Obituaries
SSA Governor H. Flint Ranney Was Friendly Island Advocate
Julia Wells
Nantucket Steamship authority governor H. Flint Ranney died Dec. 21 at home surrounded by his family following a brief illness. He was 77.
Suzanne Crossland Was Artist and Good Friend
Suzanne Bowden Crossland died peacefully at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Dec. 24 surrounded by her sons, Kurt Crossland, Mark Crossland, and her...
Joanne Davis, 89, Loved Summers in Edgartown
Joanne Davis of Edgartown and Essex, Conn. died on Dec. 6 at the age of 89. She was born on March 29, 1923 in Milwaukee, Wis., and went to the Mary...
Grace Audrey McDonnell, 7
Grace Audrey McDonnell, age seven, died tragically on Dec. 14 at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Grace came to Edgartown with her...
Asna Fisher Aronie, 98, Was Multi-Talented Lady
Asna Fisher Aronie died peacefully in her sleep on Nov. 13. She was 98. Asna was born April 24, 1914 in Boston, the eldest daughter of Alice and...
Evelyn Thomas
Evelyn F. Thomas of Port Charlotte, Fla. and formerly of Vineyard Haven died Sunday, Dec. 9. She was 95. Evelyn was born May 5, 1917 in Brockton....
Priscilla Magnuson
Priscilla M. Magnuson died peacefully on Dec. 19, 2012 at her home on Cooke street in Edgartown. She was 84 and the wife of George G. W. Magnuson Jr...
Joseph Gonsalves Embraced Everyone and Everything
Joseph B. Gonsalves died unexpectedly Dec. 11 at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford. He was 77. Joe, as he was known, was the oldest son of Joseph...
Josephine Walker, 94, Was Born in Edgartown
Edgartown native Josephine Reynolds Walker, born June 21, 1918, died on Dec. 2 in Milton at the age of 94. Daughter of James and Beatrice (Smith)...