M. Dolores Ventura

73, Known as "Bebes" of 20 Musselbed Shoal Road, Portsmouth, RI, died Monday, August 1, 2005, in East Hampton, NY. Born in Queens, NY on January 6, 1932, she was the daughter of the late John and Marion (Johnson) O'Neill. "Bebes" graduated from Salve Regina College in 1953 and later started her own landscape design business in 1976 "Plant Interiors" in Newport, RI. She is survived by her children Geoff Ventura and his wife Ann of Milton, MA, Donald Ventura and his wife Helen of Geneva, Switzerland, John Ventura and his wife Kathy of Weston, CT, Shane McQueeney of Marcellus, NY, Meg Cronopolus and her husband John of New York, NY, Conall Lippert and her husband Keith of New York, NY and Jennifer Golding and her husband Tom of Franklin, MA; her brother John O'Neill of Georgia; her sister Ann Oullette of Brewster, MA, and her seventeen grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her former husband F. Donald Ventura. Her Funeral will be held on Monday, August 8, 2005, at 11:00 AM in Ochre Court, Salve Regina University, 100 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, RI. Donations may be made in her name to Salve Regina University Scholarship Fund, C/O Development Office, 100 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, RI 02840. Information available at www.memorialfuneralhome.com. Funeral arrangements are by Memorial Funeral Home, 375 Broadway, NEWPORT, RI.