It is with heavy hearts that the family of Maurice G. Katz announces his passing.  Maurice, 92, died of natural causes at his home in West Chatham on October 28, 2018.  His wife of 67 years who had been his childhood sweetheart, Helen K. Katz, predeceased him in December 2016. Maurice is survived by his son, Geoffrey Katz, of  New Boston, N.H.; daughter, Dianne Oliver, of Simi Valley, Calif.; grandchildren:  Hole...

CHATHAM – Nancy L. Stoddard, 84, of Chatham, died suddenly on January 3, 2019. Nancy was the daughter of Francis M. and Alton C. Garland of East Sandwich. A graduate of the Henry T. Wing High School, she attended Simmons College earning a BA in Sociology in 1957, and a MA in Education from Montclair State University in 1987. She was married to James H. Stoddard for 57 years until his death in 2014.          ...

            Anna Turner Rapata, 96, of Chatham, passed away peacefully with family by her side, at Cape Cod Hospital on New Year’s Day after a brief illness.             Anna was very proud of her long Cape Cod heritage, being a lifelong resident of Chatham and a 3rd generation Cape Codder. She was a graduate of the Chatham High School Class of 1940 and grew up as a child playing with her brothers and sister i...

                Glenn Bryant Sr. passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan 1st surrounded by his loving family.  He was 76.                 Glenn was born in Brockton on June 2, 1942. The son of Gertrude (Kelley) and Chester H. Bryant.  He attended Huntington Elementary School, later moving with his family to Lowell where he attended Varnum Jr. High and Lowell High Schools.  He received his B.A. from Boston Univer...

Esther P. MacSwan 08/27/1914 - 2/31/2018               Esther MacSwan of Cromwell, Conn., formerly of South Chatham and Belmont died peacefully on December 31, 2018 at the age of 104.             She and her late husband, Alastair built a summer home on Cockle Cove Hill in the mid-1950s and became year around residents in 1972.              She leaves her son Jack of Concord, daughter-in-law Joan M...

            Philip A. “Phil” Christophe, 86, of Chatham and formerly of Needham, passed away on December 20, 2018.  Phil was born and raised in Needham and graduated from Needham High School, Dartmouth College and the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration.  Before his retirement, he was President and CEO of Rochester Shoe Tree Company and previously worked as Vice President of Finance and Administration at ...

Lenore Marie Clark 96 Nov 19, 1922               Lenore (Lee) Marie Reimann Clark passed away on December 15, 2018 in Brewster.  Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., she was the daughter of George and Ella Reimann, sister to Mary Agnes Whittle, Dorothy Wallace and Robert Reimann. She was educated at Good Council, White Plains, N.Y., graduating high school at the age of 16.  She moved to Boston where she ...

                Arthur Kempton Hilbert II (Arty) died on the evening of Tuesday, December 18th, 2018 after a long battle with an illness.                  Arty served in the Air Force for four years after graduating high school. Shortly thereafter, he worked as a fisherman and forever appreciated Cape Cod for its natural beauty and peaceful beaches, something that always lured him back home when he ventured el...

                Roger W. Ludwig of Naples, Fla. and Chatham, 80, died suddenly on Sunday, October 28 at his home in Naples. Roger was born on January 14, 1938 in Patterson, N.J. and was a longtime resident of Wyckoff, N.J.   He was predeceased by his wife Beverly K. Ludwig and survived by his second wife Jenny A. Ludwig.                 Also surviving are his four children Roger W. Ludwig, Jr of Black Rock, Co...

              Mary Nickerson Laird, 86, passed away on Saturday December 8.  She grew up in Chatham on Main Street at the top of Andrew Hardings Lane, with parents Lucille and Ralph Nickerson in her grandfather Jessie’s home.  Her love of the beach and Chatham was strong throughout her life of living across the United States with her husband Benjamin Laird, who passed away in 2007.  Mary and Ben met in Boston ...

Robert (Bob) Linwood Long               Robert (Bob) Linwood Long passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on December 7th. Bob was born in Attleboro on November 12, 1930 and moved to Chatham in November 1930 where he attended Chatham Schools.             Bob is survived by his wife of 69 years, Marge, and his three sons, Robert W. Long (Darlene) of Chatham, Ronald C. Long (Leslie) of Falmouth...

             Emulous E. “Buddy” Hall III, 95, a lifelong resident of Harwich, died peacefully on Saturday, December 8, 2018.  He was born in 1923 in Hyannis Hospital in what was then just a small white house behind the Cape Cod Hospital as we know it today.  Buddy was fond of saying that “God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things, and I am so far behind...