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Jeanne Marie (Barry) Foulke, 97, of Truro, Massachusetts passed away in her sleep on March 20, 2021, in Niantic, Connecticut. Born in Mount Vernon, New York on May 22, 1923, Jeanne went to high school in Katonah, New York, where she met George Brion Foulke. She was married to her high school sweetheart for over 50 years, until he passed away in 1995. During World War II Jeanne worked as a civilian radar inspector for both the Navy and the Army in California. After the war, Jeanne and George raised three children: Gordon, Bruce and Douglas, eventually moving to Pawling, New York, where Jeanne worked for 24 years as the first female Cost Estimator for the Pawling Corporation. During their time...

Doris Ruth Tedford, 69, of Derry, New Hampshire, passed away on June 24, 2020. Doris was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on December 15, 1950, to the late Vincent and Doris Sherlock. She graduated from Waterbury Catholic High School in 1968. She continued her education at Saint Mary's School of Nursing and earned a Practical Nursing License. Most of her career was dedicated to serving patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia. Helping others was her calling and she dedicated her life to it. Doris and Lance were together for 25 years and finally tied the knot in 2016. Their favorite thing to do together was to go to Provincetown, MA at least once per year in the...

Kittery, ME - Bruce Collinson passed away at York Hospital on March 30, 2020 from complications due to pneumonia. He was seventy-two years old. Son of Joseph and Francis Collinson, Bruce was born in Somerville, MA, and grew up in Provincetown, MA. He was a descendant of one of the original Pilgrim families who jumped ship in Provincetown. Bruce liked to tell stories about his childhood, of Little League, playing in a band called the Barbarians, and of the many adventures that Provincetown provided. He later became a commercial fisherman which happened to land him in Portsmouth. It was at the fish pier in Portsmouth where he met Elinor (Ali) Albert who stopped by to buy some fish. In October...