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.
Sandra L. Healy, 84, of Dartmouth, formerly of Vineyard Haven, died unexpectedly at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford on July 3, 2025. She was the mother of Elexis Wildanger and Glenn Pachico, and was predeceased by her daughter, Carla Furtaw, and son, Bradford. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 26, at Chapman Funerals, Edgartown Road in Oak Bluffs, from 10 to 11 am, officiated by Pastor Greg Barr. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery on…
A celebration of life for Nancy Wood, who died on June 10, 2025, will be held at the Unitarian Church in Vineyard Haven on July 19 at 2 pm. Please consider a donation to the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard, online at animalshelterofmv.org/donate, in lieu of flowers. The post Nancy Wood appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
Margaret Ann Deitrich (Kammerer), 93, of Chilmark, who died on April 20, 2025, will have a memorial service at the Chilmark Community Church, 9 Menemsha Road, Chilmark, on Saturday, July 19, at 11 am. The post Margaret Ann Deitrich appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
Fredrick W. Huss (“Fred” or “Rick”) died peacefully in his home in the Campgrounds on June 23, 2025, at the age of 80. He was born in Hartford, Conn., and grew up in Putnam, Conn. Fred moved to Alamosa in 1971, and worked for both Safeway and then the Rio Grande Water Conservation District until he moved permanently to Martha’s Vineyard in 2003, with his faithful German shepherd, Murphy. On Martha’s Vineyard, Fred built a successful business painting and…
Ency Fokos died peacefully in the early hours of May 23, 2025, at her home in Chilmark, surrounded by her children. She was 87. Ency was born in the picturesque town of Késmárk, Czechoslovakia (now Kežmarok, Slovakia). Though she enjoyed the hunting lodge her mother’s family had in the Tatra Mountains, it was Budapest, with its cosmopolitan flair, that best suited her. While her parents were busy being young socialites, Ency flourished at boarding school — an…
One hard truth I learned along my bumpy path as a published memoirist is that people-pleasing is not exactly part of the equation. Despite my best efforts to write with multidimensionality, love, and integrity, I still received pushback from some of my favorite people. I couldn’t figure out where I went wrong. I did the ethical inventory: I wrote an author’s note on the fallibility of memory and how, inherent to the genre, a memoir speaks to only the author’s “truth.” I gave everyone…
“America is a tune. It must be sung together.” –Gerald Stanley Lee I looked for a quote for the Fourth of July, during this time of so much division and stress in America. There is a real sense of the fragility of our democracy, as can be seen by the millions of people marching and protesting across the country. Flag-waving parades will feel different this year, maybe feeling more in kind with 1776, when it was really just a hope that this would work. Hope is powerful, and I…
Robert Perullo, a longtime resident of Oak Bluffs, died on May 29, 2025, at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 73 years old. Born April 10, 1952, in Boston to Frank and Grace Perullo, he spent his childhood in Braintree, and graduated from the University of Massachusetts as a philosophy major. After a year in an office job, he left for adventures, then landed in Martha’s Vineyard. For many years, Robert could be found after work in the window seat of the Ritz…
Patricia D. Philbin-Lawrence, 53, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Thursday, June 19, 2025. Patty was a graduate of Clinton High School, class of 1989, and Providence College, class of 1993. Patty spent a lifetime of summers on the Island, and made the move permanently just a few years after college. She spent many years working for the Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority and in the restaurant business on the Island, and most recently for the Oak Bluffs School,…
Barbara Joan Callahan (née Kay) passed away on June 23, 2025, at the age of 87. She was a resident of West Tisbury (formerly of Bonita Springs, Fla., Huntington, N.Y., and Great Neck, N.Y.). Barbara was the first in her family to attend college. She graduated from Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y., in 1959. During her Hartwick years, she was a member of the Gamma Sigma Phi Sorority, where she made lifelong friends. Barbara met and married the love of her life, John…
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The life of Megan Shai Brown, a Vineyard woman and mother of two, changed in an instant in the fall of 2023. Her husband, Mike Brown, was playing in a charity golf tournament in Edgartown, helping to raise money for first responders, when he was stung by a wasp. Even though he had no prior history of allergic reactions to bee stings, and even though he was surrounded by some of the best-trained EMTs and paramedics on the Island, Brown went into anaphylactic shock, and would later die from the allergic…
BARNSTABLE – The final Fair Share Budget has been passed by state lawmakers, bringing over $2.5 million dollars to the Cape and Islands region for transportation, education and infrastructure. Investments from the new tax on high-end real estate sales include $2 million for ferry service and dock maintenance, and $300,000 for Cape Cod Tech school […] The post Fair Share Budget passes with over $2M for Cape and Islands appeared first on CapeCod.com.
Anne E. Metell, 96, of Waitsfield, Vt., died on Friday, June 20, 2025, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband, Henry Metell, and is survived by her son, Michael Metell and wife Diane, and her daughter, Diane Thompson and husband John. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, June 25, at 11 am in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Vineyard Avenue in Oak Bluffs. Visit chapmanfuneral.com for online guestbook and information. The post Services…
Edgartown Council on Aging, The Anchors The Anchors at 10 Daggett St. 508-627-4368 edgartowncoa.com The Edgartown Council on Aging will be closed on Friday, July 4, for Independence Day. Weekly Events Monday
Surviving veteran’s spouse and family During certain times of the year, we take time to honor and celebrate our veterans with longstanding traditions of remembrance and gratitude for their service. During my conversations with veterans, the topic that is most important to them is caring for their spouse and family. Surviving veteran spouses and family members are entitled to ongoing benefits after the veteran has passed. If a veteran was rated by the Veterans Administration…
Good morning from the furnace that is New England. Today, my wife and I are officially off the grid—well, off-call and off-duty, which in our world is the closest approximation. Sadie shut down her ICU command center, and I left my trauma pager on the nightstand like a broken relic of war. No patients. No staff meetings. No rapid-fire pages about “abdominal pain, unsure if trauma.” Just us, the road, and the promise of sea breeze. And thank God for it—because outside, it’s apocalyptic.…
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank is purchasing over 12 acres of land on Chappaquiddick Island with plans to eventually restore it to farm land. The acquisition adds to the Land Bank’s already extensive list of holdings on the remote Island, and the property is connected to a man with history on Chappaquiddick. The Land Bank purchased the 12.6 acre parcel on 3 Jeffers Lane on Chappaquiddick from the representatives of the Estate of Gerald Jeffers — Gerald Jeffers, Jr., Geraldine Jeffers, and…
We all want to feel safe. For most of us, being at home comes with a sense of safety. We may be far less safe than we think. We know that 55 percent of serious injuries occur in the home, and that another 25 percent occur just outside. In 2023, according to the National Safety Council, 173,000 people died from preventable injuries at home. Most of these injuries were secondary to falls, and most of these falls occurred in older adults. Over the past 15 years, the number…
“Stand, you’ve been sitting much too long. There’s a permanent crease in your right or wrong.” —Sylvester Stewart, a.k.a. Sly Stone I had to quote the late, great Sly Stone, who passed away last week at 82. His pioneering music in the ’60s and ’70s was transformative for my generation. It was joyful, funky soul music that brought people together. His lyrics were politically charged, and remain relevant today. Last weekend people did stand, all over…
The first turtle stranding reported across the Cape and Islands this year occurred in Aquinnah on Saturday, the second year in a row that the Vineyard reported the first stranded turtle in the region. The endangered female leatherback, which weighed around 700 pounds, was discovered deceased east of Red Beach in Aquinnah. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head’s Natural Resources Department team, who are the primary contact for all strandings on the Island, was alerted to the turtle through a social media…
Make no mistake, events in Los Angeles with 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 U.S. Marines (as of this writing) facing off against those demonstrating against the arrest and detention of undocumented immigrants will occur in Massachusetts. And as we have seen, on Martha’s Vineyard. President Trump nationalized the California Guard, leading Gov. Gavin Newsom to sue the president, calling his actions unlawful and unnecessary. The governor argued that the presence of military personnel only provoked…
Nancy Wood said goodbye to family and friends on June 10, 2025. Born on April 14, 1928, in Fall River, she was the daughter of Leroy and Ruth Wood. Nancy grew up in Tiverton, R.I., where she spent an idyllic childhood sailing and racing boats around Narragansett Bay. In 1922, her grandfather, T. Elton Wood, had designed a 12-foot, 6-inch wooden cat-rigged boat named the Candy Class for young people to sail. Many of these boats were built, all named after candies. They raced at various yacht clubs…
Louise Costa Yapp of Vineyard Haven passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones, including her beloved caregiver and friend, Martha Feurtado, on May 18, 2025, at the age of 99. Louise was the second of four children of John and Margaret Costa. Louise was Island-born, and as a matter of fact, was both born and passed away in her family home in Vineyard Haven. Louise started school in kindergarten at the Tisbury School, which…
WHITE HOUSE MEDIA STATEMENT: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On June 14, 1777, a banner of red, white, and blue was woven into history when the Second Continental Congress passed the First Flag Resolution, making our beloved Stars and Stripes the official flag of our emerging Republic. This Flag Day and National Flag Week, we pause to revere the star-spangled emblem of our freedom — and we honor the nearly 250 years of valor,…
(Something I painted on a grey cotton t-shirt, about 6mths ago – If it looks like there are wierd faces underneath, that’s because I painted some faces on there, didn’t like them and, not wanting to waste a perfectly good t-shirt,decided to do a sunset instead!) Hello Word Press readers! I know, I know, I have been gone for yet another REALLY LONG time! Probably more than 18 months – though I have not really checked to see when the last post was. I have many different excuses,…
A Vineyard woman whose husband died after being stung by a wasp during a golf charity event less than two years ago gave powerful testimony in front of state lawmakers this week, advocating for more widespread access to epinephrine — the medication that can counteract an allergic reaction. Megan Brown testified in front of the Joint Committee on Public Health on Wednesday in Boston, asking lawmakers to swiftly support H.2500, an act relative to increasing access to…
This morning, long before the coffee even kicked in, Sadie and I had a mutual look—the kind we give each other when we both know it’s time to vanish. Not run away, not escape… just disappear for a bit. Reset. We’ve gotten good at it. No calendar entry. No big speech. Just that silent agreement between two overworked, overpaginated humans who’ve seen one too many CTs lit up like Christmas trees lately. By 7 a.m., we were in the Porsche—black, growling, poised—gliding down Route 6 with…
There is a significant lack of childcare on Martha’s Vineyard for toddlers and infants that is leaving many families scrambling for accommodation. And even when there is space, costs can be a significant burden. With the summer season approaching — the height of the year for families to earn a living — the need for affordable childcare is even more dire. According to reporting by The Times that included interviews with childcare advocates, workers, and Island families, there are only two…
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” —Martin Luther King Jr. June 19 is Juneteenth, the day we commemorate the official end of slavery in the U.S. On the Juneteenth flag, there are three symbols: Bhe star represents freedom for every Black American, the burst around the star symbolizes a new beginning for all, and the arc shows a new horizon of opportunities. The NAACP of M.V. will celebrate Juneteenth on Sunday, June 22, at the Portuguese-American Club from 2 to 5…
The sweet honey locust blossoms are huge and lovely this year. Recent rains helped the garden, and though I am allergic to grass pollen, I love the scent of newly mown fields and how swallows swoop around the tractor. Wearing a good mask helps tremendously. It is impossible to note graduation without feeling the absence of Waylon Madison Sauer, a member of the graduating class who tragically died in 2023, leaving a large hole along with inspiration in many hearts. There…
I grew up feeling a strong connection with Georgia O’Keefe and believed I would be home, feel rooted, the day I set foot in Abiquiu, N.M. What happened was, the day I disembarked the fast ferry from Quonset, R.I., with my youngest son who was nine, and climbed into an open-air Jeep to stay with a friend off Waldron’s Bottom Road, everything changed. I awoke at sunrise on our first morning and took a 45-minute walk, all the way down to Long Point. I followed the dirt road straight to the beach…
Thomas Jefferson, who used only 1,320 words in the Declaration of Independence to set the world afire, was no slouch when it came to concise writing. “The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do,” he once advised. Mark Twain offered more caustic counsel. “Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be,” he suggested. ”There is no rule on how to…
Barbara Ann Maciel of West Tisbury passed away peacefully on June 6, 2025, at the age of 82. A full obituary and service announcement will follow in a later edition of this paper. The post Barbara Ann Maciel appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard Times.
Last week was all wind and rain. The much-needed rain brought out any remaining leaves in a flush of greenery. I urge everyone to take the time to appreciate the subtleties and variations of greens that predominate our springtime landscapes. It’s such a short time before summer darkens those greens, or turns them brown altogether. I always notice the fields along our roadsides, where hedgerows and hayfields offer palettes of contrasting colors. I began Saturday at a special Shabbat morning service…
Phyllis Marie Malatesta Smith passed away peacefully on April 17, 2025, at her home in Havenside, with her devoted daughter Kerin O’Brien and son-in-law Michael Duffey by her side. She was 93 years old. Phyllis’ journey in life began in Medford, as the firstborn daughter of Jeanette (Doran) and Albert A. Malatesta in 1931. Her younger brother, Albert (“Bert”) Malatesta, soon followed in 1937, and they shared a deep and loving sibling bond throughout her life.…
Sarah Williams (“Sally”) died peacefully in her sleep on May 9, 2025, in her home in Oak Bluffs. Sally had a long, fun life. Born on August 2, 1934, to Helen Hobart Williams and the Rev. John Paul Williams, she graduated from Brown University with a Ph.D. in history, and taught history in Brookline. Sally enjoyed summers on the Island until she moved here full-time when she retired. Then she enjoyed music camp. She also liked watching and counting the birds in her…
Jeffrey T. Spear, who died on July 22, 2024, will have a celebration of life on Friday, June 27, at 11 am at the Cuttyhunk Methodist Church and Meeting House. A water shuttle will be provided from Menemsha at 10 am, with a return at 2:30 pm, with a limited number of people. Please RSVP to the Rev. Stephen Harding at 508-693-0332. Visit chapmanfuneral.com for full obituary and online guestbook. The post Jeffrey T. Spear appeared first on The Martha's Vineyard…
A new scholarship fund, created in memory of Ronald Rappaport — a celebrated Islander and an esteemed lawyer who passed away unexpectedly in 2024 — has reportedly raised over $1.5 million so far. Established by Rappaport’s family and the Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation (MVBCF) with support from MVYouth, the memorial fund was created to honor his legacy in the Island community by facilitating the education of future generations. According to a…
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