Elizabeth A. ‘Betty’ Williams
Elizabeth A. ‘Betty’ Williams of Provincetown passed away at home Sunday, December 15th surrounded by her family. She was 81. Before moving to Provincetown, she was a long-time member of First Parish Plymouth.
A complete obituary will be published shortly.
A Funeral Mass was held Wednesday, December 18th at 11:00 am at St. Peter the Apostle Church, Prince St., Provincetown.
If desired, Memorial Donations in Betty’s name may be made to Helping Our Women, 34 Conwell St, Provincetown, MA 02657.
Joan B. Holmes
February 7, 1924 – May 6, 2019
Joan B. Holmes of Plymouth, died peacefully on May 6th in her home with her family at her side.
Born in Plymouth on February 7, 1924, daughter of the late Edwin and Emma (Shaw) Holmes. She was educated in Plymouth and later moved to New York City where she went to work for the American Institute of Physics. She later returned to Plymouth where she was a member of the First Parish Church and the Women’s Alliance.
She was predeceased by her brothers, Cornelius and John Holmes, and sisters, Barbara Reese, Jane Shaw and Lucy Holmes. She is survived by many nieces and nephews.
A graveside service was held on Saturday, May 18 in the Vine Hills Cemetery in Plymouth. Memorial donations in her name may be made to Cranberry Hospice, 36 Cordage Park Circle, Suite 326, Plymouth, MA 02360.
Online condolences may be made at: www.cartmelldavis.com
Marie Fehlow
March 18, 1925 – February 23, 2019
Marie P. (Martinelli) Fehlow, 93, formerly of Plymouth, passed away Saturday, February 23 2019.
She was the daughter of the late Luigi and Eliza (Maglaguti) Martinelli, born in Plymouth, March 18, 1925, in the family home. She graduated from Plymouth High School, class of 1942, and entered nurses training at Quincy City Hospital in 1943, affiliating at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and Butler Psychiatric Hospital in Providence, R.I. She joined the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps in 1943, serving 6 months of active duty at Ft. Devens, in 1945, followed by duty in the Army Nurse Corps in 1948 at the Medical Field Service School, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas and Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver, Colo. She served a total of five and a half years of reserve and active duty service.
She met and married her husband, the late Lieutenant Colonel Otto A. Fehlow, in 1948 after meeting at Ft. Sam Houston. It was during this time that she became a certified Red Cross Nurse, serving in that role during her many years as an Army wife, serving at several posts in the United States including two overseas assignments in Japan and Taiwan.
After returning to Plymouth in 1972 following her husband’s retirement from 30 years of service in the regular Army, she became actively involved in the community serving twice on the towns Nuclear Matters Committee, as a substitute school nurse, and as an active board member of the Jordan Hospital Club for many years. She developed an on-site program at Jordan Hospital introducing children to the hospital experience which became an adjunct to the first grade Health & Family Life curriculum in the Plymouth, Carver, Kingston and Marshfield public schools.
She was an active volunteer with Cranberry Hospice, a board member of the Plymouth Area Red Cross, and was actively involved with League of Women Voters, the Antiquarian Society, Pilgrim Society, Fragment Society and Plimoth Plantation.
She leaves four children, William Fehlow of Minnesota, Susan Fehlow of Arizona, Jane Fehlow Beddoe of Virginia and Christina Fehlow Rowell of Massachusetts; two granddaughters, Sarah Coughter and Anne Beddoe; and one great-granddaughter, Emerson Marie Coughter. She was predeceased by her siblings, Bruno Martinelli, Sylvia Priestley, Cleofa Tong, Horace Martinelli and Alba Thompson, and leaves many nieces and nephews.
The family is honoring her request that there be no public service. Her ashes will be interred next to her husband at Vine Hills Cemetery in Plymouth at a later date.
Memorial donations may be made in her name to the American Red Cross and Plymouth Public Library.
Published in Old Colony Memorial from Feb. 27 to Mar. 8, 2019.
Alice W. Davis
May 9, 1931 – August 19, 2018
Alice (Wadsworth) Davis, formerly of Plymouth, Carver and Norwell, passed away at the Jewish Health Care Center in Worcester on August 19 at the age of 87. Alice was the wife of the late Richard W. Davis, Sr. and was co-founder of the Richard Davis Funeral Homes in Plymouth and Manomet.
Alice was born in Norwell, the daughter of Lyman and Geneva (Loring) Wadsworth. She leaves 5 sons: John E. and his wife Judy of Surry, NH; Joseph L. and his wife Jennifer of Cape Coral, FL; Richard W., Jr. and his wife Danielle of Gilead, ME; Thomas W. and his husband Charlie Caisse of Holden; and Mark W. of Hinsdale, NH. She also leaves 8 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Sister of the late Eleanor Gaudette, Elizabeth Hallaren and Loring “Spike” Wadsworth.
Alice was a member of First Parish Church in Plymouth and Norwell. She was a member of the Ladies Alliance, the Antiquarian Society, Ryder House Board, Pilgrim Society, Pilgrim Hall Museum Board, Plymouth Garden Club, Jordan Hospital Club, and the Paul Harris Fellow Plymouth Rotary Club.
Memorial donations in her name may be made to the charity of one’s choice.
Fatina Barclay
March 9, 1929 – May 23, 2018
It is with great sorrow that the family of Fatina (Bruce) Barclay announce her passing on 23 May 2018. She was born Lubna Fatinah Nammari on 9 March 1929 in the old city of Jerusalem, Palestine to Omar and Kuledam El Nammari. She was the 3rd oldest of a family of 10.
She spent the last 60 years of her life in Plymouth/Manomet. Our mother was honest, caring, down to earth, hard-working. In her retirement years she was a volunteer at the Visitors Center in Plymouth and worked for BAMSI, caring for others until the age of 80. She felt blessed when she was able to move to Cherry Hill II in Plymouth. Shortly after, she joined dance and chorus groups who put on performances throughout Plymouth county. She treasured the ocean, her daily walks, and her many wonderful friends at Cherry Hill and in her dance group.
Her husband, Thomas Redmond Barclay, predeceased her last fall. She leaves behind a large and loving family. Her beloved and devoted children Jim, Joe, and Richard Abbed, their wives, children and grandchildren and her daughter Dalal Abbed of Illinois. Her children she raised in Manomet: Dennis Bruce, his wife Silvana, and their children Marina, Danny & Alexa of Atlanta, Denise Bruce and her children Camille & Samir David of Boston, Dena (Bruce) Morgan, her husband Steve and their children Brett and Faith of Norwell, and Lisa Marie (Bruce) & Chris McNamee and their children Griffin & Nickolas McNamee of Plymouth and Jessica Thomas of Malden. We feel honored and blessed to have taken care of her in her home during the final phase of her incredible life. She was always surrounded by her children, grandchildren, and her dear friends.
We are comforted that she is now at rest with her own beloved brothers Yousef & Tarek, her sisters Maiysoon & Muokaram, and her parents whom she loved dearly.
Peter Lyon Dudensing
1957 – 2017
Born in 1957 to Peggy and Patrick Dudensing, Peter was raised in Duxbury. He graduated from St. Paul’s School, Longy School of Music and Marlboro College. After receiving his masters in music education from the University of New Hampshire in 1981, Peter accepted a teaching position at the American International School in Surrey, England, and moved there to teach. There, he met his wife, Nicola McCaffrey from England, who also worked at the school, and they settled in Addlestone.
Soon after, their twin boys, Chris and Dan, were born, followed a few years later by their daughter, Lauren. Peter returned with his family in 1988 to Massachusetts and taught for over 20 years at Cushing Academy, summering on Gurnet Road in Duxbury. After retiring from teaching, he moved full time to his house on the marsh, where he continued teaching music privately, participating in Duxbury’s First Parish Church music programs, tending his garden and ducks, and enjoying beautiful sunsets.
Peter moved to his apartment on North Street in Plymouth following his divorce in 2010. He lived there until he died, with his eclectic collection of records, paintings, ship models, books and maps, family memorabilia, his partner Susan Gelotte, and notably, no television. Much to the irritation, and reluctant respect, of friends and family, he never owned a cellphone.
His life was shaped by his passion for music, his dedication to teaching, his love of Duxbury, and his loyalty to the Red Sox. He had an extensive knowledge of local history, with a particular affinity for the Mayflower II, which was launched in 1957, the year he was born. He made a final trip to Mystic Seaport in September to visit the ship’s rebuilding, to wish her well, and say goodbye.
He stayed involved with church music programs at the Unitarian Church in Plymouth and taught music lessons at the Middle Street School of Music until the very end. Peter was kind to friends and strangers alike, honest, intellectually curious yet tolerant, impassioned yet patient, always ready for a good laugh or heartfelt advice and, above all, a good man.
He is survived by his son Chris and wife Angela of Hollis, Maine; his son Dan of Burlington, Vermont; his daughter, Lauren and her husband, Michael Halloran of San Francisco; his sister DD Allen of New York City and Duxbury; his sister Ellen Strickland of Santa Barbara, California; his sister, Elizabeth Udell of Santa Barbara, California; his partner Susan Gelotte of Plymouth; and many friends and students throughout New England.
Charlotte A. (Whiting) Beal
April 8, 1921 – August 18, 2017
Charlotte A. (Whiting) Beal, who was born April 8, 1921 to William and Charlotte (Hughes) Whiting came to the end of a full and productive life on Friday, August 18, 2017. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers, Coomie and Wes, her loving husband Harold and her son Rob and his wife Marcia. She leaves her sons Don and his wife Karen, Bill and his wife Ruth and Ken and his wife Trish, eleven grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.
An accomplished artist, she studied under Carlton Plummer to hone her skills. She was a member of six art associations in Southeastern Massachusetts where her work was exhibited and juried in many local showings. She was also honored at the prestigious Town and Country Club in Hartford, Connecticut where they held a show exhibiting her artwork. Many of her watercolors hang on the walls of art lovers and collectors in Plymouth and elsewhere in the United States.
“Charch”, as she was lovingly known by those close to her, loved to travel both domestically and abroad. Whenever possible, she would make sure to stop in Ohio and Colorado along the way, to visit with family. Her closets and shelves are full of photographic slides as testimony to these trips.
In her later years, she spent many hours alternately cheering and jeering her beloved Red Sox, independently in the comfort of her own home in Plymouth, where she could enjoy the view of Plymouth harbor and beyond. Cremation has taken place, and a memorial service was held in the Brewster Chapel at the First Parish in Plymouth, Unitarian Universalist, 19 Town Square, Plymouth, on Saturday, September 9, 2017.
Charles Edward Tarbox
May 5, 1938 – November 18, 2016
Charles Edward Tarbox, 78, passed away peacefully in Boston on November 18th surrounded by family and friends.
Charles was born in Watford, England on May 5, 1938, the only child of Charles Victor Tarbox and Ethel Irene (Usher) Tarbox. He immigrated to the Boston area with his first wife, Elizabeth, in 1968, and became a citizen 4 years later.
Prior to immigrating, Charles worked in the printing industry, was involved in theater and was an instructor of dance. He was a life member of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD). For over 25 years Charles was employed at the John Hancock Insurance Co. headquarters in Boston, where he spent several years as Director of Advertising before his retirement at age 56.
Following retirement, Charles volunteered for 20 years as a reader for the blind at the Talking Information Center in Marshfield, reading Time Magazine every Wednesday morning. He also pursued his acting interests, marketing his wonderful British accent, by doing voice-overs and also appeared in the motion picture Amistad. He was a member of the Screen Actors’ Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. In 1999 Charles married Janice (Jan) (Guzewicz) Palmer.
Jan and Charles enjoyed many trips abroad together, and especially loved Italy. In Plymouth, Charles was a Trustee of the Pilgrim Society, a member of the Plymouth Guild for the Arts and of the Old Colony Club, and an active member of the First Parish Church, Unitarian Universalist.
He was an accomplished painter in both oils and water colors. He was a movie buff and enjoyed videography, playing the piano, and taking care of his yard. He was a loving and caring husband, father and step-father. Charles leaves his wife, Jan, his daughter, Sarah Tarbox-Berry and her husband, and his step-daughter, Michele Palmer, of New Haven and San Francisco. He also leaves his sister-in-law, Valerie Peck of Plymouth, as well as friends and relatives in England, and many friends here in the Plymouth area.
Donations in Charles’ memory may be sent to Friends of First Parish Meetinghouse, Inc., P.O. Box 3754, Plymouth, MA 02361.
Eva L. “Bunny” (Teague) Dana
February 29, 1912 – February 12, 2014
Eva L. “Bunny” (Teague) Dana, 101, of Duxbury, Mass., died at her home February 12. She was the beloved wife of C. Lincoln Dana, MD. She was born February 29, 1912, in Beverly, Mass.
Her daughter Jane Dana Vouros and husband, John, of Newtown; sons Jon P. Dana, OD, and his wife, Donna, of Longmeadow, Mass., and Bradford L. Dana of Elgin, Ill.; and a cherished grandson, Erik, also survive Mrs Dana.
Mrs Dana graduated from Beverly High School in 1929, Posse Nissan School in 1932, and the University of Alabama in 1934, where she received a BS in physical education.
She taught physical education at Kendal Hall in Beverly Farms for two years, and then at Beverly High School for seven years. She retired and married C. Lincoln Dana, and moved to Franklin, Mass., where she lived and raised her family for 45 years. She then moved to Plymouth, Mass., where she lived for 10 years. She moved to Duxbury in 1997, and was a member of the First Parish Church in Plymouth for the last 27 years.