Obituaries
Charlotte Averka-Russell Was Loving Mother, Nurse
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, Charlotte C. Averka-Russell, 62, formerly of South Orange, N.J., died on Feb. 18, 2009.
Vineyard Mourns Native Gary Southworth Mosher
Gary Southworth Mosher died on Wednesday morning, March 4, 2009, after a long illness. A native of Martha’s Vineyard, he was born on October 27...
Geri Correllus, Who Ran Tony’s Market, Dies at 75
After a courageous battle, Geraldine (“Geri”) Ann Correllus died Friday, Feb, 27, 2009 at the Falmouth Hospital. She was 75. Geri was born...
Robert W. Litchfield, 70, Was True Man of the Sea
Robert Whitman Litchfield died on Sunday evening, March 1, 2009 at the Harborside Nursing Home in Falmouth. He was 70. Bob was married to...
James J. Marshall Dies
James J. Marshall, Jr, 44, of Leominster, formerly of Martha’s Vineyard, died unexpectedly on March 4, 2009. His Funeral Mass will be celebrated in...
William J. Jorden was Gazette Reporter
William J. Jorden, U.S. ambassador to Panama from 1974 to 1978 and a former Gazette reporter and seasonal visitor, died Feb. 20 in New Bedford...
Eleanor “Mudd” Harz Jorden Dies at 88
Eleanor Harz Jorden, a summer resident of East Chop, Vineyard Haven or Chilmark all her life, died at home in Andover, Mass., on Feb. 18 at the age...
Islander Walter E. Bettencourt Lived a Life Less Ordinary
Phyllis Meras
Walter E. Bettencourt, for 27 years a member of the Gazette’s composing room staff, and for two of those years its superintendent, died Feb. 5 in...
Margaret Mary Schnetke Dreamed of Island Living
Margaret Mary (Peg) Schnetke, 90, of Oak Bluffs died peacefully at her daughter’s home in Louisville, Ky. on Feb. 12. She was predeceased by her...