Theodore G. Northrop, a former head of theoretical physics for NASA and a 25-year resident of Wellfleet, died suddenly at Pleasant Bay Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Brewster on August […]
Obituaries
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Samuel Janoplis, Cook, Carpenter, and Social Butterfly, Dies at 86
Samuel S. Janoplis, a lifelong Provincetown resident, died on Sept. 22, 2023 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. No cause of death was given. He was 86. Known as Sam, […]
IN MEMORIAM
Frank Milby Memorial
A celebration of the life of Provincetown painter Frank Milby, who died on Aug. 12, 2023, will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 8 at the Beachcombers, 465A […]
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Pianist and Organist Samuel Adams Jr. Was 84
Samuel H. Adams Jr. of North Truro died unexpectedly after a brief illness on June 5, 2023, eight days after his partner, Scott Ashley, died. Sam was 84. Born in […]
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Scott Ashley of North Truro Dies at 86
Scott Francis Ashley of North Truro died after a long illness on May 28, 2023. He was 86. His partner of over 60 years, Samuel Adams, died eight days later. […]
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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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Elizabeth Yingling, Whose Life Was Art, Dies at 61
Elizabeth Maria De La Paz Lamadrid Yingling was nicknamed Titi at birth by her grandfather, Guillermo “Papito” Belt, who had wanted to name her Lisette. Or was it her father? […]
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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 […]
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A Lover of Cars, Antiques, and Sailing, John H. Bloom Dies at 75
The flags at Pamet Harbor and on the Cutter Bloodhound at MacMillan Pier in Provincetown are flying at half-mast to honor John Howard Bloom of Truro, who died at Cape […]
OBITUARY
Poet and Photographer Georgia Coxe Dies at 92
Provincetown artist and poet Georgia Mattison Coxe died on Sept. 4, 2023 in Providence, R.I. She was 92. Born in Rome, Italy to artist parents, Georgia had art in her […]
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Skier, Rower, and Social Worker Margot Egan Was 68
Margot Tweedy Egan died peacefully at home on Sept. 4, 2023. The cause was pulmonary complications from Hodgkin’s disease, for which she had received radiation treatment many years earlier. She […]
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Marcia Medeiros of North Truro Dies at 85
Marcia Mary Medeiros’s last week began at her great-grandson’s first birthday party. The next day she was at a dinner party with her neighbors, and the day after that she […]
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Violinist and Mother of Six, Veronica Santos Was 92
Veronica (Taves) Santos, a violin prodigy and a former Miss Provincetown, died on Aug. 3, 2023 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis surrounded by her family. She was 92. The […]
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Lester Murphy, an Unflappable Attorney, Dies at 73
Attorney Lester Murphy Jr. of East Dennis, who was known as Jay, died on Aug. 25, 2023 after courageously facing cancer. He was 73. Jay was born in Rochester, N.Y. […]
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Third-Generation Provincetown Fisherman Kenneth Macara Was 91
Kenneth Roland Macara of Provincetown and Delray Beach, Fla. died at home on Aug. 16, 2023 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 91. The grandson of Joseph […]
