Obituaries
Marjorie Masek
Marjorie Gibbon Masek died at her Vineyard Haven home after a long illness on Sunday, Dec. 12. She 70 and was the beloved wife of James G. Masek. A...
Doris Billings, 80, Was Devoted Wife, Mother
Doris Mae Billings, beloved wife of the late Raymond Billings Jr., both of Vineyard Haven, died on Monday, Dec. 6 in Boston after a long struggle...
Heather D. Jardin
Heather D. Jardin Heather D. Jardin, 29, of Oak Bluffs died on Wednesday, Dec. 8, at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston after a long...
Henry King Jr., 86, Was Well-Known Town Figure
Henry F. King Jr. died peacefully at his home in Windemere Nursing Home on Monday, Dec. 6 at the age of 86. A sixth-generation Islander, he was...
Marjorie Taylor Was Lifelong Vineyarder
Marjorie C. Taylor died Tuesday, Nov. 30 at her home in Vineyard Haven. She was 87. Born in West Chop on May 21, 1923, to Llewellyn and Lydia...
Gabriel Whiting Shanok, Loving and Deeply Loved
Gabriel Whiting Shanok died on Nov. 28 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston following complications from cardiac arrest nearly three months...
Jeremiah McCarthy, 73, Was Well Loved Teacher
Jeremiah J. (Jerry) McCarthy of Needham, Oak Bluffs and formerly of Wellesley, died at his home on Nov. 29. He was 73. Born in Marlborough, he...
Patricia Flanders Lived Life of Faith and Courage
Patricia Ruppert Flanders died surrounded by the love of her children, on Nov. 23, after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Pat was born...