PROVIDENCE — Dominican Father Philip Alphonsus Smith, ’63, a priest, educator, and administrator who served as the 11th president of Providence College, died unexpectedly at Rhode Island Hospital November 4, surrounded by close friends, including members of the Dominican Community. He was 74 years old. more

PROVIDENCE – Robert H. “Bob” Grenon, 56, died May 4 at the Philip Hulitar Inpatient Hospice. He was the husband of Diane M. (Fregeau) Grenon, and brother of Father Paul R. Grenon, pastor of Sts. John and Paul Church, Coventry. more

NORTH SMITHFIELD — Franciscan Missionary of Mary Sister Josephine Jean (Jerry) Iozzo, 78, died March 28 at St. Antoine Residence. more

NORTH SCITUATE — Reverend Francis J. Keefe, 84, pastor emeritus of St. Joseph Parish in North Scituate, died on Thursday, May 4, 2017. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, a son of the late Francis … more

PROVIDENCE — Joan A. (Silva) Curran, 76, died March 31 at Rhode Island Hospital. She was the wife of the late Robert F. Curran, to whom she was married for 41 years, and a summer resident of Narragansett. more

WILTON, CT — School Sister of Notre Dame Kathleen Kieran, 105, died September 14 at Lourdes Health Care Center at Villa Notre Dame. She was a professed religious for 85 years. more

MARLBOROUGH, MASS. - St. Chretienne Sister Bertha Fortin, a retired educator, died Feb. 1 at Marlborough Hills Health Care Center. She was known in religion as Sister Omer. Born in Pawtucket, … more

WORCESTER — Sister Elizabeth Gorman, 86, of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, died on Saturday, January 16, 2016 in the Notre Dame Long Term Care Center in Worcester. Sister Elizabeth was born … more

SWANSEA, MA — Holy Union Sister Grace Martin, 75, formerly Sister Paul Dolores, a resident of Country Gardens Skilled Nursing Rehabilitation Center, died September 23. more

NORTH KINGSTOWN — Christian Brother John Martin O’Brien, 88, of Scalabrini Nursing Home, North Kingstown, died September 16. more