Local obituaries for Cranston and Narragansett, RI
JOHN JOSEPH REARDON JR
Jan 4, 2013
64, of Bedford Circle, Narragansett, passed away on Friday, January 4, 2013 at home surrounded by his wife and children after a courageous battle with leukemia. Born in Barrington, he was a son of the late John J. Reardon Sr. and Ellen (Halton) Reardon. John was a financial representative for Northwestern Mutual for 40 years and had been president of...
ANN MARIE (DE MELO) PURSCHE
Jan 3, 2013
63, of Johnston, passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Inpatient Center in Providence surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of Paul Pursche, Jr. They were married for the past 43 years. Ann Marie was born in Providence a daughter of the late Paul and Marjorie (Paliotta) DeMelo. Mrs. Pursche was...
JOHN A. 'JACK' DRAINE, JPD. Ret.
Jan 1, 2013
68, of Johnston, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at Miriam Hospital, Providence. He was the beloved husband of forty-four years to Joyce A. (Marrocco) Draine. Born in Providence, he was a son of the late John T. and Marion "Hazel" (LaBanca) Draine. Jack was with the Johnston Police Department for thirteen years...
JOSEPHINE (MASTRIANO) POLI
Dec 31, 2012
96, of Cranston, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 31, 2012 at Morgan Health Center, Johnston. She was the beloved wife of the late Albert V. Poli. Born in Providence, she was a daughter of the late Marco and Lucia (Pellegrino) Mastriano.
She was the loving mother of Frances A. Jutras and her husband Normand...
PHYLLIS SCORPIO
Dec 30, 2012
88, of South Kingstown, passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2012. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Frances (Marcello) Scorpio.
Phyllis was a seamstress at the former Outlet Company in downtown Providence for 32 years before retiring.
She was the dear sister of Eva L. Scorpio of East Greenwich,...
ALEXANDER PALOMBO
Dec 30, 2012
81, of Ridge Drive, Exeter, passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at South County Hospital in Wakefield. He was the beloved husband for 57 years of Annamaria (Moretti) Palombo. Born in Monticelli, Italy, he was the son of the late Giovanni and Maria (Grossi) Palombo.
Mr. Palombo was a machine operator in the manufacturing industry for...
ANNA M (McDONALD) MANNI
Dec 30, 2012
90, of Bailey St., Cranston, passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Cedar Crest Nursing Centre in Cranston. She was the beloved wife of the late Phillip Manni. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Hugh and Anna (Fay) McDonald.
Anna worked for the City of Cranston School Lunch Program at Western Hills...
EMILY J. (JOHNSON) ROBERTS
Dec 29, 2012
99, of Cranston passed away Saturday, December 29, 2012. She was the wife of the late Stephen T. Roberts. Born in Providence she was the daughter of the late John and Emelia (Sundquist) Johnson.
Emily was Cranston's 1st Head Elementary School Librarian and was the librarian at Hugh B. Bain for 29 years until retiring in 1972. She...MARY (SULLO) ZACCARDELLI
Dec 29, 2012
93, a lifelong resident of Cranston, passed away peacefully in the presence of her daughter and son-in-law on Saturday, December 29, 2012, at Kent Regency HealthCare Center, Warwick. She was the wife of the late Joseph Zaccardelli. Born in Providence, she was the beloved daughter of the late Michele and Saveria (Colacone) Sullo.
Mary was an at...
FRANK J. LALLO
Dec 29, 2012
81, of Chepachet, passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband of Helen Y. (Koutrakos) Lallo. Born in East Greenwich, he was the son of the late Michael and Angelina (Caluori) Lallo.
Frank was a policy writer for the State of RI Bureau of Family Support....
ROSA (CORRENTE) PICCIRILLO
Dec 29, 2012
98, of Cranston, passed away on Saturday December 29, 2012 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.
She was the devoted wife of the late Giovanni Piccirillo.
Born in Teano, Italy she was the daughter of the late Michael and Maria (Paolino) Corrente.
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ROBERT R. STOREY
Dec 28, 2012
77, of Narragansett passed away peacefully on Friday December 28, 2012. He was the beloved companion of Sandra Barrett. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, he was the son of the late Luther and Elizabeth. In his later years, Robert worked at Roch's Delicatessen in Narragansett and Potter's Gas Station in Wakefield. He was a dear friend to all in the communities...

YVONNE G. (GOGUEN) PETRILLO
Dec 27, 2012
89, of Cranston passed away on Thursday December 27, 2012 at Kent County Hospital, Warwick. She was the beloved wife of the late James J. Petrillo. Born in New Bedford, MA, she was the daughter of the late Aime and Anna (Bourgeois) Goguen.
Yvonne worked for Cranston Print Works, then Emblem and Badge in Providence until her...
ERMELINDA 'LINDA' (CASSIERE) HARTLEY
Dec 27, 2012
70, of Cranston, passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2012. Born in Providence, Linda was the beloved daughter of Louis and Emily (Souza) Cassiere; devoted mother of Michele A. Carroccio and the late Michael L. Carroccio and his companion Carol Ashworth; dear sister of Anthony L. Cassiere; loving grandmother of Reyna Santos and Dawn Theodosiou; and loving great-grandmother of...
FRANCES B. 'Lala' MARTINELLI
Dec 27, 2012
96, of Cranston, passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2012 at Kent Hospital in Warwick. She was the beloved wife of the late Alfonso Martinelli. Frances was born in Boston, MA a daughter of the late Angelo and Teresa (Scarozza) Manni. Mrs. Martinelli was an assembler at Colonial Knife Corp. in Providence until her retirement.
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PATRICIA S. (DOWNS) LAFFEY
Dec 26, 2012
73, of Johnston, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at Miriam Hospital in Providence. She was the beloved wife of the late Raymond Laffey. Patricia was born in Providence, a daughter of the late Harold and Mary (Savella) Downs. Mrs. Laffey was an administrator at Fatima Hospital in North Providence until her retirement.
Patricia is survived...
MARSHA (ZIRA) MANTIA
Dec 26, 2012
71, of North Scituate, passed away on December 26, 2012 after a long and courageous fight against breast cancer.
She was the beloved and cherished wife of Peter Mantia for over 40 years.
Born in Providence, she was the daughter of Virginia (Giammarco) Zira...
ANNA V. (ROSSI) DE QUATTRO
Dec 25, 2012
87, of West Warwick, passed away on Tuesday, December 25, 2012. She was the beloved wife of the late John DeQuattro. She was born in Providence, a daughter of the late Arduino and Assunta Rossi.
She is survived by her loving daughter, Susan Capaldo of West Warwick, her cherished grandchildren, Kristin and David Capaldo, her...

EMANUELA 'NELLIE' (CULTRERA) CORSETTI
Dec 24, 2012
94, of Narragansett passed away on Monday December 24, 2012 at the Roberts Health Center, North Kingstown. She was the beloved wife of the late Eugene Corsetti. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Santina (Mortellaro) Cultrera. Nellie and her husband Eugene were the co-owners of the former Gene's Self-Service Market in Providence for 30...
RAYMOND ANTHONY LA FAZIA
Dec 24, 2012
88, of Little Compton passed away in Estero Florida on December 24th with family by his side.
After graduating Mt. Pleasant HS, Ray enlisted in The Army Air Corps where he flew 38 combat missions as a ball turret gunner in B24's. He received The Distinguished Flying Cross, silver and gold oak leaf clusters and the Certificate of Valor....
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