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Jaye Reynolds
Oct 30, 2002
Middletown, - Jaye Reynolds, 60, of 84 Purgatory Road Middletown, died Wednesday, October 30, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Fall River, MA on May 5, 1942, she was the daughter of Edna Crompton McPherson and the late Harold W. McPherson.Mrs. Reynolds was employed by Newport Grand Jai-Alai as an Office Supervisor for the past fifteen years. Besides...
George A. Maigler
Oct 27, 2002
Middletown, - George A. Maigler, 31, of 1054 Green End Avenue Middletown, died Sunday, October 27, 2002 at Newport Hospital. Born in Newport, RI on July 23, 1971, he was the son of Patricia Silveira Soares of Middletown and the late George Maigler.Mr. Maigler attended Middletown Schools. He worked for about 10 years for Morning Glory landscaping. In 2002 he...
Shirley D. Greene
Oct 26, 2002
Newport, - Shirley D. ?Mike? Greene, 71, of 19 Chapel Street Newport, died Saturday, October 26, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Durham, NC on December 25, 1930, he was the son of the late Frederick and Jean Marie Doyle Greene.Mr. Greene was in the United States Army during the Korean War and with the United States Navy...
Barbara A. Carney
Oct 26, 2002
Middletown, - Barbara A. Brennan Carney, 73, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, formerly of Kay Boulevard Newport, died Saturday, October 26, 2002 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Vincent P. Carney. Born in North Attleboro, MA on September 26, 1929, she was the daughter of the late William and Mary Wilson...
Ida Elizabeth Tragakis
Oct 25, 2002
Middletown, - Ida ?Betty? Diettrich Tragakis, 84, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, formerly of Goat Island, Newport, died Friday, October 25, 2002 at the Grand Islander Nursing Home, Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Steve Tragakis. Born in Collegeville, PA on June 19, 1918.Mrs. Tragakis operated a hair salon from her home on Spring Street, in Newport....
Stephen F. Peer
Oct 25, 2002
Newport, - Stephen F. Peer, 38, of 100 Warner Street Newport, formerly of 220 Park Holm, Newport, died Friday, October 25, 2002 at Zambarano Memorial Hospital, Burillville, RI. Born in Newport, RI on December 6, 1963, he was the son of the late Gwendolyn Young Peer and Norman D. Peer of Hayward, CA.Mr. Peer was a 1981 Graduate of Rogers...
Hazel Etta Washington
Oct 25, 2002
Midletown, - Hazel E. Washington, 95, of John Clarke Nursing Center 600 Valley Road Midletown, formerly of 28B Edgar Court, Newport, died Friday, October 25, 2002 at John Clarke Nursing Center Middletown, RI. Born in Portsmouth, RI on March 22, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Silas T. and Mary L. Williams Washington Educated in Newport, she was...
Joseph F. Arkins
Oct 25, 2002
Sunnyside, New York - Joseph F. Arkins, 45, of 4319 41st Street Sunnyside, New York formerly of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, died Friday, October 25, 2002 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital New York City, NY. Born in Providence, RI on December 12, 1956, he was the son of the late Agnes Fitzpatrick Arkins and Daniel M. Arkins of Portsmouth, RI.An Attorney, Mr....
Joseph Wesley Mckeehan Jr
Oct 19, 2002
Newport, - Joseph Wesley McKeehan Jr., 81, of 19 Garfield Street, Newport, died Saturday, October 19, 2002 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI. Born in Newport, RI on January 2, 1921, he was the son of the late Joseph Wesley and Caroline Silveria McKeehan.Mr. McKeehan had worked as a foreman rigger at the Quonset Naval Air Station and General Dynamics...
Mary Judith Hagerty
Oct 18, 2002
Mary Judith Nielson Hagerty, 74, of 60 Kay Street Newport, died Friday, October 18, 2002 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI, after a brave struggle with lung cancer. She was the wife of the late Francis Henry Hagerty Jr. Born in Newport, RI on October 29, 1927, she was the daughter of the late William C and Helen G. Lavery...
Edward Roy Griffith
Oct 17, 2002
Newport, - Edward Roy Griffith, 78, of 31 Rhode Island Avenue Newport, died Thursday, October 17, 2002 at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on June 27, 1924, he was the son of the late Roy E. and Grace Crane Griffith.Mr. Griffith served in the Army during World War II as a Heavy Machine Gunner...
Shirley E. Hewitt
Oct 17, 2002
Shirley E. Morris Hewitt, 86, of Royal Megansett Nursing Home North Falmouth, formerly of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, died Thursday, October 17, 2002 at Royal Megansett Nursing Home North Falmouth, MA. She was the wife of the late Ralph A. Hewitt, Sr. Born in Rutland, VT on November 28, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Margaret Powers...
Thomas Cletus Brugman
Oct 16, 2002
Newport, - Thomas Cletus Brugman, 64, of 94 Kay Street Newport, died Wednesday, October 16, 2002 at RI Veterans Home Bristol, RI.He was the husband of Barbara Black Brugman. Born in Winthrop, MA on July 30, 1938, he was the son of the late Francis Anthony and Mary Grace Brugman.Commander Brugman served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam...
Margaret Martha Thompson
Oct 16, 2002
Middletown, RI - Margaret Martha Thompson, 93, of 600 Valley Road Apt. 217 Middletown, formerly of 12 Bull Street, Newport, died Wednesday, October 16, 2002 at the John Clarke Nursing Home, Middletown. Born in Bristol, NH on April 22, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Alban Frank and Helen Louise Tuck Thompson.Ms. Thompson was a 1930 graduate of...
Antonio Edmundo Neves
Oct 14, 2002
Sun Valley, - Antonio Edmundo Neves, 78, of 10715 Lull Street, Sun Valley, CA, formerly of Newport, RI, died Monday, October 14, 2002 at St. Annes Hospital Fall River, MA.Born in Newport, RI on October 16, 1923, he was the son of the late Edmundo Jose and Maria Francisca Monteiro Neves.Mr. Neves had worked as a civil engineer for the...
Russell Gordon Eldridge
Oct 13, 2002
Portsmouth, - Russell Gordon Eldridge, 67, of 239 Fairview Lane Portsmouth, died Sunday, October 13, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Julie Bernado Eldridge. Born in Barrington, RI on Feb. 3, 1935, he was the son of Annabelle Booth Eldridge of Middletown and the late Irving R. Eldridge.In 1957 Mr. Eldridge Graduated from the US Merchant...
Thad M. Floyd
Oct 12, 2002
Knoxville, - Thad M. Floyd, 70, of Knoxville, KY, formerly of Anson Drive, Portsmouth, died Saturday, October 12, 2002 in Knoxville, KY.He was the husband of Bettie Owens Floyd and the late Muriel Loftin Floyd. Born in Morgan County, AL, on May. 20, 1932, he was the son of the late Bernard and Gladys Floyd. Mr. Floyd had worked as...
Mary Louise Gilchrest
Oct 9, 2002
Mary Louise Murphy Gilchrest, 56, of New Britain, CT, formerly of Newport, RI, died Wednesday, October 9, 2002 at the Newington V.A. Hospital, Newington, CT.She was the wife of Raymond M. Gilchrest. Born in Newport, RI on June 3, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Harry J. and Margaret E. Sargent Murphy of Newport, RI. Mrs. Gilchrest worked...
John Francis Pinheiro Jr
Oct 7, 2002
Newport, - John Francis ?Uncle John? Pinheiro Jr., 73, of 117 Park Holm, Newport died Monday October 7, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Julia Frances Alexander Pinheiro.Born in Newport, RI on June 8, 1929, he was the son of the late John P. and Gertrude P. Lawton Pinheiro. Mr. Pinheiro was a Veteran of the...
William Earl Twomey
Oct 5, 2002
Portsmouth, - William Earl Twomey, 79, of 6 Debra Drive, Portsmouth, died Saturday, October 5, 2002 at Silver Creek Nursing Home Bristol, RI.He was the husband of Florence Vadnais Twomey. Born in Providence, RI on February 16, 1923, he was the son of the late William Earl and Lucy Higgins Twomey.Mr. Twomey had worked for the former New England Tell...
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