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Laurie A. Spellman
Worked at Warren Electric, leaves sister in Warren
Laurie A. Spellman, 44, of 1382 Hope St., Bristol, died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2002, at her parents’ home in Bristol.
Born in Bristol, she was a daughter of Leslie and Shirley (Almeida) Dunbar. She lived in Bristol most of her life.
Ms. Spellman was a sales assistant at Warren Electric Corp. in Warren for more than 14 years. She was an avid reader and enjoyed yard sales and bingo.
Besides her parents, she leaves two sons, Donald J. Spellman Jr. and Karl D. Spellman, both of Bristol; a brother, Les C. Dunbar of Bristol; a sister, Stacy Matrone of Warren; a maternal grandmother, Georgianna Almeida of Bristol; and several nieces and nephews.
Her funeral is on Thursday, Aug. 8, at 8:30 a.m., from the Wilbur-Romano Funeral Home, 615 Main St., Warren, with a funeral service at 10 a.m. in Grace Gospel Church, 271 Sharps Lot Road in Swansea. Burial will be private.
Doris E. Bisordi
Retired clerical worker,
Self-Help volunteer
Doris E. Bisordi, 77, of Bristol, and formerly of Riverside, died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2002, at the Grace Barker Nursing Home in Warren after along illness. She was the wife of the late Louis W. Bisordi.
Born in Swansea, a daughter of the late George E. and Emily S. Brayton, she lived in Riverside for more than 70 years before moving to Bristol.
She was a clerical worker for many years at Choquette and Company before retiring in 1987, and had previously worked at Shepard’s department store.
She was a former treasurer at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and volunteered at the Riverside Self-Help Share Program. She was an avid reader and enjoyed baking and knitting.
She leaves a son, James E. Bisordi of Bristol; a daughter-in-law, Doris Bisordi; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was also the sister of the late George Brayton.
Her funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9, from the W. Raymond Watson Funeral Home, 350 Willett Ave., Riverside. Burial will follow in North Burial Ground, Hope Street.
Raymond L. McNamara
Retired Army colonel was born in Warren
Raymond L. McNamara, 84, of the Desilets Nursing Home, formerly of Brookwood Road, Bristol, died Thursday, Aug. 1, 2002, at the home. He was the husband of Elizabeth (Terry) McNamara of Pawtucket.
Born in Warren, he was the son of the late Augusta E. and Bertha May (Simmons) McNamara. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, for many years, moving to Bristol 22 years ago.
A retired Lt. Colonel in the US Army Cavalry, he was a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He was a member of the Fort Douglas Men’s Club, American Legion Kearney Post 6, Bristol, Association of the US Army and the Reserved Officers Association of the United States, Washington, D.C. Chapter 16.
He was a member of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Bristol.
Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Sally Warrington of Bellingham, Wash., a son, Peter T. Love of Goldhill, Ore., a brother, Elmer A. McNamara of Bristol; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was the brother of the late Ethel Brown.
His funeral was on Tuesday, Aug. 6, in St. Michael’s Church. He was buried with military honors in North Burial Ground, Hope Street, Bristol.
John D. Mixon
Air Force veteran served in Korea and Vietnam
John D. Mixon, 72, of the R.I. Veterans’ Home on Metacom Avenue, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2002.
Born in Perry, Fla., a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Miles A. Mixon, he lived in Florida before moving to Bristol in 1967.
He was a soldier for the U.S. Air Force. He retired in 1967 after 20 years as Staff Sergeant. He served in the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War.
He leaves no known surviving relatives.
His funeral service will be held Thursday, Aug. 8, at 10:30 a.m. at the R.I. Veterans’ Home Chapel, Metacom Ave. Arrangements are with the William J. Smith and Son Funeral Home, Warren. Burial will follow in the Rhode Island Veterans’ Cemetery in Exeter.
Matthew P. Parandelis
Longtime Westport resident leaves four brothers
Matthew P. Parandelis, 32, of Westport died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2002, at St. Luke’s Hospital after a brief illness. He was the son of Beverly (Davis) Patnaude of Fairhaven and the late Charles N. Parandelis.
He was born in Fall River and lived in Westport most of his life.
Besides his mother, he leaves four brothers, Keith Bernier of New Bedford, Michael Parandelis of Dartmouth, Mark J. Parandelis of North Waterboro, Maine, and Steven Patnaude of Middletown, R.I.; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
A service was held Thursday, Aug. 8, at Potter Funeral Home. Interment was at Beech Grove Cemetery in Westport.
Etelvina Romano
Former Warren resident was devoted to her family
Etelvina (Amaral) Romano, 91, of 7 Creek Lane, Bristol, died Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at home. She was the wife of the late Michael Joseph Romano.
Born in Providence, she was a daughter of the late John and Aldina (Raposa) Amaral. She lived in Barrington and Warren and in Bristol for the past 29 years.
Mrs. Romano worked in the school lunch programs in Bristol and Barrington before retiring in 1974. She had previously been employed by the former US Rubber Company in Bristol and the former Handkerchief Factory in Warren.
A communicant of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Mrs. Romano was a devoted wife and mother whose highest priority was caring for her family.
She leaves two sons, Louis Michael Romano of East Providence and John Paul Romano of Fall River; and a sister, Elsie Straube of Chester, Conn. She was the sister of the late John Amaral Jr., and Maria Amaral.
Funeral services for Mrs. Romano were on Friday, July 26, from the Sansone Funeral Home, Bristol, with a Mass of Christian Burial in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Bristol. She was buried in St. Alexander’s Cemetery in Warren.
Contributions in her memory may be made to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 141 State Street, Bristol, RI 02809.
Cortlandt Parker
Cortlandt Parker, 80, of Greenvale Farm, Portsmouth, and Boston, Mass., died Monday, Aug. 5, 2002, at Caritas Norwood Hospital in Norwood, Mass. He was the husband of Nancy Knowles Parker to whom he had been married for over 50 years, living for many of those years in Bernardsville, N.J.
Born on Dec. 14, 1921, in Boston, a son of the late Major-General Cortlandt Parker of Newark, N.J., and the late Elizabeth Gray Parker of Boston, he was the grandson of the late Major-General James Parker of Newark, a winner of the Medal of Honor.
Like many children of Army families, Mr. Parker grew up around the world. He attended the Gibbs School in London and Stanmore Park in Stanmore, England, while his father served as U.S. military attaché in London. While his father was stationed in Hawaii, he spent two high school years at the Punahoe School in Honolulu. He fondly recalled learning to surf on the big wooden boards that were used during the 1930s and about meeting Duke Kamehameha on the beach.
He graduated from St. Mark’s School in Southborough, Mass., before going on to Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass. He was a member of the varsity squash team, the Iroquois Club, and the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). He graduated from Harvard in 1943 and immediately entered the Army. Mr. Parker served in World War II as a first lieutenant in the field artillery in Germany and later rose to the rank of captain in the Army Reserve. Toward the end of World War II, he helped run a prison camp for German soldiers near Regensburg, Germany, and founded a newspaper for the German prisoners to run. It was there that Mr. Parker developed a passion for journalism.
Journalism was literally in Mr. Parker’s blood: A colonial ancestor, James Parker, published the first New Jersey newspaper. After the war, Mr. Parker worked as an editorial assistant for the New York Sun newspaper and later as a Union County Court House reporter for the Newark Evening News.
In 1955, the Parkers founded the Morris Observer newspaper in Morris Township. The company, known as the Recorder Publishing Company in Bernardsville, grew to include 17 award-winning weekly papers.
"We were thrilled when The Bernardsville News was named the best weekly of its size in the country in 1981 and again in 1986," Mr. Parker wrote in a article marking that paper’s 100th anniversary.
At an age when most people retire, Mr. Parker returned to an earlier passion and developed a second career in winemaking. Mr. Parker and his wife started Greenvale Vineyards in 1982 in Portsmouth on the grounds of the 1863 family farm that had been built by his great-great-uncle, John Barstow. In 1992, they expanded the operation into a full-scale winery, which produces award-winning premium estate-grown wines. He and his wife also published the New England Wine Gazette and other newspapers focusing on the wine industry in the Finger Lakes region of New York, Long Island and Virginia.
Mr. Parker was a past president of the Board of Trustees and chairman of the board of the New Jersey Press Association. He also served as a longtime officer of the Proprietary House in Perth Amboy, formerly the residence of William Franklin, son of Benjamin Franklin and the last Royal Governor of New Jersey.
He was a member of the Harvard Club of New York, the Spouting Rock Beach Association, and the Clambake Club, both in Newport, and the Newport Reading Room.
Mr. Parker was a member of the Book Committee of the Redwood Library and Atheneum in Newport, and the Newport Naval War College Foundation. He was also a member of the Colonial Lords of the Manor, New York City, and the Washington Association of New Jersey, Morristown.
Besides his wife, he leaves four children, Elizabeth K. Parker of Millington, N.J., Cortlandt Parker Jr. of Pohatcong, N.J., Stephen Ward Parker of Bernardsville, N.J., and Nancy Gray Parker Wilson of Boston; and 14 grandchildren. He was the brother of the late James Parker.
His funeral will be held on Saturday, Aug. 17, at 11 a.m. in St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 324 East Main Road, Portsmouth.
Donations in his memory may be made to the Community Service Society of New York, 105 East 22nd Street, New York, N.Y. 10010, or the Proprietary House, the Royal Governor’s Mansion, 149 Kearny Avenue, Perth Amboy, N.J. 08861.
Joseph E. Goulart
Former town councilor was
active in civic organizations
Joseph E. Goulart, 92, of 634 Wood St., died Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2002, at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Center. He was the husband of the late Frances (Biancuzzo) Goulart.
Born in Bristol, he was the son of the late Edward H. and Filomena (Silva) Goulart. For fifty years he was a manager at the former Paroma Drapery Inc. in Fall River. He retired in 1980.
Mr. Goulart was a communicant of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, where he was the chief marshal for the 16th of July Feast Celebration in 1983. He was also the head usher for more than 20 years. Mr. Goulart was president of the St. Vincent De Paul Society for more than 20 years, a member and past president of the former Holy Name Society, a 30-year and 3rd-degree member of the Bristol Council #379, Knights of Columbus.
He was a member and chairman of the town’s Recreation Board for 40 years, where he helped establish Bristol’s first Little League park, neighborhood playgrounds and Bristol Town Beach. He served on the Bristol Town Council for 12 years and was a member of the Bristol Democratic Town Committee for 40 years.
With over 50 years of service to church and community, Mr. Goulart’s devotion to Bristol and its youth will always be appreciated.
Mr. Goulart leaves a son, Edward J. Goulart and daughter-in-law, Anne Goulart, of Sharon, Mass.; two sisters, Mary Goglia and Philomena Meehan, both of Bristol; two sister-in-laws, Mary Travers and Mary Biancuzzo, both of Bristol; two grandchildren, Sheri Stuart of Warren and Edward J. Goulart Jr., Smithfield; and two great-grandchildren, Alyssa and Heather Stuart, both of Warren.
Funeral services will be from the Sansone Funeral Home, Wood Street, Saturday, Aug. 10, at 11 a.m. with a Mass of Christian burial at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church at noon. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Visiting hours will be Friday, Aug. 9, from the Sansone Funeral Home.
Sara Elizabeth Huestis
Former resident loved music, travel, climbing
Sara Elizabeth Huestis of Fort Collins, Colo., died July 29, 2002, of cancer. She was 47 years old. She was at home surrounded by her families from Maine, Massachusetts and Missouri, and many friends.
After romping through her childhood in Bristol, and testing her adolescence in Berwick, Maine, Ms. Huestis spent time in Connecticut, Indiana and Oregon before settling in Fort Collins in 1986. She earned her bachelor’s degree in biology at the University of Hartford, a master’s degree in neuroanatomy at Purdue University, a master’s degree in industrial and organizational psychology at Colorado State University, and, with much cheering and pride, earned her Ph.D. in 2000 at C.S.U.
She worked as an electron microscopist for C.S.U.’s Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology for eight years, during which time she published papers and presented research findings at conferences.
She made a career change in 1994 when she began a doctoral program in C.S.U.’s industrial and organizational psychology program. In 1997 she worked as an intern for six months with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in Washington D.C. and was awarded the prestigious Pendleton Award for Outstanding Public Service.
In 1998 she joined Hewlett Packard as an industrial organizational psychologist. This job sent her to Singapore, Cairo and Australia, where she delighted in immersing herself in new cultures and experiences. She loved her work and valued her associates and co-workers. She also appreciated the wonderful support Hewlett Packard provides for those battling serious illness and undergoing chemotherapy.
Ms. Huestis pursued many interests, including singing in the Rainbow Chorus, playing the piano, tending her prized tomatoes, climbing 14ers, backpacking and traveling. She and her partner Terry traveled throughout the West, to Mexico and to Italy, where they deepened their appreciation of "la dolce vita." She also cared deeply about peace, justice and finding non-violent solutions to the troubles that plague our world.
She was an amazing woman, with a passion to excel and enjoy life to its fullest. Her sense of humor was legendary. In 1993 she found the love of her life in Terry and they shared the wealth of their love with all who entered their lives. They cherished and lived what many people only dream about and it is the heartfelt dedication of all who knew her to carry that love forward into the future.
Ms. Huestis is survived by her partner and soul mate Terry Burton; her parents Vernon Huestis and Elizabeth Perry; three sisters, Julia, Lisa and Martha Huestis; a brother Jareth Johnson; a nephew, Zachary Allard-Huestis, her "favorite niece" Drew McCormick and many, many very special friends. Surviving family in Bristol include two aunts, Barbara Husband and Cecilia Perry.
Her grandmother Marie L.N. Perry, a long time Bristol resident, died a year ago. She was also the granddaughter of the late Floyd and Grace Huestis.
A memorial gathering was held in Colorado Aug. 1. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Sara Huestis Memorial Fund at Wells Fargo Bank, 401 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524, account 1010616033, for later distribution to peace and justice organizations.
