All Obituaries

PHELPS, Claire D. (Larocque), 65, of Westcott Terrace, 319 Providence Street, West Warwick, passed away peacefully on Thursday evening, September 24, 2020 surrounded by her loving family at the HopeHealth Hulitar Hospice Center, Providence. Born in Warwick, she was a daughter of the late Edward A. and Doris (Sicard) Larocque.  She was a lifelong resident of West Warwick. Claire loved spending time with her loving family. She is survived by her daughter, Kathleen R....

RODRIGUES, Lucille (Gagnon), 88, of Wesleyan Avenue, Coventry, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 surrounded by her loving family at home. Married sixty-one years, she was the beloved wife of Joseph Rodrigues.  She was born in West Warwick, the daughter of the late Thomas and Rosalba (Russi) Gagnon.  She resided in the Pawtuxet Valley area for most of her life. Lucille was a lace weaver in the textile industry for over twenty years until retiring.  She...

WILLIAMS, David G., 81, of West Warwick, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, September 17, 2020 surrounded by his loving family at home. He was the beloved husband of Nancy A. (DiChristofaro) Williams, they had been married for fifty eight years.  Born in Providence, a son of the late Arthur R. and Doris E. (Chace) Williams.  He was raised in Warwick before moving to West Warwick many years ago. Mr. Williams was a machinist with EG & G Sealol in Warwick where he was a...

TRUSS, Ernest, 80, of Newport, formerly of West Warwick, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2020 surrounded by his loving family at home. He was the beloved husband of Elise E. (Culligan) Truss, they had been married for forty seven years.  Born in Marion, Alabama, a son of the late William Kelley and Millie (Thomas) Truss  He resided in West Warwick from 1975. Ernest was a long haul truck driver for many years until retiring in 1996.  He was a past president of the...

FURTADO, Yvette R., (Lizotte), 84, a resident of West Warwick, passed away Monday, September 14, 2020 at Rhode Island Hospital. She was the beloved wife of the late Anthony Furtado.  A lifelong resident of West Warwick, she was a daughter of the late Marie R. Lizotte. Mrs. Furtado was employed as a waitress at various establishments in the Pawtuxet Valley area for many years before retiring.  She was a communicant of Christ the King Church and  a devoted caregiver to her...

STROM, Michael A., 39, of Warwick, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, September 5, 2020 at Newport Hospital. Born in Pawtucket, a son of Linda Strom of Warwick and Abraham Asermely of Pawtucket. Michael was a painter with Rhode Island Welding Company for many years.  His enjoyment was taking care of his fish tank. Besides his mother and father he leaves three children, Elizabeth Strom, Michael Delgrego and Stephen Delgrego all of Warwick and three siblings, Stephen Strom,...

FINNERTY, Glen A., 57, of West Warwick, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at Kent Hospital after being stricken at work. Born in Warwick, a son of Beth M. (Simpson) Finnerty of Coventry and the late J. Paul Finnerty.  He was a resident of West Warwick for most of his life. Glen was a production technician at Toray Plastics, Inc. in North Kingstown for twenty-three years.  He enjoyed traveling to many horse races and was a great sports...

PETRARCA, Josephine T. (Palazzo), 94, of Toll Gate Road, Warwick, passed away Tuesday evening, September 1, 2020 at Kent Hospital. She was the beloved wife of the late Vincent J. Petrarca.  Born in West Warwick, a daughter of the late Guglielmo and Carmella (Lautieri) Palazzo. Mrs. Petrarca was a hairstylist alongside her daughter for many years and was a co-owner with her husband of the former Toll Gate Driving Range.  Family was her life and enjoyed caring and cooking for...

VADEBONCOEUR, Rene O., (O.M.I.), 95, formerly of Sheffield Avenue, West Warwick, passed away peacefully Saturday evening, August 29, 2020 at Woodpecker Hill Nursing Home, Greene. He was the beloved husband of the late Margot E. (Neuman) Vadeboncoeur who passed away in 2019.  Born in West Warwick, he was a son of the late Ovide and Orise (Jalbert) Vadeboncoeur.  He was a lifelong resident of the Pawtuxet Valley...

DiCARLO, James M., 77, a lifelong resident of West Warwick, passed away peacefully Saturday afternoon, August 29, 2020 surrounded by his loving family at home. He was the son of the late Ralph and Veronica (Petrarca) DiCarlo.  Jimmy is survived by a sister and several nieces and nephews.  He was the brother of the late Antonio and Louis DiCarlo. His funeral service and interment at St. Mary Cemetery, West Warwick will be private.