Obituaries

Wallis (Bud) Stuart

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Wallis (Bud) Stuart         Wallis (Bud) Stuart of Punta Gorda, Fla. and previously Captains Walk North Chatham, passed away peacefully on June 6th, surrounded by his loving family.       Bud grew up in Hingham. He served in the USN during the Korean War, graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, R.I. and a Master’s Degree from Syracuse University in 1955.Bud moved to Chatham in 1970 an...

John K. Coleman Sr.

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John K. Coleman Sr.                 John K. Coleman Sr., 91, former resident of Chatham, died on June 19, 2018 at Liberty Commons in N. Chatham after a long illness.                  Preceded in death by wife of 50 years Helene Fassbender Coleman who passed in 1998. Mr. Coleman is survived by his five children Patricia, John, Chris, Richard and Helena, his five grandchildren, his brother Joe and numerous ni...

Mary I. Kolodzik

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Mary I. Kolodzik                         INDIALANTIC, Fla. - Mary I. Kolodzik, formerly of Chatham passed away on June 13, 2018 at the age of 98. Mary was born in Boston on April 19,1920 to Lawrence D. and Mary (Mack) Harrington. She graduated from the Boston School of Business Education in 1941 and joined the U.S. Navy to work for the War Department in Washington, D.C. from 1942 until 1945. In 1944 she bec...

James (Jimmy) Edmund Rooney

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James (Jimmy) Edmund Rooney                   James (Jimmy) Edmund Rooney, 84, of Chatham passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. He was the husband of Margaret J. (Mackie) Rooney.                 Jim was born in Windsor, Conn. to the late Joseph P. and Ruth (Sargent) Rooney. He was a graduate of Windsor High School (’51) and the University of Connecticut (’55) wit...

Roland Sturgeon Davis

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Roland Sturgeon Davis  1933-2018             Roland S. Davis of Chatham passed away on May 22, 2018 at the age of 84. He was born in Springville, Maine on June 10 1933.              He was a veteran of the United States Coast Guard. He had a long career in construction. He enjoyed gardening and building furniture. He believed everything could be cured by Bag Balm and growing potatoes was a Maine thing.  ...

Nola P. Flanagan

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Nola P. Flanagan               NAPLES, Fla . - Nola P. Flanagan, 89, of Naples, Fla. passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at Bentley Village Health Care Center surrounded by her husband and Ward, one of her sons.  Nola was born August 4, 1928 a daughter of the late Ernest and Margaret (Dolby) Priestley in Attleboro. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Ivy Elaine George.  Formerl...

Philip Albert Forsman

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                                                                                                      Philip Albert Forsman     RANGELEY, Maine – A glorious and gregarious light went out of this world on the morning of June 3, 2018; Philip Albert Forsman is now born unto heaven and into the arms of waiting family. Philip was a long-time resident of East Harwich, later relocating to Rangeley, Maine.     He was b...

Leuella E. "Penny" Ray

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Leuella E. "Penny" Ray               RAY, E. Leuella, "Penny" 98, of Sarasota, Fla. /So. Chatham passed away peacefully surrounded by love ones February 16, 2018.             Born April 20, 1919 in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. Penny is predeceased by her husband, Herbert L. Ray, Jr.; her parents, Saguna & Frank White; her brother, Ensley White; & her daughter, Salli Ray Govatsos. Survived by ...

John (“Jack”) Cogswell

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John (“Jack”) Cogswell               COGSWELL, John (“Jack”) of Needham, formerly of Chatham, June 1, 2018.  Beloved husband for 59 years of Patricia A. “Pat” (Morrissey) Cogswell. Jack is survived by his daughters Julie A. Stone of Amesbury, Catherine J. Sanders and her husband Timothy P. Sanders of Uxbridge as well as his three grandsons, Jacob A. Stone, Isaac J. Stone and Kiernan J. Sanders.          ...

Frederick Andrew Szmit

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Frederick Andrew Szmit             SPOFFORD, N.H. – Frederick Andrew Szmit, 80, of South Shore Road in Spofford, N.H., passed away suddenly on May 30, 2018. He was the husband of 58 years of Frances S. Szmit (Slavin).             Mr. Szmit was born May 26, 1938 in Lowell, to Andrew and Jane Szmit (Dzikiewicz) where he graduated from Lowell High School, later graduating from Lowell Technological Institute wi...

John W. Mastalerz

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John W. Mastalerz                 John W. Mastalerz, 92, passed away at his home in Chandler Arizona on June 1, 2018, surrounded by his loved ones. John was born in Three Rivers in 1926 to the late Sophie Koziel Mastalerz and John E. Mastalerz.                 He graduated from Palmer High School in 1944. He obtained his B.S. at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1948, a Master’s degree from Purdue ...

Vincent E. Gulotta

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Vincent E. Gulotta     Vincent E. Gulotta passed away peacefully in Cheshire, Connecticut, after a brief illness.  Known as Vince by some and Vinny by others, he was married for 22 years to Kathie and was stepfather to James, Meg, and Ali.  Since 2008, he worked for the Town of Chatham as Beach Supervisor on Lighthouse Beach in the summer and Building Supervisor at Chatham Community Center in the other seasons. ...