Kevin F. Donovan
Jul 18, 2013
Kevin F. Donovan, 59, of Charlestown passed away Thursday, July 18, 2013. He was the beloved husband of Karen J. Sherman-Donovan. Born in Providence, a son of the late Francis C. Donovan and Barbara E. (Smith) Martone. Mr. Donovan was the supervisor of the experimental machine shop in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. He had been...
Shirley B. Deboer
Jul 18, 2013
Shirley B. DeBoer, 78, of Wakefield, died Thursday, after a brief illness. Born in South Kingstown, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Margaret (Grant) Bonner. Mrs. DeBoer was a secretary for the Women’s Resource Center of South County and South County Hospital. After retiring from the hospital, she worked for Krista Garrett at Liberty Tax. She...
Barbara A. Rice
Jul 16, 2013
Barbara A. Rice, 93, of West Kingston, died Tuesday, surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of the late Howard G. Rice. Born in South Kingstown, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Elizabeth (Hallis) Cooke. Mrs. Rice was employed at URI for twenty years, retiring in 1981. She enjoyed bowling, working in her...
Clare Southerland Bailey
Jul 16, 2013
Clare Amey Southerland Bailey died peacefully at home beside her beloved husband David on Tuesday July 16, in Wakefield Rhode Island, after struggling valiantly against illness for some months. Clare was an exceptional person of tremendous intelligence, warmth, and humor, who lived the fullest possible life filled by a myriad of interests and passions, above all for her family...
Randy L. Matteson
Jul 16, 2013
Randy L. Matteson, 49, of Westerly, formerly of South Kingstown, passed away Tuesday July 16, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was the husband of Anne (Grimes) Matteson. Born in Westerly, he was the son of Alfred and Jean (Hopkins) Matteson. Randy worked as an Information Systems Technician for Schneider Electric for many years. Randy was a...
Jean Fumiko Mcauliffe
Jul 12, 2013
Jean Fumiko (little flower) Yoshimura McAuliffe,77, born in Honolulu, Hawaii passed away peacefully in her home in Narragansett, Rhode Island on July 12, 2013 surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death in 1999 by her husband Cornelius (Connie) J. McAuliffe Esq. and leaves behind her five daughters; Michelle Whelan, Marlene Pasquazzi (Bob), Marita DeSimone, Martina Nessen(Ethan) and...
Antonetta B. Caswell
Jul 12, 2013
Antonetta B. “Ann” Caswell, 92, of Wakefield passed away Friday, July 12, 2013. She was the wife of the late Arthur T. Caswell. Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Gaetano and Pasqualina Faella. Mrs. Caswell was a housekeeper for the University of Rhode Island for many years before retiring. She enjoyed spending time with her great grandchildren,...
Carol Jean Gray
Jul 8, 2013
Carol Jean Reichman Gray, 71, passed away July 8, 2013. Born January 10, 1942 in Salt Lake City, UT; the daughter of Hyram R. Reichman and Virginia Stevens, the 3rd of four children. She was a graduate of East High School, completed her Bachelor’s at University of Utah and her Masters at the University of Rhode Island. Carol was...
Nancy E. Poniatowski
Jul 6, 2013
Nancy E. (Hayward) Poniatowski, 51, of Hopkinton, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2013. She was the wife of Stephen F. Poniatowski. Nancy was born in South Kingstown, she was the daughter of Eleanor (Dickson) Hayward and the late Arthur Hayward Sr. Nancy was a letter carried for the US Postal Service for over twenty years. She was a member...
Joshua M. Weber
Jul 4, 2013
Joshua M. Weber, 25, of Charlestown passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, July 4, 2013. He was the beloved son of Gina M. (McQuaide) and Frederick W. Weber, Jr. He was a truck driver for E-Z Waste Co. Josh enjoyed and lived life to the fullest. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved rock climbing, motocross racing, hunting, trap and...
Everett A. Colerick
Jun 30, 2013
Everett A. Colerick, 86, of Wakefield, died Sunday, June 30, 2013, following a brief illness. He was the husband of Winifred A. (Manning) Colerick for 54 years. Born in Woonsocket, he was a son of the late Edwin C. and Charlotte A. (Dalton) Colerick. Mr. Colerick served in the US Navy Seabees during World War II and the Korean...
Timothy Mark Francis Laffey
Jun 30, 2013
Timothy Mark Francis Laffey, 53, of Wakefield, passed away peacefully at his home on June 30, 2013 with his family and faithful dog April at his side. He was the beloved son of Joseph Laffey of Narragansett and the late Mary Geraghty Laffey, and is survived by his father, Joseph along with 9 brothers and sisters -- Christine Pfeiffer...
Elizabeth A. Betty Johnson
Jun 29, 2013
Betty A. (Corbett) Johnson, 86, of Saugatucket Road in Peace Dale, passed away June 29th at South County Hospital. She was the beloved wife of the late Carl C. Johnson. Born in St. Augustine, FL, Mrs. Johnson was a daughter of the late Ralph L. and Grace E. (Lincoln) Corbett. She attended Willamette University in Salem, OR and was...
Ronald R. Osborne
Jun 28, 2013
Ronald Ross Osborne, 67, of Wakefield, died Friday, June 28, 2013. Born in South Kingstown, he was the son of the late Carleton “Mike” and Evelyn Elizabeth “Babe” (Ross) Osborne. Mr. Osborne was a member of the South Kingstown community his entire life. He graduated from South Kingstown High School in 1963 and then went on to graduate from...
Dennis M. Kane
Jun 27, 2013
Dennis M. Kane, 64, of Wakefield, died Thursday. He was the beloved husband of Suzanne (Archambault) Kane. Born in Providence, he was a son of the late Michael G. and Betty Ann (Hogan) Kane. Mr. Kane was an elementary school teacher for the Chariho School System. He was a very proud American who would have loved to have served...
David Grinnell
Jun 26, 2013
David Grinnell, 53, of West Warwick, and Wakefield, died unexpectedly Wednesday. He was the husband of Patricia Grinnell. Born in South Kingstown, he was a son of the late Donald and Tacie (Winsor) Grinnell. Mr. Grinnell was currently employed for the New England Water Condtioning Company. In his spare time he enjoyed playing the guitar. He is also survived...
Aaron J. Alton
Jun 25, 2013
Aaron J. Alton, 93, of Wakefield passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. He was the beloved husband of Anne (Morton) Alton for 70 years. Born in Worcester, MA, he was the son of the late Johan and Julia M. (Toppari) Alapoti who had immigrated from Finland. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Alton received his BA degree...
Mary J. Apicerno
Jun 25, 2013
Mary J. Apicerno, 89, passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2013. She was the wife of the late William Apicerno. Born in Malden, MA, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Rose (Vingione) Corrente. Mrs. Apicerno worked as a bank teller for the former Fleet National Bank for twenty years before retiring. She enjoyed cooking and spending time...
George W. Bill Blake
Jun 25, 2013
George W. “Bill” Blake, of Block Island, died Tuesday. He was the beloved husband of Marion (Gorsky) Blake for 60 years. Mr. Blake taught English at Rockland Community College for over 20 years, retiring as Professor of English in 1988. An accomplished writer, he had many poems and stories published in the Kansas Quarterly and authored the book, “A...
Stephen P. Turcotte
Jun 25, 2013
Long time Narragansett resident Stephen Patrick Turcotte passed away at home on Tuesday, June 25th. He was born April 30, 1960 in Pawtucket, RI to Robert and Ann Turcotte. He was a graduate of Pawtucket West High School and was employed by the town of So. Kingstown, RI as a police department technician. He will be remembered as a...
