Obituaries
Peggy A. Thayer
Peggy A. Thayer Peggy A. Thayer died unexpectedly at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. A memorial service is being planned by...
Clara Elwell Ball
Clara Elwell Ball Clara Elwell Ball, 98, of Hot Springs Village, Ariz., died Dec. 21. She was born Oct. 11, 1911 in Claremont, N.H., to the late...
Eye Doctor Jacob Rice Enjoyed Island Summers
Jacob Rice, of Yarmouth Port, died on Jan. 4 at the age of 89. He was the beloved husband of Sue (Rich) Rice. Dr. Rice was born and raised in...
Religious, Human Rights Fighter Enjoyed Aquinnah
Micah H. Naftalin, 76, a lifelong Washington, D.C. resident, a summer resident of 30 years on Lighthouse Road in Aquinnah, and a relentless...
Judge Lasker Ruled Over Tombs, Monty Python, Menemsha Pond
Morris E. Lasker, a U.S. District Court judge who was best known as a staunch advocate for prisoners’ rights and for cleaning up the New York city...
Sailor, Tennis Man Warren Whitley Found Island in War
Warren T. Whitley, who first came to know the Vineyard as a Coast Guardsman patrolling the South Beach shoreline during World War II and later...
Roger Greeley Dies at 61, His Grand Prix to Go On
Roger Davenport Greeley of Chilmark and Healdsburg, Calif., died Dec. 6 from complications of a gall bladder infection and related brain...
Ruth Marie Donohue, 89, Loved to Golf, Knit
Ruth Marie Donohue, 89, of Oak Bluffs and formerly of Hingham, died on Dec. 25 at Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, following her...
Gifted Athlete, Sportsman L. Grant Ducharme Dies
L. Grant Ducharme died peacefully Dec. 17 at the age of 29. Grant was born in Worcester, to Lawrence and Laurie Ducharme on March 30, 1980. He...