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FULL OBITUARIES ON-LINE. The full version of these edited obituaries
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Ruth Bronk Abbott,
86
Plymouth — Ruth Bronk Abbott,
of Plymouth, formerly of Centerville,
died Feb. 3,2014.
She was born on Dec. 26,1927, in
Roosevelt, NY, and was the wife of
Everett Abbot for many years. They
retired to Centerville after living in
the Boston area, where she worked
as a secretary for Harvard University.
She was a member of South Con-
gregational Churc h in Centerville
and a longtime member of the choir.
She loved to sing, had a gentle and
lively sense of humor, and was fond
of traveling.
In addition to her husband, she is
survived by six of her seven children:
Hal Bronk and his wife,Jude Beatrice,
of Newton, Karen Bronk and her
husband, Peter Driscoll, of Turner,
ME, Stephen Bronk and his wife,
Sylvia Klein,of Berlin, Germany,Peter
Bronk and his wife, Christine Gittens,
of California,Paul Bronk and his wife,
Martha Hamel,of Lynn,and Tim Bronk
and his wife,Maureen, of Albany,NY;
and 12 grandchildren; a sister, Betty
Michealsen,of Cromwell, CT.She was
oredeceased bv her son David Bronk.
She also had closetiesto EverettAb- i
j bott's five children: Diane Brooke and i
• her husband, John, Susan Broderick |
i and her husband,David,Robin Murphy i
| and her husband, Paul, Leon Abbott i
: and his wife, Cindi, Laura Brown and |
: her husband, Rick, and their families. :
The family wishes to thank the i
¦ staff of Stafford Hill Assisted Living; ¦
i Cranberry Hospice,and particularly to :
I Robin Murphy for her extraordinary i
; devotion and kindness.
A memorial service will be held at 2 i
i p.m. Feb. 23, at South Congregational i
¦ Church,565MainSt.,Centerville.Agrave- j
: side service will be held in the spring.
Memorial donationsmay be madeto :
: theAmerican Cancer Society,5 Manley i
j St. West Bridgewater, MA, 02379.
William Bradford
Bond, 87
Centerville — William Bradford
i Bond (Brad) of Centerville and formerly I
; of Weston, and Vera Beach, FL, died j
i at home Feb. 8, 2014, at 87. He was
: the husband of 61 years of Helen :
; March Bond.
i Mr. Bond was born April 18, 1926,
: and grew up in Brookline. He gradu-
i atedfrom DeerfieldAcademyAmherst
College Class of 1950,and received an :
MBA from Wharton Business School. \
He began a career with The New i
England Life Insurance Co. in 1952, :
and at his retirement was director of i
underwriting.
Heserved inthe U.S.Armywiththe i
4th Infantry Division and saw action i
during World War II in Europe.
He will be best remembered and I
missed for his sense of humor, his ;
quick wit, and his enthusiasm for ;
sports, including being a lifetime Red •
Sox and Patriots fan. He also enjoyed i
tennis, sailing (small boat racing on |
Lake Wequaquet) and golf. He was a [
member of the CountryClub,Brookline,
The Wianno Club and The Beach Club,
Centerville. He was also a member of
The Bay State Seniors Golf Association
and a life member of The Mayflower
Society.
He is survived by a son, William
and his wife, Isabel, of Escondido,
CA, a daughter Louise Wing and her
husband, Bryce, of Hanover, NH; a
grandson; andtwo granddaughters. He
was predeceased by a brother,Roger
Bacon Bond of Lincoln and Centerville.
A private burialwill be held at Mount
Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.
Memorial donations in his name
may be made to The Wequaquet Lake
Protective Association, P.O. Box 632,
Centerville, MA 02632.
Gwen (McLaughlin)
Donovan
Hyannis — Gwen (McLaughlin)
Donovan of Hyannis, formerly of
Scituate, died Feb. 7, 2014.
Born in Brooklyn,NY,she grew up
in Brighton and received a bachelor 's
degree in English from Emmanuel
College in Boston. She worked for
the Boston Globe where she met her
late husband, Jack , and continued
: working until she had children. At
that point, she devoted her life and
i infinite love to her family.
She is survived by her son, Jay, of
i Centerville;her daughter,Lisa,of Hyannis;
j sister Joan Crowley of New York and
: the late James McLaughlin, Rosemary
: Robotham, Cathleen Malley, Dolores
: O'Meara and Francis (Ferg) McLaughlin.
Memorial donations may be made
i to TheMSPCA; Cape Cod Animal Care
i and Adoption Center, 1577 Falmouth
¦ Road, Centerville,MA 02632; or to a
: charity of one's choice.
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I
OBITUARIES
By Ellen C. Chahey
Photographs - from the
camera or from the mind
- will tell the story of a
recent vacation.
My husband is leaning against
a lamppost on the pier at Santa
Monica, California. The sunlight
silhouettes him as it glances off
the Pacific and casts his shadow
across the deck.
Just out of the camera's range,
an amusement park offers a Fer-
ris wheel, a gentle roller coaster,
and lots of souvenirs that recall
Route 66. A running club has
pushed by us (does anyone in
Santa Monica ever walk?}
In Santa Monica, we have a
lovely breakfast in an elegant
motel. After, we take a gentle
walk down a shoreline known
as the Pacific Palisades. As
much as we want this place of
seascape and flowering plants
to embody Paradise , we do pass
people sleeping on benches and
panhandling.
"No!" one woman yells and
you can tell that she has been
through this routine too often.
"I just want to walk my dog,"
as she adds to anyone who will
listen. "He just wants alcohol. "
In Santa Monica , we watch the
sun go down into the Pacific. As
the natural light fades, the Ferris
wheel lights up with a display
that changes every few seconds.
We can see it all from our hotel
balcony, and it is hard to say
goodbye, but it's time to board
the overnight train to Tucson.
Friends meet us there with
the exciting news that they have
just bought the retirement home
of their dreams , complete with
a front-row view of the desert
and the mountains. They invite
us to become their first overnight
guests.
Later, when we return to our
friends ' temporary quarters in
Tucson , we have to observe a
somber time. We all knew and
loved Gretchen Farnham , who
had died just before my husband
and 1 had left for this vacation.
In her memory, I had worn an
Irish wool cape that she had
found at a yard sale but that her
husband had said was "Ellen ,
not you." We read Gretchen's
obit and tributes to her. I will
never forget the many years we
worked together to help produce
the annual Yom Hashoah (Holo-
caust) observance at Cape Cod
Community College, and a little
painting of Jerusalem that she
gave me has a place of honor in
our home.
We went with our friends on
a pilgrimage long wished-for by
this backyard astronomer. Kitt
Peak , a national observatory,
hosts 26 telescopes, both opti-
cal and radio. We have lunch
on the peak and see the 4-meter
telescope move around as if it
were after dark.
We also view a museum of
Jewish heritage in Tucson, es-
tablished on the site of the first
synagogue in Arizona. Wedding
gowns make a special appearance
there, and that we should never
forget , so does a room to remind
us of the Holocaust.
Now we return to LA.
Here, we rest awhile but there
is more space stuff to see. A
friend from college works for
the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL)
in Pasadena , not far from the
hotel where we are staying, and
the site where he proposed to
his wife.
Our friend walks us around
the grounds. Finall y we get to
the observation deck of the clean
room, where for the proposal a
mannequin dressed in a clean suit
was holding a bouquet of roses
and a technician was parading a
sign that encouraged the bride-
to-be to "say yes."
The "yes" couple invited us for
dinrje r on our last night on the
ground in the Southwest. I want
to tell you that cranberry sauce
mixed with chutney is absolutely
delicious.
You also need to know that the
Getty Museum in LA is a marvel
-a garden (azaleas in February!),
a display of brilliant architecture,
and a trove of art (we saw illu-
minated manuscripts from the
Middle Ages) after which we
enjoyed lunch on a patio that
overlooked the sparkling Pacific.
I understand that as soon as I
locked into my seat on the air-
plane I fell asleep. It's a magical
vacation when you don't even
remember the takeoff, when as
good as the trip has been , home
doesn't have to be just a photo-
graph anymore.
Thelightthatwas
GretchenFarnham
I would like to thank the Patriot
and Kathleen Szmit for a beauti-
ful tribute to Gretchen Farnham
in last week's issue. I am sure
I am speaking for hundreds if
not thousands of Cape Codders
who, like me, are shocked and
saddened by the loss of our be-
loved Gretchen. The picture on
your front page says it all: she
had that one-million-flashbulb
smile, and all of us who knew
her were warmed by that smile.
I came to the Cape in 1998
for the job as president of Cape
Cod Community College, but
in fact, I knew Gretchen for ten
years before that in community
college international education
circles. She was as beloved there
as she was on the Cape, and I
took it as my sad duty to inform
some of her colleagues from that
world this week. Students also
understood what a cheerleader
she was for their success. Just this
week, one of our star graduates
contacted me via Linked In, and
there was Gretchen'ssmilingface
on his profile page -to honor his
treasured advisor while he was
at CCCC.
Gretchen was the first person I
called when thejob at CCCCwas
posted, and she and Hank were
the first people to invite me to
their home when I moved here.
People told me that Cape Cod
was reserved if not suspicious
of outsiders, but Gretchen and
Hank made sure I was warmly
welcomed. From the tributes
and shared stories that have been
balm for our grief this past week,
I know that I was only one of
thousands who knew Gretchen
as a caring friend.
The light on Cape Cod is a
little dimmer this week, and we
will miss Gretchen sorely. But
we will all carry one or two of
those flashbulbs from her smile ,
with us for the rest of our lives.
Kathleen Schatzberg
Centerville
The writer is president emeritus
of Cape Cod Community College.
Romancingthedrone
I strongly disagree with three{\)
recent columns [by Paul Gauvin]
romancing the alleged peaceful
uses of drones as an economic
engine out of Joint Base Cape
Cod, Otis.
"The Predator drone , the
predecessor of the Reaper, is a
medium altitude mobile eye in
the sky that can transmit real-
time information directly to the
foot soldier and operational
commanders via satellite" to the
ground, the writer states.
"The Predator was lightly
armed and used mostly for recon;
the Reaper was designed for
quick hunt and kill missions."
Yetthe writer wants the public to
accept these 23- to 53-foot-long
things hanging low, cruising at
194 mph, in Cape Cod airspace
for "visionary" "peaceful" uses?
Or for take off from Barnstable
airport for "peaceful missions to
Afghanistan. " Are you kidding?
The writer says an estimated
1,000 jobs could be generated
creating over $380 million for
the economy. Where does he get
those figures? These predictions
historically are usually grossly
overestimated. And even if right,
what is the real cost? What ap-
palls me most is the wholesale
adoption of any new technology
because it is there. This is not
lifesaving medical technology.
This is not the Internet, which
you can opt out of. With drones,
we won't be able to opt out.
Are we so limited in our imagi-
nation and aspirations? Why not
use JBCC to manufacture solar
technology, develop enough re-
newable and sustainable green
technology to provide the "moral
equivalent of war" on fossil fuels
and carbon-releasing energy, to
replace radioactive nuclear reac-
tors. That would create an ongoing
real economy, pride, and energy
independence, as wellas lessenthe
need to war for oil and resources.
I saw a huge drone over the
beach two years ago. It was
creepy. Bad enough that copters
fly.over the beach viewing sun-
bathers and that noisy planes
drag their advertising banners.
Cape Cod is a peaceful, rural
area. When Igoto thebeach, bird-
watch, fish, walk in the woods, I
don't want a watcher overhead.
If you have worked or lived next
to model plane flying areas, you
know what a pain in the ears they
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LETTERS
By Rep. Brian Mannal
Brian.Mannal@MAHouse.gov
I
have long admired "The
Sacred Cod" in the House
chamber. It is a beauti-
fully carved wooden fish
that is meant to remind the
legislature of the importance
of the fishing industry to the
Commonwealth. This week, I
could not help but think that
the Sacred Cod was looking
over me as I worked to help
Cape Cod's charter fishing
industry by securing $100,000
in the FY2014 supplemental
budget bill for a black sea
bass stock assessment.
In the 1990s, the number of
black sea bass in the Atlantic
Ocean plunged as a result of
overfishing. Since 2000, the
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Manage-
ment Council and the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Com-
mission have enforced strict
catch restrictions on black sea
bass in an effort to rebuild
the stock. Many fishermen
(and some scientists) now
believe that the black sea bass
population has rebounded to
a healthy level and that the
stock is not being overfished.
However, regulators remain
cautious and recreational
fishermen are still required to
abide by conservative catch
restrictions (i.e., no more than
4 black sea bass per person per
day during the season).
The last black sea bass stock
assessment was conducted in
2004. Said stock assessment
relied upon an at-sea survey
that was criticized for fishing
in the wrong areas and for •
using gear that was not effec-
tive at catching black sea bass.
Recognizing that the restric-
tions will remain in place until :
a new stock assessment is :
completed, earlier this week,
I filed an amendment to the
FY 14 supplemental budget
and worked to secure state
funding for a new black sea
bass stock assessment.
It goes without saying that a :
proper black sea bass stock as- •
sessment is likely to cost more i
than $100,000 and will involve j
other states and interstate enti- :
ties over several years. Not- :
withstanding, we (Massachu-
setts) can now say that we're
putting money on the table to
figure out how many black sea •
bass are in our coastal waters
and, by extension , whether or
not the current catch restric-
tions are appropriate. •
Contact: 617-722-2582
Putting money on
the table for sea
bass survey
By Rep. Randy Hunt
Randy.Hunt@MAHouse.gov
What
's on tap for
your Valentine's
Day? Flowers?
Check. Dinner reservations?
Check. Interagency Coun-
cil on Substance Abuse and
Prevention meeting to discuss
medical marijuana rollout?
Check.
To date, 20 licenses have
been awarded to medical mari-
juana dispensaries, including
one slated for Mashpee and
another in Dennis. Nantucket
and Dukes counties missed out
on this first round of picks,
but because the ballot petition
called for up to 35 licenses
with at least one in each coun-
ty, the islands will eventually
get theirs.
There seems to be some
confusion about how medical
marijuana use will be handled
in the workplace, especially
by businesses that conduct
random drug testing. HR
managers should treat medi-
cal marijuana in the same way
that they currently deal with
prescription drugs. For jobs
with no tolerance for alcohol
or intoxicating drugs in an
employee's system , such as
for heavy equipment opera-
tors, drivers, etc., people using
medical masijuana should be
excluded from performing
these tasks. Jobs that can be
performed by people taking
legally prescribed pain medica- i
tions should also be able to
be held by an employee using
medical marijuana. Whereas a
doctor's prescription would be
an acceptable reason for testing I
positive on a random drug test, ¦
a medical marijuana recom-
mendation and state-issued
card would also suffice.
There is no doubt that the
integration of medical mari-
juana into society will generate \
some interesting challenges for I
employers, but thinking of it as j
an alternative to prescri
ption
pain medications will help put
it into the proper perspective
when reviewing workplace
policies.
Contact: 508-888-2158
Medical
marijuana in the
workplace
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"Feel good"
legislation
By Rep. Cleon Turner
Cleon.Turner@MAHouse.gov
I
previously wrote about
three kinds of legislation:
good, feel good, and look
bad. In the first installment I
wrote about the "good" cat-
egory citing GMO legislation
as an example. This month ,
in an effort to talk about
each category, I would like
to discuss "feel good" legisla-
tion. "Feel good" legislation
does not change a situation
but makes the legislators and
public feel the issue is being
addressed.
An example of this is
firearm legislation. The state's
gun violence task force came
out with a report last week
highlighting the following:
The Brady Center ranks
Massachusetts third among all
states in terms of the strength
of its gun laws;
Though the national rate of
household gun ownership is
33 percent , Massachusetts is
13 percent;
From 2001-2010 Massachu-
setts had the second lowest
rate of gun deaths;
Massachusetts has the low-
est rate of gun suicides in the
nation;
Massachusetts has the third
lowest rate of accidental gun
aeains; :
The rest of the nation has
2.5 times the Massachusetts
rate of gun homicides.
The report makes some 45
recommendations regarding
gun laws in Massachusetts
including:
Increased funding for eight
social programs mostly in j
urban areas; :
Recommendations regarding ;
school safety; I
Recommendations regarding ¦
mental illness issues (but none i
that would require mental •
health professionals to report
dangerous or suicidal people)
Having read the Report and
the 56 or so bills filed in the i
legislature, it strikes me that ,
if we include every recom-
mendation in the report , the I
bill will make us "feel good"
but will have little effect on il-
legal gun possession and use.
Contact: 617-722-2090