Betsey Sylvester

Betsey Atwood Sylvester died peacefully on April 5 at her daughter Gail’s home in Cave Creek, Ariz. She was 84 and had a longtime connection to the Island. Her parents, Francis Clarke and Eleanor Bonnar Atwood, lived in Edgartown for many years as owners of Katama Shores Hotel at South Beach, and her niece, Betsey Cumming currently lives in Edgartown.

She is survived by her three children: Jean Jedrey, Gail Lance-Huntoon and Tom Sylvester 3rd. Her children will be bringing her ashes back to the Island June 12 to be interred next to her mother and father and her husband, Tom Sylvester Jr. The family will have a short service at Old Town Katama Edgartown Cemetery; a reception will follow at the home of Betsey Cumming.