Dearly Departed
Since 2000, Mathewson Street UMC has witnessed the passing of long-time parishioners and church volunteers Dennis Brooks, Ginnie Carr, Majorie Chute, Dolly Cullen, Mollie Del Rosso, Edith Feole, Betsy Frerichs, Ernie Frerichs, Sarah Frerichs, Michael Goodlett, Gladys Green, Hervey Green, Marion Johnston, Cynthia Lech, Phyllis Mayo, Edna May McKenzie, Elbert James Moten (“Dr. Love”), Helen Mowry, Theil Ramsby, Emily Roberts, Al Seguin, Ridg Shinn, Norman Smith, Sharkey Tahakjian, George Tubman, Dick Upson, and Dorothy Webster. For more on their lives and deaths, see below …
Gregg Carter
73, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Providence, RI, with the love of his life by his side. Gregg was born on July 15, 1951, in Missoula, MT, to Harley Willis Carter and Betty Jo Bell Carter. He earned his B.A. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas,...
Theil Ramsbey
Our beloved Theil Ramsbey passed away on Sunday morning. She affected so many lives in the Mathewson Street community over the years. We will miss her dearly. Theil B. Ramsbey, 85, of Smithfield, RI, died July 28, 2024, surrounded by her family at HopeHealth Hospice...
Thomas Ramsbey
Thomas W. Ramsbey, 85, Smithfield, RI, died December 10, 2022, of complications from Alzheimer's Disease surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Theil E. (Baumann) Ramsbey. They had been married for 61 years. Born in South Bend, IN, he was the son of the late...
Clarice Wagner Shinn
July 17, 1921 – June 5, 2019 We called her wife, and mother, grandmother and great-grandmother; and teacher, doll lady and friend. Clarice, known as Rissy to many, died in the morning of June 5. She was almost 98. Her family gathered in ones and twos and tens and more...
Harry L. Cohoon, Jr.
Harry L.Cohoon, Jr., of Warwick, left us on Veteran's Day, Saturday, November 11, 2017. He was 88. He was particularly proud of being a first generation US citizen born in Providence of the late Harry L. Cohoon, Sr., a tinsmith from Springhill, Nova Scotia, and the...
Roy D. Knight
Roy D. Knight, 90, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2017 at Steere House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Providence, RI. Born in Providence, RI, he was the son of the late William A. Linwood and Mabel (Rhodes) Knight and adopted stepson of Herbert Knight. He was the...
Dorothy L. Webster
Long time MSUMC parishioner Dorothy L. Webster, most recently of Ossipee, NH, passed away at the age of 102 on November 23rd, 2016. She was born Dec. 28, 1913, in Woodbury, Vermont, the daughter of Edwin and Edith (Lawson) Webster. She graduated in 1933 from Cabot...
Edna May McKenzie
Longtime MSUMC parishioner Edna May McKenzie, age 96, of Coventry, passed away on February 13, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Providence, RI, she was the daughter of the late Walter and the late Addie (Hoxsie) Curry. She was the beloved wife of the...
Dick Upson
MSUMC office worker and church volunteer Dickinson “Dick” Murray Upson of Rehoboth, an adjunct college professor and former disc jockey, passed away on September 27th, 2015, at Rhode Island Hospital. He was 66. Born in Waterbury, Conn., Mr. Upson was a longtime...
Dolly Cullen
Long-time MSUMC parishioner Dolly (Mary) Elizabeth Cullen (Beaulieu), 83, passed away on Sunday, Juine 29, 2014. Born in Peabody, Massachusetts April 2, 1931, she lived most of her adult life in Cranston RI before moving to Henniker, New Hampshire to enjoy her “golden...