All Obituaries

  85, of Saunderstown, passed away on June 30, 2020.  He was the beloved husband of Teresa M. “Terrie” (Schiavitti) Buonanno. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Anthony, Sr. “Sharkey” and Jennie (Ursillo) Buonanno. He worked for the RI Board of Elections for many years before retiring. He was the son-in-law of Mary Angela Schiavitti; brother-in-law of Diane Mangicapra, Patricia, Debbie and Thomas Schiavitti; and was the uncle of Anthony...

64, of Providence, passed away Monday June 29, 2020 at home. He was the beloved husband of Pasqualina “Patty” (Mosca) Fennessy. Born in Providence he was the son of Raymond J. Fennessy Sr, of St. Petersburg, Fl and the late Claire M. (Godbout) Fennessy. Steven was the owner of Ray’s Cleaning Service. Beside his wife and father, he was the devoted father of Steven J. Fennessy of Cranston and Stefanie Marie Fennessy of Providence; loving grandfather of Eliza and Steven...

95, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on June 29, 2020. He was the loving husband of the late Rose Trabucco (Lonardo) for 71 years until her passing 9 months ago. They are happily together again.  George was born 4/7/1925 to Francesco & Raffaela (Rosamelia) Trabucco and grew up in the Federal Hill section of Providence. George proudly served our country as a Medical Aidman in World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart and The Bronze Star. George was a quiet...

passed peacefully at her home in Cranston on Sunday, June 28, 2020.  Born and raised in Providence, she lived an extremely productive and rewarding life in her chosen field of education.  She was a teacher in the Foster Glocester school system for forty years.  Her vocation was her life’s calling, a fact that was evident in her enthusiasm for teaching and her own life-long learning.  Children responded to her great sense of humor – her sense of fun was key....

88, formerly of Johnston, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 27, 2020. She was the beloved wife of the late Thomas Pezzuco, Jr. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Elvie (Shattuck) Gaudreau and Henri Gaudreau. Joan is survived by her loving daughters, Robin Carlone and her husband Tony of Johnston and Denise Livoli and her husband Paul of Cranston: 5 cherished grandchildren, Ashley Crozier, Stefan Petrella, Jonathan Carlone, Aaron Petrella and Isabella Livoli as well...

of Cranston, passed away peacefully on Saturday June 27, 2020 surrounded by her loving family after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.  Born in Providence, she was the devoted daughter of the late Francis and Florence (Lepore) Neary. She was the former wife of the late Anthony J. Neary and dear companion of the late Clement Vincent. Joan was the beloved mother of Robbin Winegar (Stephen), Colleen Piccirilli (Alan), Michaela Solitro (Leonard) and the late Kathleen “Kelly”...

Eleanor Louise (DeBlasio) Oddo passed away peacefully on June 27, 2020 in Warwick, RI from Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Providence, RI on November 26,1929 to F. Arthur DeBlasio and Louisa (Villani) DeBlasio, Eleanor was raised along with her brother, the late Richard A. DeBlasio, in the Silver Lake neighborhood.    After graduating from Classical High School in 1947, Eleanor attended Pembroke (Brown) University in Providence, where in 1951 she received a degree in...

88, of Cranston, passed away on Friday, June 26, 2020 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Caprarelli for 59 years. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Enrichetta (Potenza) DiBenedetto. Gloria is survived by her loving children, Laura Caprarelli and Joseph Caprarelli both of Cranston. She was the devoted sister of Rose Almonte of Johnson and the late Mary Ravo and Anna Marzilli. She was also the loving...

63, of North Providence, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, June 25, 2020. Born in Newton, MA she was a daughter of the late Fortunato J. “Fudgie” and Teresa (Baccari) Lorenzo. Maureen was a hairstylist for more than forty years. She loved and treated her clients as family and thrived in their friendship. She was remarkably creative and many a social gathering was enhanced by her talent. She leaves her sister, Teresa Dore and her husband James of Boston, MA; and...

93, of Cornell St., Cranston, passed away peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by his loving family. Louis was the beloved husband of the late Ida J. (Castriotta) Ruggieri and a son of the late Salvatore and Silvia (Pezzuco) Ruggieri. Louis was the father of Salvatore J. Ruggieri (Susan Reed), Sally Cacchiotti (Joseph Maggiacomo), Gina Ruggieri (husband Alfredo Rodriguez). He was the grandfather of Shayla Franks and her husband Joe, Stephen Cacchiotti, Jr. and Luciano Ruggieri. He is also...