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Christine E. Huss
May 31, 2002
Christine E. Caufield Huss, 80, of Quaker Manor Portsmouth, formerly of Old Ford Road Newport, died Friday, May 31, 2002 at Village House Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Douglas P. Huss. Born in on Denison Street in Newport, RI on February 13, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Daniel T. and Margaret McCarthy Caufield.A...
Mary L. Foss
May 31, 2002
Mary L. Foss, 90, of 303 Valley Road Middletown, died Friday, May 31, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Faye S. Foss. Born in Mongardino, D?Asti, Italy on February 23, 1912 and lived in Newport since 1915. She moved to Middletown in 1999. She was the daughter of the late Camillo F. Rolando...
Elizabeth Ann Smith
May 30, 2002
Elizabeth Ann Weiser Smith, 75, of 396 Gibbs Avenue Newport, died Thursday, May 30, 2002 at home. She was the wife of the late William T. Smith. Born in Santa Paula, CA on October 9, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Saint Paul and the late Katherine Konda Lindsay. Mrs. Smith moved to Newport in 1957. She worked...
Charles J. Wynperle
May 28, 2002
Charles Jacob Wynperle, Jr., 86, of North Drive, Sunny Acres Portsmouth, died Tuesday, May 28, 2002 at Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol, RI. He was the husband of Rose Botelho Wynperle. Born in New York, NY on April 4, 1916, he was the son of the late Charles J. Wynperle and the late Nellie Cornix Wynperle. Mr. Wynperle was...
Dean Carlton Roeske
May 28, 2002
- Dean Carlton Roeske, 71, of 12 Philips Avenue Middletown, died Tuesday, May 28, 2002 at Miriam Hospital Providence, RI.He was the husband of Christina Margaret Seery Roeske of Middletown to whom he was married to for 46 years. Born in Bloomington, ILL on January 20, 1931, he was the son of the late Frank and Emma Brayton Roeske.Mr. Roeske...
Isabel N. Costa
May 27, 2002
Isabel N. Nunes Costa, 93, of 4 Vaughan Avenue Newport, died Monday, May 27, 2002 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Henry Costa. Born in Newport, RI on May 6, 1909, she was the daughter of Joseph Souza and Isabel Vargas Nunes. Mrs. Costa worked as a caretaker for the Estate ?Plaisance?...
Edmond Jerome Morris Jr
May 27, 2002
Edmond Jerome ?Jerry? Morris, Jr., 62, of 9 Halsey Street Newport, died Monday, May 27, 2002 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. Born in Woonsocket, RI on March 9, 1940, he was the son of the late Edmond J. and Margaret V. Graham Morris.Mr. Morris was a mechanical engineer with NUSC. Mr. Morris was a 1957 graduate of...
Cora M. Truver
May 27, 2002
Cora M. Phaneuf Truver, 97, formerly of Braman Street Newport, died Monday, May 27, 2002 at Heatherwood Nursing And Subacute Center Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late George T. Truver. Born in Taunton, MA on September 15, 1904, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Mardor Foxey Phaneuf. She is survived by four sons, Charles...
Gerald M. Taylor
May 26, 2002
Gerald M. ?Jerry? Taylor, 81, of 9 Brooks Avenue Newport, a radio broadcaster and photographer who chronicled local news for more than 40 years, died Sunday, May 26, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of Adele Baker Taylor. Born in Newport, RI on December 9, 1920, he was the son of the late Andselm F. and Victoria...
Robert Bond
May 25, 2002
Robert ?Shorty? Bond, 85, of 13 Scotty Drive Portsmouth, died Saturday, May 25, 2002 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI.He was the husband of the late Ellen L Jennings Bond. Born in Plaistow, NH on November 8, 1916, he was the son of the late Helen Bond. Mr. Bond owned and operated B E Taxi Company for over 50 years. He...
Danis O. Gerbeville
May 24, 2002
Danis O. O?Neil Gerbeville, 69, of 2 School Street Newport, died Friday, May 24, 2002 at South Shore Hospital, South Weymouth, MA. Wife of the late William B. Gerbeville Sr., and the former wife of James Wilson.Born in Boston, MA on December 13, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Lester and Neva Smith ONeil. Mrs. Gerbeville was a...
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...
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...
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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