Obituaries
Keith Graves
Keith E. Graves, 57, of Holyoke formerly of Martha’s Vineyard, died at Holyoke Medical Center on August 23, 2001. A funeral home service will be...
Melissa Banta Pursued Art and Literature
Melissa Wickser Banta, beloved wife of Charles Urban Banta and one of Buffalo’s most accomplished female intellectuals of her day, died at the...
Eleanor Steele Dill, 92, Was Active Volunteer
Eleanor Steele Dill, of Palm Beach, Fla., and Oak Bluffs, died peacefully in her sleep on August 5, after a struggle with Parkinson’s disease for...
Donald Rappaport, 84, Renaissance Man
Donald Rappaport, 84, an avid sailor who summered on the Vineyard since 1977, died on Friday, August 12, of cancer at his Washington, D.C,, home,...
Leighton Burriss Was Navy Man, Storyteller, Musician
Leighton Lamar Burriss of Oak Bluffs died August 13. He was born Nov. 3, 1930 in Washington, D.C. Leighton was the son of William F. Burriss and...
Tovi Kratovil Loved Vineyard Summers
Emil Arthur Kratovil Jr., known to all as Tovi, died peacefully from natural causes in his Charlottesville, Va., home on August 1 at the age of 70...
Preston Averill Forged Lasting Friendships
Preston Willoughby Averill Sr. (aka Dad, Bumpa, Grampy, Grandpa, Uncle Preston) died peacefully at his home in Vineyard Haven on Friday, August 12...
Tony Martin, 78, Was Hunter, Gardener
Antone M. (Tony) Martin Jr. of East Falmouth died suddenly on August 8 at the Falmouth Hospital. He was 78. He was the loving husband of Carolyn...
John Reed Was Achiever in Air Force, Agribusiness
Services will be held tomorrow morning in West Tisbury for John G. Reed Jr., who died Oct. 18, 2010, at the age of 80 at his home in Washington, D...
