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Donald “Don” John MacPhail, III, a  South Shore stockbroker who fought in Vietnam, died March 19 of complications stemming from exposure to Agent Orange during the conflict. He was 78. Born April 9, 1947, the oldest of three children, to a family with Scottish roots. After graduating from Jamaica Plain High School, where he met […]

Marsha Sternfield Baum, a successful psychotherapist and pet rescuer, died March 22. She was 74. Born in 1951 in Queens, N.Y. to Bert and Claire (Adler) Sternfield, and raised in Worcester, she earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and a graduate degree in social work from Columbia University before she […]

Linda Marie Carter, a former legal secretary and longtime clerk in the Plymouth County Superior Court, died March 19th after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was 76. Born Aug. 24, 1949 to George and Hazel Alves of Plymouth, she was a 1967 graduate of Plymouth Carver High School, where she met her husband […]

James J. “Jimmy” Cushing, a graduate of Plymouth High School and a plumber for Wind River Environmental, died Saturday at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Plymouth. He was 47. Born in Weymouth on Aug. 6, 1978, Cushing was remembered by family and friends for his kindness, compassion, generosity and devotion to his family. An early […]

Marie “Mikki” Marcucci Chaffee, who for decades was a prominent local real estate broker, died peacefully March 9. She was 90. Born in Quincy, the youngest of the five children of Italian immigrants Charles and Mary Marcucci, she attended Quincy High School and later received a bachelor’s degree from UMass Amherst where she studied English […]

David Sherwood, who worked as a roofer throughout Plymouth and was an avid nature lover, died Sunday at his home. He was 45. He was born in Weymouth on April 2, 1980, the son of Arthur and Alice (Furtado) Sherwood of Plymouth. Raised and educated in Plymouth, he graduated from Plymouth North High School and […]

Ronald R. “Ron” Peck,  a Vietnam war veteran who for 35 years ran a floor covering business in Plymouth, died peacefully March 4 surrounded by his family. He was 82. Born on April 14, 1943, to Warren H. Peck and Mary (Costa) Peck, he was the youngest of four brothers. He was preceded in death […]

Dr. James Richard “Dick” Kotwas, who was a dentist in Manomet for 40 years, died Feb. 21. He was 80. Born in Auburn, NY where he graduated in 1963 from Auburn East High School, he earned a bachelor’s degree at Syracuse University and went to dental school at University of Buffalo. He and his wife […]

Shirley Marie Thomas, who worked in the housekeeping department of Jordan Hospital for 30 years, died Sunday. She was 76. Born in Plymouth on Jan. 11, 1950,  the daughter of the late Edward Thomas and Hilda (Valente) Thomas- Pollard, she was raised and educated in Plymouth and graduate from  Plymouth–Carver High School. Her family and […]

Tareq Zawaideh, a longtime pharmacist in both Jordan and the U.S. died peacefully in his home Feb. 23 surrounded by his family. He was born on Jan. 26, 1944, to Jeries and Malakeh Al-Zawaideh in Madaba, Jordan and earned a degree in Chemistry and Pharmacy from the University of Belgrade. He was a pharmacist in […]