Obituaries
Capt. David Whitley Was Longtime Pilot
Capt. David L. Whitley, a longtime summer resident of West Tisbury, died in the early hours of the morning of Jan. 21 at his home in Cincinnati,...
Marilyn Post, 85, Operated The Post House
Marilyn S. Post, 85, of Batavia, N.Y. and a former Martha’s Vineyard resident, died peacefully on Feb. 3 at the New York State Veterans Home in...
Edmund Joseph Silva, 80, Was an Eddie of all Trades
Edmund Joseph Silva of Oak Bluffs died on Feb. 5 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston shortly before his 81st birthday. Mr. Silva was born...
Margory Sweester, 83, Spent Summers on Vineyard
Margory Rachel Sweetser, 83, of Fayetteville, N.Y. died peacefully on Jan. 20. The third child of Emily Saunders and James Keith, Margory was born...
Frank (Junie) O’Brien Jr. Lived Life of an Educator
Frank (Junie) O’Brien Jr. of Boston and Edgartown died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, Feb. 2. He was 92 and had...
Marilyn O’Callaghan, 64, Lived Adventurous Life
Marilyn Ann O’Callaghan, 64, of Vineyard Haven, died peacefully at home on Jan. 26, after a long and valiant struggle with chronic obstructive...
William (Dick) Post, 84, Owned Island Guest House
William Richard (Dick) Post, 84, of Batavia, N.Y. and a former Vineyard resident, died Saturday, Jan. 28, at the New York State Veteran’s Home in...
Douglas W. Dias, 71, Lived on Island Whole Life
Douglas W. Dias, 71, formerly of Vineyard Haven, died on Jan. 24, at the Falmouth Hospital of complications from a stroke. Doug was born in Oak...
Warren Cookson Jr., 50, Loved Sea and Theatre
Warren William Cookson Jr. died unexpectedly on Jan. 26, at home in Edgartown. He was 50. Bill, as he was known, was born in Baltimore on June 25...