Below are the latest news articles mentioning "died" or "passed" from all the local Cape Cod news sources. Most of these stories should be related to recent Cape Cod obituaries and death notices.
Bruce Ian (Buzzy) Murdoch died December 27, 2024. He was born on March 22, 1957 in Kingston NY to John and Irene Murdoch. He grew up in Woodstock, NY, and graduated from Kingston High School in 1975. After high school, Buzzy lived in Santa Cruz, CA, Burlington, VT. For the past 35 plus years, Oak Bluffs was his home. He was a skilled Stone Mason, specializing in old style drywalls that don’t require mortar to hold the wall together. Binding is obtained by careful…
Paul R. Cheek Sr. of New York City passed away on Sunday, August 10, 2025, in Edgartown, aboard his boat Athena. He was in his favorite place — on the water, surrounded by the beauty and peace he loved most. Born in Greensboro, N.C., Paul was a lifelong sailor with a love for 12-meter sailboats, and the 12-meter class. He was known for his love of music, generosity, hospitality, and belief that “life is all about the journey.” Paul cherished time with family and…
Frank LoRusso of Chilmark passed away unexpectedly on July 21, 2025. Frank was doing one of the things he loved best, clamming with his best friend. He was 79 years old. Frank grew up in Cliffside Park, N.J. As a teenager, he worked as a butcher, and as a carpenter in his uncle’s home improvement business. It was during this time that Frank met the love of his life, Judy. They did everything together, and just celebrated their 58th anniversary in early July. Frank…
My dad, Donald Wayne Madeiras, died at home after a brief illness on July 16, 2025, at the age of 81. He was born on Martha’s Vineyard on Dec. 30, 1943, to Roland and Carolyn Madeiras, and raised in Oak Bluffs with his brothers David and Danny. Dad graduated from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School in 1962, and immediately went into the Army as a truck mechanic. He didn’t talk much about his military experience, except it was there that he developed his hatred…
A book both fascinating and infuriating, “The Battle for the Black Mind” (published by Legacy Lit) couldn’t be more timely. Its author, Dr. Karida L. Brown, is a sociology professor at Emory University. She is the winner, with her husband the artist Charly Palmer, of a 2024 NAACP Image Award (for “The New Brownies Book: A Love Letter to Black Families”), and is also a seasonal Vineyard resident. I had the pleasure of interviewing her about her latest work. When asked what the motivation…
SANDWICH – The second annual Colby Lippincott Memorial Wiffle Ball Tournament was held earlier this month at Sandwich High School. The fundraiser honored a Cape Cod teenager who died in a dirtbike accident last summer. It featured nearly 50 teams. State Representative Steven Xiarhos said the event raised thousands of dollars for scholarships to local […] The post Tournament honors Cape Cod teen who died in bike crash, raises…
A screening of “The Reality of Motherhood in 2025” showing at the Strand. By Allison Roberts In its annual State of Motherhood survey, Motherly states that more than 2,000 U.S. mothers have shared that the pressures of caregiving, economic uncertainty, and balancing career have intensified. “Childcare costs continue to soar, with over half of all mothers now finding care barely affordable or entirely out of reach. Workforce participation remains tenuous due to ongoing caregiving burdens.…
A longtime Martha’s Vineyard superintendent has passed away after a hard-fought battle with leukemia. Jim Weiss, 78, passed away on Sunday afternoon at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He is survived by his sister, Susan Filler, in Florida, nephew, Alan Miller, in New York, and daughter-in-law, Nicole Weiss of New Hampshire. Jim Weiss spent nearly a half-century in education, and spent the last decade of his 26 years as a…
Several years ago, I was honored when a distinguished group of women Vineyard writers invited me into their circle. The Washashores Writers Collective is a vibrant group dedicated to the craft of writing. We support one another in getting our stories out into the world in countless ways. Featherstone Center for the Arts embraced the collective, and together we have sponsored writing workshops, supported the Islanders Write conferences, and spent many quiet Sunday afternoons writing on its campus.…
Ernest David Corvese, 69, died at his home in Wakefield, R.I., on Saturday, July 26, 2025. He was the oldest son of Ernest Corvese Jr. and Beatrice (Fleutte) Corvese. Dave was an accomplished businessman, avid walker, and a native Rhode Islander. Born in Johnston, he attended La Salle Academy before he graduated from URI College of Pharmacy, and later Salve Regina with a master’s in health administration. He went on to found numerous companies across different industries,…
Pierre M. Vaillancourt of Edgartown passed peacefully on Sunday, August 3, 2025, surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Judi Shea-Vaillancourt; his daughter, Laura Brown and her husband Lance, his son, Joseph Vaillancourt, and his daughter, Jaclyn Moak and her husband Allen. He also leaves behind three grandchildren, Kelvin Brown, Emelia Moak, and Taylor Moak, along with his trusted companion Bailey, his boxer. Pierre is also survived by his…
Michael Dewey Loberg, 78, a scientist, pharmaceutical entrepreneur, sailor, local health advocate, and enemy of tick-borne illness, passed away peacefully from dementia at Windemere on August 7, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. Born June 29, 1947, in St. Louis, Mo., to Carrie and Truman Loberg, Michael began a life fueled by enthusiasm for rural life, hunting and fishing with his grandparents on their small family farm. It was here that he became an Eagle Scout, and…
On bad days of writing, days when I achieve little to no writing or, worse, days when the writing is so bad that I am ready to throw in the proverbial towel, I try to delete that day from my memory and start over the next day, as though that previous day never happened. I look at things I’d written previously, that have been published, to convince myself that I am indeed capable of writing cogent prose. I returned to the Island in 2004, after doing research in eight countries for a story in National…
Dr. James Weiss passed away on August 10, 2025. He was 78 years old. Born in Meriden, Conn., on June 21, 1947, he was the son of Dr. Arthur and Gladys Weiss. From an early age, he displayed a passion for education, attending Benjamin Franklin Elementary School and Lincoln Middle School in Meriden. He graduated from Northfield–Mount Hermon School and Colgate University, later earning advanced degrees from the University of Hartford, the University of Connecticut,…
It’s August, and we’re getting ready for Islanders Write 2025. Please join us for this year’s event at Featherstone Center for the Arts on Sunday, August 17, at 7:30pm and Monday, August 18, from 7:30 am – 5:00 pm. The timing of this year’s Islanders Write feels like a kick-off to the Vineyard’s grand-finale week of summer. The week that brings us Illumination Night, the Agricultural Fair, the Oak Bluff’s fireworks, and the fierce competition for ferry reservations off the Island. …
In 2017, the mother/daughter team Kathy and Beth Usher stood up in front of a rapt audience and pitched their book project to the Islanders Write Pitch Panel in the three minutes’ time they were allotted. Last November, Beth passed away. Our hearts go out to the Usher family. I have been in touch with Kathy, and she has given us permission to share the powerful story that they pitched that day in 2017. This is a collection of nonfiction short stories…
It is with a heavy heart that we must tell you that our brother, Donald Beaton, passed away on August 3, 2025, after a short illness. He was born on May 22, 1950, to the late Eleanor and Colin Beaton of Bridgewater. As a teenager, Donald spent time on Martha’s Vineyard with his family, where he fell in love with the Island. He joined Vista at 18, and then returned to the Vineyard to work for Everett Poole and then Louis Larsen, and left for only a short while to…
Evangeline Juliet Montgomery (“E.J.”), artist and curator, passed away on May 1, 2025, at the age of 94. Born on May 2, 1930, in New York City, and adopted by a Baptist minister and his homemaker wife, she discovered her love for art at the age of 14 with her first set of oil paints. Evangeline graduated from Seward Park High School in New York in 1949. As a teenager, she spent summers on the Island with her Coleman family, and worked at Hilliards Kitch-in-Vue Candy…
That’s the cute little quote my son Dan wanted to put under his high school yearbook picture. “No, Dan. Please,” I had said. “Come on. How about Ralph Waldo Emerson or Gandhi or Woody Allen?” Dan was diagnosed with diabetes at 9 months old. So his gallows humor was not out of nowhere. He’d been making jokes about his own death forever. In a restaurant when he was 13, he would hold the pink saccharin packet in his right hand and the blue aspartame packet in his left and in a loud voice,…
Frederick Francis Cournoyer, lovingly known as “Freddie,” passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on July 31, 2025, at his family home in Oak Bluffs at the age of 89. Born on June 14, 1936, in Vineyard Haven, Freddie was a proud native of Martha’s Vineyard. He was a beloved husband, supportive father, hard-worker, and cherished friend to many. Freddie spent his youth on Martha’s Vineyard, where his easy laughter and genuinely kind demeanor quickly…
Thomas Cottrell Jr., aged 100, of Gardner’s Neck in Swansea, passed away peacefully at home on May 30, 2025. He was the beloved husband of the late Margot (White) Cottrell, with whom he shared 69 years of marriage. Born in Fall River, he was the son of James T. Cottrell and Augusta Louise (Thompson) Cottrell, and the grandson of Richard Sisson Thompson of the R.A. McWhirr Co. He graduated from Worcester Academy, and attended the Wharton School of Business at the University…
James Quentin Bonanno (“Jay”), 89, formerly of Saddle River, N.J., passed away peacefully on August 3, 2025, in Edgartown, following a long, courageous battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his family, with the familiar sound of Tommy Dorsey playing in the background. Born in Weehawken, N.J., on June 4, 1936, Jay was the son of Thomas and Albina (Robiolio) Bonanno. He grew up in Tenafly, N.J., with his brother Thomas, who predeceased him. Jay attended the Pingry…
Abbie Austin Taylor passed away peacefully at the Henrietta Brewer House on Friday, August 1, 2025, after a valiant battle with dementia. Family, friends and caregivers were with her. She was 76. Abbie was born in Farmington, Maine, on May 29, 1949, to Frank and Fonnie Austin. She was the middle child between two brothers, and if either of them thought they were in charge for even one second, Abbie let them know otherwise. Abbie attended Livermore Falls High School…
The summer of 2025 on Martha’s Vineyard has certainly been about sharks –– whether you’re celebrating at a “Jaws” 50th anniversary event, watching one of the weekly showings of “Jaws,” buying shark clothing — of which there is an abundance — or casting a chunk of fresh bait into the water to catch a real shark. While Quint went out in the Orca to catch sharks, most of us on-Island are catching sharks from shore. Last week, the Martha’s Vineyard Surfcasters Association hosted…
The MV Times has long reported that the Island’s Brazilian community numbers around 20 percent of the year-round population, which translates to about 4,000 people. But how many children are born to our undocumented Brazilian or other neighbors? The answer to this question is key to the issue that the U.S. Supreme Court has so far failed to address, namely whether children born in the U.S. to undocumented migrants possess U.S. citizenship. President Trump, on his first day in office in January,…
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Charles Anthony Morano (“Charlie”) peacefully passed away on July 20, 2025, in Edgartown surrounded by his children, after courageously contending with cancer. JEANNA SHEPARD PHOTOGRAPHY Charlie was born in New York City on Nov. 17, 1949, to the very Italian Angelo “(Chas”) Antonio Morano and Carmella (“Millie”) Theodora Villani Morano. Charlie grew up in Nepera Park in Yonkers, N.Y., where he played football, Little League and even did Golden Gloves…
There are places that live in your bones. For me, that place has always been Oak Bluffs. Long before the rest of the world began to take notice of this historic enclave on Martha’s Vineyard, Oak Bluffs was already everything to me—a place of legacy, safety, and soul. I am a third-generation Islander, raised on the stories of those who came before me and shaped by summers stitched with salt air, ferry horns, and the bright, joyful chorus of a Black community in motion. It was here, between the…
Benjamin Lambert Hall (“Buzz”), a lifelong Edgartown resident, passed away on May 29, 2025, at the Henrietta Brewer House in Vineyard Haven at 90, following a courageous 25-year battle with epithelioid sarcoma. Courtesy Ben Hall Jr. Born at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs on April 4, 1935, Buzz was the second child of Island businessman and philanthropist Alfred Hall and his wife Marjorie Haydn Hall (née Lambert) of Edgartown. Buzz came from a…
FALMOUTH – Former 3rd Barnstable District state representative Matthew Patrick has died. Patrick held the office from 2001 to 2011. He ran for Plymouth and Barnstable State Senate in 2014, but lost. Barnstable County Sheriff Donna Buckley said Patrick was a tireless advocate for the issues he championed. A clean and healthy environment was his […] The post Former Cape Cod state rep Matthew Patrick has died appeared first on CapeCod.com.
HN PHOTO NOTES: The 19-year-old from far away off-Cape had been passed out, propped up against a cemetery fence in downtown Hyannis last evening shortly before 1:00 a.m. Luckily for him, an alert police officer spotted him before his situation could became much worse. (He hadn’t been robbed… yet… which is a distinct possibility in that part of town.) The young, underage adult was unresponsive, not waking up for police officers. A Hyannis FD ambulance…
The developer behind an expansive and controversial housing project near downtown Edgartown for residents 55 and older has gone to the state to challenge what he is alleging is inaction by local regulators in a move that could push the project past local and regional hurdles. Jason Talerman, attorney for the 60-unit Edgartown Gardens, filed a petition on July 16 with the Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee alleging the Edgartown zoning board of appeals failed to open a public hearing in time…
On July 14, author David Sedaris performed at the Tabernacle. The place was packed, the crowd was pumped, and numerous times throughout the evening, the man sitting next to me laughed so hard he nearly fell out of his chair. For those not in the know, Sedaris is one of America’s most popular humor writers. The first book I ever read by him was “Holidays on Ice.” I remember lying in bed next to my husband, snort-laughing my way through the essay “Santaland Diaries” — an account of Sedaris’…
Benjamin Lambert Hall (“Buzz”), a lifelong Edgartown resident, passed away on May 29, 2025, at the Henrietta Brewer House in Vineyard Haven at 90, following a courageous 25-year battle with epithelioid sarcoma. Born at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs on April 4, 1935, Buzz was the second child of Island businessman and philanthropist Alfred Hall and his wife Marjorie Haydn Hall (née Lambert) of Edgartown. Buzz came from a family with deep Island…
OAK BLUFFS – The recently passed federal budget bill could put offshore wind jobs at risk. The new bill cuts tax credits for wind, solar and other green energy projects. Gov. Maura Healey said it would lead to thousands of jobs for the state, with some training taking place at Mass Maritime Academy in Bourne. […] The post Federal budget bill could put offshore wind jobs at risk appeared first on CapeCod.com.
John M. Hobby Sr., 89, of Plymouth and Martha’s Vineyard, passed away peacefully on June 13, 2025, at the Newfield House in Plymouth. He was the beloved husband of the late Susan (Wilder) Hobby, and a loving father, grandfather, brother, and friend to so many who will miss him dearly. Born in Stamford, Conn., and raised near Philadelphia, John graduated from Lehigh University in 1958, and later completed U.S. Army Officer Candidate School, an achievement he regarded…
Rosemarie L. (Pacheco) Littlefield, of Vineyard Haven, passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 15, 2025, at Cape Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sandwich. She was 81 years old. Born on April 23, 1944, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs, Rosemarie was the daughter of Beatrice and George Pacheco. She graduated from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School in 1962. In her early years, Rosemarie held a variety of jobs, but her most meaningful…
Dr. Paul G. Cotton, 80, of Aquinnah died peacefully on July 11, 2025. He was born in Brookline on May 10, 1945. The son of Samuel (“Mickey”) Cotton and Pearl Sirota, Paul attended Brookline High School before studying economics at Columbia University. He attended medical school and completed his medical training in psychiatry at Tufts University. An esteemed psychiatrist, he began his career at Cambridge Hospital as the medical director of ambulatory community…
Jerry Davies Millett II (“Davy”), of Falmouth and Tisbury, recently passed away. Davy was born in Needham on July 14, 1967, to Jerry Davies Millett and Elsie Kingsbury Millett. Davy was born while his father, Jerry, was serving in Vietnam. Davy was a graduate of Natick High School and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is survived by his mother, Elsie Kingsbury Gilman of Montague; and his brothers, retired Col. Samuel Kingsbury Millett of Missoula,…
Ency Fokos, 87, died on May 23, 2025, at her home in Chilmark. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Robert, and her sister, Judith Dalaba. She is survived by her children, David, Dana, and Michelle. A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, July 29, at 2:30 pm at the West Tisbury Congregational Church. The post Ency Fokos appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
Cynthia Jane Wayman passed away peacefully on July 17, 2025, at her home on Lambert‘s Cove Road. There will be a celebration of life on Saturday, July 26, at 2 pm at the Christian Science Society, 123 New York Ave., in Oak Bluffs. Cynthia was predeceased by her husband, Dave, a jazz trombonist and talented builder who designed and built their home, including the studio where Cynthia taught art to generations of young students. She is survived by her daughter, Holly,…
Cathy Sue Merrill, 68, of Edgartown, died unexpectedly on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at her home. She was the wife of Clay R. Merrill. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, July 29, at 11 am in the New Westside Cemetery on Robinson Road in Edgartown. A complete obituary will follow in another edition of this paper. Visit chapmanfuneral.com for online guestbook and information. The post Cathy Sue Merrill appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
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