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Ralph W Bowley
Feb 27, 2011
Ralph W. Bowley, 89, of Moonstone Beach Road, died Sunday. He was the husband of the late Barbara (Gardiner) Bowley and the late Barbara (Tower) Bowley. Born in North Conway, NH, he was a son of the late Ralph and Marie (Savard) Bowley. Mr. Bowley served honorably in the United States Air Force for nearly 30 years, retiring in...
Neal A. Fiorio
Feb 24, 2011
Neal A. Fiorio, 67, formerly of Cumberland, died unexpectedly Thursday. He was the beloved husband of June (Roy) Fiorio. Born in Pawtucket, he was a son of the late Antonio and Anna (Smith) Fiorio. Mr. Fiorio was a former superintendent with the Town of Cumberland Water Department, retiring in 2003. He was a member and former Grand Master of...
Lois Parks
Feb 22, 2011
Lois Parks, 67, of Wakefield, died unexpectedly Tuesday, February 22nd. She was the beloved companion of Adolf Wolcheski, the owner of Frank's Men's Room Barbershop in Wakefield, for 25 years. Born in Meriden, CT, she was a daughter of the late Benoit and Elizabeth (Barillaro) LaHaye. Mrs. Parks was the owner of Shoreline Consignments in Charlestown, had worked in...
Margaret Peg Dr. Gilbert
Feb 18, 2011
Dr. Margaret Lois Gilbert, called “Peg” or “Peggy” by her family and close friends, “Margaret” by many of her professional associates, and “Dr. G.” by her students, was born at South County Hospital in Wakefield, R.I., on June 9, 1928. She is the eldest of four children of Dr. Basil E. Gilbert and E. Lois Gilbert. Her father was...
Hazel Eileen Stafford
Feb 16, 2011
Hazel Eileen Stafford, 98, of Wakefield, died Wednesday. She was the wife of the late Gilbert Starr Stafford. Born in Providence, she was a daughter of the late Louis and Grace H. (Page) Sammis. Mrs. Stafford was a kindergarten teacher for many school systems, including Narragansett, Kingston, Ashaway, Richmond and Charlestown. She enjoyed playing the piano, writing poetry and...
Mary E. Johnson
Feb 16, 2011
Mary E. (Hart) Johnson, 74, of Wakefield, died Wednesday at home. She was the wife of Russell H. Johnson. Born in Cranston, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Butler Sr. and Gertrude (Hart) Butler. Mrs. Johnson was a Registered Nurse at South County Hospital and various nursing homes for several years prior to raising her family. She...
Jean E. Adams Bradley
Feb 16, 2011
Jean E. (Adams) Bradley, 89, of Peace Dale, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011. She was the wife of the late Edward E. Bradley and the daughter of the late Joseph B. and Jennie (Finley) Adams. Born on July 5, 1921 in Westerly, RI, she was a 1939 graduate of Stonington High School in Stonington, CT. She worked in the...
Frank G. Wiener
Feb 16, 2011
Frank George Wiener of Narragansett, Rhode Island died at his home Wednesday morning February 16, 2011. He was the beloved husband of Camilla Carroll Wiener, son of the late Elizabeth Wiener Gross and Frank Wiener of Newark, New Jersey. Born April 10, 1919 in Newark, NJ, he graduated from Columbia High School, Maplewood, NJ. He was a graduate of...
Jessica Lynn Bishop
Feb 16, 2011
Jessica Lynn Bishop, 30, of Ashaway, died suddenly Wednesday. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of Jack L. Bishop and Janice (Cloutier) Rubin; mother of John and Alex Fleck; step-sister, Monica Pereira, Gregory Morrow and Charlotte Cullen. A celebration of life will be held Monday at 6:00 PM in Joy Fellowship Assembly of God, 25 Railroad Ave, Westerly,...
Herbert H. Boden, Jr.
Feb 15, 2011
Boden, Herbert H., Jr. 87, formerly of Conch Road, died Tuesday. He was the husband o f the late Carolyn (Strealdorf) Boden. Born in Cranston, he was a son of the late Herbert H., Sr. and Marie J. (Matheson) Boden. Mr. Boden operated and maintained office buildings for thirty four years and was a former Vice President and Buildings...
Jean M. Hange
Feb 14, 2011
Jean (Tucker) Hange, 74, of Glenwood Circle, Wakefield, died Monday. She was the beloved wife of Howard N. “Hank” Hange. Born in South Kingstown, she was the daughter of the late James and Anna (Fisher) Tucker. Jean was the owner of Jean’s Day Care for thirty years before retiring. She was a long time member and Sunday School Teacher...
Courtland C. Stanton, Iii
Feb 13, 2011
Courtland C. Stanton III, 63, of Heatherglen Lane, Mystic, CT, died Sunday. He was the husband of Placida (Baton) Stanton. Born in Westerly, he was the son of Isabel L. (Perry) Stanton of Wakefield, RI and the late Courtland C. Stanton Jr. He was a member of the Narragansett Indian Tribe. Courtland was a graduate of South Kingstown High...
Philip Green
Feb 13, 2011
Philip Ernest Green, Jr., “One Arrow”, 64, of East Wilton, Maine, formerly of North Kingstown, passed away Sunday in Lewiston, Maine. He was born Dec. 23, 1946, in Providence, RI, a son of Philip E. and Ruth May (Ford) “Princess Sunflower” Green, Sr. He was a graduate of Central High School in Providence and for many years worked as...
Doris A. Park
Feb 12, 2011
Doris A. Park, 87, of Sleepy Hollow Rd., East Greenwich, died Saturday at Rhode Island Hospital. She was the wife of the late Robert H. Park. Born in Wakefield, she was a daughter of the late Norman and Alice (Belknap) Arnold. Mrs. Park served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the US Army Nurse Corp during WW II. She worked...
Marie F. Baton
Feb 11, 2011
Marie F. Baton, 97, of Rodman St., Wakefield, died Friday. She was the wife of the late William N. Baton. Born in South Kingstown, she was a daughter of the late Gaetano “Tommy” and Pasqualina “Lena” (Mastrostefano) Faella. She was the mother of William N. Baton Jr. of Annapolis, MD, Michael Baton of Wakefield and the late Peggy Corcoran;...
Clifford A. Brown, Jr.
Feb 10, 2011
Clifford A. Brown Jr., 74, died Thursday. Born July 9, 1936 in South Kingstown, RI, he was the son of the late Clifford A. Brown Sr. and Eliza (Harry) Brown. Clifford was a proud Elder of the Narragansett Indian Tribe. He previously worked in quality information for Rockwell Space Division in Downing, CA. He was a foreman at Roberston...
John Runge, Jr.
Feb 8, 2011
John Runge, Jr., 58, of Lincoln, RI, died Tuesday, February 8, 2011, at Hospice Inpatient Center, Providence. Born in Queens, NY, he was the son of Edith (Henkel) Lagzdins of Wakefield, RI and the late John Runge. John was the building inspector for the town of Cumberland for the last twelve years. He received his BS from SUNY at...
Mary Ann Tetreault
Feb 6, 2011
Mary Ann Tetreault, 64, of High Street, Wakefield, died Sunday. Born in New London, CT, she was a daughter of the late William R. and Rose A. (Neri) Tetreault. Miss. Tetreault was employed at Snoopy’s Diner in North Kingstown for 18 years, and then at Camden’s restaurant in Wakefield. She was a member of the Perryville Bible Church, enjoyed...
Dorothy B. Northup
Feb 6, 2011
Dorothy B. Northup, 84, of Indian Run Village went home to be with the Lord on Sunday. She was the wife of the late Louis L. Northup. Born in Wakefield, she was the daughter of the late Charles G. and Violet Pearl Grinnell. Mrs. Northup was a member of The First Baptist Church of Narragansett. She loved collecting porcelain...
Wallace Campbell, Iii
Feb 6, 2011
Wallace Campbell, III, of Peace Dale, Rhode Island, died February 6, 2011 at the age of 93, in Peace Dale at The Scallop Shell, site of the former residence of his great aunt, Caroline Hazard. He lived a life of honor, truthfulness, self-sacrifice, and valor, devoted to his community, his country and his family. Born on August 3, 1917...
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