Obituaries
Virginia (Annchen) Gager-Jackson, 73, Was of Edgartown
Virginia (Annchen) Gager-Jackson of Edgartown and Wellesley died peacefully on July 8 at her Katama home surrounded by her loving family after a...
Theophilus R. Nix Sr., 83, Was Civil Rights Pioneer
The second African-American attorney to practice law in Delaware, Theophilus R. Nix Sr., died last Monday at 83 after a long illness. Mr. Nix...
Gayle King Lee, Hospice Pioneer, Summered in Chilmark
Gayle King Lee, a longtime summer resident of Chilmark, died on July 11 of cancer. Her beautiful smile and warm personality will be remembered by...
Frederick A. Petersen, 95, Sailed Menemsha Pond
Fredrick Adolf Petersen died Tuesday evening, Sept. 9 in Lexington. Pete was born in Chicago, Ill. on August 19, 1913. He grew up there, graduated...
Joan C. Barbour
Joan C. Barbour of Oak Bluffs died on Wednesday, Sept. 3 at Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility. Services for Joan will be held in...
Robert Cronig, 90, Made Grocery Business His Own
Robert Cronig died at Windemere on Sept. 1 at the age of 90. Robbie would have been the first to appreciate the irony of leaving us on Labor Day,...
Mary Dias
Mary Dias, of Vineyard Haven died Wednesday, Sept. 3 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was the wife of the late William Dias and mother of Doug...
Margaret A. Davis
Margaret Alandt Davis died Sept. 3 at the age of 77. She was the daughter of the late August and Margaret Keifer Alandt. She was born April 1, 1931...
Mark Purdy, 58, Traveled World to Chappaquiddick
Mark A. Purdy died August 17 in Ossining, N.Y. He was the son of the late Alan Bradford Purdy and Jean (Thompson) Purdy. Born August 11, 1950 in...