Alice M. Gavitt
Oct 8, 2013
Alice M. Gavitt, 91, of Glen, NH, formerly of Wakefield, RI, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. She was the wife of the late Warren A. Gavitt. Born in Warwick RI, she was the daughter of the late Dolphus and Louisa (Sherman) LaCrosse. Alice was a member of Glen Community Baptist Church and...
Kathleen Mary Sanbento
Oct 6, 2013
Kathleen Mary (Murphy) SanBento, 59, of Kingston, died Monday at the Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center, Providence, surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of Thomas J. SanBento for 33 years. Born in Providence, she was a daughter of Mary (Barry) Pearson of Lincoln and the late William Murphy, and stepdaughter of Ronald Pearson of Lincoln. Most...
Raymond N. Knowles
Oct 5, 2013
Raymond N. Knowles, 70, of Narragansett, passed away Saturday October 5, 2013. He was the husband of the late Ann (Fitzgerald) Knowles. Born in Edinburgh, England, he was the son of the late Charles T. and Olga (Dower) Knowles. Mr. Knowles served in the US Air Force in the Philippines from 1961 to 1965. He was an engineer by...
Eugene Rocky Staples
Oct 4, 2013
Eugene (“Rocky”) Staples, 91, former WWII Marine fighter pilot, survivor of Japanese bombing of USS Franklin, and U.S. diplomat Eugene Sheldon Staples, fondly known as Rocky by friends and family, passed away in his beloved Snug Harbor, Rhode Island home on Friday, October 4th surrounded by family. He was 91. Staples left his railroad and farming family in Kansas...
Daniel M. Hagelstein
Oct 3, 2013
Daniel M. Hagelstein, 74, of West Kingston passed away Thursday, October 3, 2013. Born in Providence, a son of the late Joseph and Evelyn B. (McKenna) Hagelstein. Mr. Hagelstein was a master plumber and pipefitter for many years before retiring and a U.S. Air Force Veteran. He was a kind and generous person who enjoyed helping those in need...
Elizabeth Betty Mac Mckeown
Oct 1, 2013
Elizabeth “Betty Mac” McKeown, 72, of Wakefield, died Tuesday, October 1st. She was the beloved wife of John Mackie. Born in Framingham, MA she was a daughter of the late Henry and Rita (Parkhurst) McKeown. Mrs. McKeown was a Registered Nurse for many years at various facilities. Most recently she worked at the former LADD School for the State...
Leonard A. Sweet
Sep 30, 2013
Leonard A. Sweet, 68, of Narragansett passed away Monday, September 30, 2013. Born in South Kingstown he was the son of the late John and Gertrude (Gardner) Sweet. Mr. Sweet was a painter at the University of Rhode Island for many years before retiring. He is survived by his sons, Leonard A. Sweet, Jr. of Narragansett and Timothy B....
Alice Belknap Gardner
Sep 30, 2013
Alice Belknap Gardner, 81, of Exeter, died Monday. She was the beloved wife of the late Donald Gardner, Sr. Born in South Kingstown, she was a daughter of the late Norman and Alice (Belknap) Arnold. Mrs. Gardner was employed at South County Hospital and served as a bus monitor for the South Kingstown School System. She enjoyed farming and...
Dennis A. Capalbo
Sep 29, 2013
Dennis A. Capalbo, 66, of Wakefield passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013. Born in South Kingstown, a son of the late Domenic F. Capalbo, Sr. and Lena (Salerno) Capalbo. Mr. Capalbo was an athletic department employee at the University of Rhode Island for 18 years, a teller at the Lincoln Dog Track and was the proprietor of Devine Catering...
Hugh John Weidinger, Iii
Sep 29, 2013
Hugh John Weidinger, III, 72, of Wakefield, Rhode Island, Oyster Bay, NY, died on Sunday, September 29, 2013, in Wakefield, RI. Born in New York City on April 3, 1941, the son of Hugh Weidinger and Helen Rountree Weidinger, “Hughie,” or “Jake,” as his many friends and colleagues called him, lived a full life as a successful business man,...
Joan F. Tucker
Sep 28, 2013
Joan F. Tucker, 81, of Wakefield, died Saturday. She was the beloved wife of Robert E. Tucker. Born in Shannock, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Lois (Bowler) Pouliot. Mrs. Tucker was a member of the South County Junior Women’s Club and served as their first treasurer, a volunteer at South County Hospital, and enjoyed reading...
Raymond O. White, Sr.
Sep 26, 2013
Raymond O. White, Sr., 89, of Wakefield, died Thursday, September 26, 2013. He was the beloved husband of Julia (Whaley) White for seventy one years. Born in South Kingstown, he was a son of the late Oscar and Edna (Northup) White. Mr. White was employed by the Town of South Kingstown for many years before retiring in 1972. After...
Gladys L. Hoeflich
Sep 26, 2013
Gladys L. Hoeflich, 92, of Wakefield, died Wednesday. She was the beloved wife of the late Carl Hoeflich. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Margaret (McLaughlin) Litwin. Mrs. Hoeflich was an Elementary School Teacher in Center Reach, NY for 35 years. She served honorably in the US Navy during World War II...
Marcia Grann-O'Brien
Sep 24, 2013
Marcia Grann-O’Brien, 72, of Wakefield, RI, died Tuesday. Born in Providence, RI, she was a daughter of the late Carl and Olga Grann. Ms. Grann-O’Brien worked tirelessly during her career in journalism. She was the founder of The Three Village Times on Long Island, NY and was inducted into the Rhode Island Journalism Hall of Fame. After returning to...
Byron S. Wilcox
Sep 23, 2013
Byron S. Wilcox Jr., 85, passed away Monday, September 23, 2013 at Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA, surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Katherine (Mancino) Wilcox. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Byron S. and Anna (Martich) Wilcox. Mr. Wilcox was a builder for many years and he enjoyed fishing. He was...
Bessie Walmsley Meagher
Sep 22, 2013
Bessie Walmsley Meagher, 95, of Narragansett and formerly of Warwick, died Sunday. She was the beloved wife of the late Gerald C. Meagher. Born in Fall River, MA, she was a daughter of the late William E. and Emma J (Marsden) Walmsley. She is survived by six children, Virginia H. Brown, Nancy Meagher, Maureen Cummings, Leonard C. Meagher, Dennis...
Kurt Garrett Hall
Sep 22, 2013
Kurt Garrett Hall, 45, of Providence, RI, died September 22, 2013 at Miriam Hospital after a brief illness. Kurt is survived by his mother, Beverly Hall of Wakefield, RI; his father, George Hall of Burke, VT; a brother, Mark D. Hall of Wakefield, RI; and a sister, Kara L. Hall and her husband Seth Crothers, of Rockville, MD. Also...
Kathleen Byrnes
Sep 22, 2013
Kathleen Rose Byrnes, born June 7, 1924, of Kingston, RI, died peacefully September 22 at South County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a long illness. Kathleen was recognized and awarded for her paintings throughout the region, and much appreciated by her students, and an inspiration to all who knew her. She received degrees from RISD and Columbia University and...
Evangleine M.C. Doran
Sep 19, 2013
Evangeline M. C. (Leone) Doran (“Eva”) Dr. Eva Doran passed away peacefully on September 19, 2013 at St. Clare Home, Newport, surrounded by the loving embrace of her family. Eva was born on April 7, 1925 in Manhattan (NY) and moved with her family to Palermo, Italy as a child. She was the daughter of the renowned pediatric surgeon...
Sierra Stanton
Sep 13, 2013
Sierra Sekator Stanton was born on July 12th, 1989 at Kent County Hospital. She died accidentally on September 13,th 2013. She is the daughter of Guy Edward Stanton and Phyllis Mann Stanton Sabo. Step-daughter to Stephen J. Sabo. Sierra was sister to Guy Peshlakai Stanton and the Aunt to Guy “Pete” Stanton. Beloved granddaughter of Jean and Wilbur Stanton....
