Obituaries
Gerald Chipperfield Was WWII Veteran, Fisherman
Gerald Harold Chipperfield died peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 4, surrounded by his loving family members and the care of Island Hospice. He was 81...
Sam Jackson Dies
Sam Jackson Dies Samuel Jackson Jr. of Edgartown died on Feb. 9 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton after a lengthy illness. He was 68....
Bold Educator, Oak Bluffs Cottager Mikki Webb Dies
Helen (Mikki) Webb of Oak Bluffs died on Jan. 9 at Massachusetts General Hospital following a brief illness.
Daniel Emerson Prowten Was Builder and Fireman
Daniel Emerson Prowten of West Tisbury died in a house fire at his Christiantown Road home on Saturday morning. He was 63 and had lived in West...
Island Nurse, Avid Seafarer Holly Thomas Dies at 88
Ida May (Holly) Thomas died peacefully at the Henrietta Brewer House in Vineyard Haven on Jan. 31 at the age of 88. She was born and brought up...
Daniel Jonas Aronie Was Bright, Brave Island Native
Daniel Jonas Aronie died at 1:24 a.m. on Jan. 29 on the full moon, the brightest of the year. Dan contracted diabetes when he was nine months old...
Former Island Inn Manager David Klein Dies at 50
David L. Klein, 50, of Dartmouth died Sunday, Jan. 31, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston of complications from cancer. He was the husband...
Daniel Freed Was Pivotal Scholar of American Law
Daniel J. Freed, a Yale Law School professor who was a leading intellectual influence and commentator on how Americans convicted of crimes should...
Lucile Russell Stuart Dies, Was West Tisbury Dynamo
Lucile Russell Stuart of West Tisbury died at home on Jan. 30. She was 94. Formerly of Princeton, N.J., Mrs. Stuart had summered on the Vineyard...