Capt. Donald Austin Byrne     LONGWOOD, Fla. – Capt. Donald Austin Byrne, only child of Terence Julius Byrne and Margaret Mary Ferguson died on February 24, 2017.  Born in 1934 in Manhattan, New York, and raised in Flushing, N.Y. After primary school at St. Nicholas of Tolentine, he graduated from Xavier High School’s ROTC program Class of 1951. Don briefly attended Stevens ...

Dennis Paul Picard                 Dennis Paul Picard, 61, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, February 26, 2017 while snowmobiling in his favorite place in the world, Eustis, Maine. He was coming in from ice fishing for the day with some of his buddies on Flagstaff Lake. It was a tragic freak accident not involving recklessness, carelessness or alcohol.                 Dennis was born in Woonsocket, R.I. on F...

Margaret "Maggie" M. Young, 80               Maggie Young of Chatham passed away peacefully on March 3, 2017. She was born on April 19, 1936 in North Conway, N.H. to Gordon and Mildred Melbye and was the wife of the late Carroll W. Young.             She was predeceased by two sons, Carroll Jr. and Joel Young, as well as brothers Jeff, David and Charlie, sister Patricia and twin sister Margery.       ...

    Virginia Machie died in her home at 88 on March 1, 2017.               "Unexpected and pleasurable" is how she recently described her life.               A daughter of "the world’s best clams" clam shack restauranteurs in Hampton, N.H. she was a true New Englander. She met her husband, William, while she attended B.U., where she got a degree in merchandising. After marrying, they lived in Ca...

Annette Nicole Brown             After a courageous 21-month battle with cancer, Annette Nicole Brown found peace on March 3, 2017 surrounded by her family. Devoted wife to husband, Peter and loving mother to Emily and Andrew, she touched many lives.             Annette was born in Southington, Conn. and graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in languages. She excelled as a me...

  Joan B. Hodge CHATHAM – Joan B. Hodge of Chatham died peacefully at Beth Israel Hospital in Plymouth on March 6, 2017. Joan, 72, was born in Hartford, Conn., the daughter of Florence and John W. Brereton. Joan was a 1966 graduate of the University of Connecticut and is survived by her husband Norman Hodge, III who she met when while working on the campus radio station WHUS. Joan is also survived by her br...

Donald J. Betz Sr.   MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. — Donald J. Betz Sr., 95, of 210 S. Vine St., passed away Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at his home.             He was born Jan. 14, 1922, in Locust Gap, a son of the late Christine Betz.             He was a 1939 graduate of Mount Carmel Township High School. He served in the U.S.  Army  during  World War II  as a staff sergeant ...

Dana D. Eilers, 60 CHATHAM – Dana D. Eilers, 60, passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving pets.  She is survived by her sister Franca “Frankie” Eilers and an aunt Franca Rowland McDonald Eldredge and numerous cousins. Services will be private. Donations can be made to the Humane Society or any Cape Cod Land Bank. 

  Celina S. Mendible Harwich – Celina S. Mendible, 96 of Harwich passed away peacefully with her daughter by her side on February 7, 2017.  She was the loving wife of the late Manuel Mendible. Celina moved to Harwich from Miami Beach in 2012 to be with her daughter.  She and Manuel immigrated to the United States from Venezuela after WWII, settling in New York City, where her daughter and son were born. ...

David H. “Davey” Hovey, III                         David H. “Davey” Hovey, III, 26, of Boston, died Monday, February 6, 2017 after a valiant battle with brain cancer. He was born September 23, 1990 in Littleton, Colo., the beloved son of David H. Hovey, Jr. and Leigh (Armstrong) Hovey of Simsbury, Conn. and Chatham. He was a graduate of Westminster School in Simsbury, Class of 2009, and received his Bachel...

Neal Barry Waters Prominent Cape Cod Jeweler February 6, 1960 – January 20, 2017    Neal Barry Waters, 56, of Harwich, passed away peacefully in Vero Beach, Fla., January 20, 2017, after years of struggle with the rare disease of Hemochromatosis.    Neal was a 40-year employee of Monahan & Co., Fine Jewelers of Harwich Port and Vero Beach, Fla. beginning at age 17, from stock boy to president. ...

Jane Hathaway Haven, 93             CHATHAM – On February 2, 2017, Jane Hathaway Haven passed on at Cape Heritage in Sandwich after several years of declining health.             Jane was born December 8, 1923, the only child of Elmer Leroy Hathaway and Marie Ketels Hathaway in St. Louis, Missouri. She grew up in Chilicothe, Illinois, where her father was a Division Engineer on the Santa Fe Railroad. She gr...