Longtime Eastham resident Gail Hoffman, a former director of nursing at Bournewood Hospital in Brookline, died peacefully on Nov. 23, 2023 at Broad Reach Hospice (Liberty Commons) in Chatham. She […]
OBITUARY
Air Force Veteran Raymond Marsh Dies at 91
Raymond Riley Marsh died unexpectedly on Nov. 22, 2023 at his home in Truro. The cause was sudden cardiac arrest, said his daughter, Amy Wheeler. “He was totally sharp until […]
OBITUARY
An Advocate for the Aging and the Blind, Lorraine Lidoff Dies at 77
This article was updated on April 5, 2024. Lorraine Lidoff of Eastham, a nationally known advocate for the aging and the blind, died on Nov. 18, 2023 at Cape Cod […]
PAYING IT FORWARD
As It Prepares to Close, Provincetown’s VFW Puts Funds in Service
Cape Cod Community College and Heroes in Transition receive gifts
TRURO — Founded in 1934 by Provincetown World War I veterans, the Lewis A. Young VFW Post 3152 once operated its own bar and canteen — at first in a […]
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Adoption Advocate Nancy Roderick Dies at 68
Nancy Roderick died on Nov. 16, 2023 at her home in Mashpee, surrounded by her family, after a brief struggle with cancer. She was 68. The daughter of Richard G. […]
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Miriam Collinson of Dunes Edge Campground Dies at 81
Miriam A. Collinson died on Oct. 27, 2023 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis after a prolonged illness. She was 81. The only daughter of Raymond E. and Rose (Enos) […]
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Wellfleet’s Thomas W. Hood Jr. Dies at 85
Thomas Watson Hood Jr. died at his home in Belton, Mo. on Oct. 27, 2023 after a prolonged heart-related illness. He was 85. The son of Thomas and Cecelia Hood, […]
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Audubon Sanctuary Naturalist Jenette Kerr Dies at 68
Broadcast journalist and naturalist Jenette Sherman Kerr died at her home in Truro on Oct. 16, 2023. The cause was pancreatic cancer. She was 68. Jenette was the marketing and […]
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Environmentalist Jane Cole Geisler Dies at 100
Wellfleet summer resident, botanist, and environmentalist Jane Cole Geisler died on Oct. 25, 2023 at her home in Verbank, N.Y. “She was very active until three weeks before she died,” […]
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Art Teacher and Summer Recycling Guru Leonard Federico Dies at 67
Leonard C. Federico, who taught art in several Boston-area schools and spent summers tooling around Wellfleet on a red Vespa and enjoying nature and friends here, including many made at […]
REMEMBRANCE
VFW Donates $50,000 to Mass Maritime Academy
A new scholarship honors the memory of Lewis A. Young
TRURO — “The name of Lewis Armstrong Young risks being forgotten,” said VFW member John Dundas at a 229th birthday party for the U.S. Navy on Oct. 15, “unless the […]
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Folk Art Dealer and Preservationist Stephen Score Dies at 79
“Stephen was one of the great dealers of American folk art,” wrote art fair organizer Sanford Smith in an online remembrance of Stephen Score, who died at Cape Cod Hospital […]
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Georg Deyab of Provincetown and Hingham Dies at 63
In March 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, Georg C. Deyab learned that his kidneys were failing. He would need hemodialysis three days a week and eventually a kidney […]
OBITUARY
Bayside Lobster Hutt’s David Francis Dies at 74
“My planned death will occur Thursday, September 7, 1:00 p.m. local time, Eugene, Or.,” wrote David P. Francis in a Sept. 5 email to his friend Deb Felix in Wellfleet. […]
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Wilfred Turcotte of Home Port Cottages Was 82
Wilfred J. Turcotte died at Seashore Point in Provincetown on Sept. 12, 2023. He was 82 and had been diagnosed with cancer in July. The son of Robert and Yolanda […]
