Central High School Rhode Island Alumni Obituaries

Alvaro J. Ruiz 67 of Pierce Avenue Warwick unexpectedly passed away at home on Saturday February 7 2026. He was a US Army Veteran. Born July 81958 in Medellin Colombia he was the son of S. Carmen SantaMaria and Faustino Ruiz. Alvaro lived in Providence from the early 1970s until 2015 when he moved t...

George DAmico 87 a longtime resident of Warwick died peacefully on January 14 2026 at HopeHealth Hulitar Hospice Providence. He was the beloved husband of the late Joan C. Walker DAmico who passed away on February 7 2020. They were married on February 20 1965 at Our Lady Mercy Church East Greenwich....

George Battle Delany 79 of Rehoboth Massachusetts died peacefully at home on January 21 2026. He was born in 1946 in Manhattan to Ida Battle Horne Delany and Dr. George Joseph Delany a surgeon at St. Vincents Hospital. One of three children he was raised in Englewood New Jersey later moving to Princ...

Mary Simonian 93 a sixtythreeyear resident of Cranston passed away peacefully at home on Thursday November 6 2025 surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of the late Samuel Simonian. Born in Providence Mary was the devoted daughter of Armenian Genocide survivors Hagop and Elmast De...

Kevin E. Jordan Ph.D. died on January 22 2026 following a battle with cancer. Born 1945 in Lawrence MA he was the son of the late James F. and Lucy Mary Perry Jordan. He grew up in Lawrence in a household that along with his parents was shared by his eight siblings his grandmother Mary Perry and his...

Peggy Lynn Jangula, 77, a longtime resident of Billings, passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2026.Peggy will be remembered for her kind heart, friendly nature, and the joy she found in the company of others. She had a gift for making friends—and their families—feel genuinely welcomed, valued, and lo...

Sharon F. Cameron Garabedian 80 of Rehoboth passed away peacefully on Monday December 29 2025. She was the beloved wife of the late Lawrence Garabedian with whom she shared over 54 wonderful years of marriage before his passing in 2022. She was born in Central Falls Rhode Island Sharon was the daugh...

Born in Newport Rhode Island on a U.S. Army base in August 1942 Maria lived in several locations in her early years while her father was in the service. But it was in western Pennsylvania where she began her lifelong passion for language education and community service. Maria was her class valedicto...

Debra K. Munson Jamrog age 63 passed away peacefully surrounded by family on January 19 2022 after fighting a battle of Pancreatic Cancer. She was born on May 13 1958 in Boston MA and grew up in Kensington CT on Maple Shade Dairy Farm which she loved dearly and would shape her entire life. Debra att...

Gary E. Ryder of Lisbon 69 died March 11 just a week after being diagnosed with butterfly glioblastoma multiforme a rare and aggressive cancer that invades both hemispheres of the brain. He was born May 22 1952 in Lewiston and grew up in Canton with his mother Luverne Seaward Plourde her husband the...