Dr. Matthew Cushing Jr.

With profound sadness, we announce the peaceful passing of Dr. Matthew Cushing Jr. on May 31, 2025. His sons Evan and Hugh were able to spend his last days with him in Brewster, MA.

Born in Salem Massachusetts in 1932, he spent his first years in Beverly with his parents Matthew Cushing and M. Jane (Teague) Cushing and was mostly raised in Quincy. He attended Thayer Academy, Harvard University (class of '53), and Tufts University School of Medicine (M.D., Class of '57). He married Mary Genevieve Connors (also raised in Quincy) in 1957 in Baltimore. After an internship at the University of Colorado Medical School in Denver and residency in San Francisco at UCSF, he served as a Lieutenant Commander and Flight Surgeon in the US Navy at Moffett Field in Mountain View CA.

In 1963 Mary and he took a cross-continent road trip to return to New England, settling in Andover Massachusetts and starting a private practice in internal medicine, where he practiced for the next 30 years. During this period, he was chief medical officer of Lawrence General Hospital, head of the Merrimack Valley Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Internal Medicine, and president of the Harvard Club of Andover. In 1986 he became medical director of Suburban Healthcare in Andover, which he led until 1994. In that year he and Mary relocated to Marin County, CA where he practiced for a further 10 years.

He then retired to Harwich on Cape Cod. While in Harwich, Mary and he both were active members of the community. Matt was a trustee of the Harwich Conservation Trust, chaired the Town of Harwich Trails Committee, and served on the Harwich Board of Health. In addition, he volunteered with Nauset Neighbors and hosted a news radio show for the visually impaired with Audible Local Ledger (ALL) in Mashpee.

Matt loved sailing with his family, loved hiking and natural history (especially that of Cape Cod and Marin County), and had a keen intellect and truly insatiable curiosity. He is a shining example of optimism, compassion, fortitude, and intelligence to all who knew him.

He is survived by his sister Nancy Meissner of Duxbury MA, his son Hugh Cushing, daughter-in-law Louise Dubin, and granddaughter Alison Cushing of South Orange, New Jersey, his son Evan Cushing, daughter-in-law Christi Ellis, and grandson Liam Cushing of Harwich Port, MA, and many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, and grand-nephews. He was predeceased by his wife Mary Genevieve Connors Cushing and his brother Peter Cushing.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, July 19, 2025, from 10am to 12pm, with a service beginning at 12pm, at Chapman Funerals & Cremations, 678 Main Street, Blute Chapel, Harwich Center. Burial with Military Honors will follow at South Harwich Cemetery, 270 Chatham Road, Harwich.

Notes of comfort may be made to Matthew's family at www.chapmanfuneral.com