Local obituaries for Cranston and Narragansett, RI

Philomena (Petrarca) LaRocca

Aug 24, 2014

94, of Cranston, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2014 at the Cedar Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre, Cranston surrounded by her loving family. Philomena was the beloved wife of the late Michael F. LaRocca. Born in West Warwick, she was the daughter of the late Domenic and Martha Petrarca. Philomena worked at the Knightsville We Wash It in Cranston...

Anna (Cardullo) Balasco

Aug 24, 2014

85, of Bryantville Ct., Warwick, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2014 at Scalabrini Villa in North Kingstown surrounded by her loving daughters. She was the beloved wife of the late Raymond Balasco. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Assunta (Sincero) Cardullo. She was an active member in St. Raymond's Society in Providence and...

Joann S. (Morgero) Pellegrino-Bettencourt

Aug 23, 2014

63, passed away on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at home. She was the beloved wife of John Pellegrino for 30 years. She was born in Providence, a daughter of the late Charles and Bertha (Wilbert) Morgero. Beside her husband, Joann is survived by a son, John Bettoncourt in Arizona and her three grandchildren, Heather, John and Nathan. Her funeral will...

Concetta 'Connie' (Marinosci) Micheli

Aug 23, 2014

97, of North Kingstown, passed away on Saturday August 23, 2014 at South County Hospital, South Kingstown. She was the beloved wife of the late Giovanni "John" Micheli. She was the devoted mother of Adrian P. Poland; loving grandmother of Keith S. Poland and Ashley E. Poland; and loving great-grandmother of Noah and Kenzie. She was the dear sister of...

Anthony R. Pascone

Aug 23, 2014

79, of Rangeley Rd., Cranston, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at the home of his daughter Patti and son-in-law Bob. He was the beloved husband of the late Mary H. (Lister) Pascone. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Nicholas and Jennie (DeLuca) Pascone. Mr. Pascone was an Electronics...

Delmazia 'Del' (Aurecchia) Cute

Aug 22, 2014

95, of Hollywood Florida, and Johnston, Rhode Island died peacefully on Friday August 22, 2014 at Vitas Hospice in Pembroke Pines Florida. She was the wife of the late Richard Cute. Del Aurecchia was born in Johnston, Rhode Island in 1919. She later attended Rhode Island College of Education and graduated in one of its first classes in 1940. Upon...

Evelyn A. (DiSandro) Parisi

Aug 22, 2014

94, of Cranston passed away on Friday, August 22, 2014 at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Inpatient Center, Providence. She was the beloved wife of the late Frank Parisi. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Silvio and Anna (Emma) DiSandro, Sr. Evelyn worked as an administrative assistant for the Allendale Insurance Company in Johnston for 10 years...

Anne L. Grosso

Aug 21, 2014

70, of Cranston, passed away on Thursday, August 21, 2014 at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. Born in Providence, she was a daughter of the late Pasquale and Maria Louisa (Ruscito) Grosso. She is survived by many loving friends and relatives. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial on Wednesday at 10...

James G. 'Gordie' Wallace

Aug 21, 2014

James Gordon Wallace, "Gordie", of South Kingstown, RI, died unexpectedly August 21, 2014 at age 59. He was the son of Agnes E. Wallace and James K. Wallace. He attended Pilgrim High School, URI, and Northeastern University. He was a dedicated and competent Physician Assistant in Cardiac Surgery for the past 32 years at Miriam Hospital, which merged with Lifespan....

Antonetta Francesca Monacelli Trafford

Aug 20, 2014

85, of Providence, entered into eternity on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family. Antonetta was the wife of the late Ernest E. Trafford. She was a daughter of Vincenzino James Monacelli and Agensina Elizabeth Fiore-Monacelli-DeCorpo. Antonetta worked as a comptroller for over forty years, before her retirement. For many decades she was a...

Madeline V. (Carroll) Cardillo

Aug 20, 2014

Of Cranston passed away on Wednesday, August 20, 2014. She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph V. Cardillo, Sr. Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Pasco and Briga (Barone) Carroll. Mrs. Cardillo worked at Fleet Bank for eighteen years during which time she was recognized for stopping a bank robbery. In her spare time, she crocheted...

Louise (Greco) LaFazia

Aug 19, 2014

89, of Johnston, passed away on Tuesday August 19, 2014 at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Angelo and Teresa (Zompa) Greco. Louise worked for the State of RI school lunch program for 20 years before retiring and previously worked for several jewelry manufacturing companies. She was the...

Carolina T. (Cavallaro) Carbone

Aug 19, 2014

85, died peacefully, August 19, 2014 with her beloved husband of 64 years, Benjamin Carbone and her family by her side. Born in Providence, RI, a daughter of the late James Cavallaro and Florence (Voccio) Cavallaro she was a life-long resident of Providence. Carol is survived by her son, Steven B. Carbone of Scituate, RI, daughter Sharon (Nichols) Souza, and...

Robert A. Scungio

Aug 19, 2014

63, of West Warwick, passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2014. He was the beloved husband of Marie (Appollonio) Scungio. Born in Providence, he was a son of the late Michael A. and Elizabeth (Pezzullo) Scungio. Robert was a communicant of St. Mary's Church in West Warwick. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus-Mary Doran Council. He...

Elizabeth A. (Powers) Eldredge

Aug 19, 2014

86, of Saunderstown, formerly of Greenville passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at home surrounded by her family. She was the beloved wife of sixty-four years to Frank G. Eldredge, Jr. whom she met and fell in love with at the age of fifteen at Mount Pleasant High School. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of...

Anna (Manfredi) Amore

Aug 19, 2014

89, of Cranston, passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at Scalabrini Villa Health Care Center in North Kingstown. She was the wife of the late Olindo Amore. Born in Providence, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Teresa (Laninfa) Manfredi.

Anna is survived by her children, Barabara Caminito and her husband Frank of Englewood,...

Lynn Ann (Laferte) Pagano

Aug 19, 2014

58, of North Providence, passed away on Tuesday August 19, 2014 at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence. She was the beloved wife of Thomas Pagano. Born in Germany, Lynn was the daughter of the late Armand and Gloria (DiStefano) Laferte. She was the manager of the former Mezza Luna Pizzeria for many years before retiring. Lynn's greatest...

Richard 'Ricky' Catalano

Aug 17, 2014

26, of North Providence, passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2014. He was born in Providence, the beloved son of Richard O. Lopes, Jr. of West Warwick and Lori Ann Catalano of North Providence. He was also the step son of Chris Tomelleo and Doreen Lopes and grandson of Gennaro "Gerry" and Beverly Catalano and Rosemary Sinapi and the late...

Vartanush (Mikaelian) Odabashyan

Aug 17, 2014

84, of Sweetbriar Dr., Cranston, passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2014 at Miriam Hospital in Providence, RI. She was the beloved wife of the late Gevork Odabashyan. Born in Greece, she was the daughter of the late Yeghia and Marta Mikaelian. Mrs. Odabashyan was the devoted mother of Sarkis Odabashyan, Hambartsum Odabashyan, Anahit Odabashyan and Elizabeth Elmayan, all of...

Chet A. Brousseau

Aug 15, 2014

66, of Warwick, formerly of Cranston, passed away on Friday, August 15, 2014, at Miriam Hospital, Providence. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Clyde F. and Alice L. (Rochon) Brousseau. Mr. Brousseau worked for the City of Cranston's Public Works Department for 30 years, 17 years in the Engineering Division and 13 years as the Superintendent...