Obituaries & Death Notices

Nantucket Island InquirerDana Scot Sumner Nantucket Island Inquirer CLEARWATER, FL - Dana Scot Sumner died unexpectedly on September 13th, 2018 in Clearwater, Florida. Born in Glens Falls, NY on June 23rd 1967, Son of Ernest and Sheilah Sumner. Dana spent significant periods of his life residing in South Glens Falls ...

Nantucket Island InquirerClifford F. Anderson, 98 Nantucket Island Inquirer CCENTERVILLE - Clifford F. Anderson, 98, died September 9, 2018. Born August 6, 1920 in Worcester to Oscar and Hilma (Johnsson) Anderson. Preceded in death by his wife Joyce Everleth Anderson. Clifford graduated from Northeastern University in ...

Nantucket Island InquirerThomas Clark Moseley Sr. Nantucket Island Inquirer WOODS HOLE - Thomas Clark Moseley Sr., of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, passed away on September 16 at the age of 93. He was born in Boston as the youngest of five children (and the only child to be born in a hospital). He is pre-deceased by his parents ...

Nantucket Island InquirerHelena C. Wardan, 82 Nantucket Island Inquirer SOUTH YARMOUTH - Helena C. Wardan, age 82, of South Yarmouth, passed away on September 18. She was the beloved daughter of the late Stanley and Adelaide (Jankowski) Wardan. Born in Cambridge, she was raised and educated in Dorchester and ...

John Paul MacPhee, 71 Nantucket Island Inquirer WEST YARMOUTH - John “Paul” or “Mac” MacPhee died after a lengthy illness with cancer. He was born and raised in Hyannis, and was a life-long Cape Codder who loved salt water fishing and boating. He attended Barnstable schools, participated in ...

Nantucket Island InquirerCaptain Frank Butler, 85 Nantucket Island Inquirer FALMOUTH - Captain Frank Butler, 85, passed away on September 11, 2018 at Falmouth Hospital. He was the husband of Janet (Shay) butler for 41 years. Born in Boston to the late Francis & M.. Dorothy Butler, Frank was a resident of Bourne. Patricia ...

WELLFLEET -- A straggly string of sodden flowers marked the edge of the wrack line at Newcomb Hollow Beach Monday morning, the remnants of a sunset vigil the night before in memory of 26-year-old surfer Arthur Medici, who died Saturday after being bitten by a shark, likely a great white, some 30 yards offshore.It was a tragedy that most Cape Codders expected would come eventually, and that now is poised to bring the dangerous shark/seal dynamic prevalent in the region’s…

EAST FALMOUTH — The majority of the proceeds from the annual Lee Ann Mannillo Golf Tournament on Saturday will go to the wife and baby of an Army National Guard pilot who died last month in a plane crash while preparing to spread his father’s ashes.Scott Landis, 34, of Hanson, left his wife Staci and infant son Jack after the crash of the single engine plane Aug. 24 in Hanson.Landis had briefly returned from a deployment in Kosovo and was piloting…

Nantucket Island InquirerPatricia W. Bartlett Nantucket Island Inquirer VERNON, VT - Patricia Worthington Bartlett was born on May 26, 1933 in Torrington, Connecticut to William and Margaret (Gibbs) Worthington of Kent, Connecticut. She died in Vernon, Vermont on September 9. Patsy spent her childhood in Kent, living at ...

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 5:10pm Edward J. Jerome of Edgartown died on Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was 71. He was married to Maryanne L. (Langley) Jerome and was the father of Nick Jerome. He was predeceased by his son Joseph E. Jerome in September 2013. Visiting hours will be held in the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs, on Friday, Sept. 21 from 4 to 7 p.m. Funeral services are planned for 11 a.m. at St. Elizabeth’s…

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 11:36am Adrienne Maddox Hayling died on Sept. 13, at the age of 88. Born and educated in Washington, D.C., Adrienne graduated from the Dunbar High School before attending the District of Columbia Teacher’s College and Howard University. Adrienne participated in numerous civic organizations, including the Heart Association, Mercer County Park Commission, Human Relations Council, Greater Trenton Symphony Association Board, Friends of the…

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 11:35am Seymour Handler, formerly of Livingston, N.J. died on Sept. 16 in Bath, Penn. at Alexandria Manor. He was 86. Seymour, brother to Paul Handler and Claire Handler-Warhaftig, was born Nov. 26, 1931 in Newark, N.J. to father Jacob and mother Yetta (Spector) Handler. He graduated from Weequahic High School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a bachelor’s degree in history. He spent his 20s traveling widely throughout Europe,…

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 11:33am Charles Berchman Parker died at home on Sunday morning, on Sept. 16 surrounded by his children. He was 92. Charles was born in New Britain, Conn. on Feb. 21, 1926 to Margaret (Hopkins) Parker and Godfrey Joseph Leo Parker. He graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy, Wayne, Pa. and served as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Div. U.S. Army during World War II. Married for 50 years to the late Margarette Lillian Stuart, he…

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 11:29am Jon E. Newman died on Sept. 5 at his home in Oak Bluffs. He was 68. Jon was married to Nancy K. (Stibolt) Newman. His funeral service will be held at a later date to be announced and a complete obituary will follow.

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 11:27am Robert G. Hammond of Southbury, Conn., died on Sept. 2. Bob and his wife of 66 years, Nancy Temple Hammond, lived on Martha’s Vineyard for 13 years prior to moving to Southbury in 2002. He and his twin brother, Don, were born on Oct. 29, 1924. Along with younger twin brothers Phil and Bill and older sister Marjorie Castimore, they spent their school-age years in Scarsdale, N.Y. Bob’s formal education was interrupted by World…

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 11:25am Bruce Finley Thomas died on Sept. 13 while living at Dillingham Place in Falmouth. He was 85. Bruce was born on Jan. 10, 1933 in Ohio, the son of Vivian Finley and Jonas Thomas. Bruce grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and later graduated from the University of Illinois. Bruce spent most of his professional career working in Manhattan. He moved to the Vineyard year-round in the 1980s where he lived in Oak Bluffs with Eve Switzer. Eve…

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 11:23am Inez Kurn Janger of West Tisbury died on Tuesday, Sept. 11. She was 81. Inez and her husband Allen Janger lived most recently on Martha’s Vineyard. Prior to that, they raised their family in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. Inez had 25 years of experience in human resources management. Her experience spanned management and consulting positions with Citibank, KPMG, and in private practice. She was a tireless advocate for deaf and hard-of-hearing…

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 11:21am Dana Scot Sumner died unexpectedly on Sept. 13 in Clearwater, Fla. Born in Glens Falls, N.Y. on June 23, 1967, Dana was the son of Ernest and Sheilah Sumner. He spent significant periods of his life in South Glens Falls, N.Y. and on Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod. He moved to Florida this past year. Dana will be remembered as a man that could always make people laugh. He loved music, lighthouses, fishing, taking risks and had…

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 11:15am David (Davio) Danielson, an advocate for progressive politics and personal development, died in Northampton on August 27. The cause was tularemia, contracted while working on Martha’s Vineyard. He was known for his vitality and his passion, for everything from politics to spearfishing, saxophone and Scrabble. A true free spirit, he loved jazz and often said, “Talk to strangers!” After a career advocating for health care reform,…

BARNSTABLE — Nicholas Davenport, 27, has been held for the past 7½ at Taunton State Hospital after being charged with manslaughter following the 2011 death of a nurse at a Cape hospital.In 2012, the Eastham man was not found competent to stand trial for the death of Jason Lew, 60, who died two weeks after an altercation with Davenport at the Cape Cod & Islands Community Mental Health Center in Pocasset. Lew died of a heart…

BARNSTABLE — Barnstable County Commissioners paused Wednesday for a moment of silence to remember shark attack victim Arthur Medici at the start of the board’s weekly meeting.Later in the day and nearly 80 miles away, mourners gathered at the First United Methodist Church-Brazilian Ministry in Saugus for the first of two funerals for Medici, who was born in Brazil and died 26 years later on Cape Cod after being bitten by a great white shark Saturday at…

Middleton Police Chief Chuck Foulke said officers were alerted to an active-shooter situation at WTS Paradigm around 10:25 a.m. Foulke said the suspect was taken to a hospital after being shot by officers but later died.

Updated Sept. 19, 4p Edward J. Jerome, 71, of Edgartown died on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Ed was married to Maryanne L. (Langley) Jerome, and was the father of Nick Jerome. He was predeceased by his son, Joseph E. Jerome, in Sepember 2013. His visiting hours will be held in... ...

Michael Minkiewicz, 85, of West Tisbury, beloved husband of Catherine, father of Christi and Andrew and his wife Kate, and “Poppi” to Annie, Sophie, Mikey, and Mary Clare, died in the early hours of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, at Falmouth Hospital. His death followed a difficult year recovering from knee surgery, which... ...

Dana Scot Sumner died unexpectedly on Sept. 13, 2018, in Clearwater, Fla. He was born in Glens Falls, N.Y., on June 23, 1967, the son of Ernest and Sheilah Sumner. Dana spent significant periods of his life residing in South Glens Falls, N.Y.; Martha’s Vineyard, and Cape Cod, only just this past year moving to... ...

On Saturday, a shark killed a boogie boarder off Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, in the first fatal shark attack in Massachusetts since Joseph Troy died in Mattapoisett in 1936.Great White shark sightings have increased as seals have multiplied. Gray seals are cold-water creatures now numbering about 50,000 on Outer Cape beaches, with the highest densities on Monomoy Island off Chatham. Sharks eat seals. It's no consolation that humans get attacked through mistaken…

PROVINCETOWN — Beverly Bentley, the fourth wife of Norman Mailer and a well-known actress and theater director, died Friday in Provincetown, according to Mailer’s authorized biographer, J. Michael Lennon.Bentley was the mother of actor Steven Mailer and film producer Michael Mailer.“She acted for half a century on stage, screen and film,” Lennon said. “She was well-known in New York. She was well-known on Cape Cod.”Bentley

Surrounded by the love of his children, Charles Berchman Parker, 92, died at home on Sunday morning, Sept. 16, 2018. Charles was born on Feb. 21, 1926, to Margaret (Hopkins) Parker and Godfrey Joseph Leo Parker, and raised in New Britain, Conn. Charles graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pa., and... ...

Mrs. Adrienne Maddox Hayling (affectionately known as “Mom”), 88, of Trenton, N.J., died on Sept. 13, 2018. Born and educated in Washington, D.C., Mrs. Hayling graduated from the renowned Dunbar High School before attending the District of Columbia Teachers College and Howard University. She participated in numerous... ...

Edward F. Wessel of Vineyard Haven died peacefully on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, at home, following four months of hospice under the care of his loving daughter Natalie. Ed was born in the Bronx, N.Y., and raised in Teaneck, N.J. He graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in biological sciences. He served as a... ...

Mabelle Adele (Giddings) Thompson, 91, died peacefully on Sept. 7, 2018, at her home in Oak Bluffs. Mabelle Adele Thompson, the youngest of five children born to Mabelle and Arthur Giddings, grew up in Yonkers, N.Y., with her siblings Arthur, Curtis, Elizabeth, and George. Following graduation from Gorton High School,... ...

Julia Wells Leaders at the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby confirmed Tuesday that longtime derby president Ed Jerome had died unexpectedly.

Ed Jerome, president of the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby, died unexpectedly on Tuesday. Jerome was shellfishing in Sengekontacket when he suffered a heart attack, according to several sources, including Tisbury harbormaster John Crocker. It was Jerome who opened this year’s Derby at headquarters... ...

Glenn Weiss has walked away with an Emmy and his girlfriend walked away with a ring. Weiss won the Emmy on Monday night for directing the Oscars telecast and was giving the sort of speech from a non-celebrity that makes most viewers tune out when he said that his mother died two weeks ago, and she was fond of his girlfriend.

WELLFLEET — Family of the 26-year-old Revere man who died after being bitten by a great white shark on Newcomb Hollow Beach on Saturday say he was a selfless person, devoted to his faith, who was happiest when surfing."He died doing what he loved," Arthur Medici’s cousin Sarah Medici Coutinho said Monday outside her home in Revere, where Medici also lived.Medici’s death is the first fatality from a shark bite in…

Arlene R. Baril died Monday, July 16, 2018, at the Windemere Nursing Center. Arlene was born on June 20, 1935, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs. She grew up in Edgartown, and was a member of the Edgartown Methodist Church and joined all activities there. She attended the Edgartown School from grade 1... ...

A swimmer at a Cape Cod beach died Saturday in what experts believe is the first fatal shark attack 

WELLFLEET – Friends say a 26-year-old Revere man who was killed in a shark attack off Newcomb Hollow Beach in Welfleet Saturday was an engineering student who loved the outdoors. Arthur Medici was bitten while boogie boarding and later died at Cape Cod Hospital. He was the state’s first shark attack fatality in more... .

WELLFLEET — A 26-year-old Revere man died after he was attacked by what was believed to be a great white shark Saturday afternoon at Newcomb Hollow Beach.The Cape and Islands District Attorney's office identified the man as Arthur Medici.Witnesses at the scene told police that Medici and another man were about 30 yards off the beach boogie boarding when the attack occured, according to a statement from the district attorney's office."The [...]

WELLFLEET, Mass. (CBSLA) — A 26-year-old engineering student died Saturday after being bitten by a s

Funeral Notice Nantucket Island Inquirer Storey: Jeffrey Scott Storey, 71, passed away in Orleans, MA on August 17, 2018, survived by brother, William D. Storey III; sister, Kay Jamison. Service will be Saturday, September 29, 2018 from 2-4pm at the Federated Church of Orleans, 162 Main St ... and more »

Irina Sirotinine Poutiatine Nantucket Island Inquirer SOUTH ORLEANS - Princess Irina Sirotinine Poutiatine of South Orleans and Maryland, died peacefully on Cape Cod on September 14, 2018. She is survived by her daughter Marina of Bethesda, MD and her grandchildren Nicolai and Natalia and their ...

M. Pauline (Poulin) Maloney Nantucket Island Inquirer SOUTH YARMOUTH - M. Pauline (Poulin) Maloney, 88, passed away at Liberty Commons Nursing Home in Chatham on September 13, 2018. She was the beloved wife of the late William F. Maloney who died in 2002. She was a former resident of Lawrence ...

Nantucket Island InquirerElizabeth Marie Willett Nantucket Island Inquirer WEST HYANNISPORT - Elizabeth “Betty” Willett, 85, of Naples, Fl and West Hyannisport, MA passed away peacefully Wednesday (September 12, 2018) at Cape Cod Hospital in the loving arms of her husband and with her family by her side. She was a ...

Nantucket Island InquirerSherman Rivolla Nantucket Island Inquirer DENNIS - In the quiet morning hours of September 13, 2018 Sherman Rivolla peacefully passed away. An unknown author once wrote “Heaven's the place where all the dogs you've ever loved come to greet you.” Perhaps in the aftermath of the passing of his ...

Nantucket Island InquirerNatalie E. Worsman, 98 Nantucket Island Inquirer YARMOUTHPORT - Natalie E. Worsman age 98 died September 8, 2018 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Walter B. Worsman for 70 years. She is survived by her three children Philip Worsman (and Dianne) of Charlotte, ...

Stuart Bracken Nantucket Island Inquirer DELAWARE, MD - Stuart Bracken passed away peacefully on September 9, 2018. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Johnson Bracken, his three sons and daughter as well as his step son and daughter and their children and prized dog, Scooter.

Nantucket Island InquirerJohn "Jack" Timmerman, 77 Nantucket Island Inquirer STUART, FL - John "Jack" Timmerman, 77, passed away quietly from this life in the arms of his loving family on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. Jack was a lifelong automobile enthusiast. As a teenager he built a 1932 Ford Coupe. From there, Jack's passion ...

A man was bitten by a shark Saturday in the water off a Cape Cod beach and died later at a hospital,

WELLFLEET -- Arthur Medici, of Revere, died Saturday after being bitten by a shark some 300 yards south of Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, the Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office said. The attack on the 26-year-old happened at about 12:30 p.m., as he was boogie boarding about 30 yards offshore, according to reports.Newcomb Hollow is a town-managed beach on property owned by Cape Cod National Seashore. “Around noontime [Saturday] a male swimmer…