Mary Catherine Defanti
Nov 1, 2019
Mary Catherine DeFanti, 83, formerly of Wakefield, passed away Friday, November 1, 2019. She was the beloved wife of the late David Rockwell DeFanti. Born in Providence, she was a daughter of the late Nelson G. and Helen (Nystrom) Bourret. Mrs. DeFanti was a Registered Nurse, having graduated from the Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She worked at South...
Ann Galligan Kelley
Oct 31, 2019
Ann Galligan Kelley passed away peacefully at home on October 31, 2019. Ann was born in Providence, the daughter of the late Charles H. and Virginia (McElroy) Galligan. She was the wife of Charles P. Kelley for 38 years. She is survived by her children, Andrew C.P. Kelley and Caroline K. Geiger and her husband Ross all of Boston,...
Marie C. Richard
Oct 31, 2019
Marie C. Richard (Christoff), 77, of North Kingstown, passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2019. She was the wife of the late Robert J. Richard. Born in Barrington, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Mary (George) Christoff. Marie was an assembler for the Bostitch Company for many years before retiring. She is survived by her children,...
Stephanie L. Foster
Oct 27, 2019
Stephanie (Kearns) Foster, 53, of West Kingston, passed away Sunday, October 27, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Barry J. Foster for thirty-one years. Born in South Kingstown, she was the daughter of Peter and Virginia (Calitri) Kearns of South Kingstown. Stephanie previously worked as a teacher assistant for the South Kingstown School Department....
Arthur W. Wood, Jr.
Oct 25, 2019
Arthur W. Wood, Jr., 91, of Narragansett, formerly of Cranston, passed away Friday. Born in Providence he was a son of the late Arthur W. and Amelia (LHeureux) Wood. He graduated from Cranston High School in 1946 and received his Bachelors degree from Bryant College. At Bryant, he received the Gold Key Award for outstanding scholastic achievement. He served...
Jessie Mae Schoepfer
Oct 25, 2019
Jessie Mae Schoepfer, 83, of Narragansett, passed away Friday October 25th. She was the beloved wife of the late Donald W. Schoepfer. Born in Waltham, MA, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Myrtle (Pugsley) Lowell. She is survived by her niece Kimberly (Rausch) Langlais of Stowe, Vermont and cousin Myrtle Ryan of Plymouth, Massachusetts. She is...
M. Diane Manning
Oct 24, 2019
M. Diane Manning, long time resident of Narragansett, RI and recently of Portland, ME, died peacefully on October 24, 2019 at the end of a full life. Born on February 1, 1931 to Mary (Ryan) and James Hinchey, Diane enjoyed a childhood in a loving, well-read home. In 1954, she married Lester Patrick Manning, with whom she raised eight...
Ralph Groves
Oct 23, 2019
Ralph Groves, 78, of Narragansett, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday. He was the beloved husband of Kathleen "Kit" (Murphy) Groves for 53 years. Born in Linden, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Ralph and Anne (Henry) Groves. He was a graduate of Delbarton High School in Morristown, NJ, where he was a three-sport standout. He went on...
William Luke Dzwil
Oct 23, 2019
William Luke Dzwil, 47, beloved son of S. James and Barbara (Janowski) Dzwil, passed away Wednesday October 23,2019, after a courageous battle with esophageal cancer. Besides his parents , Bill is survived by his brother, James (Maria) Dzwil of Charlestown, RI; his sisters Rachele Torres (Kevin Curley) of Newington, CT and Rebecca Dunleavy (Brian) of Farmington, CT; five nephews,...
Mary Jane Lafountain
Oct 20, 2019
Mary Jane (May) LaFountain, 80, of Wakefield, passed away peacefully at home on October 20, 2019. Born in Bigalow, Arkansas, she was the middle child of the late Willis Fred May and Faye Idell (DeLong) May. Jane was one in a million. Anyone who knew her would agree. She had a smart and sassy exterior with a heart of...
Michael David Chmielewski
Oct 20, 2019
Michael David Chmielewski, 58, of Narragansett, passed away unexpectedly Sunday. Born in Providence, he was a son of David and Marie (Zonfrillo) Chmielewski of Narragansett. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a BA in Textiles and Marketing in 1983. Michael had been formerly employed at Crate & Barrel, furniture division, in Cambridge, MA, and was the...
Shirley Sisson
Oct 20, 2019
Shirley Sisson died on October 20, 2019. She was the seventh of ten children born in Stonington, Connecticut to the late John and Ethel Young Sisson. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Woodrow, Eugene and Jack and six sisters, Dorothy Sisson, Elsie Robar, Marion Downey, Ruth Martin, Claire Bozner and Barbara Mageau. She is survived by numerous...
Stephen Tucker
Oct 18, 2019
Stephen Tucker, 88, of Wakefield, passed away Friday October 18th. He was born in South Kingstown and was a son of the late Mark, Sr. and Mary (Kelly) Tucker. He is survived by a brother, Tommy Tucker and his wife Carol of Lake Okeechobee, FL; as well as many nieces and nephews. He was the brother of the late...
Mary Jo Murray
Oct 17, 2019
Mary Jo Murray, ne Tippett, age 98, passed away peacefully on October 17 at South County Hospital. She was born in Advance, Missouri on August 21, 1921, the daughter of Oscar and Nelle Cawthon Tippett. In 1938, at the age of seventeen, Mary Jo began her teaching career in a one-room schoolhouse in Advance, Missouri. In 1978 She retired...
Christine Ann Barber Gould
Oct 17, 2019
Christine Ann (Barber) Gould, 51, of Richmond, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2019. She was the beloved wife of Brent R. Gould of 17 years. Born in South Kingstown, she was the daughter of Linda (Boss) Tefft of Wakefield and the late Roy Barber. Christine spent most of her years caring for others in the healthcare industry. She...
Jesse Lawrence Snyder
Oct 16, 2019
Jesse was born in Portland, Oregon, and not a day went by when he wasnt telling everyone around him of the unsurpassed beauty and sweet memories of his home. Who couldve imagined the dear, kind, wonderful son, brother, uncle, father, husband and friend he would one day become? Only everyone who ever met him. Now, a guy like Jesse...
Audrey Greenwald Kullberg
Oct 16, 2019
Audrey Greenwald Kullberg, 75, daughter of Ann and Louis Greenwald passed away peacefully on October 16, 2019. She leaves behind her beloved husband, Gary of 43 years, a son Eric and his wife Amy and their children Ella and Mae. Born in Englewood, NJ, she and her husband lived in Manhattan for many years before moving to Rhode Island...
Patricia C. Cushman
Oct 14, 2019
Patricia Boyer Candler Cushman, 90, of Wakefield, Rhode Island, died peacefully with her family at her side on October 14, 2019, after a brief illness. Pat was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in nearby Grosse Pointe, where she lived with her family until she married Robinson Cushman in 1951. Pat was an avid gardener, an amazing cook,...
Justin Charles Zinno
Oct 14, 2019
Justin Charles Zinno, 26, of Narragansett, passed away unexpectedly on, October 14, 2019. Born in South Kingstown, he was the loving son of Karen Darke and Charles Zinno and his wife Emmeline (Westcott) Zinno. Justin was a hard-working commercial fisherman working beside his father and brother his whole life. He was very intelligent and was always eager to learn...
William L. Huntley
Oct 13, 2019
William L. Huntley (Bill) , 32, of South Kingstown, RI passed away on October 13, 2019. He is survived by his mother Erika Huntley, father Jeff Huntley and sister Jennifer (Huntley) Gardner, her husband Graham and daughter Grace, half-brother Nick Huntley and girlfriend Hillary Jones. He had several aunts and uncles including his aunt Arwen Macphee and sons Caryl...
