- “he did it his way” in life. Peter was born on December 25, 1945 and died on January 5, 2021
of that dreaded disease, cancer. He will always be known on the Cape for his “Peterbuilt”
houses - they are numerous! After an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy, he settled in
Sandwich and worked as a framer, then on to his own building business. One day his wife
came home to find a pig in the back yard of their Farmersville Rd. home and that’s when she
found out he always wanted to farm. He found a great piece of property and there began first
Twin Hawk Farm, then Cape Poultry Farm, then to Watts Family Farms with his two sons.
Chickens, then pigs and sheep and cows, even ostriches, then onto composting and the best
turkeys ever at Thanksgiving. Lots of hilarious stories about these ventures.
Peter grew up in Pawtucket and Mansfield, son of the late Elmer and Rose Watts. He leaves
his wife of “almost 50 years” Claire Annese Watts, his son Ajay, wife Laura, and beloved
grandchildren, Isabella and Evan; his son Andrew, wife Chelsea, and the ever joyful Hazel Jane;
all of Sandwich. His sons were brought up with his favorite sayings - “I’d rather have it and not
need it than need it and not have it”, and "God willing and the creek don’t rise”. He leaves his
son Jonathan Peter Wetmore and his sons Ben and Jon; his daughter Heather Wetmore
Bisshopp and her daughter Rachel Dawley; his daughter Regina Zimberlin and her husband
Dan, and their daughter Caitlyn; all of Rhode Island.
He leaves his beloved two sisters, Judith Trojano of Wareham, her children, Michael, Beth Ann
and Stephen, his sister Maggie-Watts Forest and her husband Fran, of North Attleboro. His
nephews, Kevin and Brian Watts, sons of the late Jeffrey Watts, Peter’s brother.
Peter had a special way of reaching out - Mark Armstrong and his family from Belfast, Northern
Ireland; John and Joseph DiLazzaro and their families……he made an impact on their lives, for
sure. He will be missed by all of his wife’s family, he was loved, respected, and looked forward
to the challenge of friendly political debates with the best of them. All of his Sandwich friends
and colleagues. He will be missed especially by Anna - who would follow him around the farm,
or anywhere Peter was working, as his helper.
He cherished his friends from Southern Comfort - he absolutely loved his yearly “snowbird” days
at the campground in Florida. We will always picture him leaving in November (before the cold)
in his motorhome, trailering his Harley, and his sports car. Thankful he got to live that dream
and also made some great life-long friends.
There will be a visitation on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home, Rte. 6A,
Sandwich, Ma from 3-7pm. His funeral will be Monday, January 18, 2021, gathering at 9:15 am at
the funeral home and proceeding to Sandwich Town Cemetery for a 10am Service. We understand that those not attending during Covid, there all be a Celebration of his Life this summer.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Peter’s memory can be made to the “Nicholas G. Xiarhos
Memorial Foundation Fund” via the link www.capecodfoundation.org/donate;fund/
Peter loved riding his Harley in Big Nick’s ride.
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