David Torrey Eames of Chilmark, a writer and journalist, died on July 22 after a brief illness. He was 70. The cause of death was complications from diabetes and pneumonia.

A summer resident for many seasons, he moved permanently to the Vineyard in 1994.

David was born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and spent his early childhood in Clinton Corners, N.Y., and later in South Deerfield. He attended The Putney School and Bard College. For several years after college, David worked as a reporter, first in California for the San Jose Chronicle, then for the Vineyard Gazette where he attributed much of his journalistic learning to Betty and Henry Hough.

After sojourning a year in France, David moved back to New York where he worked for Look magazine. He then transferred to Boston and was employed by Little, Brown Publishing Company.

David's novel, Family Style, won a special citation from the Ernest Hemingway Foundation. His articles and stories have appeared in Connoisseur, Escapade, Gent, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Show, Quest/80, the Northeast Review, the Transatlantic Review and The New York Times. He was also associate producer of the award-winning documentary films Titicut Follies and High School.

David is survived by four children from his marriage to Katherine Binger Gilmour: Seth Eames of Poolesville, Md.; Alexandra Eames of New York; Evan Eames of San Francisco, Calif., and Gillian Eames of Frascati, Italy. He is also survived by a sister, Elizabeth Eames Roebling, six grandchildren, one nephew and his companion of 20 years, Carmine Cerone.

A graveside ceremony will be held at Abel's Hill Cemetery in Chilmark, at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 29. Friends are invited to attend.

A memorial service is planned for Saturday, August 14, at noon at the Quaker Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to Sheriff's Meadow Foundation or Habitat for Humanity.