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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Jeanne Davis of Truro Dies at 86
Jeanne Elizabeth (Peck) Davis of Truro died on March 10, 2025 at Cape Cod Hospital, surrounded by loved ones. She was 86. Born on March 26, 1938 in Springfield, she […]
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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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Patricia Brooks of Provincetown’s Bradford House Was 71
Patricia (Sullivan) Brooks of Brewster, formerly of Provincetown and South Boston, died on Feb. 27, 2025 at Accent Care Hospice in Milton. The cause was pulmonary fibrosis. She was 71. […]
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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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Printmaker John J. Coughlin Jr. of Wellfleet’s Golden Cod Dies at 93
A member of the National Academy of Design since 1972, John Joseph Coughlin Jr. of Wellfleet, whose work graced the Golden Cod Gallery on East Commercial Street for decades, died […]
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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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Helen Haunstrup, Beloved Provincetown Restaurateur and Teacher, Dies at 84
Helen Louise Schmidt Haunstrup, who for almost 50 years provided warmth, nourishment, and “preternatural calm” at Napi’s Restaurant, died peacefully in her sleep on Jan. 29 near Louisville, Ky. after […]
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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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Christopher Jencks, Celebrated Scholar and Teacher, Dies at 88
Christopher Jencks, one of the great social scientists of the 20th century and a longtime summer resident of Wellfleet, died on Feb. 8, 2025 at his home in Lexington. The […]
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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 […]
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Pioneering Electronics Executive Frank DiGirolamo Dies at 84
Frank S. DiGirolamo died on Feb. 6, 2025 at his Provincetown home after a 14-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He watched the inauguration in Washington on Jan. 20, after which […]
