Dennis Lee Wichman
Feb 27, 2022
Dennis Lee Wichman, 80, of Wakefield, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022 at Rhode Island Hospital. He died peacefully, after a long, brave seven-year battle with cancer surrounded by his loving family. He was the loving husband of Elaine (Anderson) Wichman. Born in Emmetsburg, Iowa, he was a son of the late Alfred and Florence (Miller) Wichman. He was...
Virginia Laputz
Feb 26, 2022
Virginia Laputz, 95 of Narragansett, RI, formerly of Ledyard, CT, passed away February 26, 2022. She was the beloved wife of the late Stephen Laputz for 67 years. Born in New London, CT, she was the daughter of the late Leslie and Leila Gray and was predeceased by two brothers, L. Dean and Leland Gray. She is survived by...
Denise Cheryl Duffy
Feb 24, 2022
Denise Cheryl Duffy, 56, of Narragansett, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2022. Born in South Portland, ME, she was the daughter of the late Patrick Thomas and Carole Jean (Rafferty) Duffy. Denise graduated Narragansett High School in 1983 and was the second in her class. There, she enjoyed being an athlete on the volleyball and softball teams. Denise worked...
Benjamin W. Miller
Feb 23, 2022
Benjamin W. Miller, 98, of South Kingstown, passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2022. He was the husband of the late Shirley (Matson) Miller. In his spare time, Benjamin enjoyed shell fishing and skiing. He was a member of the Mount Snow Ski Club for many years. Benjamin won an award as Athletic Director from the South Kingstown High School...
Ronald Alan Miller
Feb 23, 2022
Ronald A. Miller, 64, of South Kingstown, passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Born in Providence, he was a son of the late Benjamin W. and Shirley (Matson) Miller. Ronald enjoyed fishing, skiing, and cooking. He enjoyed spending time with family and loved his children who were his world. He is survived by his three children, Natasha Johnson and...
Anna V. Deluca
Feb 23, 2022
Anna V. DeLuca, 74, of Wakefield, passed away Wednesday, February 23rd, surrounded by her loving family. She was the loving wife of Dennis DeLuca for 52 years. Born in Providence to the late Thomas and Anna (Norcini) Palumbo. Anna graduated from Warwick Vets High School. She then attended Warwick Academy of Beauty Culture and worked for many years as...
Dorothy Ann Coffin
Feb 23, 2022
Dorothy Ann (Joyce) Coffin was a generous, kind, and fiercely independent woman whose last words to her daughter Cathy were to continue to give what you have to others and to take care of children in need. Dorothy died on February 23 at Yale New Haven Health’s Westerly Hospital. She had been a kindergarten teacher and, remarkably, one of...
George Edward Castro, Jr.
Feb 23, 2022
George Edward Castro, Jr., 56, of North Kingstown, passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Born in Providence, he was the son of Leah Anne (Davol) Rigby of Narragansett and the late George Edward Castro, Sr. He was the beloved husband of Lynn A. (Zuercher) Castro for 32 wonderful years. George had an admirable work ethic. He worked in maintenance...
Joanne K. Robinson
Feb 21, 2022
Joanne K. Robinson born June 22nd, 1936 in East Greenwich, RI. Daughter of Harold E. Robinson and Beatrice L. (Frye) Robinson. Most people that knew her would say she was a kind and loving person. Her passion was children. She loved being around them and they loved her. She always said she was meant to be a mother and...
Robert L. Shumaker
Feb 21, 2022
Robert L. Shumaker, 82, of Palm Bay, Florida, formerly of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, passed away Monday, February 21st at Palm Bay Hospital. He died peacefully surrounded by family. He is survived by his daughter Kimberly Nettleton and her husband Douglas of Charlestown, Rhode Island, his son Kelly Shumaker and his partner Tabitha of Apopka, Florida, and his sole...
George Gilbert "Gil" Pope
Feb 19, 2022
George Gilbert “Gil” Pope, 70, passed away on February 19, 2022 at Westerly Hospital in Westerly, Rhode Island. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his older brother, Dr. James N. Pope. A longtime resident of Narragansett, Gil was born on January 27, 1952 in Alexandria, Virginia to Ross P. and Jane N. Pope. He was...
Elvera Dame
Feb 18, 2022
Elvera Mae Dame (Goehner) walked peacefully into the arms of Jesus on February 18, 2022. She was the loving mother of 4, who joined her husband Larry on what would have been their 55th wedding anniversary. She was born on the 8th of June in 1941 in Leavenworth, Washington to the late John & Esther Goehner. She grew up...
Mary P. O'Brien
Feb 16, 2022
Mary P O’Brien, 87, passed away February 16, 2022 after a long illness. She is survived by her brothers, James O’Brien and his wife Barbara, and William O’Brien and his wife, Katherine. She is the daughter of the late John J. O’Brien and Mary (Purce) O’Brien and sister of the late Michael O’Brien. Mary is also survived by her...
Gerald Lynch
Feb 14, 2022
Gerald Paul Lynch, 75, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his siblings on Monday, Febuary 14th at South County Hospital. He is predeceased by his beloved son Kyle Lynch and brother Kevin Lynch. Jerry was the son of the late Gerald and Katherine (McDermott) Lynch. Jerry is survived by brother Dennis Lynch and wife Joyce Perschy, sister Joan Booth and...
Claire Teresa Lutes
Feb 14, 2022
Claire Theresa Lutes passed away peacefully on February 14, 2022, 5 days shy of her 83rd birthday. Her legacy is one of love and devotion to family. Claire was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island to Claire Ryan. She never really knew her father as he abandoned the family when Claire was around 2 years old. Claire always did well...
Keith B. Tucker
Feb 13, 2022
Keith B. Tucker, 67, of Exeter, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2022. Born in South Kingstown, he was the son of the late Woodrow W. and Marjorie M.J. (Jones) Tucker. He is survived by his sisters, Pamela L. Sawin of Foxborough, MA and her husband Craig, Kimberly J. Smith and her husband John of Chepachet, Christine D. Tucker and...
Arthur Frederick St. John
Feb 12, 2022
Arthur F. St. John, 72, of Narragansett and Placita, FL, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 12, 2022. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 9, 1949 to the late Arthur and Ruth (Hollier) St. John. Arthur was the loving husband of Janice (George) St. John for 44 years. He enjoyed many things in life. Especially boating and...
Isabel Woodruff
Feb 12, 2022
Isabel Woodruff, 93, born in Pawtucket, RI and a resident of Narragansett most of her life, went home to the Lord and the rest of her family. Isabel left because she had done it all. She had loved fully, lived honestly, and encouraged constantly. Isabel passed peacefully after completing the Lord’s plan for her on this earth. Isabel was...
Everett G. Weeden, Jr.
Feb 11, 2022
Everett G. Weeden, Jr. (Tall Oak), 85, of Charlestown, RI, passed away Friday, February 11, 2022, at the Westerly Health Center. He was a documented descendant of the Mashantucket Pequot, Narragansett, and Wampanoag tribes. A retiree from the University of Rhode Island. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Everett, Sr., and Bertha (Ramos) Weeden. Everett,...
Myra E. Connor
Feb 11, 2022
Myra Elaine (Wallace) Connor, 82, died peacefully, with her family by her side, on February 11, 2022, after an extended period of declining health. The daughter of George and Martha (Cooper) Wallace, she was born in Lenox, MA, and grew up in East Lansing, MI, graduating from East Lansing High School in 1957. She committed her life to Jesus...
