Obituaries
Otis Rogers Jr., Proud Son of Oak Bluffs
The lifelong resident of Oak Bluffs died peacefully on Jan. 26. A funeral mass will be held Thursday in Vineyard Haven.
Jack Durkee Navigated Life, on Land and at Sea
John W. (Jack) Durkee died Jan. 24 in Orange, Conn., due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 82.
Service Sunday for Hugh MacInnis
A funeral service for Hugh MacInnis will be held on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 1:30 p.m. at Trinity Methodist Church in the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs.
Service Thursday for Otis Rogers Jr.
Otis A. Rogers Jr. of Oak Bluffs died on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was 92.
Bob Lunbeck Summered in Chilmark, Served on Museum Board
Robert Ashton Lunbeck died peacefully at home in Audubon, Pa., on Jan. 21, surrounded by family.
Janet McCawley, Land Bank Advocate and Cookbook Author
Janet Cruikshank McCawley died Jan. 21 in Bloomfield, Conn. She was 91.
Herbert Abrams, Physician and Activist, Was Longtime Vineyarder
Herbert Leroy Abrams, physician, researcher, author and activist, died peacefully at home in Palo Alto, Calif., on Jan. 20, surrounded by family.
Libby Smith, 91, Led a Storybook Life
Elizabeth Bennett Smith, affectionately known to many as Libby, died peacefully at Essex Meadows Health Center on Jan. 4.
Lynn Tipson, World War II Veteran, Longtime West Tisbury Resident
Lynn Baird Tipson died on Jan. 18 in Basking Ridge, N.J. He was 96.