Obituaries
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 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...
Journalist, VOI Founder J. Robert Windsor Dies
J. Robert Windsor, a broadcasting pioneeer on the Vineyard, died of lung cancer at his home in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 25. He was 73.
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...