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. […]
OBITUARY
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 […]
OBITUARY
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 […]
OBITUARY
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 […]
OBITUARY
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 […]
OBITUARY
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 […]
OBITUARY
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 […]
OBITUARY
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 […]
OBITUARY
Marilyn Colburn, 95, Author of ‘Maudie and Sophie’
Marilyn Hazel Coburn died peacefully in her Provincetown home on Dec. 26, 2021. She was 95. Marilyn was born to Ethel and Fred B. Pilkington of Allendale, N.J. on June […]
OBITUARY
‘Rising Tide’ Painter Ellen S. Junger Dies at 92
Ellen Sinclair Junger of Truro and Arlington was a painter who first came to Provincetown in the late 1950s to study with Henry Hensche. In the late 1980s, she was […]
OBITUARY
Painter and Singer Joan Pereira Dies at 94
The painter Joan M. (Senecal) Pereira of Provincetown died at Seashore Point on Dec. 29, 2021. She was 94. Joan was born on Jan. 19, 1927 in Buffalo, N.Y., the […]
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
On Writing Obituaries
I started writing obituaries for the Independent last May, and in the months since I have written roughly 50. While I can’t say that the work gives me pleasure, I […]
OBITUARY
Robert Patrick, Founder of Marine Specialties, Dies at 93
Robert I. Patrick, the founder of the surplus and salvage story Marine Specialties, died in Provincetown on Dec. 21, 2021 after a long illness. He was 93. Bob was born […]
MINISTRY
An Acupuncture Clinic in Wellfleet Seeks to Dispel Despair
A doctor offers free alternative treatment for addiction and depression
WELLFLEET — Dr. Margaret Tilton is out to change the ways people — both patients and physicians — approach treatment for depression and addiction. The starting point, she believes, is […]
