Obituaries

The familiar purser and quartermaster aboard Steamship Authority vessels died on August 10 in Boston. He was 80.

John W. Berninger of Martha’s Vineyard and Mashpee died peacefully on Wednesday, August 20, at the Falmouth Hospital. He was 61.

Robert W. Kelley, a longtime officer of Edgartown National Bank, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on July 7. He was 95.

A memorial service for Pamela Peia is scheduled for Sept. 6 at 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Vineyard Haven.

Paul R. Hotz of Acworth, N.H., died surrounded by his wife and three children on Friday, August 15, after a long illness. He was 75.

Iten Noa Fales of Cambridge died on Jan. 6 in East Hampton, N.Y. She was 97. Mrs. Fales was a year-round and later a seasonal resident on the...

Ellen Michael of Fairhaven died peacefully after an illness on July 30 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was surrounded by loved ones.

Polly (Merritt) O’Leary of Framingham and East Chop, died peacefully, surrounded by friends and family on July 12. She was 72.

Richard Bowdre Leigh, a resident of Willingboro, N.J., and Martha’s Vineyard, died peacefully on August 12. He was 81.

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