Obituaries
Former Vineyard Resident Bea West Dies in Illinois
Beatrice (Bea) Regina West, 84, of Murphysboro, Ill., and Edgartown from 1948 until 1958, died on Tuesday, March 16, at her residence in...
Beryl Frey’s Spirit Was Beloved in Camp Ground
Beryl G. (Schelhorn) Frey, of Auburndale and Oak Bluffs, formerly of Garden City, N.Y., died Saturday, March 13, after a brave struggle with...
Tom Osmers Always Had Oysters and Pearls of Wisdom to Share
Tom Osmers, the philosopher fisherman with a generous gift for oratory and oyster shucking whose status as a true Island character was confirmed...
Vineyard Haven Resident Bobby Pachico Dies at 81
Madeline (Bobby) E. Pachico, 81, of Vineyard Haven died on Friday morning, March 12, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was the wife of...
Joan MacKay Brown was Imaginative Poet
Joan MacKay Brown, 84, died March 9 at the Windemere Nursing Facility in Oak Bluffs. Born in Rochester, N.Y., she attended Queen’s University in...
Chuck Youngs Dies, 79, was Kind and Generous
Charles (Chuck) Youngs of Orlando, Fla., and Oak Bluffs, died on March 3 at his home in Orlando. He was 79 years old. He was born in Providence, R....
Edith Tobin, Edgartown Native, Loved Gardening
Edith (Mello) Tobin, 90, of Newington, Conn., and the Vineyard, beloved widow of Charles L. Tobin died Saturday, March 13. She was born in...
Leonora Bettencourt was Vibrant Vineyard Fixture
Leonora Pauline Bettencourt, of Edgartown, died at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Wednesday, March 10, at the age of 93. She was predeceased by...
Matriarch Bobbie Atchley Was Sailor, Horsewoman
Barbara (Bobbie) Payne Atchley died March 4 at Lifecare of Nashoba Valley in Littleton, where she had lived for the past six years. She was 88 and...