Obituaries
Alice Hafner, 63, Worked for Years at Brickman’s
Alice Hafner died at her home in Vineyard Haven on June 28 after a brief and courageous battle with lung cancer. Her mother and aunt were by her...
Mary (Polly) Mayhew Meinelt Dies at 95
Mary Hillman Mayhew Meinelt, always known as Polly, died on July 16 at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital after a period of declining health. She was 95.
Dorothy Jenney McIntire Was Accomplished Singer
Dorothy Jenney McIntire of Berlin, Conn., and West Tisbury, died July 20 in Berlin, having celebrated her 100th birthday in March.
Michael Bowman Jr., 39, Acted in Island Theatre
Michael Edward (Bo) Bowman Jr. died suddenly at age 39 on July 9 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York city. Bo graduated from Trinity-Pawling...
Former Chappy Postal Carrier Sheila McHugh Dies
Sheila A. Tierney McHugh of Brighton and Chappaquiddick died July 19 from complications of lung cancer. Sheila worked as a mail carrier on...
Wendy Weisman Jenkinson
Wendy Weisman Jenkinson died at her home in West Tisbury on July 17 after a 13-month battle with brain cancer. She was 45. A celebration of her...
George Frederick Stork, 95, Loved Beauty of Menemsha
George Frederick (Fred) Stork died on June 10 in Gaithersburg, Md. He was 95. He had lived an active, happy, and healthy life until shortly...
Korean War Veteran Guy M. Newland Dies at 79
Guy Martin Newland died June 17 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Visitation and funeral services were held among family and friends in Pittsburgh on June 19...
Bluesman Maynard Silva Dies at 57
Julia Wells
Maynard Silva, the Vineyard’s homegrown, authentic American roots bluesman who was known and admired from Gay Head to Chappaquiddick with his...