Obituaries
Nathaniel Briggs, 92, Was Longtime Islander
Nathaniel W. Briggs died on Dec. 12, 2010 at the Windemere Nursing Home. He was born on Feb. 20, 1918 in Flushing, Queens, N.Y., son of Henry M....
Pianist Anne Gordon Was Translator, Music Teacher
Anne Welch Gordon, a resident on Eastville avenue for 27 full years of retirement and for summers since 1942, died on Nov. 23 in Oakland,...
Nancy Nagle, Matriarch and Reading Specialist
Nancy (Anne) Nagle, of Orienta Point, Mamaroneck, N.Y., and Edgartown, died unexpectedly on Sunday, Dec. 26 at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich,...
Helen White
Helen P. White, 85, of Edgartown died on Wednesday, Dec. 29, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was the mother of Ken White. Visiting hours in...
War Bride Olive Lorraine Dolby Had Warmth, Humor
Olive Lorraine Dolby died on Dec. 28. The eldest of a very large and raucous Irish family, she was born July 31, 1925 in Fintona, Country Tyrone,...
Candymaker, Columnist Catherine Nelson Dies at 89
Catherine Elizabeth Nelson died peacefully surrounded by her family on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010.
Sportswoman Hope Slater Loved Edgartown Sailing
Hope Welch Slater died on Saturday, Dec. 25, at the age of 81. Mrs. Slater was born in Boston on August 24, 1929, a daughter of the late Charles...
Eleanor Pearlson, 89, Trailblazer in Women’s Rights, Business
Eleanor D. Pearlson, the realty firm Tea Lane Associates’ cofounder who personally helped thousands of people to fall in love with the Island and...
Geraldyne DeBettencourt
Geraldyne G. (Gerry) DeBettencourt of Oak Bluffs died on Dec. 19 at the Cape Heritage Nursing Home in Sandwich. She was 79 and was a well-known...