Rose A. DuPree

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Rose A. DuPree, 88, of New Britain Drive, died Wednesday, December 31, 2014. She was the wife of the late Edward T. DuPree.

Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Isaac and Elizabeth (Donahue) Killian, she had been a resident of Warwick for most of her life. Rose had been employed in the jewelry industry until her retirement.

She was the beloved mother of Paula J. Thibault and the late Edward T. DuPree, Jr.; grandmother of George Thibault and Jason DuPree; great-grandmother of Mae and Jude Thibault; sister of Elizabeth O’Neil, the late Charles Killian, John Killian, Katherine Murrman, Frank McCarthy and Charles “Bud” McCarthy; half-sister of James Truesdale and Mary Laird. She also leaves her dear friend, Rose Robinson.

A funeral home service will be held Monday, January 5, at 11 a.m. in the Thomas & Walter Quinn Funeral Home, 2435 Warwick Ave. The interment will be in the Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery, Exeter. Information and condolences, visit QuinnFuneralHome.com