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Edward Ellis
Edward Norman Ellis, 93, of Gibbs Avenue in Newport died Thursday, June 20, 2002 at home. He was the husband of Ruth M. (Herring) Ellis. Born in Newport May 12, 1909, he was the son of the late Edward and Jessie A. (Wright) Ellis.
Mr. Ellis was the department head of industrial relations for the U.S. Naval Air Station at Quonset Point for 37 years, retiring in 1970. He was a veteran of the Army Air Corp, serving in the 313th Bombardment Wing of the 20th Air Force during World War II. He was a member of Trinity Church, where he formerly served as deacon, the Newport Lodge of Elks, the VFW and the American Legion. He was a former member of the Point Hummers and the Newport Sunset Baseball League and was an amateur boxer. He was a founder and member of the board of trustees of the Quonset Point Credit Union, now the Davisville Credit Union. He helped to design the "Viking," a ferry that served between Quonset Point and Newport. He had been the basketball coach for the "Galahads," a basketball team for Trinity Church, from 1932-1941. He was a graduate of Rogers High School. In 1928, he played on Rogers’ football and basketball teams. In 1927 he was on the Rogers basketball team that won the state championship and had played on several all-state basketball teams.
He is survived by his wife, sons Edward Michael Ellis and Stephen F. Ellis, both of North Kingstown, daughter Mary Anne Griffin of Newport, sister Dorothy Berntson of Rochester, N.Y., four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
He was the father of the late Francis Ellis and the brother of the late Harry Ellis, Howard Ellis, George Ellis and Norma Kent.
His funeral was held June 22 at Trinity Church in Newport. Burial was in St. Mary’s Churchyard in Portsmouth. Donations in his memory may be made to the Visiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol counties, 1184 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI 02871.
Helen Mendes
Helen Jean Mendes, 80, of Middle Road in Portsmouth died Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at home. Born in Tiverton May 4, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Marshall and Agnes (Brown) Mendes.
Ms. Mendes was a graduate of Rogers High School and the Newport Secretarial School. She had worked as the manager for Fannie Farmers for many years. She had served as vice president and president of the Anthony House Association.
She is survived by her brother David Mendes of Bristol, sisters Marianna Perry and Alice Silvia, both of Portsmouth, and nine nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Joseph Mendes.
Her funeral and burial were private. Arrangements were by Connors Funeral Home, 55 West Main Road, Portsmouth.
Richard Pribula
Richard John Pribula, 68, of Valhalla Drive in Portsmouth died Friday, June 21, 2002 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Linda (Verocchi) Pribula. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., July 8, 1933, he was the son of Constance (Tegowska) Pribula of Cleveland, Ohio and the late John Pribula.
He is survived by his wife, mother, sons Paul Pribula of Westerly and Mitchell Pribula of Germany, sister June Delaat of Ohio, and two granddaughters.
He was the father of the late Patrick Pribula and the brother of the late John Richard Pribula.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 27 at Connors Funeral Home, 55 West Main Road, Portsmouth. Burial will be private.
Gianiotis
Julia (Koutrakos) Gianiotis, 88, of Calvert Street, Newport, RI, formerly of Danielson, CT died Monday, July 22, 2002 at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI.
She was the wife of the late Kostas "Gus" P. Gianiotis.
Born in Lowell, MA on March 7, 1914, she was the daughter of the late William and Kyriaki (Stathakos) Koutrakos.
Mrs. Gianiotis was an active member of the Daughters of Penelope and past president of the Philoptohos Society. She received the Diocese Laity award for outstanding service to the church in 1994. She was a member of the Middletown Senior Center and the Newport Hospital Auxillary.
Mrs. Gianiotis owned and operated the former Atlantic Lunch with her husband Kostas "Gus" and also the Quality Lunch both in Newport. She later worked at Newport Hospital in the dietary department. She was a superb cook and often fed the whole neighborhood. Julia was well-loved by the community.
She is survived by her son Paul Gianiotis of Newport, RI, her daughter Anna Gianiotis Luna of Los Angeles, CA, and a brother a brother, Michael Koutrakos of Fitchburg, MA.
Her funeral was held on July 25, 2002 in St. Spyridon’s Greek Orthodox Church, 390 Thames St in Newport. Burial was held in Middletown Cemetery in Middletown, RI.
Donations may be made in her memory to St. Spyridon’s Curch, 390 Thames St., Newport, RI.
Ryan
Louise F. (Hartough) Ryan, 83, of 51 Middle Rd. Portsmouth, formerly of 575 Tuckerman Ave. in Middletown, died Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at St. Clare Home in Newport, RI.
She was the wife of the late John J. Ryan.
Born in Philadelphia, PA on August 1, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Frank J. and Louise (Kennedy) Hartough.
Mrs. Ryan worked as a claim adjuster for the former American Mutual Insurance Company in New Jersey for 22 years, retiring in 1978. She was a communicant of St. Barnabas Church.
She is survived by her son John J. Ryan of Silver Springs, MD, two daughters Mary Louise Ryan of Andover, MA, and Joan Lombardi of Barrington, RI, her sister Mary Nickel of Port Deposit, MD and two granddaughters Amanda Louise and Marissa Louise Lombardi, both of Barrington, RI.
She was the sister of the late Frank J. Hartough.
Her funeral was held on Saturday, July 27, 2002 from the Connors Funeral Home at 55 West Main Rd. in Portsmouth, RI. with a mass of Christian Burial in St. Barnabas Church, 1697 East Main Rd. in Portsmouth.
Burial was held in Philadelphia.
Donations may be made in her memory to the St. Clare’s Nursing Home at 309 Spring St., Newport, RI, 02840.
Marblo
Peter R. Marblo Sr., 81, of 20 Indian Ave. in Portsmouth, died Friday, July 26, 2002 at home.
He was the husband of the late Emily Virginia (Hilgreen) Marblo.
Born in Brooklyn, NY on March 6, 1921, he was the son of the late Peter and Alberta (Mielenhausen) Marblo.
Mr. Marblo had worked as a bartender for Junior’s Restaurant of Brooklyn, NY, for 25 years, retiring in 1985. He was a Veteran of the US Navy, serving during WWII. He was also a Communicant of St. Barnabas Church in Portsmouth.
He is survived by one daughter, Virginia Clappi of Portsmouth, RI, and three grandsons, Robbert Clappi of Portsmouth, RI, John Clappi of Portsmouth, RI, and Michael Clappi of Portsmouth, RI. He was the father of the late Peter R. Malbro Jr. and brother of the late Amanda Roy, Alberta Unger and Dorothy Giordano.
His funeral will be held on Tuesday, July 30, 2002 at 9:00AM, from the Memorial Funeral Home, 375 Broadway, Newport, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00AM in St. Barnabas Church, 1697 East Main Road, Portsmouth.
Burial will be held in St. Columba Cemetery, Brown’s Lane, Middletown.
Donations in his memory may be made to the American Heart Association, Rhode Island Affiliate, 40 Broad Street, Pawtucket, RI, 02860.
Morton W. "Cappy" Smith, 1915-2002
Horseman of the Millennium
Peers call him ‘a legend in his own time’
LEGENDARY equestrian, Morton W. "Cappy" Smith, an icon of the American horse show world, died Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at age 86, at the home of his daughter, Alletta Morris (Smith) Cooper in Newport, Rhode Island.
Born in 1915 in Westport, Connecticut, Cappy Smith was the son of Morton Wistar Smith and Marie Nathalie Lamp. His father was a founder of the Fairfield County Hunt Club in Connecticut, and Fleet Captain of the New York Yacht Club.
His grandfather, Richard Penn Smith of Pennsylvania, known as ‘The Boy Colonel," was the youngest officer of that rank to serve in the Union Army and distinguished himself for bravery during the Civil War.
Cappy Smith grew up with horses on his father’s 80-acre farm in Westport. A natural born rider, at age six he won a point-to-point race at Fairfield County Hunt Club competing against adults. One year later, he accompanied his father to a horse show in Middleburg, Virginia, and decided on the spot that one day he would make Middleburg his home.
After serving in the US Cavalry during World War II, Smith moved to Middleburg, bought a farm, and began his career as one of America’s foremost equestrian sport figures.
As the country’s most colorful horseman, Smith dominated the show scene for three decades, beginning in the 1930s, riding such jumpers as Helium, Portlight, Flamingo, Ping Pong and Pronto (Nautical).
He won the National Horse Show jumper title with Bartender in 1937 and 1938, and in 1939 was Champion and Reserve with Bartender and Intrepid — a feat he had predicted months before the show at Madison Square Garden.
Aboard Chamarro, he was the first post-war Champion, and in 1954 won the National Horse Show jumper title for the final time, riding to his fifth championship on Clay Pigeon.
Among the champion hunters Smith trained and rode were Skylark, Ballela, Lord Britain, Guardsman and Jambol, who, as a four-year-old, won both the triple bar jumper class and the Confirmation Hunter stake at the National Horse Show.
Smith also rode hunter champions Sinbad, Grey Pennant, My Bill, Sombrero and Bill Star, and was winner of the three-year-old hunter championship of Virginia for five consecutive years.
Smith was a recipient of the prestigious Pegasus Medal of Honor in November of 2000 at Madison Square Garden, crowning a lifetime filled with honors and awards.
He was inducted into the Virginia Horse Show Association Hall of Fame in 1990, and the Show Jumping Hall of Fame and Museum in Tampa, Florida, in 1991. He received the American Hunter and Jumper Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995, and was inducted into the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame in 1998.
Smith was a director of the Royal Winter Fair, Toronto, Canada, and Master of the Orange County Hunt in Middleburg, Virginia. For 13 years he served as technical advisor to The Oaks Classic, The Oaks Fall Classic and The Oaks International in San Juan Capistrano, California.
William Steinkraus, a former captain of the US Equestrian Team and the first rider to win an individual Olympic gold medal in equestrian sports for the USA, said of Smith, "When I was a kid, Cappy was my idol, and I think in the view of many people, the best Hunter/Jumper rider in America. In my teens, I was lucky enough to have a chance to ride with him on a regular basis and what I learned, not only about horses but about everything, was incalculable." Smith, acclaimed by his peers as a legend in his own time, has been called by many the Horseman of the Millennium.
Morton Smith was a former husband of Elizabeth Morris (Betty) Smith, Joan Irvine Smith and Mary Louise McCall Smith.
He is survived by his daughter, Alletta Morris Smith Cooper of Newport, Rhode Island; his son Morton Irvine Smith of San Juan Capistrano, California; his sister Marie Mainz of Monterey, California; and six grand children.
A celebration of Smith’s life will take place at The Oaks Farm in Middleburg, Virginia, in October.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the Reeve-Irvine Research Center at the University of California Irvine, an organization dedicated to the study of spinal cord injuries and diseases.
Contributions should be sent to: The Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California Irvine, 2107 Gillespie Building, Irvine, California 92697-4292.
Charlotte Elizabeth Holden
Charlotte Elizabeth Holden, 93, of 51 Middle Road, Portsmouth, formerly of Thurston Avenue, Newport, died Jan. 31, 2003 at Newport Hospital.
Mrs. Holden worked at Mary Elizabeth’s Tea Room and also at LaForge Restaurant for 13 years. Mrs. Holden and her sister Gladys owned and operated The Stone Mill Tea Room on Bellevue Avenue for many years. She also owned and operated Dewick’s Little Store on Lincoln Street in Newport. She was a cook at the White Horse Tavern, the Shamrock Cliff and also the Officer’s Club. She and her late husband managed the Armbrust Motel for 10 years.
Mrs. Holden was also a volunteer at Newport Hospital.
Delmore Elliot Hoffman
Delmore Elliot Hoffman, 81, formerly of Middletown, died Feb. 3, 2003 at Metacom Manor Nursing home in Bristol.
His father, Joseph Hoffman, was the Chief Band Master of the U.S. Naval Station Band. Delmore served in the Navy during WWII.
He was considered a child prodigy and played the violin at Carnegie Hall when he was 8. From 1947 until 1967, Delmore and his brother Jerry owned West End Cleaners in Newport. They lost their location to construction of the Newport Bridge.
Donald B, MacKaye
ATLANTA, Ga, — Donald Bailey MacKaye, 80, of Atlanta and Newport, R.I., died on Feb. 26, 2003. in Atlanta. He was the husband of June Madeleine (Reynolds) MacKaye. Born in Baltimore, on Nov. 11, 1922, he was the son of the late Brigadier Gen. Earl Harrison Metzger, the last commanding officer at Fort Adams, and the late Dorothy MacKaye. During World War II, Mr. MacKaye served as a captain in the Army during the occupation of Japan. Upon his return to the United States, he graduated from Harvard Business School. In 1955, he founded and became president of Silver Bear Inc., a manufacturer of college notebooks. He was a member of Spouting Rock Beach Association in Newport, a lifetime member of the Preservation Society of Newport County and an original shareholder of the Redwood Library In Newport.
Sister M. Christopher O’Rourke
Sister M. Christopher O’Rourke, 83, the fourth president of Salve Regina University, died on April 2, 2003 in Fall River. In 1967 she was named Woman of the Year by the City of Newport for her work in the Head Start program and New Visions of Newport.
Rose T. Napoli
Rose T. Napoli, 77, Music Director and organist at St. Mary’s Church in Newport for 32 years, died March 31, 2003 in North Palm Beach, Florida. She was the music teacher at Middletown High School in the 1960’s, was active in the Navy Choristers and established the Hand Bell choir at St. Mary’s Church.
Edmund Calvert Lynch
Edmund Calvert Lynch, 75, a son of one of the founders of Merrill Lynch & Co., died May 19, 2003, at his summer home in Newport.
He was the husband of Alice Treibick. Born in New York City, the son of the late Signa Fornaris and Edmund Calvert Lynch, he attended St. Paul’s School and graduated from Yale University, a member of the Class of 1948.
He was a partner and officer at Merrill Lynch & Co. for many years. He also served on the executive committee of teh Chi Psi fraternity and also served on the board of the fraternity’s educational trust. In recent years, he also devoted time to financing cancer research projects.
Besides his wife of 24 years, he is survived by three children from a previous marriage, his sons Edward III, and Case, and a daughter, Virginia Dean; three step-children, Jane Paquet, Douglas Braff and Andrew Teller; 17 grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be held Friday, May 23, at 11 a.m. at St. Augustin’s Church on Carroll Avenue. Arrangements are being handled by the O’Neill-Hayes Funeral Home, at 465 Spring St. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Edward C. Lynch Jr. Cancer Fund, c/o Jeffrey A. Gelfand, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford St., Ste. 801, Boston, MA 02114.
