Obituaries

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Local obituaries for the Newport and Portsmouth, RI Area

Cornelius Michael Harrington

Cornelius Michael Harrington

Nov 6, 2003

Newport, - Cornelius M. Harrington, 78, of 33B DeBlois Street, Newport, formerly of 49 Lee Avenue, Newport, died Thursday, November 6, 2003, at Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI. Born in Newport, RI, on April 8, 1925, he was the son of the late Cornelius and Bertha Mae Lang Harrington. Mr. Harrington worked for his father, who owned Harringtons Bakery...

Edna Mary Santos

Edna Mary Santos

Nov 6, 2003

Middletown, RI - Edna Mary Santos, 77, of Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI, formerly of Freeborn Street, Newport, RI, died Thursday, November 6, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. Born in Newport, RI on September 25, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Frank P. and Emily Oliver Santos. Ms. Santos had worked as...

Richard Earnest Budlong Sr

Richard Earnest Budlong Sr

Nov 6, 2003

Newport, RI - Richard Earnest Budlong, Sr., 65, of 116A Girard Avenue Newport, RI, formerly of 13B Woolsey Road, Middletown, RI, died on Thursday, November 6, 2003, at the Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.He was the husband of Ann Marie Gonsalves Budlong. Born in Tiverton, RI on January 10, 1938, he was the son of the late James and Beatrice Munroe...

Thomas J. Camara

Thomas J. Camara

Nov 5, 2003

Boca Raton, FL - Thomas J. Camara, 54, of Boca Raton, FL, formerly of Portsmouth, RI, died unexpectedly Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at home.He was the husband of Nora Pena Camara. Born in Newport, RI on June 14, 1949, he was the son of Rose Lima Camara of Portsmouth, RI and the late William P. Camara. Before moving to Florida,...

Robert Knowles

Robert Knowles

Nov 5, 2003

Robert B. Knowles, 76, of 16B Ludlow Road Middletown, RI, died Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Janice Copley Knowles. They would have celebrated their 53rd Anniversary this month. Born in Tiverton, RI on September 7, 1927, he was the son of the late Robert B. and Rose Vera Weiner Knowles. Mr. Knowles...

Shirley A. Fransson

Shirley A. Fransson

Nov 4, 2003

Shirley A. Gisser Fransson, 77, of Whitehall Middletown, RI, formerly of 352 Mailcoach Road, Redwood Farms, Portsmouth, RI, died Tuesday, November 4, 2003 at Newport Hospital, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Peter Lindburg Fransson. Born in the Bronx, NY on February 1, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Lillian Dresbold Gisser. Mrs. Fransson...

Elizabeth King

Elizabeth King

Nov 1, 2003

Elizabeth Griffith King, 86, of 31 Rhode Island Avenue Newport, died Saturday, November 1, 2003 at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI. She was the wife of Roger Hamilton King. Born in Newport, RI on January 14, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Roy Griffith and the late Grace Crane Holt. Mrs. King was a lifelong resident of Newport...

Roman William Maire

Roman William Maire

Oct 31, 2003

Roman William Maire, 85, formerly of 4 Orville Drive, Middletown, RI, died Friday, October 31, 2003 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Edith George Maire. Born in Emmendingen, Germany on December 31, 1917, he was the son of the late Charles L. and Matilda Frick Maire.Mr. Maire was a paratrooper in the...

Margaret Ellen Esker

Margaret Ellen Esker

Oct 29, 2003

Portsmouth, RI - Margaret Ellen Lawrence Esker, 90, of 259 Riverside St. Portsmouth, RI, died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at home.She was the wife of the late Wilfred M Esker. Born in Fall River, MA on August 3, 1913, she was the daughter of George S. and Margaret E Holt Lawrence. Mrs. Esker worked for the former Glencain Manufacturing Company...

Catherine A. Smith

Catherine A. Smith

Oct 29, 2003

Newport, RI - Catherine A. Smith, 59, of 906 Newport Green Newport, RI, died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at home. Born in Providence, RI on November 6, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Catherine Smith.Ms. Smith worked as an assembler at AT Cross in Lincoln, RI for several years when she was younger. She was...

Julia Frances Whitlock

Julia Frances Whitlock

Oct 28, 2003

Julia Frances Silvia Whitlock, 85, of 8 Calvert Street Newport, RI, died Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at the home of her daughter. She was the former wife of Jesse H. Whitlock. Born in Newport, RI on June 2, 1918, she was the daughter of the late John and Julia Harrington Silvia. Mrs. Whitlock was a 1936 graduate of Rogers High...

Jesse Decosta

Jesse Decosta

Oct 28, 2003

Jesse DeCosta, 86, of 24 Miantonomi Avenue Middletown, RI, died Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at home.He was the husband of the late Anna Silveira DeCosta. Born in Newport, RI on May 15, 1917, he was the son of the late Antone and Georgianna Pacheco DeCosta.Mr. DeCosta worked at Boulevard Nurseries for 65 years. He also worked as a Bakemaster at...

Deltude Margaret Harris

Deltude Margaret Harris

Oct 27, 2003

Newport, RI - Deltude Margaret Deveau Harris, 94, of St. Clare Nursing Center Newport, formerly of 6 Tyler Street, Newport, RI, died Monday, October 27, 2003 at St. Clare Home Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Frank R. Harris. Born in Salmon River, Nova Scotia, Canada on January 8, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Norman...

Glenna Marie Brown

Glenna Marie Brown

Oct 27, 2003

Middletown, RI - Glenna Marie Rush Brown, 72, of 614 Forest Park Middletown, RI, died Monday, October 27, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Exeter, ME on December 21, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Elden and Bernice White Rush. Mrs. Brown was a Computer Operator with the US Naval Underwater Systems Center in Newport, RI...

Mary Irene Cairns

Mary Irene Cairns

Oct 27, 2003

Portsmouth, RI - Mary Irene Prince Cairns, 95, of 333 Green End Avenue Middletown, RI formerly of 6 North Drive Portsmouth, died Monday, October 27, 2003 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late John Cairns. Born in Newport, RI on June 15, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Mertland and...

Alice Boxell

Alice Boxell

Oct 25, 2003

Converse, IN - Alice Geraldine Cox Boxell, 82, of 516 East Walbash Converse, IN, formerly of Newport, RI, died Saturday, October 25, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Jesse S. Boxell. Born in Newport, RI on May 4, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Katherine ONeil Cox. Mrs. Boxell lived...

Gladys C. Vindinha

Gladys C. Vindinha

Oct 23, 2003

Middletown, - Gladys C. Vindinha, 75, of 557 Aquidneck Avenue Middletown, died Thursday, October 23, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Middletown, RI on September 20, 1928, she was the daughter of the late John M. and Alice Santos Vindinha. Miss Vindinha was a billingclerk for the Newport Electric Company for 25 years, retiring in 1988. She was...

James E. Mitchell

James E. Mitchell

Oct 23, 2003

James E. Mitchell, artist and long-time resident of Newport, died Thursday, October 23, 2003, of cancer at Brigham and Women?s Hospital in Boston. He was 77. Mr. Mitchell was born in New York City, and spent his youth sailing the coastal regions of Long Island and South Carolina. He served for five years in the Merchant Marine during and after...

Sara Marcia Levy

Sara Marcia Levy

Oct 23, 2003

Newport, - Sara Marcia Levy, 65, of 160 Park Holm Newport, died Thursday, October 23, 2003 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. Born in Bronx, NY on November 14, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Hyman and Frances Levy.Ms. Levy was a Manager with various convenience stores. She is survived by three sons Joseph B. Levy of Portsmouth, RI,...

Amy Helga Bare

Amy Helga Bare

Oct 19, 2003

Bristol, RI - Amy Helga Janes Bare, 92, of 3 Sakonnet Terrace, Middletown, RI, died Sunday, October 19, 2003 at St. Elizabeth Manor Bristol, RI after a long illness.She was the wife of the late Reverend Carl Brenton Bare, former pastor of the United Congregational Church, Newport, RI. Born in Newport, RI on Dec. 28, 1910, she was the daughter...