Mary Catherine Regina Connolly
By Newport This Week Staff | on June 20, 2024
Mary Catherine Regina Connolly of Newport, R.I., former member of the Newport City Council, passed away peacefully on June 13, 2024. A native Newporter who grew up on Bateman Avenue in the city’s Fifth Ward, she was born at Newport Hospital on December 11, 1942. Mary was a fierce friend and advocate who dedicated her life to the education, wellbeing […]
Deborah L. (Kohn) Gazaway
By Newport This Week Staff | on June 20, 2024
Deborah L. (Kohn) Gazaway, 82, of Newport, R.I., formerly of Narrowsburg, N.Y., passed away on June 12, 2024, in the Heatherwood Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late John C. Gazaway. Born and raised in the Bronx, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Abraham and Helen (Schorr) Kohn. Deborah attended CCNY and went on to work […]
Mary Catherine Regina Connolly
By debbie@newportthisweek.net | on June 18, 2024
Mary Catherine Regina Connolly of Newport, R.I., former member of the Newport City Council, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 13. A native Newporter who grew up on Bateman Avenue in the city’s Fifth Ward, she was born at Newport Hospital on December 11, 1942. Mary was a fierce friend and advocate who dedicated her life to the education, wellbeing […]
Robert E. Corey
By Community Submission | on June 10, 2024
Robert E. Corey, 89, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully on April 18, 2024. He was the beloved husband of the late Mary A. (DeBairos) Corey. Born in Newport, RI, he was the son of the late Manuel Corey and Margaret (Powers) Corey. He graduated from Rogers High School in 1952. Robert (Bob) was the devoted father […]
Linda G. Gordon
By Newport This Week Staff | on June 06, 2024
Linda G. Gordon, 83 of Newport, R.I., died on May 29, 2024, after a short battle with acute myeloid leukemia. She was the wife of the late David S. Gordon, former Newport mayor. Linda and David moved to Newport from New York City about 40 years ago and immediately embraced the city and the community. Linda was an incredibly private […]
Charles Padley Shoemaker, Jr.
July 6, 1937-June 3, 2024
By Newport This Week Staff | on June 06, 2024
Charles Padley Shoemaker, Jr., MD, FACS born in Franklin, New Jersey, son of Charles P. Shoemaker, Sr., and Alice Haight Shoemaker, Dr. Shoemaker was a 1959 alumnus of Amherst College. He graduated from Albany Medical College and did his internship and residency in general surgery at The Yale-New Haven Medical Center. After completing his training, he entered the Navy in […]
Deacon Betty Lou Wright
By Community Submission | on June 03, 2024
Deacon Betty Lou Wright, 86, of Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Newport, RI, passed away on March 9, 2024. She was the wife of the late Peter Wright for 59 years. Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Dorothy Jane Nyman. She is survived by her son, Jim Wright and his wife Alicia, and her […]
Dorothy Joyce Williams
By Community Submission | on May 23, 2024
Dorothy Joyce Williams, 94 of Middletown, RI died peacefully on May 20, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on May 14, 1930 in Bridport, Dorset, England to the late George and Edith (Reid) Scantlebury. She was the wife of the late Robert R. Williams USN (Ret.). Joyce’s early years were spent in Bridport and Weymouth England […]
Alexander James Pavlik
By Community Submission | on May 20, 2024
Alexander James Pavlik, 39, passed away on Sunday May 12, 2024, in Newport, Rhode Island. Alex was born October 10, 1984, at the Navy base hospital on Aquidneck Island. Alex grew up and attended Elementary through High School in Acton, Massachusetts. His creativity and love for family, friends, and animals resonated in all he did. In High School Alex […]
Eric Joseph Roggero
Nov. 24, 1971 to April 20, 2024
By Newport This Week Staff | on May 02, 2024
The family of Eric sadly announces his passing on April 20 in the loving care of Laura Blackwell and hospice. By the time Eric graduated from Rogers he was already working on a career in the fishing industry. Luckily he had some great mentors including two grandfathers and two lobsterman brothers who helped him along the way. He was a […]
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