All Obituaries

McNEILIS, Kathleen A., “Kathy” (Mann), 60, of Coventry, passed away Saturday evening, May 30, 2020 at Kent Hospital. She was the loving wife and best friend of William A. McNeilis, they had been married for thirty six years.  Born in Providence, a daughter of Alvin F. Mann of Coventry and the late Patricia A. (Lucas) Mann. Kathy was employed for over thirty years at MetLife.  She loved her family, co-workers, friends, vacationing on Lake George and the...

COONEY, Kathleen M. “Kathy” (Hazelwood), 66, of Hornbine Street, Cranston, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2020 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of Richard E. Cooney, they had been married forty years.  Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Arthur W. and Carmelita H. (Doyle) Hazelwood.  She resided in Cranston for most of her life. Kathy was employed as a lunch aide with the Cranston School Department for many years until...

Alfred F. “Junior” Marrocco, Jr., 83, formerly of Seven Mile Road, Hope, passed away Tuesday morning, May 26, 2020 at Briarcliffe Manor, Johnston. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Alfred F. and Josephine E. (Stanley) Marrocco.  He resided in Hope for most of his life. Junior worked on the family farm for many years and always enjoyed walking the land of the farm where he would tend to the animals and especially loved his cat, Muffin.  Another enjoyment...

Isabelle S. (Pelletier) Joyal, 97, of Wyoming, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, May 26, 2020 at the Respiratory & Rehabilitation Center of RI, Coventry. She was the beloved wife of the late Leonard J. Joyal, who passed away in 2005.  Born in New Brunswick, Canada, a daughter of the late Alphee and Marie (Martin) Pelletier. She is survived by four children, Richard Joyal, Roger Joyal, Gary Joyal and Charlotte Kotowski. Due to current health and safety...

VENTURA, Jose D., 76, of Earl Street, West Warwick, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2020 at Kent Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Fatima B. (Arraial) Ventura, they had been married for forty nine years.  Born in Sao Miguel, Azores, a son of the late John and Angela (Costa) Ventura. Mr. Ventura was a machine operator at Concordia Manufacturing Company in Coventry for fifteen years until retiring in 2007. Besides his wife he leaves a son, Ricardo “Ricky” Ventura and...

PERRY, Irene V. (Ventura), 96, of West Warwick, passed away Monday morning, May 18, 2020 at West View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was the beloved wife of the late Seraphin J. Perry,  Born in Fall River, MA, she was a daughter of the late John J. and Mary (Alves-Aguiar) Ventura. Mrs. Perry was employed in the receiving department at Filene’s Department Store for many years until retiring in 1987.  She was involved with the Portuguese Cultural Society and loved...

McKANNA, Evelyn A. (Thomas), 96, of West Warwick, passed away Thursday evening, May 14, 2020 at West View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was the beloved wife of the late J. Ross McKanna.  Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Grace) Thomas.  She was a resident of West Warwick for many years. Mrs. McKanna, when younger, was a teletype operator with Western Union.  She was a communicant of Christ the King Church. She is survived by two sisters,...

GRAVITT, A. Glenn, 67, of Warwick, passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at Kent Hospital, Warwick. He was the beloved husband of Donna L. (Finnerty) Gravitt.  Born in Halifax County, Virginia, he was a son of Frances A. (Wilkins) Gravitt-Blackley of Butner, North Carolina and the late Aubrey H. Gravitt. Glenn was employed at Confluent Medical Technologies in Warwick.  He was a member of the Crompton Veterans Organization and enjoyed golfing and hunting. Besides his wife and mother...

AUGUSTOWSKI, Rosalie (Podgurski), 102, of West Warwick, passed away Sunday evening, May 10, 2020. She was the beloved wife of the late Charles S. Augustowski and the late John J. Wegrzyn.   Born in West Warwick, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna (Magiera) Podgurski. She is survived by her daughter, Marilyn (Wegrzyn) Morin and her husband Kenneth, Sandra (Augustowski) Pattie and her husband Ken and Charles Augustowski, Jr. and his wife Jean.  Loving grandmother...

VALLEE, Filomena C., “Philly” (Senerchia), 86, of Mulhearn Drive, Coventry, passed away Friday, May 8, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer.  She was the beloved wife of the late William R. Vallee.  Born in West Warwick, she was the daughter of the late John and Gilda (Lancellotta) Senerchia. Philly was employed in the textile industry for many years before retiring.  She was a member of the North Road Tenant's Association, Sunshine Committee, and the...