John M. Goodwin
Oct 13, 2018
John M. Goodwin, 79, of Wakefield, passed away peacefully Saturday, October 13, 2018. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late John F. Goodwin and Gertrude (Larvin) Goodwin. John was employed as a Pipe Fitter in the Local 51 Union, before retiring. In his retirement he kept himself busy with woodworking projects, yardwork, and spending time with...
Robert E. Tucker
Oct 13, 2018
Robert E. Tucker, 90 of Wakefield passed away Saturday October 13, 2018 at South County Hospital. Born in Wakefield on August 30, 1928 to Adela (Eccleston) and Norris Eldred Tucker; He was the beloved husband of the late Joan (Pouliot) Tucker for 60 years. Bob graduated South Kingstown High School and Bryant College in 1948 before serving his country...
Peter E. Bradley
Oct 12, 2018
Peter E. Bradley, 70, of Narragansett passed away on October 12, 2018. He was the beloved husband of Margaret (Dein) Bradley for over 34 years. Peter was born in Westerly, RI on July 15, 1948 to the late Jean (Adams) and Edward E. Bradley. Besides his wife, Peter is survived by his sons Thomas E. Bradley and wife Jennifer...
Norma Jean Briggs
Oct 11, 2018
Norma Jean Briggs, 85, of South Kingstown, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Thursday, October 11, 2018. She was the wife of Richard E. Briggs for 67 years. She was the daughter of the late Edward and Louise (Goulart) Vallee. Mrs. Briggs worked as a secretary for the University of RI East Farm. She loved...
David John Cook
Oct 9, 2018
David J. Cook, 88, of South Kingstown, passed away on Tuesday, October 9, 2018. He was the husband of the late Alma I. (Jones) Cook. Born in Newburyport, MA, a son of the late Arthur and Helen (Brooks) Cook. Mr. Cook, an Air Force Veteran, met and married Alma Jones while serving in London. He lived in Ware, MA...
Kenneth G. Mccall
Oct 8, 2018
Kenneth G. McCall, 67, of Wakefield passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Monday. Born in South Kingstown, he was the son of the late Robert F. and Elizabeth (Arundale) McCall. Kenneth is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Lynn (Smith); and their three children, Kendall Witherell and her husband Stephen of East Providence, Krista Chappell...
Ebrahim Tabatabaie
Oct 7, 2018
Ebrahim Tabatabaie of Wakefield, Rhode Island, a generous philanthropist, compassionate, giving man, loving husband, wonderful, caring, supportive father and role model passed away peacefully after a short battle with insidious lung cancer, in the loving arms of his daughter, Maryam Tabatabaie and grand daughter, Samin Tafazzoli at Rhode Island Hospital, on October 7, 2018. He never let the diagnosis...
The Rev. John Hall
Oct 7, 2018
The Rev. John Hall (age 82) of Exeter, Rhode Island, died peacefully at home on October 7, 2018 of kidney disease. Born in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Marguerite (Parker) and Richard Hall Witkowski (the family name was changed to Hall in 1938). He graduated from Trinity College and the Berkeley Divinity School and was...
Dolores Maria Chadwick
Oct 6, 2018
Dolores Maria Pender Chadwick, 91 of Exeter died October 6 at Greenwich Farms in Warwick. Born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania to the late James and Margaret (Culligan) Pender. Dolores was predeceased by her her husband of 66 years James W. Chadwick, Jr and her 6 brothers and 3 sisters; Harold, George, David, James, John, and William Pender, Eleanor Lare, Margaret...
Cynthia J. Swanson
Oct 6, 2018
Cynthia J. Swanson, 65, of South Kingstown, passed away Saturday, Oct. 6, at South County Hospital, surrounded by loving family and friends, after a long, brave battle with breast cancer. She was the wife of Eric Swanson, and daughter of Geraldine M. Smith and Harold H. Smith (deceased). In addition to her husband, she is survived by daughters Cassidy...
Ann `Marie Michaud
Oct 6, 2018
Ann Marie Michaud, 101, passed away on October 6,2018 at Westerly Hospital after a short illness. Ann was born April 10, 1917 in Providence to Salvatore and Ersilia DelPrete. She was the oldest sibling of four brothers, Joseph, Anthony, Salvatore, and Peter. Peter and Joseph preceded her in death. Ann worked at Shepherds as a bookkeeper in her early...
Joyce Ellen Towne
Oct 3, 2018
Joyce Ellen Towne, 84, of Narragansett, passed away Wednesday. Born in Bremerton, Washington she was a daughter of the late William Howard and Jesse Edith (Wardwell) Phelps. Mrs. Towne lived on the West Coast for most of her life until moving to Narragansett 4 years ago. She was a self-employed Nanny and she raised and cared for 47 children,...
Lois Marjorie Williams
Oct 2, 2018
Lois Marjorie Williams "For height or depth that words can't reach, God gave us music, the soul's own speech." Lois was born, the only child, to Marjorie Elizabeth Rhodes and Olaf William Harry Wennerberg, on April 11,1937, in Worcester, Massachusetts. Lois had the advantage of early piano and voice lessons that served her life-long vocation. Graduate of the Auburn,...
Nelson C. Crook
Sep 27, 2018
Nelson C. Crook, 88, of Wakefield, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Thursday, September 27, 2018. He was the beloved husband of Rita M. (Andreasen) Crook. Born in Pawtucket, he was the son of the late Alice (Mayoh) Crook. Nelson was a banker for Old Colony Cooperative Bank for 44 years and retired from Washington Trust Company....
Harold H. Smith
Sep 27, 2018
Harold H. Smith, 90, of Charlestown, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018. Born in Warwick, he was the son of the late Herbert Smith, Hazel Ripka and step son of the late Stanley Ripka. Mr. Smith was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was the captain of the Karuna in Galilee for many years. Harold was a...
Walter Scott Elliot
Sep 27, 2018
Walter Scott Elliott, 74, of westerly, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018. Born in Shelton, WA, he was the son of the late Walter and Jean (McCann) Elliott. Scott was a decorated US Army Captain who served during the Vietnam War as a reconnaissance pilot. He continued his military career as a helicopter pilot, serving in Germany and...
Steven Richard Page
Sep 25, 2018
Steven Richard Page, 61, formerly of East Providence, peacefully passed away at Veterans Administration Hospital in Detroit, Michigan on September 25, 2018. He was the beloved son of June E. (Martin) Page and the late Richard F. Page He is survived by his loving daughter, Jamie Page Dumond; grandfather of Tianna, Jillian, Aiden and Jaxon; great grandfather of Devon....
Avis Jean Heisler
Sep 24, 2018
Avis J. Heisler (Hagen), 90, of East Greenwich, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 24, 2018, in her sleep. She was the wife of the late Robert N. Heisler. Born in Syracuse, NY, a daughter of the late Dr. Robert and Elsa (Schweikert) Hagen. Avis was a graduate of Syracuse University; an active member of the Beechwood, East Greenwich...
Shirley Mildred Palmer
Sep 24, 2018
Shirley Mildred Palmer, died peacefully at the age of 89 in Westerly, RI. Born in Narragansett RI, Shirley lived in Wakefield for many years while raising five children. She then spent several joyous years in St Louis, MO and Flagler Beach, FL with adored husband Roy E. Palmer, Petty Officer First Class, US Navy Retired (deceased). Recently of Westerly...
Robert W. Jolie
Sep 22, 2018
Robert (Bob) W. Jolie, 79, of Cudjoe Key, FL and Wakefield, RI, passed away Saturday September 22nd. He was the beloved husband of Joan (Moseley) Jolie for 56 years. Born in Hartford, CT, he was a son of the late Raymond and Helen (Andrulot) Jolie. Besides his wife he is survived by two children, Lisa White and her husband...
