Obituaries

Glenn Dale Symonds

Glenn Dale Symonds

Aug 22, 2024

Glenn Dale Symonds, 80, of East Sandwich, passed away on August 22nd after a brief but hard-fought battle with Lymphoma.

Glenn was born on July 21, 1944 in Parsippany, NJ, the youngest of four children born to Glenn and Mary Symonds.

For 30 years Glenn and his wife Theresa ran a successful business together wherein...

Raymond Douglas Smith

Raymond Douglas Smith

Aug 19, 2024

Raymond D Smith, of Falmouth, MA, age 82, passed away on August 19, 2024 in Sandwich, MA, after a battle with cancer. He was the son of the late Edward and Anna (Kingma) Smith.

Ray was the husband of Maryann (Hughes) Smith, father of Deborah Smith of Taunton, Donna Pareiges of Taunton, Thomas Smith of Assonet. He...

Clifford R Verkade

Clifford R Verkade

Aug 17, 2024

Clifford Verkade, or as his friends knew him, Cliffy, passed away peacefully at the age of 86 surrounded by his family at home on August 17, 2024.

The legend began on December 28, 1937 in Manomet, MA. The son of Adrian Verkade and Aaltje Cornelia deBruyn Verkade, both of whom immigrated from the Netherlands.  He was the ...

Paula Ruth Ashley

Paula Ruth Ashley

Aug 14, 2024

Paula (Campbell) Ashley, of Plymouth was born May 4, 1947 and passed away on August 14, 2024 at age 77. Paula grew up in Cotuit, MA. She attended Sacred Heart High School in Fairhaven and Quincy College.

Paula loved swimming at Loop Beach and spent many weekends boating to Sampson's Island with friends and family. She also...

Martha Ann Duffy

Martha Ann Duffy

Aug 12, 2024

On August 12, 2024, Martha Ann Duffy, 81, passed away peacefully in her Harwich home. She was born on January 5, 1943 in Lowell, MA to her loving parents, Patrick Joseph and Gertrude Pearl Duffy. She attended Immaculate Conception School and graduated from Lowell High School in 1960.

During her early years in Lowell, she started playing...

Frank Perry Andrews

Frank Perry Andrews

Aug 6, 2024

Frank Perry Andrews

August 28th 1961-August 6th 2024

Frank Andrews, 62, passed away on August 6th at home surrounded by his children and partner after a long battle with cancer.

Frank was born in Plymouth MA he was raised in Duxbury and graduated from Duxbury high school. He was an amazing athlete and...

William R. Joyce

William R. Joyce

Aug 5, 2024

Mashpee, MA - William "Bill" Joyce, age 91, passed away on August 5, 2024. Born in Quincy, MA, he was the eldest of seven children born to William and Lillian (Sheehan) Joyce. Bill was a proud Triple Eagle, having graduated from BC High, Boston College, and Boston College's graduate school. He served in the Army Intelligence Division during the...

Louis Frederick Anastasia

Louis Frederick Anastasia

Aug 4, 2024

Louis Frederick Anastasia passed away while in the care of his loving family at their home on August 4th, 2024. He was born in Newark New Jersey on October 7th, 1935, the first child of Louis and Mildred Anastasia. Although named after his father, they always called him "Sonny". Bright and mischievous, he loved the outdoors and at very...

Christine Thompson Hersey

Christine Thompson Hersey

Jul 30, 2024

Unable are the Loved to die

For Love is immortality

- Emily Dickenson

Age 81, of Centerville, Massachusetts, passed away on July 30th 2024 with her loving family by her side. Christine was the beloved wife of the late Frederic T. Hersey. Together they created a life full of love, family, and friends....