Obituaries
Penn Kimball, 98
Penn Kimball, the journalist, author and mentor to a generation of fledgling reporters as a professor for 27 years at Columbia University’s Graduate...
Dorothy Mae Gazaille West, 89
Dorothy Mae Gazaille West, affectionately known as Dottie or Dot, died peacefully on Nov. 7 surrounded by her family.
Laurel Chapman, 66
Laurel L.H. Chapman of Vineyard Haven died on Sept. 30, 2013. She was 66. Born in 1947 in Bridgeport, Conn., Laurel grew up in Trumbull, Conn. She...
Richard J. DeBettencourt, 84
Richard J. DeBettencourt of Oak Bluffs died peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 3 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital with his family at his side. He was 84.
Diane B. Martin, 60
Diane B. Martin of Cape Elizabeth, Me., died peacefully at her home on Oct. 29 surrounded by her family. She was 60.
Leo Kayser Jr., 95
Leo Kayser Jr. of Birmingham, Ala., Chilmark and Naples, Fla., died Oct. 26. He was 95.
William A. Brown, 67
William (Bill) A. Brown of Oak Bluffs died after a short illness at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston on Oct. 29. He was 67.
Yvonne LaBrecque, 94
Yvonne LaBrecque, formerly of Vineyard Haven and West Hartford, Conn., died at home in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 11. She was 94.
Diane Martin, 60
Diane Martin Diane B. Martin of Cape Elizabeth, Me., and Martha’s Vineyard died Tuesday, Oct. 29 surrounded by her family. She was 60. A memorial...