Jeanne Ojala died peacefully at Seashore Point Wellness Center in Provincetown on Dec. 31, 2024. She was 90. Jeanne Mable McLeod was born in Boston on Easter Sunday, April 1, […]
Obituaries
IN MEMORIAM
Martha Nagy Memorial
A memorial ceremony for Martha Nagy of Truro, who died at 88 on Oct. 25, 2024, will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday April 12 at the First Congregational […]
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Philip D. Cole, 77, Loved the Great Outdoors
One morning in February, Philip D. Cole was on his usual walk near the marsh around Griffin Island in Wellfleet when he suddenly did not feel right. Unable to carry […]
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Rhoda Flaxman, Founder of Open University, Dies at 84
Rhoda Leven Flaxman, who created the Open University of Wellfleet in 2012, died of leukemia on March 10, 2025 at her home in Charlotte, N.C. She was 84. Rhoda was […]
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Art Teacher and Cartoonist Doris Nitti Dies at 92
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 […]
