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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Reginald H. Ford

Reginald H. Ford

May 23, 2002

Reginald H. ?Reggie? Ford, 80, of 18 Boughton Road Newport, died Thursday, May 23, 2002 at Miriam Hospital Providence, RI. He was the husband of Mary Alice Mello Ford for 56 years. Born in Newport, RI on July 28, 1921, he was the son of the late Thomas and Abbie Munroe Ford. Mr. Ford owned and operated Imperial Window Cleaning...

Ann Marie Silvia

Ann Marie Silvia

May 23, 2002

Ann Marie Souza Silvia, 63, of 55 Foxboro Avenue Portsmouth, died Thursday, May 23, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on June 24, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Anna Peters Souza. Mrs. Silvia worked for 11years as a bus aide for the Laidlaw Transit Co. She is survived by two sons...

Josephine A. Kennedy

Josephine A. Kennedy

May 23, 2002

Josephine A. Kratochvil Kennedy, of Parker Avenue Newport, died Thursday, May 23, 2002 at home.She was the wife of the late Rudolph S. Kennedy. Born in West Orange, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Wenzel and Bomelia Lupinek Kratochvil. Mrs. Kennedy moved to Newport 5 years ago from New Providence, NJ where she had made her home for...

Orville Bergier Ross

Orville Bergier Ross

May 22, 2002

Col. Orville Bergier Ross, USAF ret., 86, of 45 Bliss Mine Road Middletown, died Wednesday, May 22, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Diane Iris Leach Ross of Middletown and the late Dorothy Jean Leach Ross. Col. Ross was born in Peabody, KA on June 11, 1915, he was the son of the late Arthur Oliver...

Joseph M. Vieira

Joseph M. Vieira

May 21, 2002

- Joseph M. Vieira, 81, of 502 Bristol Ferry Road, Portsmouth, formerly of Port St. Lucie, FL, where he lived from 1986-1999, and Mill Lane, Portsmouth, died Tuesday, May 21, 2002, at the Silver Creek Manor, Bristol, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on June 9, 1920, he was the son of the late Marion and Aldina Costa Vieira. Mr. Vieira...

Manuel Alves

Manuel Alves

May 20, 2002

Manuel Alves, 80, of 118 Seascape Ave. Middletown, died Monday, May 20, 2002 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on April 27, 1922, he was the son of the late Frank and Maria Coelho Alves.He is survived by his brother with whom he lived Walter Alves of Middletown, RI.He was the brother of the...

John E. Flanagan

John E. Flanagan

May 20, 2002

John E. Flanagan, 76, of 37 Shore Drive Middletown, formerly of Springfield, MA, died Monday, May 20, 2002 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of the late Rosetta Catherine ONeill Flanagan. Born in Lowell, MA on Feb. 4, 1926, he was the son of the late George P. and Theresa Sheehan Flanagan. Mr. Flanagan was a graduate of Williams...

Rose Mary Rebello

Rose Mary Rebello

May 19, 2002

Rose Mary Anderson Rebello, 72, of Donovan Manor Newport, died Sunday, May 19, 2002 at home. Born in Pine Grove, WV on August 4, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Issac and Goldie Mae Noland Anderson. She is survived by two sons Domingo Farias of Valdosta, GA, Joseph G. Farias of Newport, RI, three daughters Rose Mary Farias...

Anna D. Serpa

Anna D. Serpa

May 14, 2002

- Anna D. Flowers Serpa, 94, of 85 Rhode Island Avenue, Fall River, MA, formerly of Manning Terrace, Newport, and Boulevard, Middletown, died Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at Charlton Memorial Hospital Fall River, MA.She was the wife of the late Joseph P. Serpa and companion to Joseph Gray of Fall River. Born in Middletown, RI on January 18, 1908, she...

Deborah A. Dennis

Deborah A. Dennis

May 13, 2002

Deborah A. Chamberlin Dennis, 43, of 248 Rogers Lane Middletown, died Monday, May 13, 2002 at home.She was the wife of the late Christopher Dennis. Born in Newport, RI on October 7, 1958, she was the daughter of George A. ?Biff? and Connie Mendonca Chamberlin.Mrs. Dennis was a member of St. Marks Church in Jamestown, RI. Besides her parents she...

Frances V. Stenholm

Frances V. Stenholm

May 12, 2002

- Frances Vivian Clara Anderson Stenholm, 81, of 79 Third Street Newport died Sunday, May 12, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of Joseph Lawton Stenholm. Born in Jersey City, NJ on May 31, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Sven Emil Anderson and Thyra Linnea Wennerberg Anderson. Mrs. Stenholm graduated from Plainfield, NJ...

Darran John Sylvia

Darran John Sylvia

May 11, 2002

- Darran John Sylvia, 40, of 52 Dearborn Street Newport, Saturday, May 11, 2002 at Charlton Memorial Hospital Fall River, MA.. Born in Newport, RI on January 31, 1962, he was the son of Francis J. and Edna M. Williams Sylvia.Mr. Sylvia was an auto mechanic for Inskip Motors in Providence. Besides his parents he leaves two daughters Nicole Elizabeth...

Doris E. O'Toole

Doris E. O'Toole

May 9, 2002

Doris E. McKersie OToole, 78, of 303 Valley Road, Blenheim, Newport, Middletown, formerly of Bedlow Avenue, Newport, RI, died Thursday, May 9, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Paterson, NJ on May 28, 1923, she was the daughter of the late David McKersie and Mary Kascanik McKersie. Mrs. OToole had work as a research Pharmacist for the Pfizer...

Melanie Pearl Levine

Melanie Pearl Levine

May 9, 2002

- Melanie Pearl Levine, 16, of 168 Newport Avenue Middletown, died Thursday, May 9, 2002 at Hasbro Childrens Hospital Providence, RI.Born in Newport, RI on July 31, 1985, she was the daughter of Andrew Mark Levine and Holly B. Bradbury Levine. Miss. Levine was a Student with Middletown High School in her Junior Year. She is survived by father her...

Delores E. Earley

Delores E. Earley

May 6, 2002

Delores E. Gomes Earley, 71, of 112 Evans Avenue Tiverton, died Monday, May 6, 2002 at St. Annes Hospital Fall River, MA. Born in Newport, RI on May 6, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Philip Debarros Gomes and Anna Lopes Gomes Lima.Mrs. Earley was a graduate of Rogers High School. She worked at the Heatherwood Health Care...

Isabel Macnaught

Isabel Macnaught

May 4, 2002

Isabel MacNaught, 79, of Washington Street, formerly of Leonard Drive, Tiverton, died Saturday. She would have celebrated her 80th birthday on May 16th.She was the wife of the late Donald S. MacNaught. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late George Daisy Anderton Osbourn. She lived for most of her life throughout the East Bay.A devoted child advocate,...

Mary R. Pasquale

Mary R. Pasquale

May 3, 2002

Mary R. Silvia Pasquale, 87, of 34 Bayview Park, Middletown, formerly of North Champlin Place, Newport, died Friday, May 3, 2002 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Matthew S. Pasquale. Born in Newport, RI on February 14, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Frank R. Silvia and the late Mary Garcia Silvia....

Evelyn Margaret Flores

Evelyn Margaret Flores

May 3, 2002

Evelyn Margaret Ritt Flores, 85, of 90 Peckham Avenue, Middletown, died Friday, May 3, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of Ernest Flores. Born in Newport, RI, on October 1, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Louis J. and Violet P. Rowe Ritt. Mrs. Flores had worked as the military pay supervisor with Naval Finance...

Susie Seveney

Susie Seveney

May 3, 2002

Susie ?Sue? Wallen Seveney, 79, of 314 Middle Road Portsmouth, died Friday, May 3, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of Harrison Seveney of Portsmouth, for 57 years. Born in Darwin, VA on November 25, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd Wallen and the late Margaret Mullins Wallen. Mrs. Seveney was an active...

Arthur Costa Dias

Arthur Costa Dias

May 3, 2002

Arthur Costa Dias, 93, of 59 Dexter Street, Middletown, died Friday, May 3, 2002, at the Grand Islander Health Care Center, 333 Green End Avenue, Middletown, RI.He was the husband of Mary DeCosta Dias. Born in St. Miguel, Azores, on October 11, 1908, he was the son of the late Antone C. and Maria Plaicdo Dias. Mr. Dias had worked...

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