Donald E. Butterfield, a retired Boston physician, researcher, and amateur astronomer, died peacefully at his home in Provincetown on May 21, 2022. He was 90. The only child of Merton […]
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Photographer Peter Romanelli, Who Found His Ideal Place Here, Dies at 73
“Peter always had a lot of visions,” said William Romanelli, describing his older brother, the photographer. Peter Romanelli, who died on March 8, 2022 at Cape Cod Hospital, “was always […]
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Remember Jesse Silva
Marine Corps Vietnam combat veteran Paul Mendes suggested that we do a Memorial Day story about Staff Sgt. Jesse Arnold Silva. He said that Silva, a paratrooper, was the first […]
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Richard L. Silva, 84, a Man Who Truly Enjoyed Life
Richard L. Silva, known as Dick, died unexpectedly at his Provincetown home on May 16, 2022. The cause of death, confirmed by his wife, Joyce, was sudden cardiac arrest. He […]
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Urvashi Vaid, Tireless Fighter for Gay Equality, Dies at 63
Visionary LGBTQ+ activist and attorney Urvashi Vaid, who worked tirelessly for what she called “real equality,” died in a New York City hospital on May 14, 2022. The cause was […]
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Robert Louis Jackson, Scholar of Russian Literature, Dies at 98
There is a spot in Robert Jackson’s family home in Guilford, Conn. fondly referred to as “the Russian wall” because it is covered with historical photographs of great 19th-century writers: […]
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9/11 Hero Paul Trahan Dies at 73
A confidant of presidents who won the Legion of Merit
After 30 years of military service, Col. Paul Trahan was supposed to retire on Sept. 11, 2001. He reported to duty at the Pentagon that morning, but at 9:37 a.m. […]
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Eleanor Munro, Feminist Art Critic and Writer, Dies at 94
Early in her career in the 1950s and ’60s, Eleanor Munro spent summers in the Litchfield hills of western Connecticut. But in 1969, she married E.J. Kahn Jr., the noted […]
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John McDermott, an Activist of the Left, Dies at 89
John F. McDermott was introduced to Truro in the summer of 1971 by his colleague Rosalyn Baxandall, with whom he taught at the State University of New York. He had […]
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Shirley Clark Lauffer, a Dedicated School Nurse, Dies at 95
Shirley Clark Lauffer of Wellfleet died at the Windsor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in South Yarmouth on Christmas Eve 2021. She had just turned 95. The daughter of Blanche […]
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Charles P. Morton II, 74, Mainstay of Days Cottages
Charles Philip Morton II died peacefully on Feb 25, 2022 at his home in North Truro with his fiancée, Annie (Jordan) Appling, by his side. The cause of death was leukemia. He […]
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World War II Combat Veteran Irvin Daubert, 101, Lived Life of Service
In Leslie West’s telling, her father, Irvin Daubert, “was born happy.” Which is how he got his nickname. Once, West explained, young Irvin was acting silly at a birthday party. […]
Jon Scott Groves, Kind-Hearted Sportsman, Dies at 77
After a year of declining health, Jon Scott Groves of Provincetown died on Jan. 15, 2022 with his family at his side. The cause was lymphoma. He was 77. The […]
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Juliette Brown, 47, a ‘Free Spirit’ of the Outer Cape
When Juliette Brown began working at the Underground in Provincetown soon after it was founded in 2013, her coworkers found her tattoos a bit intimidating, but soon enough they marveled […]
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Folk Art Champion Gerard Wertkin Dies at 81
Gerard Charles Wertkin of New York City and Truro died due to complications from Parkinson’s disease on Jan. 11, 2022 at Beacon Hospice Care in Hyannis. He was 81. The […]
