Obituaries
Keith Graves Was Marine, Outdoorsman and Father
Keith Elliot Graves, 57, of Holyoke, and formerly of Martha’s Vineyard, died at Holyoke Medical Center on August 23. Keith was born in Springfield...
Marion Savage Isakson, 91, Lived Stylish, Learned Life
Marion Savage Isakson, formerly of Cheshire, Conn., Chilmark and Sanibel, Fla., died peacefully in her sleep on July 7 at Peconic Landing in...
Keith Graves
Keith E. Graves, 57, of Holyoke formerly of Martha’s Vineyard, died at Holyoke Medical Center on August 23, 2001. A funeral home service will be...
Melissa Banta Pursued Art and Literature
Melissa Wickser Banta, beloved wife of Charles Urban Banta and one of Buffalo’s most accomplished female intellectuals of her day, died at the...
Eleanor Steele Dill, 92, Was Active Volunteer
Eleanor Steele Dill, of Palm Beach, Fla., and Oak Bluffs, died peacefully in her sleep on August 5, after a struggle with Parkinson’s disease for...
Donald Rappaport, 84, Renaissance Man
Donald Rappaport, 84, an avid sailor who summered on the Vineyard since 1977, died on Friday, August 12, of cancer at his Washington, D.C,, home,...
Leighton Burriss Was Navy Man, Storyteller, Musician
Leighton Lamar Burriss of Oak Bluffs died August 13. He was born Nov. 3, 1930 in Washington, D.C. Leighton was the son of William F. Burriss and...
Tovi Kratovil Loved Vineyard Summers
Emil Arthur Kratovil Jr., known to all as Tovi, died peacefully from natural causes in his Charlottesville, Va., home on August 1 at the age of 70...
Preston Averill Forged Lasting Friendships
Preston Willoughby Averill Sr. (aka Dad, Bumpa, Grampy, Grandpa, Uncle Preston) died peacefully at his home in Vineyard Haven on Friday, August 12...