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Mary E. Hazard
Dec 4, 2012
Mary E. (Paige) Hazard, 91, of Wampum Rd Narragansett passed away peacefully Tuesday, December 4, 2012 surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late William C. Hazard. Born in Putnam, CT, she was the daughter of the late Warner and Dora (Robinson) Paige. She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene, Wakefield. She is...
Angelina Vieira
Dec 4, 2012
Angelina Vieira, 93, of Wakefield, died at South County Hospital, Tuesday, December 4, 2012. She was the wife of the late John Vieira. They were married for 63 years. Born in Springfield, MA, she was a daughter of the late Antonio and Rosina Gentile. A graduate of Bay Path Institute, she was a medical secretary at Westover Field in...
Doris K. Leete
Dec 1, 2012
Doris K. Leete, 84, of Silver Lake Ave, Wakefield, died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. She was the beloved wife of William W. Leete. Born in Trenton, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Arthur H. and Irene W. (Washburn) Knight. Mrs. Leete taught nursery school in Trenton, New Haven, and Honolulu, HI. She volunteered for many years at...
Helen R. Palmer
Nov 27, 2012
Helen R. Palmer, 63, of Charlestown, died Tuesday. A native of Rhode Island, she was the daughter of the late William and Reva (Tucker) Palmer. Helen worked at the Rhode Island State Crime Lab, which is part of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island, for nearly all of her 40 years with the state. During...
Freda Lillian Rhodes
Nov 24, 2012
Freda L. Rhodes, 89, of Wakefield, died Saturday. She was the wife of the late William H. Rhodes, Jr. Born in Central Falls, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Lillian (Danz) Leah. Mrs. Rhodes worked for the State School Lunch Program in Burriville for many years, retiring in 1985. After retiring, she enjoyed spending time with...
Richard E. Lamontagne
Nov 23, 2012
Richard E. Lamontagne, 81, of Narragansett, died Friday, November 23rd. He was the beloved husband of Irene A. (Melone) Lamontagne, for 36 years. Born in Pawtucket, he was the son of the late Lucien and Lillian (Leduc) Lamontagne. Mr. Lamontagne was a Mechanical Engineer in the construction business, and worked on projects in Europe and the Middle East. He...
Daniel J. Mooney
Nov 21, 2012
Daniel J. Mooney, 58, passed away Nov. 21. A lifelong resident of Pawtucket, he was the son of the late Frank and Judy Mooney; brother of Frank, David, Thomas, Christopher Mooney, Gail Baluch and the late Joyce Solotke. Services will be private.
James W. Miner
Nov 21, 2012
James W. Miner, 74, of Peace Dale, passed away on Wednesday at South County Hospital. He was the husband of Marilyn E. (Carpenter) Miner, they had been married for 28 years. Born in Westerly, he was the son of the late Franklin J., Sr. and Irene (Murphy) Miner Barber. Mr. Miner was a foreman for Kenyon Industries and Charbert...
Dimitrios Karamanlidis
Nov 19, 2012
Dr. Dimitrios Karamanlidis, 64, of Narragansett, RI, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, November 19, 2012. He leaves behind his wife of 30 years, Hilde Gesch, his daughters Melina Lodge and Eleni Gesch-Karamanlidis, as well as his son-in-law Richard Lodge and beloved granddaughter Talia Quinn Lodge. In Greece he leaves behind his brothers Christos, Azarias and his wife Gerda, and...
Alfred C. Conte
Nov 17, 2012
Alfred C. "Al" Conte,70, passed away Saturday at Rhode Island Hospital. He was the husband of Janice M. Conte, they had been married for 44 years. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Dr. Alfred C. and Mary Conte. Al was a lineman for Verizon for 35 years before retiring. He was a Call-Captain for the...
Irene A. Rice
Nov 16, 2012
Irene A. Rice, 71, of Providence, died Friday. She was the beloved wife of Ronald Ellis. Born in Winstead, CT, she was the daughter of the late Theodore M. and Loretta (Williams) Rice. Irene worked in the jewelery industry. She loved spending time with her family and enjoyed cooking. Besides her husband she leaves her children, Regina Norton, Charlene...
Raymond F. Monahan
Nov 15, 2012
Raymond F. Monahan, 82, of Wakefield, died Thursday. He was the beloved husband of the late Norma (Pickavant) Monahan. Born in Providence, he was a son of the late Joseph E. and Frances (Burke) Monahan. Mr. Monahan was employed as an Underground Electric Technician at Narragansett Electric for 45 years. A lifelong New York Yankees Fan, he died with...
Donald E. Dobby Dobson, Jr.
Nov 15, 2012
Donald E. "Dobby" Dobson Jr., 70, of Shannock Rd., Charlestown, died Thursday at South County Hospital. He was the husband of Florence (Whitney) Dobson. Born in South Kingstown, he was the son of Hope (Pierce) Dobson of Wakefield and the late Donald E. Dobson. Mr. Dobson was a commercial fisherman out of Pt. Judith for the last fifty one...
Irene A. Sherman
Nov 14, 2012
Irene A. Sherman, 88, of Peace Dale, died Wednesday. She was the beloved wife of the late Howard Sherman. Born in Exeter, she was a daughter of the late Frederick and Agnes (Edwards) Cottrell. Mrs. Sherman had been employed at Green Plastics in the Kenyon Mill for many years, and was a Sunday School Teacher. She enjoyed spending time...
Jean M. Spears
Nov 14, 2012
Jean M. (Champlin) Spears of Charlestown died peacefully surrounded by her loving family at South County Hospital on November 14, 2012. She was the beloved wife of Robin S. Spears, Sr. for over 50 years. Born in South Kingstown, RI she was the daughter of Jane V. (Reels) Champlin and the late Cassius A. Champlin, Jr. She was the...
Rn Mary E. Curtis
Nov 13, 2012
Mary E. Curtis, RN, 84, of Narragansett Ave, Narragansett, died Tuesday at South County Hospital. She was the wife of Benjamin R. Curtis for sixty two years. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late John and Helen (Driscoll) Smythe. Mrs. Curtis was a graduate of RI Hospital School of Nursing. She had a long and varied...
Harold Adin Nomer
Nov 13, 2012
Harold Adin Nomer, age 95, died on November 13, 2012. Husband of the late Sarah Frances Hazard Nomer. Father of Joanna Elisabeth Rueter, Elizabeth Kitchel Hellewell and Jonathan Nichols Hazard Nomer. He leaves six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A memorial service will be held 10:30 AM, Saturday, December 29th at the Quaker Meeting House, 57 Elm Street, Westerly. In...
Toni Haines
Nov 13, 2012
Toni (Maravich) Haines peacefully fell asleep in the Lord, her family by her side, November 13, 2012 at Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, MD. Born November 15, 1928, in Aliquippa, PA, to Nick and Mary (Stepanovich) Maravich, Toni moved to Washington, DC in 1949 where she lived life on her own terms until her death. She is survived by...
Anthony Dempsey Desimone
Nov 13, 2012
Anthony "Dempsey" DeSimone,97, of Providence, died Tuesday. He was the beloved husband for 67 years of Genevieve (Valente) DeSimone. Born in Cranston, he was a son of the late Luigi and Maria DeSimone. He was a graduate of RISD and was a tool & dye maker for the Jewelry Industry, for many years. Mr. DeSimone played the String Bass...
Nadia Katherine Jennings
Nov 10, 2012
Nadia Katherine (Dow) Jennings, 61, of South Kingstown, went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. She was the loving wife of Paul R. Jennings Sr. Born in Plainfield, NJ, she was daughter of Walter Dow and the late Glendora (Enz) Dow. Mrs. Jennings worked as an executive secretary at Nooney Controls for many years before...
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