Naomi Ruth Axelrod died on March 6, 2025 at the Lily House in Wellfleet after a five-year struggle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 85. The daughter of Solomon Axelrod, a […]
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Andrew Rose of Bayberry Gardens Is Dead at 61
Andrew David Rose died unexpectedly at his Truro home on March 19, 2025. He died of natural causes, said family members. He was 61. The son of the late Austin […]
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Robert Paine Carlson, a Historian of Graveyards, Dies at 91
Robert Paine Carlson, whose website, capecodgravestones.com, documents some 44,000 names and gravestone inscriptions on Cape Cod dating from 1683 to the late 1800s, died at his home in North Eastham […]
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Wellfleet’s Paul Joseph, Who Could Fix Anything, Dies at 82
Paul Francis Joseph of Wellfleet died on March 17, 2025 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, where he was taken after a fall. The cause was complications from cancer and […]
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Jeanne Ojala, Who Dreamed of Working at Disney World, Dies at 90
Jeanne Ojala died peacefully at Seashore Point Wellness Center in Provincetown on Dec. 31, 2024. She was 90. Jeanne Mable McLeod was born in Boston on Easter Sunday, April 1, […]
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Philip D. Cole, 77, Loved the Great Outdoors
One morning in February, Philip D. Cole was on his usual walk near the marsh around Griffin Island in Wellfleet when he suddenly did not feel right. Unable to carry […]
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Art Teacher and Cartoonist Doris Nitti Dies at 92
Art teacher and cartoonist Doris Nitti, formerly of Provincetown, died peacefully on Feb. 13, 2025 at Greenridge Place, an assisted living community in Rocky Hill, Conn. She was 92. Doris […]
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Matthew Valentini III, a Loving Son, Dies at 60
Matthew Valentini III died in his father’s arms at home in Orleans on Feb. 11, 2025. The cause of death was ventricular tachycardia. He was 60. The son of Barbara […]
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Street Artist Charles Duffy of Provincetown Dies at 94
Provincetown street artist Charles P. Duffy, who was known as “Duffy Did It,” died in his sleep on Nov. 13, 2024 at Cape Cod Acute Care in Brewster. He had […]
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Joan Marshall, Longtime Owner of Brownies Cabins, Dies at 90
Joan Ann Williams Marshall, who lived in Truro, died at her home in Melbourne Beach, Fla. on Feb. 19, 2025 of ovarian cancer. She had turned 90 five days before. […]
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Provincetown Native Steven Roda Dies at 75
Steven Kent Roda died unexpectedly at his home in Harwich on Feb. 19, 2025. The cause, confirmed by his stepdaughter Beth Federico, was cardiac arrest. He was 76. Stevie was […]
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Former Flight Attendant Joy Downey Dies at 81
Joy Farina Downey of North Truro died peacefully at Cape Cod Hospital on Feb. 17, 2025, hours after saying goodbye to her family. The cause was heart failure. She was […]
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Lobster Pot Owner and Matriarch Mary Joy McNulty Dies at 86
Mary Joy McNulty of the Lobster Pot restaurant, a mainstay of Provincetown’s cultural, social, and economic life, died peacefully on Feb. 4, 2025 at Disney World, her favorite place, surrounded […]
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Librarian and Archivist Stephen Nonack Dies at 72
Stephen Zane Nonack, an archivist who volunteered to help organize the Provincetown Public Library’s collections, died on Dec. 17, 2024 at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The cause was […]
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Illustrator, Teacher, and Sous Chef Stephen Toomey Dies at 80
Artist and teacher Stephen J. Toomey of Worcester and Provincetown died on Feb. 5, 2025 at the UMass-Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. The cause was complications from a stroke he […]
