PAWTUCKET – Claire S. (LaPorte) Riendeau, 75, died Feb. 12 at home. She was the wife of Raymond Riendeau, and the sister of Father Paul LaPorte of Pawtucket, pastor emeritus of St. Vincent de Paul Church, Coventry. more

WOONSOCKET — Reverend Frederic D. Dean, 89, Pastor Emeritus of St. Aloysius Parish in Woonsocket, died Thursday, August 31, 2017. Born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, son of the late Harold and … more

NARRAGANSETT — Christian Brother Raymond F. Davey, 85, formerly of the Christian Brothers’ Community, Narragansett, died June 12 at Briarcliffe Manor, Johnston. Born in Providence, he was … more

NORTH SMITHFIELD — Franciscan Missionary of Mary Sister Kathleen Eilinger, 79, a member of the Ein Karim Community, died August 28 at St. Antoine Residence. more

Franciscan Friar of the Atonement Brother Peter Gannon, 77, died May 21 at St. Joseph’s Home for the Elderly, Totowa, NJ. Born in Central Falls, he was baptized Henry Patrick Gannon, and was … more

LACKAWANNA, N.Y. — Columban Father Raymond McNicholas, 85, a former resident of St. Columban’s Retirement House, Bristol for many years, died Sept. 21 after a long illness. more

WARWICK — Deacon Jacques L. Maynard, 79, of New London Avenue, a member of the first class of permanent deacons in the Diocese of Providence, died June 16 at home. He was the husband of Velma … more

PROVIDENCE – Rev. Edward Louis Cleary, O.P., 82, died Nov. 21 at the Priory of St. Thomas Aquinas at Providence College. A member of the Dominican Friars (Order of Preachers) of the Central Province of St. Albert the Great (Chicago), he taught at Providence College since 1993, retiring earlier this year with the rank of professor emeritus. more

MORRISTOWN, N.J. — After a long and fruitful life, Sister Mary Del Bonis, M.P.F, 106, died on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, in the St. Joseph Hall Infirmary at Villa Walsh, Morristown, New Jersey. A … more

ST. JACQUES, France – Rev. Alphonse O. LeThiez, 81, Senior Priest of the Diocese of Providence, died on Nov. 17, in St. Jacques, where he was buried. more