Belfast, Maine George H. Davis IV of Belfast, Maine, passed away peacefully at Waldo County Hospital on April 22 after a heroic battle with lung cancer. George was born on Nov. 19, 1957 in Hartford, Conn., the son of George Herbert Davis and the late Barbara Hill Davis. He attendedRead More

South Portland, Maine John “Jack” Towne, died on April 17, 2020, of COVID-19 at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Scarborough, Maine. Jack was born on September 18, 1928 in Providence, R.I., and spent his very early years in coastal Upper Port La Tour, Nova Scotia. His family moved back toRead More

Warren, R.I. Sheila (Cross) Upchurch, 85, of Warren, R.I., died April 12, 2020. She was the wife of Edward F. Upchurch. Sheila Marie was born in Norwalk, Conn., on Feb. 28, 1935 to the late Celeste and Richard Cross. She was the oldest of 11. Sheila married Russell Smith inRead More

Newport, R.I. Matilda “Tillie” West Thompson passed away on April 11, 2020 in Newport, R.I., from complications of COVID-19 with her beloved daughters by her side and her cherished son’s voice on the phone. Tillie exuded joy in life and brought it to everyone she met with a smile thatRead More

New York City The sailing community lost a great friend, sailor and champion as Dayton Thomas Carr passed peacefully at his New York City home on April 7, 2020. He was 78 years old. Dayton established the Venture Capital Fund of America Group (VCFA Group) in 1982, and is creditedRead More

Bristol, R.I. Clinton J. Pearson, 91, of Bristol, R.I., passed away on April 4, 2020, at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Carolyn (Broomhead) Pearson for 60 years and the son of the late Lillian and Carl Pearson. Born in Pawtucket, R.I., on March 6, 1929, he attended schoolRead More

Fort Worth, Texas Oliver Lee “O.L.” Pitts passed away peacefully at his home on March 19, four days before his 104 birthday, in Fort Worth, Texas. A longtime Fort Worth businessman and internationally known sailor, Pitts was in the nursing home business for many years. He had also been inRead More

Providence, R.I. John Marshall Roney died peacefully on March 10 in Providence, R.I. John was born on Sept. 21, 1939, in Washington, DC, the son of Joseph Roney and Elizabeth Marshall Chamblin. He graduated from St. John’s Military Academy, Providence College and The Columbus School of Law at The CatholicRead More

Warwick, R.I. Martin J. Denny-Brown, 79, passed away on Feb. 10 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was the beloved husband for 50 years of Katharine S. Denny-Brown. He was born in Oxford, England, in 1940. His parents moved to Cambridge, Mass., in 1947 where he grew up.Read More

Groton, Conn. Cynthia Allman Buffinton Mason, of Mystic and Groton Long Point, Conn., died Jan. 28 in New London at the age of 96, after a battle with pneumonia. Born in Norwood, Mass., in 1923, Mason was the daughter of Hazel Dell Sargent and Fred Grosvenor Allman of Sharon. MasonRead More