Obituaries

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Theodore L. Barra, Jr. 77, of Tiverton, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2019 in St. Anne’s Hospital. He was the husband of the late Barbara A. (Stoos) Barra.Born in Washington, D.C., he was the […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Elena L. (Monge) Youngblood, 82, of Portsmouth, passed away on November 10, 2019, at her home in Portsmouth. She was born on March 5, 1937, in Tacloban, Leyte, Phillipines, to the late Eusebi Monge and […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Ronald Cooper Bahnsen, Sr., 69, of Portsmouth, RI, lost his courageous battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia on Thursday, November 7, 2019, at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Center in Providence, RI. Born in Newport, RI on […]

This obituary originally O’Neill Hayes Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Leslie Jeanne Gray, 69, of Newport, RI, passed away suddenly on November 6, 2019 at Rhode Island Hospital. Leslie, a native Newporter and a lifelong 5th warder, was the daughter of John and Emily Barry. She […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. The only son of Nicholas Martin Delaney of Milltown, County Galway, Ireland and Nora Kilduff Delaney of Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, Ireland, Nicholas was born in New York City on November 4th, 1934. He passed from […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Michael D. Scott, Sr., 78, of Middletown, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2019 in the Kingston Center for Nursing.He was the husband of the late Donna L. (Marley) Scott. Born in Newport, he was […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Glenda C. (Lopes) Thomas, age 77, of East Providence, RI, passed away on November 8, 2019 in Providence after a short illness. She is the wife of Edwin Thomas. Glenda was born in Newport, RI […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Nancy M. (Gaulteri) Barker, 83, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away at home on November 8, 2019.She was the wife of Benjamin Barker III.Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Ronald Cooper Bahnsen, Sr., 69, of Portsmouth, RI, lost his courageous battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia on Thursday, November 7, 2019, at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Center in Providence, RI.Born in Newport, RI on July […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. John Bernard Prettyman, age 75, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away on November 6, 2019 at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, MA. John was the husband of Ethel J. “Penny” (Ames) Prettyman. John was born […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Beverly (Barker) Zakrajsek passed away peacefully, on November 6, 2019. She was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Winifred (Staunton) Barker and was preceded in death by her sister, Winifred Taylor and her four […]

This obituary originally appeared on O’Neill Hayes Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Stephen W. Biello, 73, of Franklin Street, Newport, RI died Thursday, November 7, 2019 at Newport Hospital.  Born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 28, 1946, he was the son of the late Dominick and […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Portsmouth, RI – Isabel “Betty” A. Pacheco 86, of 44 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI passed away on Thursday November 7, 2019, at the Grand Islander, with her family by her side.She was the wife […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Cindy Gail (Corey) Greenman, age 62, of Middletown, Rhode Island, formerly of Palm Beach, FL, passed away peacefully and without pain, on November 6, 2019. Cindy was born in Newport, RI on February 22, 1957 […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Ricky Flannery, age 64, of Newport, RI, passed away peacefully on November 5, 2019 at Newport Hospital with his dear friends by his side. Ricky was born in Maine and lived in Nashua, New Hampshire […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Master Chief Gerard M. Downing, Jr., USCG, Ret. (Jerry), 81, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away at Newport Hospital on November 3, 2019 with his family by his side.Jerry was born in Newton, MA […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Robert “Bob” Davis, 70, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away unexpectedly on October 25, 2019, in Portsmouth. Bob was born on February 17, 1949, in Panama City, FL to the late Collie Davis […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. James O. “Cable” Richardson, of Middletown, died peacefully Sunday, November 3, 2019, in his home. He was born March 6, 1955, in Newport, RI, to Jack and Alice Richardson. He married the love […]

This obituary originally appeared on Memorial Funeral Home. It has been republished with permission, for free, and ad free as a community service. Margaret M. Cassels, age 84, of Middletown, passed away on All Saints Day, at her home with her family. Margaret was born in 1935, in Washington, DC, to Timothy Harrington and Helena […]

Patricia Ann Simmons of Middletown, beloved wife of Alexander B. Simmons Jr for 55 years, and daughter of the late James P. and Margaret M. Sullivan, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and her beloved dog Riley on Nov 1st.She is survived by her children Christine Feisthamel (Anthony), Brian Simmons (Karla), and Michelle Collins (James), […]

Catherine M. “Cay” Whipple, 87, of Newport, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2019 at the John Clarke Nursing Center in Middletown.  Cay was born in Newport in 1932, she was the daughter of the late Caldwell and Catherine (Welsh) Whipple. She graduated from St. Catherine’s Academy and Roger Williams General Hospital School of Nursing.  She […]

Richard Thomas Flood Jr., 84, son of and Ellen (Holdrege) and Richard T. Flood, and the husband and best friend of the late Sally (Elliot) Flood, died on October 30, 2019. Born in Boston, Mass., on August 10, 1935, he was a graduate of Noble and Greenough School in the Class of 1953 and Williams […]

Joan Beattie Klaserner, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on October 30, 2019. She was the wife of the late Jerome James Klaserner. Born in Newport, RI on March 28, 1929, she was the daughter of the late William F. and Dora (Millington) Beattie. Joan lived in Birmingham, Michigan for many years […]

Benjamin Viera, age 86, longtime resident of Portsmouth, RI, passed away on October 27, 2019 in Fall River, MA. He was the husband of the late Helen Louise (Silvia) Viera. Benjamin was born in Little Compton, RI to the late Gene Viera and Hortense (Almeida) Viera. Benjamin grew up in Little Compton and served in […]

F. John Harrington, 71 of James St, Middletown, formerly of Houston Ave, Newport died Monday, October 28, 2019 in Newport.  Born in Newport on March 5, 1948 he was the son of the late Frederick and Catherine (Sheehan) Harrington. John was a resident of Newport and Middletown for his entire lifetime.  He was a graduate […]