Obituaries
Edwin R. Ambrose was Devoted Traveler, Sailor
Edwin R. Ambrose died on Wednesday, March 18, after a long illness. He was 80 years old. Ed was born on July 23, 1928 in Syracuse, N.Y., the oldest...
Gloria M. Norton
Gloria M. Norton Gloria M. (Authier) Norton of Edgartown died Wednesday, March 18 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 88. Her funeral mass...
Vineyard Haven Mourns Death of Hilda Tilton
Hilda Fries Tilton of Provincetown and Vineyard Haven died Wednesday, March 11, at Seashore Point in Provincetown. She was 99. Born in Delaware,...
William A. Fielder
William A. Fielder William A. Fielder of West Tisbury died at his home on Tuesday, March 17. A memorial will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2 p.m...
Arthur K. Johnson Served 32 Years as Fire Lieutenant
Arthur K. Johnson, age 77, of Edgartown, died on Oct. 24, 2008, after a short stay at Falmouth Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Patricia E....
Clarinetist, Bird Carver John G. Tyler Dies at 94
John G. (Zing) Tyler died Wednesday, March 4 at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta. He was 94. He was born in Lexington on Sept. 15, 1914,...
Manuel F. Perdigao was Veteran of Korean War
Manuel F. Perdigao of Cohasset and Oak Bluffs, died Sunday, March 15. He was 78.
Luther Madison, Wampanoag Medicine Man, Dies at 84
Luther T. Madison, Medicine Man of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), died Thursday night at age 84. A sacred fire will be kept at the...
Helen E. Young Dies at 88, Was Gazette Reporter
Helen E. (Hallie) Young died on Dec. 15, 2008, having recently celebrated her 88th birthday. She had been a summer resident of the Vineyard most of...