Local obituaries for Cranston and Narragansett, RI

Oct 7, 2014

74, of Cranston, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at Berkshire Place, Providence. Born in Providence, he was a son of the late Charles Salisbury, Sr. and Margaret (Smith) Salisbury. Edward was employed in the textile industry for many years before his retirement. He is survived by one brother, Richard Salisbury of Arizona and many cousins. Edward was...

Oct 6, 2014

85, of Johnston, passed away on October 6, 2014 at the Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence. He was the beloved husband of the late Eleanora (Meglio) Paolantonio. Born in Providence, he was a son of the late Geatano and Angela (Colonna) Paolantonio. Alfred served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was the owner of Paolantonio Construction...

Oct 5, 2014

81, of Dellwood Rd., Cranston, passed away on Sunday, October 5, 2014 at Philip Hulitar Hospice Inpatient Center in Providence. She was the beloved wife of the late George Donoyan. Born in Syria, she was the daughter of the late Hagop and Anahid (Karamanougian) Torossian. Mrs. Donoyan was the devoted mother of Nerses G. Donoyan and his wife Roxanne of...

Oct 4, 2014

90, of Mohawk Trail, Cranston, passed away on Saturday, October 4, 2014 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. She was the beloved wife to the late Anthony Ascenzi for 62 years. Born in Quincy, MA, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Maria Chiavaroli. Bruna was the devoted mother of Anthony D. Ascenzi of CA, Denise Arruda of...

Oct 3, 2014

Right up until his death at age 81, Val lived a full and active life. Growing up in Silver Lake with his parents Giselda and Francesco Faraone, and his brother Frank, Val enjoyed music and sports. He enjoyed traveling with his beloved wife Pat and they went on many trips together. He was an accomplished musician playing both the accordion...

Oct 3, 2014

85, of Cranston, passed away on Friday, October 3, 2014 at Miriam Hospital in Providence. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Antonio and Carmela (Verducci) DePalo. Pat was an accountant for the RI Department of Health for 35 years until his retirement. He was also a graduate of Providence College, and a member of its alumni...

Oct 1, 2014

91 of Saunderstown, passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at South County Hospital in Wakefield. He was the beloved husband for 65 years of Pearl S. (Spina) Marciano and loving father of the late Carl T. Marciano, Jr. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late James and Rose (Colletti) Marciano. Carl was a firefighter for the...

Oct 1, 2014

89, of Cranston, passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at RI Hospital in Providence. Born in Cranston, she was a daughter of the late Salvatore and Florence (Golini) Ciccarelli. Sylvia was employed as a CNA at Cherry Hill Nursing Home for 20 years until retiring. She was a member at the Cranston Senior Center, avid bingo player, enjoyed crocheting,...

Oct 1, 2014

83, of Apple Tree Lane, Johnston, passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at RI Hospital in Providence surrounded by his son and daughter. Born in Roccamonfina Italy, he was the son of the late Amato and Elvira (DeLisi) DiBiasio. Mr. DiBiasio was a jewelry stone setter for Clark & Coombs in Providence for many years and later worked at...

Sep 29, 2014

65, of Johnston passed away peacefully on Monday, September 29, 2014, at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Inpatient Center, Providence. She was the beloved wife of Francis P. "Patrick" Keogh. Born in Warwick she was the daughter of Amelia (Rego) Cavaco of Cranston and the late Ernest Cavaco. She was the operations manager for the Imaging Institute of Warwick. Judith was...

Sep 29, 2014

87, of Johnston, passed away on Monday, September 29, 2014 at home. She was the beloved wife of Americo W. Merolla. Born in Cranston, a daughter of the late Michael and Maria (Colarusso) Santosuosso. Besides her beloved husband she is survived by her loving children, Joseph Merolla of Johnston, Linda Agin of Cranston; her dear sister Elizabeth DelBonis of Cranston...

Sep 29, 2014

51, of Hope, passed away on Monday, September 29, 2014. She was the beloved wife of Domenic Cannella. Born in Providence, she was a daughter of Salvatore and Carolyn (Zoglio) Criscione of Coventry. Sandra worked as a teacher assistant at the Scituate Elementary School. She was a graduate of Coventry High School and the Community College of Rhode Island. She...

Sep 28, 2014

64, of Cranston, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 28, 2014 at the Mayo Clinic, Methodist Campus, Rochester, MN. He was the beloved husband of Gordian (Duke) Guglielmo. Born in Providence, he was a son of the late Antonio and Concetta (Scalzo) Guglielmo. Anthony was the Vice President of Technic, Inc. Equipment Division in Pawtucket for the past forty-seven years....

Sep 28, 2014

Of Providence, RI passed away at the Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol, Rhode Island on Sunday, September 28, 2014, just 3 months shy of his 100th birthday. John was the beloved husband of Dora Volpigno, who predeceased him. They were married for 69 wonderful years. John, who was born in Providence, was the son of the late Attilio and...

Sep 28, 2014

68, of Cranston, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 28, 2014 at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Inpatient Center, Providence. He was the beloved husband of forty-eight years to Sharon (Brooks) Gagnon. Born in Warwick, he was a son of the late Henry and Shirley (Mason) Gagnon. Robert was a truck driver for various trucking companies in the Providence area for...

Sep 27, 2014

84 of Welfare Ave died on September 27th at home. He was the husband of the late Shirley A. (Russo) Patricio and the companion of Arlene Lemieux, to whom his children are forever grateful for her devotion and care of their father. Born in Somerset MA, the son of the late Joseph and Sarah Patricio. He was a graduate of...

Sep 26, 2014

70, of Johnston, passed away on Friday, September 26, 2014 at Roger Williams Hospital in Providence. She was the beloved wife of Frank Rocchio. Born in Providence, she was a daughter of the late Salvatore and Odelia (Morris) Tartaglia. Sandra worked in jewelry for over forty years, before retiring.

Besides her husband, she is survived by her...

Sep 25, 2014

60, of Coventry died Thursday, September 25, 2014 after a long battle with Leukemia. He graduated from Cranston High School East in 1972 and served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Independence. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus. Donald truly enjoyed music, nature, the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was...

Sep 25, 2014

63, of Cranston, passed away on Thursday, September 25, 2014 surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of Mario E. Mastrostefano, Sr. Beverly was born in Providence, a daughter of Beverly (Briggs) Morango and step daughter of Frank Morango both of Providence and the late Joseph Castro. Beverly worked in the food and beverage industry throughout her...

Sep 25, 2014

63, of Douglas Turnpike, Burrillville, passed away on Thursday, September 25, 2014 at Philip Hulitar Hospice Inpatient Center in Providence. He was the beloved husband for 37 years of Nancy A. (Zinno) Juskalian. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late James and Celia (Goolkasian) Juskalian. Jimmy was the owner of the former Jim's Restaurant on Niantic Ave....