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Annie Virginia Browning
Nov 22, 2018
Annie Virginia Browning, 97, of Narragansett passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2018. Born in Perryville, she was the daughter of the late Marvin Chester and Marguerite Carpenter Perry. She is survived by her daughter Beth Perry Browning of Narragansett, her son Perry Robert Browning of South Kingstown, and her sister Marguerite Baur of Florida. She was predeceased by...
Barbara J. Holland
Nov 22, 2018
Barbara J. Holland, 61, of West Kingston, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2018. She was the loving wife and best friend of Douglas N. Holland. Born in South Kingstown, she was the daughter of the late Howard G. and Barbara A. (Cooke) Rice. Barbara worked in dining services for U.RI. for 32 years before retiring. She loved to...
Harriet Sprague Doolittle Vaughan
Nov 20, 2018
Harriet Sprague Doolittle Vaughan, 65, of Narragansett, RI and Englewood, Fl, passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2018. She was the wife of Wheaton Carr Vaughan. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Duncan Hunter Doolittle and Anne Watson Lewis Baker. Harriet enjoyed cooking, knitting, and ancestry research. She often employed, and used with pride, the...
George Hadfield, Iii
Nov 19, 2018
George Hadfield, III, 80, of Wakefield, passed away on Monday, November 19, 2018. He was the companion of Sheila Andrews and the husband of the late Joan (Leach) Hadfield. Born in Pawtucket, he was a son of the late George, Jr. and Mary (Higgins) Hadfield. He was a graduate of the University of Rhode Island. Mr. Hadfield was a...
Erik Arthur Abe Abrahamson
Nov 16, 2018
Erik "Abe" Arthur Abrahamson, 49, passed away, Friday November 16, 2018, peacefully surrounded by his family after a brief illness. The son of the late Glenn Abrahamson he is survived by his mother Betty, his brother John and his wife Rose, and his sisters, Karen and her partner Dan and Kirsten and her husband Timothy, his nieces Brittney and...
Kathy Lou Colomb
Nov 16, 2018
Kathy Lou Colomb, 57, of Exeter, passed away unexpectedly Friday. She was the beloved wife of Joseph Colomb, Sr. Born in Warwick, she was a daughter of the late Manuel and Dorothy Silva. Kathy Lou was employed for Arkwright, Inc. for 30 years. She loved the Red Sox, Patriots, Club Joques, and most of all spending quality time with...
William Francis Heaney
Nov 15, 2018
William Francis Heaney, 86, of Narragansett, passed away on November 15, 2018. Born in Pawtucket, he was the son of the late Francis Heaney and Blanche Smith. He was the loving companion of 30 years to Dorothy Hagan. William worked in radiology for the VA Hospital for 28 years. He loved nature and working in the outdoors, was an...
Thelma Betty Vallee
Nov 14, 2018
Thelma E. Vallee, affectionately known as "Betty", 90, formerly of Wakefield, passed away Wednesday, November 14th. She was the beloved wife of the late Edward A. Vallee, Jr. Born in South Kingstown, she was a daughter of the late Harold and Hazel (Wheeler) Caswell. She is survived by her son, Edward A. Vallee, III and his wife Paula of...
Alfred J. Iacovone
Nov 11, 2018
Alfred J. Iacovone, 96, of South Kingstown, passed away at home with his daughter and her family by his side on Sunday, November 11, 2018. He was the husband of the late Eileen (Finneran) Iacovone. Born in Ontario, Canada, he was the son of the late Peter and Annie (McGrath) Iacovone. Enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps soon...
Forest Lee Rev. Parsons
Nov 9, 2018
Rev. Forest Lee Parsons, 98, of Narragansett, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday, November 9, 2018. He was the husband of the late Frances (Wiesen) Parsons. Born in Lockport, Illinois, he was the son of the late Forest Lee and Abigail (Forward) Parsons. Rev. Parsons was a graduate of Yale Divinity School. After graduating he and...
Veronica Vazquez
Nov 8, 2018
Veronica Vazquez, 52, of Wakefield, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family and loved ones on Thursday, November 8, 2018. Born in South Kingstown, she was the daughter of the late Harry Vazquez and Dorcas (Reed) Laboi. Veronica was a teachers aide for the South Kingstown School Department. She was a phenomenal soft ball player and an...
William Rittenhouse Champlin
Nov 7, 2018
William Rittenhouse Champlin was born August 9, 1979 to Kit and Bob Champlin at South County Hospital in Wakefield, RI. He died on November 7 at the Hope Hospice facility in Providence. He grew up partly at the family home in Exeter, just north of Kingston, and partly at Critter Hut, which his parents owned and operated. As a...
Frank Joseph Deluise
Nov 7, 2018
Frank Joseph DeLuise, 92, of Wakefield, passed away on Wednesday, November 7, 2018. He was the loving husband of Mary (Appleby) DeLuise for 65 years. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Joseph and Anna (Manuppelli) DeLuise and brother of the late Joseph DeLuise. Frank served honorably in the United States Navy during World War II....
Victor A. Snow
Nov 7, 2018
Victor A. Snow, 84, of Narragansett, passed away on Wednesday, November 7, 2018. He was the husband of Beverly Ann (Phillips) Snow. Born in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, he was the son of the late Ray E. and Gladys M. (Miller) Snow. Victor was an Aviation Machinist Chief in the United States Navy for 24 years serving in the Vietnam...
The Honorable Ronald R. Gagnon
Nov 6, 2018
The Honorable Ronald R. Gagnon, 88, of Wakefield, former Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. He was the beloved husband of Arlene S. (Audette) Gagnon. They were happily married for 64 years. Born in Central Falls, R.I., on June 26, 1930, he was the son of the late Joachim...
Ann M. Stone
Nov 3, 2018
Ann M. (Halloran) Stone, 87, of Narragansett, returned home to the Lord on Saturday, November 3, 2018 surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Deacon Robert Stone. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late William and Katherine (Reilly) Halloran. Ann was a graduate of St. Xaviers Academy and Rhode Island College...
Joseph Hamilton Wilcox
Nov 2, 2018
Joseph Hamilton Wilcox, 71, of North Kingstown, passed away Friday November 2. He was the beloved husband of Laura (Wilson) Wilcox for 41 years. Born in South Kingstown, he was a son of the late George E., Sr. and Julia May (Sampson) Wilcox. Mr. Wilcox was employed at South County Hospital for many years. After retiring, he worked for...
William C. Krueger
Nov 1, 2018
William C. Krueger, 52, of Charlestown passed away peacefully at home on November 1 surrounded by those he loved. He is survived by his loving wife of 26 wonderful years, Samantha L. Krueger. He also leaves behind his daughter, Emma Krueger,who he loved beyond words and Jonathan Cornell, whom he thought of as a second son. He was predeceased...
Ann P. Vogel
Nov 1, 2018
Ann P. Vogel, 86, of South Kingstown, passed away on Thursday, November 1, 2018. She was the wife of the late James H. Vogel, Jr. Born in Providence, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Rose (Moran) Gallagher. She enjoyed dinning out and had sampled most of the lobster rolls and chocolate cakes sold in the state....
Genevieve Geaber
Oct 31, 2018
Genevieve Geaber, 94, of Wakefield, passed away on Wednesday. Born in South Kingstown, she was a daughter of the late Philip F. and Hazel E. (Kontos) Geaber. Miss. Geaber was employed at the University of Rhode Island for many years. She was a communicant of St. Francis of Assisi Church where she sang in the choir, and she enjoyed...
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