Ruth M. Pat Horrocks
Dec 6, 2009
Ruth M. "Pat" Horrocks, 76, of Kingston, died Sunday. She was the wife of Robert H. Horrocks, they were married 57 years. Born in Waterbury, CT, she was a daughter of the late J. Stanley and Ruth (Dalleywater) Brady. She will be remembered as being devoted to her family, enjoying cooking, reading, doing needlepoint and loving animals. Besides her...
Carl S. King, Jr.
Dec 6, 2009
Carl S. King Jr., 88, of Wyndham Way, Wakefield, died Sunday at home. He was born June 14, 1921, in Exeter, RI. He was the 5th child of Hannah (Barry) King and Carl S. King Sr. The Kings had one other son after Carl, completing their family of five boys and one girl. At the age of 5 months...
John Vieira
Dec 5, 2009
John Vieira, 91, of Wakefield, died Saturday. He was the husband of Angelina Vieira for 63 years. Born in Fairhaven, MA, he was a son of the late Bento and Maria (doCarmo) Vieira. Mr. Vieira was an Aircraft Mechanic at Quonset Naval Air Station, retiring in 1973. He served in the US Army Air Corp during WW II in...
Brian P. Russell
Dec 5, 2009
Brian P. Russell, 51, of Swedesboro, NJ died Saturday December 5, 2009 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. Brian was born January 25, 1958 in Warwick, RI. Brian was a graduate of The University of Rhode Island where he received a B.S. in Pharmacy and a MBA in Healthcare Administration. Brian, considered a “czar” in his...
Georgia Lloyd
Dec 4, 2009
Georgia Lloyd, 82, of Rodman St., Narragansett, died Friday. She was the wife of the late Robert D. Lloyd. Born in South Kingstown, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth C. and Beatrice (Crossley) Chappell. Mrs. Lloyd was a recovery room supervisor at Roger Williams General Hospital for several years before retiring in 1977. She was a member...
William W. Bell
Dec 4, 2009
Reverend William W. Bell, 86, formerly of Willard Ave, Wakefield, died on Friday December 4, 2009 at the South Kingstown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was the husband of the late Henrietta “Penny” (Nason) Bell. Born in Wakefield, the son of the late William C. and Rose A. (Eccleston) Bell. He attended U.R.I. and received his Masters in Theology...
Agatha Spink Littlefield
Dec 4, 2009
Littlefield, Agatha S, of West Kingston died on December 4, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ivory Littlefield Jr., and is survived by her husband the Reverend John Crocker Jr. Born in Newport, Rhode Island on March 10, 1926, she was the daughter of the late William P. and Agatha S. Sheffield. A lifelong resident of...
Wilbert John Buxton
Dec 2, 2009
Wilbert John Buxton, 85, of Wakefield, RI, died unexpectedly Wednesday, December 2, 2009. He was the devoted husband of the late Eleanor Adamson Buxton and is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law: Heather and Lenny Stein of Chapel Hill, NC; Gail Buxton and Tom Loomis of Austin, TX; and Jane Buxton and Allan Eng of Wakefield, RI. He also...
Thomas W. Dittmar
Dec 1, 2009
Thomas W. Dittmar, 67, of South County Trail, Charlestown, died unexpectedly Tuesday at home. A longtime Narragansett resident, he was the husband of Jeanne (Fish) Dittmar. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Carl & Louise (Hutter) Dittmar. Mr. Dittmar was a lifelong Point Judith commercial fisherman and former owner of the F/V Jeanne. He served...
Philip J. Wightman
Nov 28, 2009
Philip Wightman, 28, formerly of Wakefield, died unexpectedly Saturday. Born in South Kingstown, he was the son of Kenneth and Sharyn (Geib) Wightman. He was currently employed by Geib Refining Corp. and had attended South Kingstown High School and Chariho Vocational Technical School. In his spare time he enjoyed boating and fishing. Besides his parents he is survived by,...
Russell H. Dr. Dobelstein
Nov 28, 2009
Dr. Russell H. Dobelstein, 82, of Charlestown, RI, son of Edward & Bertha (Pekrul) Dobelstein, brother to Dorothy (Dobelstein) Schweitzer, Robert Dobelstein, and Raymond Dobelstein, passed away peacefully in his home while watching college football on Saturday, November 28th. Russ lived a very full life with many challenges and many rewards. He is the youngest player in the history...
James S. Thayer, Jr.
Nov 28, 2009
James S. Thayer, 66, of Wakefield, died Saturday at home. He was the husband of Patricia A. (Hoeflich) Thayer. Born in Wakefield, he was a son of the late James S., Sr. and Inez (Gardner) Thayer. Mr. Thayer was a commercial fisherman for many years. He was a charter member of the Washington County Tractor Pullers, a 50 year...
Bonnie Rose Fulton
Nov 26, 2009
Bonnie Rose Fulton, 87, died Thursday, November 26, 2009, at South Bay Manor, South Kingstown, Rhode Island. She was the wife of the late Cornelius Fulton, Jr., former Army Air Corp Captain of the B-29, the “Battlin Bonnie” and mother of the late Melinda Sue Schulte of Roscoe, New York. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she was the daughter...
Mary C. Dawson
Nov 23, 2009
Mary C. Dawson, 88, of Traymore Street, Charlestown, died Monday. She was the wife of the late John C. Dawson, Sr. Born in Providence, she was a daughter of the late Dominic and Pasquelina “Nellie” (D’Agostino) Paolucci. Mrs. Dawson was employed at URI for many years, retiring in 1988. She will be remembered as being a loving and devoted...
Eleanor Lewis Smith
Nov 18, 2009
Eleanor (Lewis) Smith, 89, of Easley, SC and formerly of South Kingstown, died peacefully November 18th at home, after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Frederick B. Smith. Born in East Providence, she was a daughter of the late Joseph H. and Phoebe (Smith) Lewis. Mrs. Smith was a School Bus Monitor for the Narragansett...
Robert Joel Pearson
Nov 18, 2009
Robert Joel Pearson, 90, of Narragansett, died Wednesday. He was the husband of Jeanne M. (Connors) Pearson. Born in Lowell, MA, he was a son of the late Sven and Hilda (Benson) Pearson. Mr. Pearson was the owner of Pearson Painting Corporation for 52 years, retiring in 1982. He was an Army Veteran of World War II, a long...
Lyman Cranston
Nov 16, 2009
Lyman N. Cranston, 90, a retired Financial Planner of Melbourne, Florida, died November 16, 2009 in Florida. He was the husband of the late Carolyn Kenyon Crandall of Wakefield, whom he married in 1947. After her death in 1988, he married Marjorie McKelvey of Melbourne, FL Born in Wakefield on October 6, 1919, he was a son of the...
Virginia E. Anthony
Nov 15, 2009
Virginia E. Anthony, 83, of Wakefield, died Sunday. She was the wife of Richard C. Anthony, they were married 63 years. Born in Branford, CT, she was a daughter of the late George and Selma (Osterholm) Grebay. She was a graduate of Rogers High School in Newport and she received her Nursing Diploma from Union Hospital in Fall River,...
Carol Ann Christensen
Nov 15, 2009
Carol Ann Christensen, 72 of Peace Dale, RI died on November 15, 2009. Miss Christensen was the daughter of the late Ethel (Gould) Christensen Rosenbalm and the late Harry Paul Christensen. Miss Christensen is survived by her best friend for 32 years, Marjorie J. Hanson, of Hope Valley, RI.; four nephews, five nieces, fifteen great nieces and nephews, and...
Allen F. Bouressa
Nov 12, 2009
Allen F. Bouressa, 81, of Charlestown, died Thursday, November 12, 2009 at Peace River Regional Medical Center in Port Charlotte, Florida. He was born June 24, 1928 in Providence to Theresa R. Finnegan and Allen F. Bouressa. He lived in the Providence area for 43 years before moving to Narragansett, and then retiring in Charlestown, and Florida. Allen is...
