James M. Collins, 56, of Marion died May 1, 2018 unexpectedly at Tobey Hospital. He was the husband of Holly D. (Robbins) Collins. Born in Boston, the son of Jeanne F. (Walsh) Collins of St. Petersburg, FL and the late James L. Collins, he lived in Dexter Beach of Marion all of his life. He […] Read more »

Prudence M. “Prue” (Manley) Cormier, 73, of Palm Harbor, FL died May 6, 2018 at home after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Joseph A. Cormier. Born in Wareham, the daughter of the late Dr. James S. Manley and Rose (O’Brien) Manley, she lived in New Bedford most of her life […] Read more »

Robert E. Black, 81, died May 2, 2018 peacefully at home. He was the husband of Joan N. (Edwards) Louden-Black. The son of the late F. Robert and Eileen (Fitzgerald) Black, Robert was born and raised in Wakefield, traveled the world, and lived in Mattapoisett since the 1970’s. Robert was an alumnus of Boston College […] Read more »

Raymond L. Gamache, III, 41, of Rochester passed away unexpectedly Monday, April 30, 2018. He was the born in New Bedford, son of Raymond Gamache, Jr. of Dartmouth and Patricia A. (King) Cullen and her husband Thomas of Rochester, Ray lived most of his life, in Wareham, where he graduated from high school. He had […] Read more »

Geraldine “Gerry” (Francis) DeCosta, 89, of Mattapoisett died May 1, 2018 at Sippican Healthcare Center after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late John N. “Jackie” DeCosta. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Antone and Mary (Paes) Francis, she was raised in Acushnet and lived in Mattapoisett since 1949. […] Read more »

John L. Santos, 77, of Marion died April 28, 2018 unexpectedly at home. He was the husband of Karen J. (Andrews) Santos and the late Linda (Lopes) Santos. Born in Whitman, MA, the son of the late Marion A. (Pina) Santos and raised by the late Raymond and Laura Pina, he lived in Marion most […] Read more »

Rita J. (Fernandes) Bretto, 72, of Rochester, died April 26, 2018 in the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. She was the wife of Thomas J. Bretto, they were married for 51 years. She was the daughter of the late Arthur and Rose (Thomas) Fernandes. She was born in Wareham, raised in Marion, and lived […] Read more »

Dorothy Desroches Perry, age 92, of Dartmouth, MA passed on April 24, 2018 at Charlton Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Dorothy was the wife of the late Raymond O. Desroches and the late Justin Perry, Jr. Born in Acushnet, MA she was the daughter of the late Edwin and Mabel (Whitaker) Beaumont. Dorothy […] Read more »

Alfred Gregg Morse, 94, died peacefully at home on Monday, April 23, 2018, surrounded by his family. Raised in Easton, MA, he graduated from Oliver Ames High School in 1941, was a Sgt. in the US Army during World War II, then returned to Easton where he married Rosemary J. Bradford, raised 5 children and […] Read more »

Patricia L. “Patty” Frost, 76 of Marion, MA, passed away Saturday, April 7, after a 15 year struggle with Parkinson’s disease. She was the wife of 56 years to Nick Frost of Marion. She was the daughter of the late Mark and Irma (Hummel) Lytle. She was an active community member of the towns of […] Read more »