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Howard Wolbarsht, 79
Summer resident, independent spirit
Howard Wolbarsht, 79, died in September at Roxborough Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia.
He was born on April 9, 1929, in Baltimore, Md., and lived there during his youth. He attended Antioch College in Ohio and worked as a general assistant in the editorial offices of The New Yorker magazine from 1950 to 1953.
For most of the last 30 to 40 years he spent summers in Provincetown, working at the old Lobster Pot, the Old Reliable Fish House, the Moors, and most recently at Michael Shay’s in the East End. During the winter months he returned to work in the Philadelphia area. He loved the old Provincetown and lamented the changes that have taken place in recent years.
A fiercely independent spirit, he was outspoken and had very strong viewpoints on many aspects of life. He frequently took on responsibility for things he felt were not being done in the way that they should be. He was a champion of the underdog. He was a generous man, always known to be especially giving to those he felt were not sufficiently recognized for their contributions.
Howie will be missed by his many friends in the Provincetown community and elsewhere. In keeping with his last wishes, he was cremated and his ashes will be scattered in the sands at Herring Cove Beach. A memorial stone will be placed in his honor at the Pilgrim’s First Landing Park in the West End.
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Gertrude Jacobs, 76
Kenelm Nickerson Collins
David L. Carreiro, 61
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Oct 9th, 2008