Mohamed Ahmed Adham
Sep 24, 2014
Mohamed Ahmed Adham , 93, of Wakefield and formerly of Valley Stream, NY had a peaceful passing on September 24, 2014. He was the beloved husband of 54 years to the late Resmeia (Rose) Adham. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, he was the son of the late Ahmed and Fatima Adham. From an early age Mohamed travelled the world as...
Janice A. Quigley
Sep 23, 2014
Janice A. Quigley, 76, of South County Trail, West Kingston, passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2014. She was the wife of the late Leroy F. Quigley. Born in South Kingstown, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Adeline (LaVoice) LaPlante. Janice worked for the family business as a bookkeeper for many years. She was an avid equestrian,...
Luciano Ferla
Sep 23, 2014
Luciano Ferla, 84, of South Kingstown, passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2014, at South County Hospital. Born in Sicily, Italy, a son of the late John and Amelia Ferla. Mr. Ferla was the owner and operator of Park Automotive in Warwick for many years before retiring. He is survived by his children, Lynn Millard and Louis Ferla both of...
Grace Dr. Klein-Macphee
Sep 22, 2014
Dr. Grace Klein-MacPhee, wife of the late John A. MacPhee, Jr. 74 years old from Narragansett, RI passed away Saturday September 20th 2014 at home after a valiant battle with cancer. She was born December 18th 1939 in Lawrence, MA to Emil Louis Klein and Jessie (McLean). She grew up in Andover, MA. Grace was a Marine Research Scientist...
Claire F. Sheldon
Sep 22, 2014
SHELDON, Claire F. Perrotta (Fischer), 82, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, September 22, 2014. She was the wife of the late Kenneth H. Sheldon and formerly the wife of the late Ralph Perrotta. Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Beatrice (Pothier) Munroe and the late Sigmund W. Fischer. She is survived by her loving children,...
Eleanor J. Follett
Sep 13, 2014
Eleanor J. Follett (Flemming, Fleming, Smith), 76, died September 13, 2014 at South County Hospital after a brief illness. She was the beloved wife of Paul for 24 years. Born in Providence, RI, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Fleming. She was the sister of Patrick of Las Vegas, Josephine of Las Vegas, Margaret of...
Evelyn M. Arnold
Sep 13, 2014
Evelyn M. (Cooper) Arnold of Wakefield, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Arnold was the wife of George E. Arnold, Jr. for 57 years. Born in Pawtucket, she was the youngest child of the late John and Margaret (Blezard) Cooper. She was the loving sister of the late Gladys (Cooper) and Emile Chartier, the...
Phyllis Tootie Boisclair
Sep 13, 2014
Phyllis A. “Tootie” Boisclair, 74, of South Kingstown, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2014 at South County Hospital, Wakefield. She was the wife of the late Robert Boisclair. Born in South Kingstown, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Barbara (Cooke) Rice. Phyllis worked at South County Hospital for seventeen years before retiring in 2006. She was...
Alvin J. O'Donnell
Sep 12, 2014
Alvin J. O’Donnell, 74, of Wakefield passed away on Friday, September 12, 2014. He was the husband of Joan M. (Thibodeau) O’Donnell for 51 years. Born in Providence, a son of the late Richard and Norma (Abbott) O’Donnell. Mr. O’Donnell was a chemist for Pfizer for many years before retiring in 1994. He played hockey for LaSalle Academy and...
Frances E. Steadman
Sep 10, 2014
Frances E. Steadman, 93, of Wakefield, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loved ones on Wednesday, September 10, 2014. She was the wife of the late William T. Steadman. Born in Lawrence, MA, a daughter of the late Francesco and Maria Grazia (Antocci) Barbera. Mrs. Steadman was an office manager for the Pt. Judith Fisherman’s Co-op...
Kenneth E. Gove
Sep 9, 2014
Kenneth E. Gove, 84, of South Kingstown, passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2014. He was the husband of the late Marilyn (Doten) Gove. Born in Providence, a son of the late John and Sarah (Healy) Gove. Mr. Gove was a meteorologist with the National Weather Service before retiring in 1985 and was an Air Force Veteran. He enjoyed fishing,...
Geoffrey A. Peckham
Sep 8, 2014
Lt. SKPD (Ret.) Geoffrey “Bud” Peckham, 64, passed away unexpectedly on September 8, 2014. Born on September 18, 1949 in Leavonworth, KS, he was the son of the late Elisha O. Peckham and Eleanor (Boyd) Peckham. Geoff graduated from South Kingstown High School and attended CCRI and Bristol College. He was a South Kingstown Police Officer for 34 years...
Donna L. De Wildt
Sep 6, 2014
Donna de Wildt, 94, formerly of Charlestown, died Saturday. She was the wife of the late Hugo de Wildt. Born in Hibbing, MN, she was a daughter of the late Wellington W. and Amy E. (Hogan) Beebe. Mrs. de Wildt was the head School Librarian for the Town of Narragansett for many years, retiring in 1982. She served in...
P. Joan O'Brien
Sep 6, 2014
P. Joan O'Brien, 81, of Charlestown, RI, died Saturday, September 6, 2014, at home. Born in Hartford, CT, she was a daughter of the late Henry J. and Lillian O. (St. Onge) McClosky. Joan was a 1950 graduate of Hartford Public High School. She was the beloved wife of James L. OBrien. They resided in Wethersfield, CT where they...
Patricia Brown
Sep 6, 2014
Patricia Brown, 89, formerly of Wright Ave, Wakefield, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Westerly Health Center. She was the wife of the late Rev. Earl L. Brown. Born in Las Vegas, NM, she was the daughter of the late Fernando and Rafealita (Garcia) Trujillo. Mrs. Brown worked as a group leader at Honeywell for twenty years before...
Jeffrey P. Cooper
Sep 5, 2014
Jeffrey P. Cooper, of Narragansett, RI and formerly of North Attleboro, MA died of a brief illness while surrounded by his loving family. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Stanley S. and Shirley (Vaslet) Cooper. He leaves his loving wife Claire (Nault) Cooper, his daughters Rachael Routhier of North Attleboro, and Kimberly Marin of East...
Paula Papshise
Sep 5, 2014
Paula (Davey) Papshise of Peace Dale House, died Friday, September 5, 2014, in Westerly. Paula had fought stubbornly against melanoma for over a year and was her usual cheerful, active self until the disease began to win two weeks ago. Paula was an outstanding poet. Her thoughtful poems questioned life and her reasons for being. Paula was born in...
Jay Z. James
Sep 4, 2014
Jay Z. James, Sr., 93, of Cary, NC, formerly of Narragansett, RI, died peacefully on Thursday, September 4, 2014 of natural causes. Born in Pittsburgh, PA son of the late Julius and Elizabeth (Blazer) James, he was predeceased by his wife of many years, Patricia Rochford James and is survived by children: Jay Z. James, Jr. and wife Beverly...
Janice S. Causey
Sep 3, 2014
Janice S. Causey, (Smart), 68, of Charlestown, passed away unexpectedly while spending time with friends Wednesday morning, September 3, 2014. Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Howard Randall Smart and Elisabeth (Rice) Smart of Lincoln, RI. Janice earned her Master of Fine Arts degree at RISD. She was an art teacher at Sturbridge, MA, Culver Military Academy...
Gordon L. Campbell
Aug 31, 2014
Gordon L. Campbell, 63, of Narragansett, RI died unexpectedly Sunday. He was the husband of Nancy H. (Rowley) Campbell. Born in Wakefield, he was the son of Walter Campbell and the late Rita Whaley. Gordon worked for C & J Forms. He was a longstanding member of the New England Carpenters Union and retired in 2011. He was happiest...
