Obituaries
Elizabeth Stetson Pettit Loved Travel, Photography
Elizabeth Stetson Pettit, 92, died peacefully in Seattle, Wash., on Saturday, May 11. Mrs. Pettit was born in Bedford, N.Y., the daughter of the...
John D. Patrick Sr., 89, Was D-Day Veteran
John D. Patrick Sr., who was born in Dracut, raised in Lowell, and lived later in life both on Martha’s Vineyard and in Cambridge, died May 25 at...
Beatrice Pacheco, 94, Was Tax Collector in Tisbury
Beatrice L. Pacheco of Vineyard Haven died peacefully in her sleep at the Windemere Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Oak Bluffs on May 20. She...
David Plumb, 94, Founded Chappy Island Association
David S. Plumb of St. Louis, Mo., and Chappaquiddick, died peacefully in his sleep at his St. Louis home on May 11, a fitting end to a long and...
Yvonne (Pebbles) Ponte
Yvonne (Pebbles) Ponte of Vineyard Haven died Thursday, April 25, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 40.
Eleanor Bronson Pyle, 79, Summered at Indian Hill
Eleanor Bronson Pyle, a regular visitor to and sometime resident of the Island for the past 51 years, died on April 12 at the age of 79 in Belmont...
William Post Was Lifelong Island Visitor
William G. Post of Naples, Fla., formerly of Stowe, Vt., died at The Arbors in Shelburne, Vt. on March 26 surrounded by his children and...
Veteran Arthur Perry Was Purple Heart Recipient
Arthur Anthony Perry, formerly of Oak Bluffs, died Dec. 6 in Reno, Nev., after a courageous battle with bladder cancer. He was 71. The dedicated...
Blaikie Purvis Lived Life to the Fullest
Blaikie Purvis, a longtime summer resident of Edgartown and Chilmark who raced dinghies in Edgartown harbor as a boy, was married at St. Andrew’s and...