Local obituaries for Cranston and Narragansett, RI
PAMELA "PAM" HEATON
Mar 16, 2011
88, of North Providence died Wednesday March 16, 2011 at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, North Providence. Born in Scarborough, England she was the daughter of the late Charles and Gertrude (Foster) Heaton. Pam was a licensed cosmetologist in the cosmetic department at the Outlet Co. and after it's closing, the Peerless Department Store. She is survived by two sisters,...
JOHN H. HESFORD
Mar 15, 2011
69, of Simmonsville Avenue, Johnston, passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 peacefully at home. John was the husband of the late Carmella "Millie" (Gesmondi) Hesford. Born in Pawtucket, he was the son of the late Lester and Margaret (Falconer) Hesford. Mr. Hesford was a proud member of the Teamsters Union Local 251 for 37 years before his retirement and...
LUCY (EACUELLO) WICKS
Mar 15, 2011
91, of Cranston, passed away on Tuesday March 15, 2011 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of the late Harold R. "Moose" Wicks, Jr. She was born in Cranston, a daughter of the late Francesco and Amelia (Saccoccio) Eacuello. Mrs. Wicks was a graduate of Cranston High School, Class of 1937 where she...
MARGHERITA S. "RITA" LANZIERI
Mar 15, 2011
79, of Oaklawn Ave., Cranston passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at Home. She was the beloved wife of Vincent Lanzieri Jr. She was born in East Providence a daughter of the late Antonio and Anna (Tacelli) Vittorio. Mrs. Lanzieri was a soft solderer employed by Riverview Soldering Co., of Providence for 26 years until her retirement. Beside her...
MARY "MARITZA" (AVAKIAN) MEZDURIAN
Mar 14, 2011
96, formerly of Cranston, passed away Monday, March 14, 2011. She was the wife of the late James Mezdurian and the late Edward S. Nersesian. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Armenag and Aznive (Messerlian) Avakian.
Maritza was the devoted mother of Edward S. Nersesian, Jr. and his wife Cheryl of North Providence and Nancy...
ANTONETTA "ETTA" (PICOZZI) DE QUATTRO
Mar 13, 2011
87, of North Providence, passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Hopkins Manor, North Providence. She was the beloved wife of Alexander V. DeQuattro. They were married for forty-seven years. Born in Providence, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Angelina Picozzi. Etta was a self employed hairdresser for fourteen years.
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MARJORIE (PALIOTTA) DeMELO
Mar 13, 2011
89, of Simmonsville Ave., Johnston, passed away on Sunday at Hospice Care of RI. in Providence.
She was the devoted wife of the late Paul DeMelo, and loving mother of the late Paula DeMelo.
Born in Pontecorvo, Italy she was the daughter of the late Giuseppe...
EDWARD J. "NED" BRENNAN
Mar 13, 2011
73, of Bryant Rd., Cranston, formerly of Woonsocket, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2011 at home. Born in Woonsocket, he was the devoted son of the late Edward and Margaret (Walsh) Brennan.
Ned worked for the State of RI, Office of Rehabilitation Services for 32 years before retiring. He was a 1955 graduate of Mount Saint Charles...
ANTONIO CORELLI
Mar 12, 2011
85, of Larch Ave., Cranston, passed away on Saturday March 12, 2011 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. He was the devoted husband of Josephine (Ferrara) Corelli.
Born in Esperia, Italy he was the son of the late Carmine and Maria Civita (DeAnegelis) Corelli.
Antonio was employed at the former Providence Granite for...
NICHOLAS "NICK" CERRA
Mar 11, 2011
88, of Johnston, passed away Friday, March 11, 2011 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center in Providence. He was the beloved husband for 63 years of Martha (Wegner) Cerra. Born in Johnston, he was the son of the late Giuseppe and Immaculata (Rinaldi) Cerra.
A proud veteran of WW-II, Nick was an Army Ranger with Merrills Maurauders serving in China-Burma-India....

Salvatore 'Alfred' DiSano
Mar 10, 2011
90, of Cranston, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at Kent Hospital, Warwick. He was born in Providence, a son of the late Giuseppe and Giovannina (Campopiano) DiSano. Alfred worked as a cashier at Lincoln Greyhound. He is survived by his loving sister Evelyn DiSano of Cranston, and was the brother of the late Pasquale and Anthony DiSano. Relatives...
LILLIAN (VACCA) COUPE
Mar 10, 2011
96, of Simmonsville Ave., Johnston, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Cortland Place in Smithfield. She was the beloved wife of the late Samuel J. Coupe. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Fiore and Giovannina (Storti) Vacca.
Lillian was a textile worker at the former Walter Marshall Spinning Co. in Johnston for many years...
GIULIA (SPERLANGANO) MISCOLINO
Mar 9, 2011
85, of Johnston, passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Cherry Hill Manor in Johnston. She was the beloved wife of the late Vito Miscolino. Born in Italy, she was the daughter of the late Pietro and Carmela (Papa) Sperlangano.
Giulia was a jewelry worker at the former Uncas Manufacturing Company in Providence for forty years...
JEAN F.(McCAFFREY) MARSHALL
Mar 8, 2011
77, of Meshanticut Vista, Cranston, passed away Tuesday March 8th 2011. She was the beloved wife for over fifty years of the late Richard J. Marshall. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Rose (Smith) McCaffrey.
Mrs. Marshall was employed for over 30 years...
ANTHONY J. CAMBIO
Mar 8, 2011
80, of East Greenwich, passed away peacefully on March 8, 2011 at Saint Elizabeth's Home, East Greenwich. He was the beloved husband of fifty-two years to Beatrice "Bette" (Lucena) Cambio of Warwick. Born in Providence, he was a son of the late Frank and Vincenza (Parisi) Cambio. Mr. Cambio was a biology teacher at Cranston East High School for...
ALICE (DE PETRILLO) TRAVERS
Mar 7, 2011
80, of Cranston, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2011 at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence. Born in Providence, she was a daughter of the late Michael Angelo and Amelia (Napolitano) DePetrillo. Alice was an assembler at the former Uncas Manufacturing Company of Warwick for ten years before retiring in 1995.
She is survived by her...
GEORGE S. FOTOPOULOS
Mar 5, 2011
66, of Grey Birch Ct., Peace Dale, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2011 at South County Hospital in Wakefield. He was the beloved husband for 29 years of Afrodite (Michalopoulos) Fotopoulos. Born in Manthyrea, Tripolis, Greece, he was the son of the late Spyridon "Spiro" and Constantina "Dina" (Pappageorgiou) Fotopoulos.
George was the owner of Estia Restaurant in Wakefield...
BETTY A. (MENNA) DeTROIA
Mar 3, 2011
68, passed peacefully into eternal rest Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Kent Hospital in Warwick with her loving family by her side. Born in Providence on February 21, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Salvatore and Maria (Tronni) Menna.
Betty graduated from St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing and was employed as a...
DOLORES V. (IMONDI) FERA
Mar 2, 2011
81, of Cannon St., Cranston, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center in Providence. She was the beloved wife for 58 years of Raymond C. Fera. Born in Cranston, she was the daughter of the late Tomasso and Maria Antonia (Tella) Imondi.
Mrs. Fera was an office manager at Samrock Machine Co. and later at...
TINA (MANGANO) RECCHIA
Feb 28, 2011
97, of Warwick, passed away on Monday February 28, 2011.
She was the beloved wife of the late Norman Recchia.
Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Lucietta (Campano) Mangano.
She was the beloved mother of Lucille A. Brouillard of Warwick, Robert A. Recchia...
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