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David Mayoh Lawton
Sep 5, 2020
David Mayoh Lawton of Portsmouth, RI and East Chop passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, September 5, 2020. He was loved and is greatly missed by his wife of 54 years, Judy (Hartley) Lawton, his family, and his many friends. Dave was born on January 24, 1936 in Providence, RI to Charles Hamilton Lawton and Sarah Mayoh Lawton. He spent...
Barbara Ann Alves
Sep 4, 2020
Barbara Alves, affectionately known as Nana, 78, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away unexpectedly on September 4, 2020, at Rhode Island Hospital, surrounded by her loving children. Barbara was born January 1, 1942, in Providence, RI to Robert and Virginia Doeg. She is preceded in death by her son, Jeffrey Booth. Barbara is survived by her siblings Robert Doeg and his...
Daisy Potter
Sep 2, 2020
Daisy "Dee" (Constantopoulos) Potter, 98, of Middletown, passed away at her home on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, after a brief illness. Born in Dover, NH, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Stella (Papplovious) Constantopoulos. She was the devoted military wife of the late Willard "Bill" Potter, C.Q.M., USN., Ret., for 56 years. She loved to travel and...
Richard Faria
Sep 2, 2020
Richard Faria, age 61, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away surrounded by his loving family on September 2, 2020. Richard was born in Newport, RI to Frank and Evelyn (Bertrand) Faria. Richard was married to the love of his life, Donna King for 14 years. For those of you who knew Ricky, you know how strong he was throughout his...
Ann S. Kroll
Sep 2, 2020
Ann Kroll, 97, died peacefully on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 in Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Jay Kroll and is survived by her daughter Judy Clark (Craig) and her son Gary Kroll (Betsy) and her grandchildren Jay Clark, Jordan Jurgens, Heidi Kroll, and Todd Kroll, and 4 great grandchildren. Ann lived for many years in Barrington,...
Terrance Michael Moy Jr
Aug 31, 2020
Terrance Moy Jr, 61, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on August 31, 2020. Terry was born March 7, 1959, in Newport, RI to Terrance Moy and Frances (Toppa). Oldest of 5 siblings Terry was revered for his many talents and endurance. Life dealt him a tough hand, but he was loved fiercely by his family. He found joy in...
Dorothea H. Doar
Aug 30, 2020
Dorothea Hesse Doar, 90, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away peacefully with family at her side on August 30, 2020. Mrs. Doar was born in Providence on August 20, 1930, the daughter of Frederick W. Hesse and Harriet Hannah Schneider Hesse. Mrs. Doar, who went by Dotty, had been a resident of Portsmouth since 1989. A 1948 graduate of Greenville, SC...
John Anthony Lyons
Aug 29, 2020
John A. (Jack) Lyons, Jr, age 77, passed away peacefully on August 29, 2020 in his home in Rixeyville, VA, after a seven year battle with cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange. Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late John A. Lyons and Phoebe Boardman Lyons. He was preceded in death by his lovely...
John Kavanagh
Aug 28, 2020
John Gerald Kavanagh passed away peacefully in his sleep on August 28th, 2020 at the Forest Farm Nursing Center in Middletown, Rhode Island. John, or Gerry to his friends, was a proud Navy brat and third generation Newporter; the son of LCDR (ret) John Edmund Kavanagh and Alice Shea Kavanagh. During WWII, Gerry and his family moved throughout the country...
Arthur J. Vouté
Aug 27, 2020
Arthur J. Vouté, 85, of South Salem NY, and Newport RI, passed away peacefully at his home in Newport on Thursday August 27, surrounded by his children, grandchildren, and wife of 55 years, Rosanne (O'Neill) Vouté. Arthur was the son of Arthur and Josephine Rolleston Vouté. He was raised in Riverdale, New York. After graduating from Villanova University and Fordham...
Kathleen G. Nelson
Aug 27, 2020
Mrs. Kathleen (Kay) Nelson, age 83, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on August 27, 2020. Kay was born in Hartford, CT to Arnold and Kathleen Gleave. Kathleen married Carl Nelson of Newport, Rhode Island in 1959. Kay was a leader in the early childhood education community in Newport, as she served as the Director for Early Childhood Education at...
Alice D. Simas
Aug 27, 2020
Alice D. Simas, 90, of Newport, RI, passed away peacefully at home on August 27, 2020. Alice was born in Newport, RI to the late Joseph Pasquale and Mary (Freitas) Pasquale. She was the wife of the late Albano M. Simas. Alice is survived by children, Raymond Simas, Albano Simas, Jr., Kenneth Simas, her sister Josephine Magnuski. She was preceded...
Timothy Michael Mcbride
Aug 26, 2020
Timothy M. McBride of Bristol, Rhode Island, died on August 26, 2020. He was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, on May 10, 1946 to Lucille (McBride) Weibel and John P. McBride. Tim graduated from Teaneck High School in 1964 and went on to Providence College, where he met his wife of 51 years, Suzanne (Gaudet) McBride. During college, Tim worked...
Nikolas George Georgiou
Aug 26, 2020
Nikolas G. Georgiou, 78, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on August 26, 2020, at home surrounded by his family. One of fourteen children, Nikolas was born in Olympia, Greece on March 12, 1942, to the late George Georgiou and the late Georgia (BouBouka) Georgiou. Nikolas was the husband of Paula (Diomandes) Georgiou for nearly 48 years. He was the...
Alfred Matthews Cameron
Aug 26, 2020
Alfred Cameron, 81, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, passed away on August 26, 2020, at home surrounded by his loving family. Alfred was born March 15, 1939, in Newport, RI to Alexander and Elizabeth(Taylor) Cameron. Alfred was married to his wife Jean (Capone) Cameron of Tiverton, Rhode Island for 58 years. Alfred graduated from Rogers High School in 1956. In 1976,...
John F. Hatch, Jr.
Aug 25, 2020
Col. John Franklin Hatch, Jr., (Ret), died at home in peace, surrounded by family, in The Woodlands, Texas, on Tuesday morning, August 25, 2020. He was 85. Hatch was an honest and principled man who loved his wife, his family and his country. Born and raised in Middletown, Rhode Island, Hatch was a career military officer, combat engineer and veteran...
Joan J White
Aug 22, 2020
Joan White, age 87 of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on August 22, 2020. Joan was born in San Francisco, CA, on July 6, 1933. Her parents were Cmdr. Algernon Joyner and Alice Joyner. Joan was married to Capt. Paul White for 68 years. Joan was educated in a variety of elementary schools, and graduated from Friends' Select High School...
Philip Eugene Coen Jr.
Aug 22, 2020
On August 22, 2020, Philip E. Coen, Jr. passed away of natural causes. He was 91 years old. The son of Philip Coen and Edith (Brigham) Coen, Phil was born on January 22, 1929, in Newport, R.I. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen (Anderson) Coen in 2012 and his daughter, Karen Coen in 1969. He is survived...
Elizabeth Ann Sullivan
Aug 20, 2020
Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Sullivan, 92, of Leonardtown, MD (formerly of Middletown, RI) passed away on August 20, 2020 at St. Mary's Nursing Center in Leonardtown, MD. She was the only child born to the late Albert Green and Elizabeth (Herbert) Green on April 11, 1928 in Newport, RI. Betty was a native Newporter, born and raised there. She married the...
Dorothy G. Arruda
Aug 20, 2020
Dorothy "Dottie" (Kelly) Sullivan Arruda, 86, of Portsmouth died after a brief illness on August 20, 2020, at home surrounded by her loving family. Born on February 22, 1934, in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Vincent J. and Dorothy (Sullivan) Kelly. Dottie graduated from the former Union Hospital School of Nursing in 1955. After raising...
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