Obituaries
Edward Farrow, 82, Owned Tashtego
Edward Windsor (Ted) Farrow died on July 15 of a massive head injury as a result of a fall. He was 82. He was well known on the Vineyard where he...
Mary Follas, Grandmother With Great Love of Nature
Mary Ruth Follas, 64, of Edgartown, died on Thursday, July 14, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 64. Born in Toledo, Ohio, Mary...
Edmund Rothschild, Doc of Dutcher Dock
Dr. Edmund O. Rothschild died on March 16, surrounded by his family. A lifelong New York city resident, Ed graduated from the Bronx Science High...
Gertrude Hall Kenney, 85, Was School Secretary
Gertrude Hall Kenney died at her Vineyard Haven home on Sunday morning, July 17. She was 85. Gertrude was born on August 14, 1925, in New York...
Mary Follas
Mary R. Follas, 64, of Edgartown died on Thursday, July 14, at the Cape Cod Hospital. Her funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, July 18 at 11...
Beloved Science Teacher Changed Students’ Lives
Darrell Alexander Shavers Jr. died on June 30, hours before his 64th birthday. He will always be remembered as a loving father and grandfather, a...
Dorothy Frost Gentle Helped Start Katama Airport
Dorothy Frost Gentle died at her home in Edgartown on June 26. She was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on Oct. 21, 1915. Upon the death of her mother...
Catesby Jones, 86, Was Trusted Banker and Friend
Catesby Brooke Jones of Richmond, Va., died on July 9. He was 86 and was a lifelong summer resident of the Vineyard. Born on March 7, 1925, in...
William Bettencourt, Not Grounded by Handicap
William A. Bettencourt died peacefully at Windemere on Thursday, July 7. He was 87. Bill, as he was known to his friends, was born in the...