Donald L. DeSorcy of West Tisbury died Thursday, July 17, at the Long Hill assisted living facility in Edgartown. He was 85. A funeral mass will be celebrated on Monday, July 21, at 10 a.m. in St. Augustine’s Church on Franklin street in Vineyard Haven. Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Vineyard Haven.

Donations in Donald’s memory may be made to Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, P.O. Box 1748, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 or to Camp Jabberwocky, PO Box 1357, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568.

Arrangements are under the care of the Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs. A complete obituary will follow in a later edition of the Gazette.