Obituaries
Sarah Yorke Rentschler Dies in New York at 59
Sarah Yorke (Rah) Rentschler of Hudson, N.Y., died suddenly of heart failure on Sept. 6 in Hudson. She was 59. Born in 1950 in Minneapolis, Minn.,...
Norman Irving Sebell Dies at 87
Norman Irving Sebell, 87, of Canton and Oak Bluffs died Sept. 8, 2009. He was the devoted husband of Ruth Horowitz Sebell, with whom he shared...
Whitney Blair Dies at 55, Was Grace Church Organist
Whitney Pierpoint (Pete) Blair, 55, eldest son of Whitney and Susan Blair of Brunswick, Me., died peacefully on August 13 at his home in Sebastopol...
Mary Schwarz Lived Her Life With Vim and Vigor
Mary Louise (Mamise) Schwarz, 91, died on Sept. 2 at her home in Vineyard Haven of natural causes. Born in Bangor, Me., to Charles P. and Marion...
William David Norton
William David Norton William David Norton, 80, died peacefully at his Oak Bluffs home on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. He was the beloved husband of...
Donna Lee Miller Cavallo Dies at 58
Donna Lee Miller Cavallo, 58, died unexpectedly on Sept. 5 of natural causes. She was born in Bangor, Me., on Dec. 11, 1950, the third child of...
Elizabeth Flint Richards DeCosta Dies in Virginia
Elizabeth Flint Richards DeCosta died peacefully at home on August 25, 2009, after a brief but difficult struggle with lung cancer. With great love...
Henry R. Carreiro Dies, Was Radio Personality
Henry R. Carreiro of Oak Bluffs, former radio talk show host and well-known figure around town, as well as in New Bedford, died Wednesday, August...
West Tisbury’s Albert Littlefield, Stalwart Vineyarder, Dies at 97
Albert B. Littlefield of West Tisbury died peacefully at the age of 97 in the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital with family by his side on July 8. He had...