North Providence High Alumni Obituaries

Our sweet Eliza Ruth Pavia took her last breath on Monday January 5 2026 and is now with our Heavenly Father. On April 22 2005 a beautiful and strong Eliza Ruth Pavia was born to Jenny Cottle and Michael Pavia in Orem Utah. Eliza was pure sunshine. She was a spark of joy bringing light to everyone a...

Lincoln Robert F. Rounds Sr. 83 of Reservoir Avenue died Wednesday December 31 2025 at home surrounded by his loving family. Affectionately known as "Poppy" to his family and friends he was the loving husband of Patricia Conway Rounds to whom he enjoyed sixtytwo years of marriage. Born in Pawtucket...

Cumberland Patricia M. Higgins Flanagan 86 of West Earle Street died Friday January 9 2026 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the loving wife of the late James E. Flanagan Jr. Born in Pawtucket a daughter of the late Michael J. and Mary Kaplan Higgins she had resided in Cumberland for...

Thomas Law Kemp III, 83, of Hayesville, NC, passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2026, at his home.Tom was born in Marion, IN. He grew up in Ohio, West Virginia, and North Carolina, but he considered Chapel Hill, NC as his hometown, where he graduated from Chapel Hill High School in 1960. Tom enrolle...

Michael Anthony Macomson was born in Greensboro NC on July 7 1948. He was the youngest child of three children born to the late Nelson V. Macomson Sr. and Cora Hawkins Macomson. He died November 23 2025. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. Michael was a product of the Greensboro Public School Syste...

Mrs. Daphne McCoy Evans "Dee" was born to Mel Mitchell and the late Johnny McCoy on May 5 1967 in Staten Island New York. She departed this life at her home on December 28 2025. She was a member of Only Way Church of Christ in Providence and was a 1985 graduate of J.F. Webb High School. She was empl...

Jean Darolene Hartsell Helms 68 of Stanfield passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon December 30 2025 at Atrium Cabarrus surrounded by her family. Funeral Services will be held at 200 PM Sunday January 4 2026 at Oakboro Church of God. Pastor Torben Stroupe will officiate and interment will follow i...

PIGEON ROBERT W. 60 a lifelong resident of Warwick passed away unexpectedly at The Miriam Hospital in Providence on Wednesday January 14 2026. Robert was the loving husband of 34 years to Carol A. Melfi Pigeon and a supportive father to Ashley L. Trenholme and her husband Jeffrey of Swansea MA. Meli...

CARPENTER ALAN E. 76 of Pine Avenue Coventry passed away at home surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday January 14 2026. He was the former husband of Deborah A. Linden Carpenter his true love and caregiver. Born in Providence he was a son of the late Edmond V. Carpenter and the late Lillian M....

SANDUSKY Sylvia Vaschak passed away peacefully on December 29 2025just short of her 96th birthday with her family at her bedside. She was born in Youngstown Ohio to Silvio and Domenica Tarli Calcagniand attended Youngstown East High School. She married Joseph Vaschak in 1950 and they enjoyed 73 year...

Lionel Kenneth Etheridge was born on November 13 1965 in the Bronx New York to the late Joseph Kenneth Etheridge and the late Pecolia G. Etheridge Wilson. In 1970 he moved with his mother to North Carolina where he completed his K12 education at East Forsyth High School. He continued his academic jo...

BRUNSWICK John Stead McDonald of 137 McKeen Street Brunswick Maine passed away peacefully February 9 at Hawthorne House in Freeport Maine after a long illness. He was born to Catherine McKenna McDonald and James Thomas McDonald on May 8 1933 in Providence Rhode Island. John attended Rogers High Sch...

John Jack Carrington 74 of Brunswick ME passed away on Saturday September 27 2014 at Maine Medical Center in Portland ME. Jack was born August 4 1940 in Waterbury CT son of the late John Carrington and Hazel Cook Carrington. Jack graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Waterbury CT in 1959 and at...

was born on December 4 1937 in Troy North Carolina. She was the beloved daughter of the late Rufus and Fannie Colston Miller. She transitioned from her daughters home to her eternal home on December 5 2025. From an early age Mary was destined for greatness. Though she would not have told you she was...

Lawrence Cephus Spivey age 76 passed away on January 8 2026 at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was born on April 8 1949 in Wake County North Carolina and later made his home in Cranston Rhode Island. Lawrence was preceded in death by his parents Joseph and Mary Rivers Spivey his brothers Joseph J...

Anthony M. Silva, 52, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, In Harrisville, RI, after a long, courageous year of cancer treatment. Anthony was born in Stoughton, MA, and grew up in North Easton, MA. He was a graduate of Oliver Ames High School Class of 1992. Anthony lived a life ma...

Charles D. "Charlie" Delisle CAPT. NCFD RET. 68 passed away peacefully on Tuesday January 13 2026 in the Hope Hulitar Hospice Center Providence with his family by his side. He was the beloved husband of Helene Delorme Delisle. They have been married for the past 43 years. Born in Woonsocket he was t...

Dorothy Dot Witcofsky Llewellyn 86 formerly of Frackville PA passed away Thursday November 13 2025 at Providence Place Pottsville. Born in Primrose August 11 1939 she was the daughter of the late Enoch and Mary Starzetski Witcofsky. Dot was a proud graduate of Cass Township High School Class of 1957...

Carol A. Tobin Naylor a longtime resident of North Smithfield died January 14 2026. Born in Woonsocket she was the daughter of the late Stephen Tobin Sr. and Alice H. Ladouceur Tobin. Carol was a 1955 graduate of Woonsocket High School and a 1958 graduate of the former Pawtucket Memorial School of N...

Franklin DelanoBlackmanwas born on September 23 1941 to the late Rev. Neely KatherineBlackmanin Brenham Texas. He was the second child of nine children. At an early age he professed his hope in Christ and united with Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Brenham. After graduating from Jack Yates ...

Cecile T Thibault Landry 101 of Robinson St. Woonsocket RI died December 24 2025 in St. Antoine Residence North Smithfield. She was the wife of the late Woonsocket Fire Chief Gerald P. Landry. Born in Woonsocket she was the daughter of the late Ovide and Francoise Marchand Thibault. She was a lifelo...