Obituaries
Paul Joseph Fantasia, 57, Was Carpenter, Sailor
Paul Joseph Fantasia, 57, of Oak Bluffs, died July 2 at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital after a brief illness.
Prentice Kellogg Smith Served in Army Artillery
Prentice Kellogg Smith, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who lived in Edgartown, Essex, Conn., and Harbour Island, Bahamas, died on July 5....
Ruthe Waters MacQuarrie
Ruthe Waters MacQuarrie Ruthe MacQuarrie of Falmouth died at the Falmouth Hospital in the early morning hours of July 8. She was born Feb. 16...
Helen C. Bechler
Helen C. Bechler died July 9 at Pope Nursing Home in Weymouth. She was 94. Helen previously lived in Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y., before she...
Marie J. Hulse, 83, Loved Children, the Outdoors
Marie J. Hulse died May 18 after a long and courageous battle with ovarian cancer. She was 83. A lifelong resident of Riverhead, N.Y., she was...
Marion W.B. Leavens, 100, Was Summer Chilmarker
Marion (Pinkie) Wright Backus Leavens of Naples, Fla., and West Tisbury died July 3 in Naples. She was 100. Born in Windsor Locks, Conn., on...
Howard Powers Service Set for Fall at Farm Neck
Howard Francis Powers of Pennsylvania died in New York city on July 5 after a battle with cancer. He was 76. Born in Boston on May 31, 1932, he...
Barbara Jahnke Green Supported Island Causes
Barbara Jahnke Green of Chilmark died on Thursday, July 3. She was 84. Born in Hamburg, Germany, and raised in Suffern, N.Y., she attended the...
Beatrice A. Phillips, 103, Was Active in Church
Beatrice Agnes Phillips of the Atria-Woodbrier Assisted Living Center in Falmouth and formerly of Spring street, Vineyard Haven died July 3 at JML...