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 […]
Obituaries
OBITUARY
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 […]
OBITUARY
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 […]
OBITUARY
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 […]
OBITUARY
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 […]
OBITUARY
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 […]
OBITUARY
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 […]
OBITUARY
John Wiley Nelson, WOMR’s ‘the Rev,’ Dies at 85
The Rev. John Wiley Nelson of Provincetown died peacefully on Feb. 7, 2025 at Cape Cod Hospital, surrounded by his family. A WOMR station manager and disc jockey known as […]
OBITUARY
Mary Martinez, a Dedicated Daughter and Mother, Was 92
Mary V. Martinez, who lived a quiet life dedicated to caring for her parents, children, and grandchildren, died at Royal Falmouth Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Jan. 13, 2025 after […]
OBITUARY
Provincetown Native Lewis B. Davis Dies at 77
Lewis B. Davis of Provincetown, known to his friends as Lewie, died on Jan. 22, 2025 at the Lily House in Wellfleet, comforted by family and friends. He was 77. […]
OBITUARY
Restaurateur, Artist, and Lobsterman Francis Iacono Dies at 83
For his family and friends, Francis Iacono embodied the best of Provincetown: he was an artist, the owner of two much-loved restaurants, and an old-school lobster diver. He was also […]
IN MEMORIAM
Francis Iacono Services Feb. 6
A memorial service for Francis Iacono, the co-founder of the restaurant 9 Ryder in Provincetown who died on Jan. 12, will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6 […]
OBITUARY
Oil Company Manager Mark Lambrou Dies at 70
Cape Cod Oil manager Mark Christopher Lambrou of North Truro, known for his kindness and generosity, died unexpectedly at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis on Jan. 16, 2025. No cause […]
OBITUARY
Market Research Company President Joanna Caproni Was 91
New York advertising executive Joanna Slesinger Caproni, a summer resident of Truro for more than 60 years, died on Jan. 13, 2025 at New York Presbyterian Hospital. She was 91. […]
OBITUARY
Mark Fallon Carpenter, Who Loved Provincetown, Dies at 60
After being diagnosed with glioblastoma in December 2023 and stoically fighting the illness for 13 months, Mark Fallon Carpenter died peacefully at his winter home in Palm Springs, Calif. on […]
