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Priscilla B. Peckham
Sep 17, 2003
Middletown, - Priscilla B. Peckham, 95, of 124 Peckham Avenue, Middletown, died Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on November 18, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Reuben Wallace and Adelaide Maria Greenman Peckham. Born at home in Middletown, she was a 1926 graduate of Rogers High School....
Leverich Hiscox
Sep 17, 2003
Newport, - Leverich Hiscox, 89, died Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at Village House Newport, RI. He had been a resident of Blenheim Newport for 7 years prior to moving to Village House.He was the devoted husband of the late Elizabeth Anna Smith Hiscox. Born in Westerly, RI on August 12, 1914, he was the only son of the late Robert...
Liberty Mae Ripa
Sep 16, 2003
Portsmouth, - Liberty Mae ?Libby? Mavricken Ripa of 51C Glenn Meade Drive Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, September 16, 2003 at Oradell Health Care Center Oradell, NJ.She was the wife of the late Victor S. Ripa. Born in Chicago, IL on August 10, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Kelly and Jennie Mavricken.Mrs. Ripa was a hairdresser at Louis...
John Manchester
Sep 15, 2003
Newport, - John Manchester, Sr., 58, of 66 Girard Avenue Newport, formerly of 90 Conanicus Road, Narragansett, died Monday, September 15, 2003 at Brigham And Womens Hospital Boston, MA.He was the former husband of Heidi Marie Gerhard Manchester, and Linda Tessman Laudone. Born in Fall River, MA on August 12, 1945, he was the son of the late Charles and...
Charles A. Edenbach Jr
Sep 13, 2003
Middletown, RI - Charles A. Edenbach, Jr., of 80 Esplanade Middletown, died Saturday, September 13, 2003 at home. He was the husband of Joan K. Egan Edenbach of Middletown. He was born in Newport, RI on August 11, 1939; he was the son of the late Charles A. and Loretta Sullivan Edenbach. Mr. Edenbach was a funeral director and owner...
Emery Arthur Lewis
Sep 11, 2003
Port St. Lucie, - Emery Arthur Lewis, 78, of Port St. Lucie, FL formerly of Newport, RI, died Thursday, September 11, 2003 at his home in Florida.He was the husband of the late F. Lorraine Donnelly Lewis. A native of Newport, he was born on May 3, 1925, he was the son of the late George Taylor and Susan Spingler...
Charles E. Gillen Jr
Sep 7, 2003
Wiliamsburg, - Charles E. Gillen, Jr., 79, of 3477 Hunters Ridge Wiliamsburg, VA, formerly of Thurston Avenue, Newport, RI and Rosedale Court, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, September 7, 2003 at Riverside Regional Health Care Center Williamsburg, VA.He was the husband of Eleanor Popple Gillen. Born in Schenectady, NY on May 10, 1924, he was the son of the late C....
Chantee Lewis
Sep 7, 2003
Newport, - Capt. Chantee Lewis, USN, Ret. 77, of 36 Ayrault Street, Newport, died suddenly Sunday, September 7, 2003 at home.He was the husband of Lorna Rutherford Lewis. Born in Sacramento, CA, he was the son of the late Francis and Bess Steere Lewis.A graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy Class of ?48A, Capt. Lewis served 27 years in...
Marjorie Gastler Hicks
Sep 6, 2003
Portsmouth, - Marjorie Gastler Hicks, 87, of 125 Quaker Lane, Aquidneck Place, Portsmouth, formerly of Durham, CT, where she had lived for 80 years, and Newport, RI, died Saturday, September 6, 2003, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Irving W. Hicks Jr. Born in Durham, CT on February 20, 1916, she was the daughter of...
Francis V. Lauder Ii
Sep 5, 2003
Portsmouth, - Francis V. Lauder, II, of Black Point Lane Portsmouth, died Friday, September 5, 2003 at home.He was the husband of Catherine Escubar Lauder of Portsmouth. Born in East Orange, NJ, he was the son of the late Alexander William and Loie Zimmerman Lauder. Mr. Lauder served as a Senior Chief in the United States Navy for 21 years,...
Daniel E. Heimann
Sep 4, 2003
Middletown, - Daniel E. Heimann, 47, of 252 Oliphant Lane Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, September 2, 2003 at home.He was the fianc of Leslie Younce. Born in Fairfax, VA on May 19, 1956, he was the son of Denise Mermod Heimann of Middletown, RI and the late Jack Heimann.Mr. Heimann was a 1974 graduate of Middletown High School. He started...
Elizabeth Mae Levesque
Sep 2, 2003
Appleton, - Elizabeth Mae Levesque, 56, of Burkettville Road Appleton, ME, died Tuesday, September 2, 2003 at home. Born in Fall River, MA on March 15, 1947, she was the daughter of May Y. Dudley Levesque of Portsmouth, RI and the late George Levesque. Ms. Levesque was a paralegal and also an LPN. She had been working for the State...
Harrison J. Murdock
Aug 31, 2003
Harrison J. ?Harry? Murdock, 89, of 36 Caswell Avenue, Newport, died Sunday, August 31, 2003, at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Josephine Trifero Murdock for 61 years. Born in Newport, RI on April 3, 1914, he was the son of the late William Stuckey and Ella McNeil Murdock. Mr. Murdock had worked for the US Postal Service...
Dorothy Clark Chaplin
Aug 31, 2003
Newport, - Dorothy Clark Harlow Chaplin, 78, of 1201 Capella South Goat Island Newport, died Sunday, August 31, 2003 at home.She was the wife of Rev. George Manton Chaplin. Born in Lowell, MA on December 31, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Harold Clark and Mildred E. Carpenter Harlow. Mrs.Chaplin moved to the Newport area in 1927 and...
John Melvin Mcneill
Aug 31, 2003
Portsmouth, - John M. McNeill, 70, of 2121 West Main Road, Apt. #305, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Calfornia and Stamford, CT, died Sunday, August 31, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI due to complications from lung and heart disease. Born in Birmingham, MI, on June 18, 1933, he was the son of the late Thomas and Helen Melvin McNeill.Mr. McNeill...
Joseph Francis Escobar
Aug 31, 2003
Middletown, - Joseph Francis Escobar, 74, of 424 Third Beach Road Middletown, died Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 115A Niagra Street Middletown, RI. He was the husband of the former Olive Moniz Escobar of Newport. Born in Middletown, RI on December 28, 1928, he was the son of Philomena F. Vierra Escobar of Middletown, and the late John R. Escobar.Mr....
Josephine Sondra Farias
Aug 29, 2003
Portsmouth, - Josephine Sondra Moniz Farias, 68, of 2014 East Main Road Portsmouth, died Friday, August 29, 2003 at home after multiple complications due to Multiple Sclerosis.. She was the wife of Joseph George Farias of Portsmouth. Born in Fall River, MA on October 29, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Alice Proc Moniz. Mrs. Farias...
George Noel Maynard Sr
Aug 25, 2003
Portsmouth, - George Noel Maynard SR., 63, of 36 Heritage Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, August 25, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Diane Fitzler Maynard. Born in New Bedford, MA on September 19, 1939, he was the son of the late George Noel and Marguerite Marie Campbell Maynard.Mr. Maynard worked as a mechanical engineer for...
Veronica Ray
Aug 25, 2003
Newport, - Veronica ?Ronnie? Anderson Ray, 62, of 5 Russell Avenue, Newport, RI, died Monday, August 25, 2003 at Roger Williams Medical Center Providence, RI.She was the wife of George E. Ray Jr. Born in Fall River, MA on July 11, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Edward A. and Margaret P. Riley Anderson.Mrs. Ray graduated from Saint...
Mary Margaret Venancio
Aug 24, 2003
Middletown, - Mary Margaret Silvia Venancio, 96, formerly of 32 Hoppin Road, Newport, RI, died Sunday, August 24, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Francis George Venancio. Born in Middletown, RI on November 27, 1906, she was the daughter of the late John B. and Mary Deniz Silveira Silvia. Mrs. Venancio...
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