Obituaries
Robert Riger, Book Editor With Lifelong Love of the Vineyard
Robert Paris Riger, publisher and author, died on Jan. 26 in New York city of complications from the flu. He was 57.
Lorraine O'Callaghan, Social Services Advocate
Lorraine Shortell O’Callaghan died Feb. 4 at the Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility in Oak Bluffs.
Tracy Dickinson, Philanthropist, Animal Lover
Tracy Harrington Dickinson of Park Ridge, N.J., died on Tuesday, Jan. 30. She was 63.
Fran Woerpel, Avid Reader With Keen Interest in History
Frances Kane Woerpel died Jan. 20 at the Henrietta Brewer House in Vineyard Haven after a short illness. She was 88.
Allene Turner Summered at East Chop
Allene K. (Warner) Clark Turner of North Port, Fla., and East Chop, died peacefully at the Hospice House of Venice, Fla., on Jan. 25.
Ann Smith, Hardworking Lifelong Islander
Ann Bernard Smith died on July 11, 2017 at her home on Curtis Lane. She was 91.
Peggy O'Neil, Hospital Radiologist, Had Many Vineyard Friends
Margaret Mary (Peggy) O’Neil of Ontario, Calif., died peacefully on Jan. 19. She was 80.
Buddy Allen Dies at 73
Albert W. (Buddy) Allen 3rd of Vineyard Haven died on Monday, Jan. 29, at the Lahey Clinic Hospital in Burlington. He was 73.
John Emery, Longtime Boston Attorney Who Summered on the Island
John Clarke Emery died peacefully in his sleep on Feb. 1 at his home in Dedham. He was 87.