19, 2003

Middletown, - Emily Newell Ritchie, 87, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, formerly of 212 Vernon Avenue Middletown, died Saturday, July 19, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on Mar. 12, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Nellie Titus Ritchie. Miss Ritchie was a life long member of Calvary...

Paul Peter Cekala Jr

Paul Peter Cekala Jr

Jul 19, 2003

Middletown, - Paul Peter Cekala Jr., 59, of 12 William Drive Middletown, formerly of Cottage Street, Newport, died Saturday, July 19, 2003 at home. Born in Hope Valley, RI on November 18, 1943, he was the son of the late Paul P. Cekala and Virginia Dodd Cekala. Mr. Cekala worked at the James L. Maher Center for twenty-eight years. Paul...

Catherine Mary Ibbotson

Catherine Mary Ibbotson

Jul 15, 2003

Portsmouth, - Catherine Mary Sewell Ibbotson, 80, of 76 Seaconnet Boulevard Portsmouth, died Tuesday, July 15, 2003 at St. Annes Hospital Fall River, MA.She was the wife of the late William Ibbotson. Born in Fall River, MA on December 23, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Sarah Ashworth Sewell. Mrs. Ibbotson worked as a loom operator...

Roy Henry Sherman Anderson

Roy Henry Sherman Anderson

Jul 14, 2003

Middletown, - Roy Henry Sherman Anderson, 93, of Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, formerly of 33 Kay Boulevard, Newport, died Monday, July 14, 2003 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI.He was the husband of the late Margaret Harrower Young Anderson. Born in Newport, RI on September 22, 1909, he was the son of the late Gustave and...

Thomas W. Donnelly

Thomas W. Donnelly

Jul 14, 2003

Newport, - Thomas W. ?Fox? Donnelly, 67, of 8 Stockholm Street Newport, died Monday, July 14, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Joanne Dias Donnelly. Born in Newport, RI on March 8, 1936, he was the son of the late Humphrey J. and Edna Winters Donnelly.Mr. Donnelly worked as a Supervisor at Raytheon for 35 years...

Marguerite Antoinette Bernard

Marguerite Antoinette Bernard

Jul 13, 2003

Newport, - Marguerite Antoinette Gitzhoffer Bernard, 86, of 19 Pennacook Street Newport, died Sunday, July 13, 2003 at home. She was the wife of the late Joseph Bernard. Born in Marbache, France on July 31, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Isidore and Marguerite Marbaque Gitzhoffer. Mrs. Bernard had worked as a chef for various restaurants in Newport,...

Phyllis May Sinclair

Phyllis May Sinclair

Jul 13, 2003

Portsmouth, - Phyllis May Montgomery Sinclair, 73, of 348 West Main Road Portsmouth, died Sunday, July 13, 2003 at St. Elizabeths Manor Bristol, RI. She was the wife of Robert Duncan Sinclair of Portsmouth, RI. Born in Swansea, MA on June 23, 1930, she was the daughter of the late John and Caroline Pierce Montgomery. Mrs. Sinclair was a 1948...

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