Obituaries
Chilmarker Cope B. Walbridge Dies at 95
Cope B. Walbridge died at home on April 19 surrounded by his family. He would have been 96 on May 24. He was born in Chestnut Hill, Pa., the son of...
Jena T. Pothier
Jena T. Pothier Jena T. Pothier of Oak Bluffs died at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on June 11. Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday, June 16,...
Dr. Lane Ameen, Noted Psychiatrist, Dies at 85
Dr. Lane Ameen, a longtime associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Yale University, fellow of Jonathan Edwards College at Yale, practicing...
Catherine M. Peters Ran Old Variety Store
Catherine M. (Whelan) Peters, 90, died unexpectedly on May 13.
Columnist and Island Historian Isabel W. West Dies at Age 97
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Isabel White West, longtime Gazette columnist, author and Vineyard historian, died on Tuesday at Longhill in Edgartown. She was the wife of the...
Raymond F. Billings Jr. Owned Ray’s Tire Store
Raymond F. Billings Jr. died peacefully at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on April 29. He was born in Oak Bluffs on July 17, 1930, the son of...
Helping Others Was This Busy Firefighter’s Hobby
John J. Casey Jr. was born to Irish immigrant parents on June 6, 1923 in the Bronx, N.Y. and died June 7 at his home in Vineyard Haven. He was...
Lorna Tilton Flanders Gave the Sound of Music
Lorna Tilton Flanders died peacefully at home in Chilmark on June 2, surrounded by the people who loved her and things that she loved. A graveside...
Psychologist, Camp Leader Changed Children’s Lives
Meyer Rabban, a summer resident of Chilmark since 1976, died at his home in New York city on June 8, 2009. He was 90. He is survived by Elana, his...