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Kathleen W. Gray
Dec 26, 2013
Kathleen W. Gray (Wilkerson), 89, of Mystic passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2013. She was the beloved wife of Dr. Robert S. Gray for 66 years. Born in Dothan, Alabama, a daughter of the late Abner Foy and Clara (Fortson) Wilkerson. Mrs. Gray loved raising her family and enjoyed playing golf and painting. Besides her husband she is...
Janice A. Wilke
Dec 24, 2013
Janice Wilke, 81, of Wakefield, passed away Tuesday. She was the beloved wife of Robert Wilke. Born in New York, NY, she was a daughter of the late James and Emma (Flegg) Anderson. She graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1954. Prior to her marriage, she became the Assistant Director for the test kitchen of the Standard...
Joyce E. Stanley
Dec 23, 2013
Joyce E. Stanley, 76, passed away on Monday, December 23, 2013. Born in Norwich, CT, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Edith (Botham) Stanley. Ms. Stanley spent many years bookkeeping for the Town of South Kingstown, Visiting Nurses Association, Wisehart and retired from Ronald Anderson, CPA. Her free time was spent playing golf and bowling. She...
John J. Champlin
Dec 23, 2013
John J. Champlin, 92, passed away Monday, December 23, 2013 at South County Hospital. He was the husband of the late Hope (Gardiner) Champlin and longtime companion of June Champlin; father of Richard Champlin, John Champlin Jr, Cheryl Dyer and Rose Mary Lamb; brother of Leon, Robert and James Champlin; grandfather of twelve and great grandfather of twelve. Mr....
Richard F. Mccourt
Dec 21, 2013
Richard F. McCourt, of Narragansett 72, passed away Saturday, December 21, 2013 at South County Hospital. He was the loving husband of Mariann (Gemma) McCourt for 48 years. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Eugene and Mildred (Smith) McCourt. Mr. McCourt was the manager of Ft. Wetherill State Park for many years before retiring. He...
Len Cannon
Dec 20, 2013
Len Cannon, 78, of Coventry and formerly of South Kingstown passed away Friday, December 20, 2013 at South County Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Sylvia (Fricker) Cannon for 54 years; father of Michael Cannon, Elizabeth Charron and her husband Joseph, and the late Christopher Cannon; grandfather of Joseph Charron, Jr., Savannah Charron, Samantha Cannon, Brian Cannon, Alex...
Hope E. Jameson
Dec 20, 2013
Hope E. Jameson(McKinnon), 93, passed away on Friday, December 20, 2013, at home. She was the wife of the late George D. Jameson. Born in Providence, a daughter of the late William and Ellen (Shugrue) McKinnon. Mrs. Jameson was a social worker for the State of Rhode Island D.C.Y.F. for many years before retiring. She is survived by two...
Pauline A. Dixon
Dec 16, 2013
Pauline A. Dixon, 81, of Peace Dale, died Monday at home. She was the former wife of the late Thomas W. Dixon, Jr. Born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, she was a daughter of the late John and Florence (Steele) McGrath. Mrs. Dixon was employed for the State of Rhode Island at the former LADD School. She is survived by three...
Dorothy J. Louzon
Dec 16, 2013
Dorothy Jane (Houston) Louzon, 85, of Stuart, FL died peacefully at home on Monday, December 16, 2013 after a long illness. Born in Wakefield, RI, Mrs. Louzon was the daughter of the late Louis R. and Melvina J. Houston. Before moving to Port St. Lucie, FL and then Stuart, FL, she lived most of her life in Wakefield. Mrs....
Matthew J. Gagne
Dec 16, 2013
Matthew J. Gagne, 30, of Narragansett passed away unexpectedly Monday, December 16, 2013 at home. Born in South Kingstown, he was the loving son of Robert and Jean (Brown) Gagne. He also leaves his sister April Silvestro, her husband Steven and their son Alec; his aunt Patricia (Brown) Beckwith and Godparents, Donald and Barbara Silvia. Matthew was a graduate...
Anne Marie Perrone
Dec 15, 2013
Anne Marie Perrone, 89, of Narragansett, died Sunday, after a courageous battle with illness. She was the wife of the late Vincent S. Perrone. Born in New York, New York, she was a daughter of the late Santo and Marianna (Turco) Grasso. Mrs. Perrone taught Fashion Design at Mt. Vernon High School in New York for many years, before...
Anne R. Del Monico
Dec 10, 2013
Anne (Russo) Del Monico, of Narragansett, R.I., died on December 10, 2013 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, after a brief illness, with her family by her side. She was the wife of the late Henry G. Del Monico. She was the seventh of eight children born in Bristol, R.I. to the late Michele and Elvira (Baldizzi) Russo....
Robert Fusco Defusco
Dec 9, 2013
Robert DeFusco (Fusco) 63, of Warwick, RI passed away peacefully at home on Monday December 9, 2013. He is survived by his loving wife Nadine (Springer) DeFusco, daughter Gina (DeFusco) Gerds and her husband Dana, son Robert DeFusco and his wife Misty, grandchildren Isabella Rose and Robert Ethan DeFusco. He is also survived by his brothers Ralph DeFusco of...
Philip H. Wilson
Dec 8, 2013
Philip H. Wilson, 94, of Kingston, RI., died on Sunday, December 8, at South County Hospital after a brief illness. He was the loving husband for over 63 years of the late Rosemary W. Wilson. Born in Washington. D.C., he was the son of Meredith C. and Mary Ethel Wilson. He earned BS and MS degrees in Agricultural Engineering...
Wanda L. Cinquegrana
Dec 8, 2013
Wanda L. Cinquegrana, 57, of Wakefield passed away Sunday, December 8, 2013. She was the wife of David A. Cinquegrana for 39 years. Born in South Kingstown, a daughter of Mary (Grinnell) Redden of Nebraska and the late Paul Lamphiere. Mrs. Cinquegrana was an electronic assembler for APC and the Atlantic Company for many years before retiring. Besides her...
Professor Emeritus Robert S. Haas
Dec 7, 2013
Robert S. Haas, Professor Emeritus, U.R.I. 88, of Kingston, passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2013. He was the beloved husband of Thelma (Ballirano) Haas for 62 years. He was born in Milwaukee, WI, and was a son of the late Frank S. and Hazel (Munn) Haas. He was the brother of the late Donald and James Haas. He...
Edith N. Meyer
Dec 7, 2013
Edith Noyes Knight Meyer, 90, daughter of the late Mrs. Emily Greene and C.P. Knight Jr., died on December 7, 2013. To those both far and wide she was known affectionately as Nod. Upon graduation from the Garrison Forest School in Baltimore, MD., Nod attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY. On November 27, 1943, she married Henry H....
Lucille Greenwood Mars
Dec 3, 2013
Lucille G. Mars, 94 of Wakefield, died Tuesday. She was the beloved wife of the late Rev. Kenneth T. Mars; they had been married for over 61 years at the time of his decease. Born in South Kingstown, she was a daughter of the late Russell and Marguerite (Fayerweather) Greenwood. Mrs. Mars was a lifelong member of the Peace...
David James Smith
Dec 3, 2013
David James Smith, 52, formerly of Beverly MA, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at his home in Narragansett. Dave was born an avid Everton soccer fan, in Liverpool, England on March 15, 1961 to the late Joan and Kevin (Kev) Smith of Liverpool, England. While growing up, he was an avid soccer player, was as mischievous...
Nansi E. Mcisaac
Dec 2, 2013
Nansi E. McIsaac, 59, of South Kingstown, passed away Monday December 2, 2013 at South County Hospital. She was the wife of Bobby Dority for twenty five years and mother of Robert W. Dority; step mother of Nicole Sword and grandmother of Tamera Sanchez. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Earl W. and Ellen J....
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