Obituaries
Paul Bangs, Clockmaker, Was Loving Family Man
Paul S. Bangs, a resident of Moose Hill Road in Livermore Falls, Me., died Sept. 10 at Franklin Memorial Hospital following a lingering illness. He...
Miriam Sand Siffert, 67, Spread Charm in Chilmark
Miriam Sand Siffert died peacefully at home on Sept. 7. She is survived by Robert, her husband of 67 years, her children John and Joan, and her...
John Walter
John Walter of Edgartown died unexpectedly yesterday following complications from surgery at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. He was 61 and was co-...
Marcia Baker, 86, Was Wartime Bride
Marcia Baker died quietly in her Southington, Conn., home on Tuesday, August 26. She was 86, and for some years had suffered from Alzheimer’s...
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...
Robert Giroux, 94, Enjoyed Aquinnah
Robert Giroux, 94, long a partner in the publishing house of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, and lauded by many as the finest editor in America of...