Obituaries
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....
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...
Louise A. Robinson Dies, Lived Her Life On-Island
Louise A. Robinson of Vineyard Haven died peacefully at home surrounded by her children on Feb. 19, 2009. Louise attended the Tisbury School and...
Summertime Edgartowner Suzanne Marie Ritter Dies
Suzanne Marie Ritter of Edgartown and Newark, Ohio, died Jan. 1 at her residence in Newark. She was 71. She was born April 22, 1937 to the late...
Robert J. Connelly Jr. Dies at 70 in Pawtucket
Robert J. Connelly Jr. died recently in Pawtucket, R.I. He was 70. He was the beloved husband of Patricia Lilly Connelly. Born in Central Falls,...
Vineyard Haven Native James Marshall Jr. Dies
James J. Marshall Jr. formerly of Vineyard Haven died Wednesday morning, March 4 in his home. He was 44. He was born on April 24, 1964, the son...
Lambert’s Cove Mourns Melissa Tinker Howland
Melissa (“Missy”) Tinker Howland died at her home in Lambert’s Cove, West Tisbury, on Feb. 26, 2009. The cause was complications from Alzheimer’s...