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Mary E. Peno
Mar 10, 2011
Mary E. (Arnold) Peno, 75, of 681 Kingstown Rd., Wakefield, passed away pecefully at home Thursday. She was the wife of the late Joseph Peno. Born in South Kingstown, she was the daughter of the late Perry S. and Mary L. (Kinnecom) Arnold. Mrs. Peno worked as a hospital attendant at the former Joseph H. Ladd Center for several...
Chiyoka T. Stanton
Mar 10, 2011
Chiyoka T. Stanton, 78, of Railroad Ave, died Thursday. She was the wife of the late Lawrence Hiawatha Stanton. Mrs. Stanton worked in housekeeping and was a talented seamstress and artistic floral designer. She was the sister-in-law of Alberta Wilcox of North Kingstown, Mary Brown of Falls Church, VA and Ellsworth Dodge Stanton of North Kingstown and was a...
Louise E. Pearce
Mar 10, 2011
Louise (Eccleston) Pearce, 89, of Edgewater Rd., died Thursday. She was the wife of the late James B. Pearce. Born in South Kingstown, she was the daughter of the late George E. and Harriet (Stedman) Eccleston. Mrs. Pearce was a baker at Almacs for many years before retiring. She is survived by her daughters, Jane Mahoney of St. Augustine,...
A. James Jim Decubellis
Mar 10, 2011
A. James “Jim” DeCubellis, 71, of Castle Rock Drive, died Thursday March 10, 2011 at Rhode Island Hospital. Born in South Kingstown, he was the son of the late Antonio J. Sr. and Anna (Perry) DeCubellis. Jim worked as a civil engineer for Ray Schwab for ten years, the Town of Narragansett for eleven years, LeBlanc Builders for ten...
Victor J. Gaboury, Sr.
Mar 9, 2011
Victor J. Gaboury, Sr., 42, of Wakefield, died unexpectedly Wednesday. He was the husband of Dawn (Letourneau) Gaboury. Born in Providence, he was a son of Ernest P., Sr. and Ethel (Kohr) Gaboury of Narragansett. Besides his wife he is survived by three children, Michelle Gaboury, Victor Gaboury, Jr. and Daniel Gaboury, all of South Kingstown; a brother, Ernest...
John J. Astley
Mar 7, 2011
John J. Astley, of Wakefield, formerly of Barrington, died Monday. He was the husband of Agnes (Caetano) Astley for 57 years. Born in Providence, he was a son of the late John J. and Margarita (Dunn) Astley. He was a graduate of Hope High School in Providence. Mr. Astley was manager for Tower Manufacturing, where he retired from and...
Roger D. Dr. Goos
Mar 7, 2011
Roger D. Goos, 86, of Narragansett, went to be with his Lord on March 7, 2011. Roger grew up on a farm in Iowa, serving in the Infantry in WW II (European Theater) earning a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He was recalled to service during the Korean War. Roger served as Professor of Botany and Department Chair at...
Cathleen E. Maclaughlin
Mar 3, 2011
Cathleen E. (Davis) MacLaughlin, 67, of Samuel Rodman St., Wakefield, died Thursday at South County Hospital. She was the beloved wife of William C. MacLaughlin for forty-seven years. Born in Pawtucket, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Dorothy (Roach) Davis. Cathleen worked as a receptionist for Dr. Allen Burko in Acton, MA for five years. She...
Donald K. Wilson
Mar 1, 2011
Donald K. Wilson of Wakefield, died Tuesday. He was the devoted husband of the late Julia Ann (McKeon) Wilson. Born in New York, NY, he was a son of the late William Francis and Amy Lillian (Crowne) Wilson. Don fell in love with science as a boy and earned degrees in Electrical Engineering and a doctorate in Physics. He...
Horatio Ray Stanton
Feb 27, 2011
Horatio “Ray” Stanton, 75, of Richmond, died Sunday, February 27, 2011, surrounded by his family. He was the husband of the late Gloria (Lindsay) Stanton. Born in Hopkinton, he was a son of the late Courtland and Ida (Babcock) Stanton. He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Lawrence and Laurie Hazard of CT, and was the brother of...
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...
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