Warwick Beacon

Ashworth, Grace Barber Maymon, age 97, passed away in her sleep on Friday, July 22, 2022 at home. Her parents were Chester Maymon and Ethel MacRea. Grace had lived in Warwick, RI, until moving to Venice, FL, in 1983. After high school, she became a skilled watch assembler at the Bulova Co, in Providence, RI. Years later, she was a cashier at supermarkets in Warwick, RI and Venice, FL. Since 1946, Grace loved her 51 years marriage to Chester Ashworth, a WWII US Navy Vet and expert machinist. Predeceased were her husband in1997, her parents, and her daughter: Donna Collins, her brothers: Albert, Chester, Herbert, Robert, Russell, Thomas, Wilbur, and sisters: Clara Troy, Doris Erban, and Velma...

Francis Hail Brown of Haslet, TX, formerly of Hope, RI, passed away on Friday, January 7, 2022, at the age of 89, at home with his family by his side. He was the beloved husband of late, Gail C. Brown, Mande E. Brown, and Cheryl A. Brown. Born in Warwick, on December 7, 1932, he was the son of the late Francis H. Brown and Susanne R.L. Brown. Francis was an accomplished businessman as well as a loving husband, father, brother, and friend. He began his career after graduating from URI with a science degree in Phy Ed at the YMCA. He worked with youth groups and mentored many young boys. He did a 4-year stint in the Army and received his schooling in dentistry where he became a Lab Technician...

John F. "Jack" McHugh of Keene, NH (formerly of Providence and Warwick, RI), 94, died peacefully at home on Oct. 5 after a lengthy illness. Born Nov. 2, 1926 in Providence, he was the eldest son of the late John P. McHugh and Rose (Farr) McHugh Lucca. A proud combat veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry, he served in the Pacific Theatre of WW2 and later Korea, receiving an infantry combat badge and a Purple Heart. After returning from the wars, he spent his life in the printing industry until his retirement. Jack enjoyed his time working with emergency management, the Civil Air Patrol, and the CCDX Radio Club of which he was a member. He loved boating, reading, and tinkering with electronic...

George Edward Maden born on February 18, 1937 in Providence Rhode Island passed away on Saturday June 12, 2021 at the age of 84 at his home in Dover NH surrounded by family. He moved to New Hampshire in 1974 but Rhode Island always held a special place in his heart. He maintained friendships with some of his grade school classmates and attended Lockwood Senior High School reunions regularly for sixty years. As a young man George worked at many jobs ranging from farm hand to dishwasher and mail carrier to police officer. Ultimately, he made a career in the insurance industry retiring in 1999 after more than two decades as a commercial insurance underwriter in Boston. George married his...

Kathleen (Kelly) Perrott passed away on March 9, 2020 at Joanne's House Hope Hospice in Bonita Springs, FL after a fifteen-year battle with Multiple Myeloma. She was born in Webster, MA on February 20, 1946 daughter of the late Francis and Mary Kelly. She is survived by her spouse Ron, Bonita Springs, Fl, a son Tom and his wife Karen, Phoenix, AZ and daughter Kelly Arnold and her husband Dan Dolloff, Warwick, RI. She leaves four grandchildren Alex and Samantha Arnold, and Andrew and Katie Perrott. She also leaves her brother Jack Kelly and his wife Rita of Webster, MA, and sisters Patricia Long and her husband Jack of Bonita Springs, FL and Jean Claprood and her husband Donald, of Holden...