Anthony R. Lima Sr.

LIMA, ANTHONY R., SR., age 82, of Manolla Avenue, Warwick, died peacefully on Tuesday, December 14, 2010, at Kent County Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Lorraine M. (Soares) Lima for 55 years. Born in the Norwood section of Warwick, and a life-long resident, he was a son of the late Robert and Efegina Lima. He was a running back for the Aldrich High School football team and the Norwood Red Eagles amateur football league during the 1940's. A U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, he was a member of the Disabled American Veterans, Chapter #9, and V.F.W. Lymansville Post #10011 in Johnston. Mr. Lima was employed by the U.S. Postal Service in Warwick for 16 years, retiring in 1990. He served as a union steward, and later as vice president and president of the American Postal Workers Union, Local #3739 . He was previously employed as a buffer and polisher in the Sterling Division of Gorham Manufacturing for 33 years, where he was union steward for 23 years, and a member of the union executive board for 16 years. He participated as a pitcher in the Gorham Softball Slow Pitch League. Mr. Lima was a life-long parishioner of St. William Church in Warwick, and a 3rd degree member of Kennedy Council #5701 Knights of Columbus. He was a member of the Cape Verdean Progressive Center in East Providence for 30 years. An avid golfer and bowler, he was a member of the East Greenwich Country Club, the Triggs Inner Club, the Cranston Inner Club, the V.F.W. League, the Post Office League, the East Providence Handicappers League, and the Cranston Senior Bowling League. During the late 1960's, he was the head coach for the C-Line football team in the Pop Warner Football league for 2 years. Besides his wife, he is survived by three children, Robert Lima and his wife Billie-Jean of Warwick, Deborah Butts and her husband Thomas of Warwick, and Anthony Lima, Jr. and his wife Keri of Cranston; a brother, Pash Lima of North Kingstown; two sisters, Mary Peno of East Providence and Jeanna Correia of Warwick; twelve grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was the brother of the late Manuel Lima. His funeral will be held on Monday, December 20, at 9 a.m. from the Barrett & Cotter Funeral Home, 1328 Warwick Avenue, Spring Green, Warwick, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. William Church, Pettaconsett Avenue, Warwick. Visiting hours are Sunday 3-7 p.m. Burial with military honors will be in St. Ann Cemetery, Cranston.