Leonard A. Desautels, Jr., of Plymouth, MA, died on February 18, 2024, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.             Len was born in Montague, MA, in 1945, the son of Regina (Walichowski) Desautels and Leonard A. Desautels, Sr. He graduated from Turners Falls High School in 1963 where he lettered in football and baseball. […] Read more »

Adelaide S. “Ada” (Silva) Alves, 94, of New Bedford, formerly of Mattapoisett died March 14, 2024 at Sippican Health Care Center surrounded by her family.             She was the wife of the late John D. Alves.             Born in Worcester, the daughter of the late John A. and Hortense F. (Lima) Silva, she was raised […] Read more »

Marie C. (Walker) Haymaker, 75, of Mattapoisett, passed away peacefully Thursday, March 14, 2024. She was the loving wife of George M. Haymaker. Born in Brookline, daughter of the late Edgar and Evelyn (Agostini) Walker, she lived in Everett and Mattapoisett most of her life. Marie enjoyed going to the beach, partying with her friends […] Read more »

Suzanne Keith Dixon, 73, of Rochester, MA, peacefully passed away on March 3, 2024 at Tobey Hospital in Wareham after a decades-long battle with cancer. She was born July 8, 1950, in Wareham, MA, the daughter of the late Wendell T. and Ruth W. (Taber) Keith.             Suzanne graduated from Fairhaven High School, class of […] Read more »

Janet R. Mathieu passed peacefully the early morning of March 11, 2024 surrounded by her family and her husband of 64 years Paul J. Mathieu.             Janet was born in 1936, the daughter of Arthur and Eveline Carriere Magnant. She grew up summering on Lake Noquochoke in Dartmouth and eventually settled on Long Pond in […] Read more »

Andrew J. Santos of Marion, MA died March 5, 2024, after a brief illness.  He was married for 64 years to Marianne (Eggersdorfer) Santos. He was born November 10, 1933, the son of John & Madeline Santos. Andy, as he was known to family and friends, lived most of his life in Marion.             He […] Read more »

William J. Loughman, known to many as Bill or Billy, passed away Friday, February 16th, 2024 with his family by his side. Born and raised in West Roxbury, he was the son of the late John and Mary (Burke) Loughman. He is survived by his siblings, Susan Cabe of Cramerton, NC, Nancy Giovannucci and husband […] Read more »

Mary Anne Lucas passed away at her daughter’s home in Orlando, Florida on February 17th at the age of 90. Mary was born in Rhode Island and worked as a switchboard operator for the telephone company after high school. She married Robert Lucas in 1959, and they moved to Martha’s Vineyard where he served as […] Read more »

Eleanor L. (Smith) Galligan 82, Of New Bedford, Ma, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at home on Feb 29, 2024 after a long courageous battle with cancer.             She was the daughter of Alexander J and Marjorie M (Alexander) Smith, whom she lovingly cared for. She was raised in Rochester, Ma. Ellie was the […] Read more »

Donald C. Smith, “Smitty”, “Rammie”, 100, of Wareham passed away at home on Wednesday February 28, 2024. He was the husband of 68 years to the late Lydia (Hinckley) Smith. He was born in Marion the son of the late Herbert and Edith (Potter) Smith.             A graduate of New Bedford Vocational High School and […] Read more »