Obituaries
Hunter and Harley Rider Jean Levesque Dies at 64
Jean Marc (Frenchy) Levesque of West Tisbury died on May 4 at Massachusetts General Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was 64. He was...
Arthur Railton, Editor of Intelligencer, Chronicler of Island History, Dies at 95
Tom Dunlop
Arthur R. Railton of Edgartown and Chilmark, who wrote and published more original Vineyard history than anyone, and who crowned his career as...
Lillian Bush Was President Of VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary
Lillian L. Bush of Edgartown died on Tuesday, April 26 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 85. She was the daughter of Leo and Lilliane (...
Violinist Barbara Barstow Ran Music Box
Barbara Barstow, a well-known concert violinist and symphony musician, of Delano Road in Vineyard Haven, died on April 16 in Martha’s Vineyard...
David Smith Was Rector, Counsellor, Volunteer
David Emerson Smith died peacefully surrounded by his family at his home in Vineyard Haven on May 4 after a short illness. He was 79. David was...
Country Lawyer Joseph Hurley Served in War
Joseph J. Hurley Esq., former First Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, died peacefully on May 6 at the Twin Oaks Care and Rehabilitation...
Cornelia Bodkin’s Humor, Standards Inspired Others
Cornelia E. Bodkin died on April 22. Born Cornelia Elizabeth Watson in 1920, she spent her childhood and youth in Maplewood, N.J. Her immediate...
Seeker, Poet Jane Legge Brown Dies, 89
Jane Legge Brown died peacefully in her longtime Oak Bluffs home on April 18. Her son, Chris Legge, her dog, Mac, a close friend and two Hospice of...
John Balaschak, Devoted Husband, Father, Fisherman
John Francis Balaschak (Jack) died peacefully on May 9 with his loving wife, Nancy Lonuzzo Balaschak, by his side. They were married on October, 26...