Doris E. Thorington

Doris E. Thorington, 83, of Oak Bluffs died March 1 at the Windemere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. She was the widow of Kendall Sowles Thorington, who died last September.

She is survived by her son Paul Thorington and his wife Gloria of Concord, N.H.; two grandchildren, Andrew, his wife Renee and Brandt; a great-grandchild, Luc; and her sister, Mabel McCarthy of Oak Bluffs.

A funeral mass will be held on Saturday, March 4 in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Oak Bluffs at 1 p.m. Interment will take place at a later date at the VA National Cemetery in Bourne.

Visiting hours will be held in the Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home on Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Oak Bluffs tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Saturday morning at 11:30 a.m.

Donations may be made in her memory to the Vineyard Nursing Association, P.O. Box 2549, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557, or to the Oak Bluffs Public Library, P.O. Box 2039, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557. Visit www.ccgfuneralhome.com for the online guest book.