Ernest Holden Chilvers

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Ernest Holden Chilvers passed peacefully at home on June 2, 2018. He went to join his parents: Ernest S. Chilvers and Sarah (Holden); his son: Seth; and wife: Nancy (Smith).

He graduated from Lockwood High School and after serving four years in the United States Air Force he graduated from Johnson and Wales and Bryant Universities.

Ernest is survived by his loving children: Ernest A. Chilvers of Warwick, Lora Jean Gooch of Johnston, Mark W. Chilvers of Cranston and Aaron S. Chilvers of Warwick; his brothers: Edward Chilvers of North Carolina and Jeffery Chilvers of the United Kingdom; fourteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

His funeral service will be held on Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 10 a.m. in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1000 Narragansett Parkway, Warwick. Burial with full military honors will follow at the Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery, Exeter. Visiting hours will we held on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. in the Urquhart-Murphy Funeral Home, 800 Greenwich Avenue, Warwick. www.murphyfuneralhomes.org