Frederick Wilson Todd died at his home in Truro on April 16, 2022, surrounded by family. He was 79. The cause was pancreatic cancer. The son of Gladys and Lewis […]
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Teacher and Businessman Ernest L. Carreiro Jr. Dies at 85
“One morning, I was on the 7 a.m. shift at Tip for Tops’n restaurant when two couples came in who couldn’t find a place to sleep the night before and […]
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Marie Allene Thibeault, 93, of the Joshua Paine House
Marie Allene Thibeault died on April 9, 2022, in Fairfax, Va. She was 93. Born on April 15, 1928, in Canton, Ohio to Marie Helene (Hickey) and Albert James Smith, […]
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Eleanor Munro, Feminist Art Critic and Writer, Dies at 94
Early in her career in the 1950s and ’60s, Eleanor Munro spent summers in the Litchfield hills of western Connecticut. But in 1969, she married E.J. Kahn Jr., the noted […]
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John McDermott, an Activist of the Left, Dies at 89
John F. McDermott was introduced to Truro in the summer of 1971 by his colleague Rosalyn Baxandall, with whom he taught at the State University of New York. He had […]
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Janice Walk, 70, Artist and Social Worker
Janice Virginia Walk died peacefully at her home in North Truro on Feb. 28, 2021, with her spouse, Janis Sommers, by her side. She was 70. The cause was the […]
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Roy Jackson, 93, a Yorkshireman Who Loved Provincetown
When Roy Jackson and his wife, Patricia, first came to Cape Cod in 1962, they were drawn by the names on the map. Yarmouth and Truro reminded Patricia of her […]
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Roland Santos, 43, a ‘Big Teddy Bear’ With a Soft Heart
Roland Joseph Santos died at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis on March 15, 2022 from complications of a lifelong battle with diabetes. It was his 43rd birthday. The son of […]
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Shirley Clark Lauffer, a Dedicated School Nurse, Dies at 95
Shirley Clark Lauffer of Wellfleet died at the Windsor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in South Yarmouth on Christmas Eve 2021. She had just turned 95. The daughter of Blanche […]
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John F. Feeney of Gracie House Dies at 63
John F. Feeney III died peacefully at home in Provincetown on March 20, 2022, surrounded by his family and friends. The cause of death, confirmed by his husband, Paul, was […]
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Actor Jeanne Boland Schmidt of ‘Edge of Night’ Was 95
After a brief illness, Jeanne Ethelwyn Katherine Boland Schmidt died on March 29, 2021 at Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton, Fla. Her death was confirmed by her daughter […]
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Emily Patricia Chapman, Lifelong Summer Resident, 94
Patricia Chapman came of age when frugality was a virtue. She reused tea bags and wrapped her presents in repurposed gift paper, and every summer when she visited family and […]
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Claire Sprague, 95, Literary Critic and Host of ‘Sister Talk’
Claire Sprague, a New Yorker who was a part-time resident of Provincetown for over 40 years, died on Nov. 13, 2021 at Whitehall Manor, an assisted living facility, in Whitehall, […]
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Jane Ellen Bloom, Artist and Humanitarian, Dies at 76
Longtime Provincetown summer resident and artist Jane Ellen Bloom died from injuries sustained in an accident on March 11, 2022. She was dining with a group of friends at a […]
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Anne MacAdam, 91, Automotive Designer and Landscape Painter
Anne MacAdam died in Provincetown on Feb. 25, 2022 after several months in hospice. Her death, at age 91, was confirmed by her daughter, Heather Dune Macadam. Anne was born […]
