Obituaries
Joan Silvia Was Vocalist and Longtime Volunteer
Joan D. Silvia, 83, died on Tuesday morning, May 1, at Massachusetts General Hospital after an illness of many months. Her heart, always strong...
Marilyn Colla, 70, Enjoyed Island Life and Travelling
Marilyn Colla died peacefully on Thursday, May 3, just before her 71st birthday at her home in Edgartown with her husband by her side. She was...
Jovian Kerr, 31, Was Adventurous Individual
Jovian Kerr of Oak Bluffs died Friday, May 4, at age 31, after a sudden and unexpected illness. Born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to the late Joan...
Elvira Hart Loved Travel, Time Spent on Vineyard
Elvira Delany (Vera) Hart, 93, of Salisbury, Conn., died April 26, at Noble Horizons in Salisbury. She was 93. She was the wife of the late...
Audrey Foote: Educator, Writer, Feminist
Audrey Chamberlain Foote of Washington. D.C., educator, translator, feminist, animal rights advocate and longtime seasonal Chilmark visitor, died...
Lois Smyth Led Full Life Of Family, Travel and Fun
After a brief illness and a long life, Lois Sanderson Smyth died peacefully on April 18 at VITAS Hospice at St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, Conn...
Sandra Fales Hillman Led Life of Adventure
Sandra Fales Hillman died unexpectedly and peacefully in her sleep on Friday, Jan. 20, at Stoneybrook, her home in Greenwich, Conn. She was 73....
Joan Baptiste, 57: She Wouldn’t Change a Thing
Joan M. Baptiste of Vineyard Haven died at age 57 on Tuesday, May 1, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital from a long battle with lung cancer. She...
Elaine Zwicky, 73, Was a Talented Musician, Singer
Elaine Merrill (Susie) Zwicky, 73, died at 9:50 a.m. on April 21 at her home in Oak Park, Ill. Her husband, Gary L. Zwicky — whom she married on...