All Obituaries

BOLCON, Walter J., 77, of Acres of Pine Road, Coventry, passed away peacefully  at home on Saturday, December 7, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband of Kathleen M. “Kathy” (Prayzner) Bolcon, they had been married for fifty-four years.  Born in Fall River, MA, a son of the late Walter and Stella (Glewski) Bolcon.  He resided on Johnson’s Pond for over forty years. Walter was a self-employed sales representative in the marine...

DOWIOT, Lorraine E., (Olney), 83, of the West Warwick Manor, 62 Roberts Street, West Warwick, passed away unexpectedly, Saturday, December 7, 2019 at home. She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph E. Dowiot, Jr. who passed away November 12, 2019, they had been married for forty-seven years.  Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Ralph and Madeline (DeMars) Olney. Mrs. Dowiot was an assembler at Elmwood Sensors for many years until retiring.  She was a member of the West...

BRUM, Clara S., (Santilli), 98, of Msgr. DeAngelis Manor, 825 Wakefield Street, West Warwick, passed away, Friday, December 6, 2019 at Kent Hospital. She was the beloved wife of the late James E. Brum, Sr.  Born in West Warwick, a daughter of the late Nicola and Maria (Tortola) Santilli.  She was a lifelong resident of West Warwick. Mrs. Brum was a bookkeeper with Santilli Brothers Construction.  She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church and a member of the St. Anne...

NADEAU, Barbara J. (McKenzie), 88, of West Warwick, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of the late Camille A. “Pepsi” Nadeau, who passed away in 1993.  Born in Pawtucket, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Esther (Williams) McKenzie.  She was a resident of West Warwick for most of her life. Mrs. Nadeau was a self-employed seamstress for many years until retiring. She is...

SENERCHIA, Ralph C., 94, of East Greenwich, formerly of West Warwick, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019 at Roberts Health Centre, North Kingstown. He was the beloved husband of the late Jennie A. (Petrarca) Senerchia.  Born in West Warwick, he was a son of the late Joseph and Mary (Petrarca) Senerchia. Mr. Senerchia was employed with Louis A. Petrarca Distributors for many years until retiring and also was employed with Bald Hill Dodge for many years.  He was a World War II...

PARENTE, Anthony, 90, of Warwick, passed away Saturday morning, November 30, 2019 surrounded by his loving family at the Respiratory & Rehabilitation Center of RI. He was the beloved husband of Anna M. (DeSocio) Parente, they had been married for 62 years.  Born in the Natick section of Warwick, he was the son of the late Lorenzo and Luigia (Mancini) Parente. Mr. Parente was a U.S. Army Veteran serving during the Korean War.  He was employed as a baker at Brown University for...

MAILLOUX, Edith L. (Laliberte), 94, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 29, 2019 at Briarcliffe Manor, after a long illness with dementia. She was the beloved wife of the late Norman A. Mailloux.   Born in Warwick, a daughter of the late Eudore and Louise (Dutilly) Laliberte and daughter-in-law of the late William and Agnes Mailloux.  She is survived by her son, Ronald Mailloux and his wife Estelle of West Warwick; two grandchildren, Jessica Hines and her husband...

Joanne P. Spires-Fay, passed away peacefully at her home in West Warwick on November 27, 2019, with her son and his wife by her side. She was born to the late Peter and Calliope Spires on June 17, 1947 in Providence, Rhode Island. She is survived by her son, James P. Fay, and his wife, Melissa Martinez, as well as her sisters, Debby Culotta and Andrea Palmieri. Joanne was predeceased by her loving husband, James “Mickey” Fay in 2004. She valued her Greek Orthodox culture, but...

ZOLNIERZ, Kathleen M., (Hunter), 71, of West Warwick, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday morning, November 20, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of Robert S. Zolnierz, they had been married for forty-eight years.   Born in Warwick, a daughter of the late Henry and Ida (Waterman) Hunter.  She was a longtime resident of West Warwick. Besides her husband she was the loving mother of Tracy E. Shayer; devoted grandmother of Kelsey, Michael...

Funeral services will be private.