Obituaries
Carolyn Riggs Bernardin, 95
Carolyn Riggs Bernardin died peacefully of natural causes on May 12 at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital.
Thomas Edwin Benedict Jr., 71
Thomas Edwin Benedict Jr., a lifelong adventurer, died on April 29 in Oak Bluffs.
Elsie L. Baer, 92
Elsie L. Baer died peacefully on April 20 at Brigham and Women's Hospital with her daughters by her side.
Claire Richardson Bennett, 94
Claire Richardson Bennett, a pioneering female landscape architect, died March 13 at her home in Carmel, Ind.
Edith Graham Blake, 97
Edith Graham Blake, photographer, writer, tennis and croquet player, sailor, conservationist, animal lover and devoted Edgartonian died Feb. 25.
Eileen Kaye Berger, 79
Eileen Kaye Berger, a New York City writer, teacher, photographer and mother, died on March 9 at her home in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Jessie Benton, 83
Jessie Benton, daughter of renowned artist Thomas Hart Benton, died surrounded by family in Los Angeles on Feb. 16.