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Guilherme Faria Calisto
Born in the Açores, worked at Converse 25 years
Guilherme Faria Calisto, 75, of Church Street, died Friday, Nov. 1, 2002, at Grace Barker Nursing Home. He was the husband of Maria dosAnjos Carreiro deAlmeida Calisto.
Born in the Açores, Mr. Calisto was the son of the late Antonio doRego and Leontina (Faria) Calisto.
He lived in the Açores for 26 years and Canada for 15 years before coming to Bristol, where he lived for 34 years.
He was a machine operator for Converse manufacturing for 25 years and also worked for R and J Jewelry for two years.
Besides his wife, he leaves two daughters, Susana Calisto of Warren and Louise Calisto of Bristol; three brothers, Jose Luciano Calisto of Bristol, Fernando Calisto of Quebec, Canada, and Antonio Rego of Sao Miguel, Açores; and a sister, Maria do Carmo Aguiar of Sao Miguel, Açores.
He was also the brother of the late Margarida Amaral.
Funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 4, from the George C. Lima Funeral Home with a Mass of Christian burial at St. Elizabeth Church. The Rev. Fernando Cabral was the celebrant of the Mass. Maria Angelina Pacheco and Louise Calisto were the readers. Susana Calisto, Louise Calisto and Orlanda Carreiro presented gifts.
Burial followed in North Burial Ground, where the Rev. Cabral offered committal prayers. Onesimo Almeida, Jose Urbano Almeida, Manuel Fabio, Eduardo Aguiar, Rodrigo Marques and Geraldinho Botelho were the pallbearers.
Thelma A. Wood
Former clerk for town also worked at post office
Thelma A. (Wood) Wood, 70, died Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002, at Charlton Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She was the wife of the late W. Robert "Bob" Wood.
Born in Fall River, she was the daughter of the late Albert C. and the late Priscilla I. (Robinson) Wood. She lived for most of her life in Westport.
Mrs. Wood worked at the Central Village Post Office and as a clerk in the tax collector’s office at Westport Town Hall before her retirement in 1973.
She was a graduate of Westport High School and was a member and past president of the Westport Woman’s Club.
Mrs. Wood leaves a son, Robert B. Wood, and his wife, Janet, of Westport; a brother, Randall Wood of Westport; two granddaughters, Courtney and Stacey Wood; a great-grandson, Connor Wood; and several nieces and nephews.
She was the sister of the late Kenneth and Melvin Wood and Myrtle Rhodes.
Graveside services were held at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Beech Grove Cemetery. Arrangements were by the Potter Funeral Home, 81 Reed Road.
Michael A. Martin
Former Tiverton resident, worked at Lightolier
Michael A. Martin, 35, of Wing Avenue, Assonet, Mass., and formerly of Tiverton, died Monday, Oct. 28 at home.
Born in Newport, he was a son of Helen (Plonka) Martin of Assonet and the late Adelbert A. Martin. He had lived in Tiverton before moving to Assonet 31 years ago.
Mr. Martin was a buffer-polisher at Lightolier in Fall River for three years.
In addition to his mother, he leaves a brother, Mark Martin of Fall River; four sisters, Lori-Ann Breault of Lakeland, Fla., Tami Martin and Jodi A. Martin, both of Fall River, and Debi Oliveira of Berkley, Mass.; and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held Saturday in Hathaway Home for Funerals in Fall River. Burial was private.
Barbara Pierre
Involved in crash
Barbara Pierre, 23, of 91 Sowams Road, died Friday, Oct. 11, 2002 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence from injuries sustained six days earlier in an automobile accident.
Born in Guadalupe, a daughter of Jacqueline Pierre of Lynn, Mass. and Pierre Jean-Gilles of New Jersey, she spent her early childhood in Guadalupe, and graduated from Arlington High School in Arlington, Mass. She was studying criminal justice at Roger Williams University in Bristol and working as a supervisor at the Trauma Center.
Besides her parents, she leaves five brothers, Jean Robert Jean-Gilles of New Jersey, Claudy and Jones Exama and Pierre Alain, all of Lynn, and Lesly Exama of Gloucester, Mass.; three sisters, Mirlene DesRosiers of Wilmington, Mass., Lunide Exama of Lynn and Miki Pierre of Salem, Mass.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, Oct. 17, from the Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home in Lynn, with a funeral Mass at 9 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church, Lynn. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cememtery in Lynn.
Palmina A. Cardente
Loved needlework; lived here 54 years
Palmina Antoinette Cardente, 82, of Prospect Street, died Friday, Oct. 11, 2002, at the Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center in Providence. She was the wife of Charles Cardente.
Born in Warren, a daughter of the late Giovanni and Bambino (Primiano) Vitullo, she had lived in Barrington since 1948.
Mrs. Cardente worked in the office at the former Berkshire Hathaway on Main Street, Warren, and later for the American Mathematical Society, before retiring.
She was accomplished at needlework and enjoyed cooking, walking and music. She was one of the "Three Musketeers" of Warren High School’s Class of 1937.
Mrs. Cardente was a communicant of St. Luke Church, Washington Road.
Besides her husband, she leaves four sons, John Cardente of Barrington, Richard Cardente of Bartow, Fla., David Cardente of Derry, N.H. and Charles Cardente of north Kingstown; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was a sister of the late Peter and Frederick Vitullo, Gilda DeMello and Ida Sarracino.
Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, from the William J. Smith & Son Funeral Home, 15 Church St., Warren, with a Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. in St. Luke’s Church. Burial will follow at the Forest Chapel Cemetery in Barrington.
Mabel A. Daley
Official in Order of the Eastern Star
Mabel A. Daley, 80, of East Providence, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. She was the wife of the late Frank N. Daley.
Born in Warwick, a daughter of the late William and Mabel (Brunt) Bonnello, she lived in Barrington until 1989, when she moved to Riverside, and then to Port St. Lucie, Fla. and Florence, Mass. She returned to East Providence in August.
Mrs. Daley was a constable for the Town of Barrington until retiring in 1986. During World War II, she had served in the Signal Corps and the Red Cross Home Nursing Corps.
She was a past matron of Queen Esther Chapter 2, Order of the Eastern Star, and a past grand marshal of the Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, for the state of Rhode Island. She also served as Rhode Island’s grand representative to the Canadian Order of the Eastern Star in 1983.
She was a communicant of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Barrington, and a member of its women’s group.
She leaves two daughters, Diane E. Johnson of Riverside and Cheryl C. Pace of Brooklyn, N.Y.; a sister, Hazel Barnes Livingstone of Florence; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was a sister of the late Leonard, Ralph and Harold Bonnello.
Funeral services were held Friday, Oct. 11 in St. John’s Church. Burial followed in the Forest Chapel Cemetery.
Benjamin H.M. Hoyler
College student, enjoyed bicycling, fly fishing
Benjamin Hamilton Marshall Hoyler, 19, of Warren, a sophomore at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colo., died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2002, in an electrical accident at the school. He was the son of Marshall and Katherine (McMillan) Hoyler of Warren. His father is a professor at the Naval War College, Newport.
Mr. Hoyler graduated from H.B.Woodlawn High School in Arlington, Va., in 2001.
Before enrolling in college, he had pedaled his bicycle from Oregon to Virginia. Last summer, he hiked the Long Trail in Vermont. He had also spent two summers at Bound School in Scotland.
Mr. Hoyler had been a volunteer at the International Justice Mission, a Christian human rights organization. He had intended a career in human rights law.
He was a skilled bagpiper and fly fisherman.
Besides his parents, he leaves three sisters, Margo, Georgia and Elizabeth Hoyler, all of Warren; his maternal grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas McMillan of Medford, N.J.; and several aunts and uncles.
A service for Mr. Hoyler was on Saturday, Oct. 12, at Barrington Congregational Church. He was buried in St. Helena Episcopal Church in Beaufort, S.C.
Michael A. Saviano
Truck driver, leaves son and sister in Warren
Michael A. Saviano Jr., 47, of 624 Metacom Avenue, died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002, on Route 136 in Swansea, after being stricken.
Born in Providence, he was a son of the late Michael A. and Ann Marie (Bisbano) Saviano. He lived in East Providence before moving to Warren 10 years ago.
Mr. Saviano was a truck driver.
He leaves three sons, Michael A. Saviano III of Warren, and Dominic and Samuel H. Saviano, both of Pawtucket; a brother, Gregory C. Saviano of Cranston; and a sister, Cynthia Saviano of Warren.
A memorial service for Mr. Saviano was on Thursday, Oct. 10, in the Wilbur-Romano Funeral Home in Warren.
James Givens
Liferaft inventor, Army veteran
James Givens, 69, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002, at the Heatherwood Nursing Center in Newport after a long illness.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1933, he was raised in orphanages and foster homes. He joined the Army at age 17 and served in Korea as a member of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team. He is remembered be fellow infantrymen as an exceptionally brave and devoted soldier with a single-minded sense of duty who was recommended for the "Soldier’s Medal," bud sadly, never received it.
Mr. Givens will be remembered for inventing a stabilized inflatable liferaft known as the Givens Buoy liferaft. He received several international patents for the design and for shaking up the liferaft industry by bringing to the attention of the U.S. Coast Guard and SOLAS, the shortcomings of existing designs. His brilliant salesmanship and bulldog-like persistence brought him from total obscurity to international recognition for saving lives of people at sea in terrible conditions.
He leaves six children, Christopher and Jared Givens, both of Dartmouth, Mass., Lynlea Opy of Seattle, Adrienne and Tiffany Givens, both of Newport, and Meaghan Barker from Westport ; and two former wives, Sharon Givens of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Meredith Russo of Dartmouth, Mass.
A memorial service will be held for Mr. Givens on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church.
Robert Lee
Was president of Basic Service Corp.
Robert Lee, 84, of Sakonnet Bay Manor, 1215 Main Road, Tiverton, died Monday at Newport Hospital after an illness. He was the husband of Dorothy (Parker) Lee.
Born in 1918 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he was a son of the late Thomas and Diane (Stewart) Lee.
He lived in New Britain, Conn., before moving to Kensington, Conn. in 1952 and eventually to Tiverton many years ago. He had summered in Jerusalem since 1964, and wintered in St.Croix for the last 20 years.
Mr. Lee was employed in the sales and marketing division of Stanley Tools and retired in 1977 as manager of retail sales. He then was president of Basic Service Corp., the Sonitrol Security dealership.
He was an Army veteran of World War II.
He had been a member of the South Congregational-First Baptist Church of New Britain since 1930.
Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Robert P. Lee of Swansea; three daughters, Dorothy Hutchins of Honolulu, Virginia Lee of Pawtucket and Barbara Watson of Hong Kong; 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
His funeral service was held Saturday, Nov. 2, in South Congregational-First Baptist Church, 90 Main St., New Britain, Conn. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in New Britain.
