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Sadie Souza
Jan 10, 2003
Bowie, - Sadie Gomes Souza, 90, formerly of 1591 West Main Road, Middletown, died Friday, January 10, 2003 at Larkin Chase Nursing Home Bowie, MD. She moved to Bowie, MD in 2001.She was the wife of the late Manuel Souza. Born in Portsmouth, RI on September 21, 1912, she was the daughter of the late James and Mary R. Motts...
James Evans Essery
Jan 10, 2003
Portsmouth, - James Evans Essery, 56, of 86 Wapping Road, Portsmouth, died Friday, January 10, 2003 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Donna Mastroianni Essery. Born in Minneapolis, MN on November 28, 1946, he was the son of Max E. Essery of Santa Ana, CA, and the late Myrtle Loken Essery. Mr. Essery worked since 1985 as...
Francisco Tereyle Abong
Jan 10, 2003
Newport, - Francisco T. Abong, 80, of 254 Maple Ave Newport, died Saturday, January 11, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.He was born in the Philippines on July 29, 1922 the son of the late Sotero and Maria Terruelo Abong.Mr. Abong, known as Frank, was in the United States Navy, retiring after 20 years of service. He...
Bella A. Cordeiro
Jan 9, 2003
Middletown, - Bella A. Alfonso Cordeiro, 90, of the Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, formerly of 2372 East Main Road, Portsmouth, since 1941, died Thursday, January 9, 2003 at 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Manuel Oliveiro Cordeiro. Born in Portsmouth, RI on October 13, 1912, she was the daughter of the late...
Stephen Joseph Belli
Jan 8, 2003
Ft. Drum, - 1LT Stephen Joseph Belli US Army, 32, of Ft Drum, NY, formerly of 8 Wabasso Terrace, Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, January 8, 2003 at the National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, MD.He was the husband of Melissa Armella Belli. Born in Newport, RI on December 30, 1970, he was the son of Joseph A. and Mary Cecilia Moitozo...
William Clarke
Jan 8, 2003
Newport, - William Clarke, 83, of Bellevue Avenue Newport, died Wednesday, January 8, 2003 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. Born in Boston, MA on February 20, 1919. A private service was held in the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 301 South County Trail, Exeter.
Gertrude Mercer Altemus
Jan 8, 2003
Gertrude M. Altemus, a gardener who used her knowledge of horticulture to return historic gardens to their former state, died Wednesday at her home in Middletown. Known to her friends as ?Gipsey,? Ms. Altemus was the daughter of James Dobson Altemus of Philadelphia, PA, and Rosalie ?Pillot? Altemus of New York and Newport, RI. She is predeceased by her brother...
Barbara Gower Walker
Jan 8, 2003
Newport, - Barbara G. MacMillian Walker, 94, of 11 Hillside Avenue Newport, died Thursday, January 8, 2003 at Heatherwood Health Care Center Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Dr. John H. Walker. Born in Kirkentilloch, Scotland on September 17, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Angus and Annie Gower MacMillian.Mrs. Walker was a graduate of Boston...
Margaret Elaine Young
Jan 8, 2003
Middletown, - Margaret Elaine Phillips Young, of 203 Purgatory Road Middletown, died Wednesday, January 8, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Robert P. Young. Born in Maywood, NB on December 4, 1926, she was the daughter of the late John and Christine Novacek Phillips.She is survived by her son Robert C. Young of Middletown,...
Thomas P. Gannon
Jan 7, 2003
Portsmouth, - Thomas Gannon, of Portsmouth, died Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at home. Born in Fall River, MA on August 14, 1944, he was the son of the late Daniel E. and Grace Boardman Gannon.Tom was a journalist and freelance writer whose articles appeared in the New York Times, The Boston Globe, and Time Magazine. He was author of Newport...
Louis Q. Hanson
Jan 7, 2003
Portsmouth, - Louis Q. ?Peanuts? Hanson, 84, of 31 North Drive Portsmouth, died Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at home.He was the husband of the late Helen Maxwell Hanson. Born in Denver, CO on August 1, 1918, he was the son of the late Fred and Annie Olson Hanson. Mr. Hanson was a Mechanic with the public works department on the...
Kathryn Elizabeth Kingsbury
Jan 6, 2003
Portsmouth, - Kathryn E. Hagar Rich Kingsbury, 89, of 41 Silvania Road Portsmouth, died Monday, January 6, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Charles Stanley Rich and the late David Jackson Kingsbury. Born in Boston, MA on November 16, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Albert O. and Elsie...
John B. Oakley
Jan 6, 2003
Casselberry, FL - John B. ?Red? Oakley, Ret. Deputy Chief of the Newport Fire Department, 82 of 1079 Laura Street Casselberry, Florida, formerly of 123 Carroll Avenue, Newport, died January 6, 2003 at his residence in Casselberry, Florida.He was the husband of the late Eleanor F. Peirson Oakley. Born in Newport, RI on March 23, 1920, he was the son...
Marguerite Elizabeth Caldwell
Jan 5, 2003
Newport, - Marguerite Elizabeth Caldwell, 94, of 76 Broadway Newport, died Sunday, January 5, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John S. Caldwell. Born in Newport, RI on Feb. 7, 1908, she was the daughter of Theodore Addison and Bessie Mae Jamison Addison. She is survived by two daughters Jacqueline Martins of Middletown,...
Donald E. Beverly
Jan 5, 2003
Portsmouth, - Donald E. Beverly, 63, of 13 Second Street Portsmouth, died Sunday, January 5, 2003 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.He was the husband of Nancy Riley Beverly. Born in Davy, West Virginia on October 23, 1939, he was the son of Blanch Bowman Beverly of Newberry, FL and the late Cap Beverly.Mr. Beverly was a retired United States...
Alberta C. Kazanjian
Jan 5, 2003
Portsmouth, - Alberta Copelane Kazanjian, 93, of 125 Quaker Hill Lane Portsmouth, formerly of 20 Indian Avenue, Portsmouth, her residence for many years, died Sunday, January 5, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late John J. Kazanjian. Born in Saylesville, RI on November 30, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Albert L and...
Frank Anthony Soares
Jan 4, 2003
Middletown, - Frank A. Soares, 88, of Village House Nursing Home, Newport formerly of Forest Farm Nursing Home, Middletown and Sunny Acres, Portsmouth, RI, died Saturday, January 4, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI, Born in Portsmouth, RI on Dec. 11, 1914, he was the son of the late Antone Soares and Rita Garcia Soares. Mr. Soares had been employed...
Beatrice Frances Cookinham
Jan 4, 2003
Middletown, - Beatrice Frances Cookinham, 81, of 59 Rogers Lane Middletown, died Saturday, January 4, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Cranston, RI on July 3, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Deloria Carigan.Mrs. Cookinham worked as a sales clerk for the Navy Exchange. She was a former member of the Portsmouth Grange, a former member...
Edna Sherman
Jan 4, 2003
Middletown, - Edna R. Holt Sherman, 93, of 121 Maple Avenue Middletown, died Saturday, January 4, 2003 at Oak Hill Nursing Home Pawtucket, RI.She was the wife of the late Alton Parker Sherman Jr. Born in Newport, RI on August 11, 1909, she was the daughter of the late William Henry and Susan B. Clarke Holt.Mrs. Sherman was a member...
Dorothy Jean Brown
Jan 4, 2003
Portsmouth, - Dorothy Jean Vieira Brown, 69, of 160 Belmont Drive Portsmouth, died Saturday, January 4, 2003 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI.She was the wife of Roger Jerome Brown CWO, USN, Ret. Born in Newport, RI on February 23, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Marion and Aldina DeCosta Vieira. Mrs. Brown was a graduate of Rogers...
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