Obituaries

Helen Csenge Dropick died on July 21 at Monsignor Bojnowski Manor, a nursing home in New Britain, Conn. She was 100.

Elizabeth (Lal) Kirwan Dowley died on July 3 at her home on East Chop. She was 94.

Eugene O. DeFelice Sr., of Oak Bluffs and Palm Beach Gardens, died on May 31 at his home in Florida. He was 98.

William J. (Billy) Dias Jr., of Vineyard Haven, died on May 26. He was 77.

William J. (Billy) Dias Jr., 77, of Vineyard Haven died on May 26.

A memorial mass for John Richard (Rick) Davies will be held on Saturday, May 18.

Dr. Theodore Dreier Jr., a Seven Gates Farm summer resident whose family spans five generations of Vineyard life, died on Feb. 4.

After fighting a fierce war with an implacable adversary, John Richard (Rick) Davies 3rd, died on Dec. 14 at the McCarthy Care Center in Sandwich.

Beverly Mae DeSorcy died peacefully at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Dec. 2, while listening to her favorite Christmas carols.

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