Obituaries
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...
Sally Evans Was Dedicated To Family, Loyal to Friends
Lois B. Evans died early on the morning of Jan. 26 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, surrounded by family. She was 77. Born in Kearney, N.J., on...
War Veteran Jim French Was Avid Island Sailor
George M. (Jim) French, 87, of West Tisbury, died on Jan. 23 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital following complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma...
West Chop Philanthropist Emalea Trentman Dies
Emalea Pusey Warner Trentman of Greenville, Del., and West Chop, died on Jan. 23 at her residence at Stonegates.
Mary Smith Larsen Was Chilmark Figurehead
Mary S. Larsen’s journey in life ended on Jan. 17 in Stuart, Fla. She was born on March 29, 1926 in Oak Bluffs, to Stanley M. Smith and Marguerite...
Steve Crampton Led Sheriff’s Meadow
Stephen R. Crampton, 70, the loving husband of Susan C. Crampton, died of leukemia at Massachusetts General Hospital on Jan. 23. Before succumbing...
Rita Barrows Dies at 92, Had a Life of Adventure
Rita Merlet Barrows died on Jan. 23 at Long Hill in Edgartown. She was 92. She was the daughter of Ernest Henri Merlet and Philomene Chevalier...
Devoted Island Denizen Claire Trahan Coggins Dies
Claire T. Coggins, the wife of the late Benjamin W. Coggins, died on New Year’s Day.
Dorothy Lewis Frank Was Adored Island Beautician
Dorothy (Dotty) Lewis Frank, a native of Oak Bluffs, died on Jan. 16 at home in Tucson, Ariz., where she had lived for the past 34 years. The cause...