Obituaries
John D. Morelli Taught English at High School
John D. Morelli died Oct. 17 at his home in Chilmark. He was born in Utica, N.Y., on April 30, 1938 to the late John and Victoria Martinelli...
Ruby Margaret Downie Volunteered at Hospital
Ruby Margaret Downie, 88, formerly of Franklin Terrace, Vineyard Haven, and a resident of Windemere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, died...
William Sargent
William Sargent died on Thursday, Oct. 11, of endocarditis, at the Rhode Island Hospital. He leaves his wife Megan Ottens-Sargent and daughter...
Catherine F. Mathiesen Began Chicama Vineyards
Catherine Frances Ryan Mathiesen, who with her husband George founded Chicama Vineyards in West Tisbury, the first bonded winery in the...
Jeffrey Darrow Kelley, 55, Spent Childhood on Island
Jeffrey Darrow Kelley of Williams-town died Thursday, Oct. 18 at his home. He was 55.
Gracious Elizabeth Guest Summered in East Chop
Elizabeth Montignani Guest, for many years a summer resident of East Chop and longtime prominent figure in alumni affairs for Amherst and Mount...
Antone Lima
Antone V. Lima died Wednesday morning, Oct. 17 at his home in Vineyard Haven. He was 81. He was the husband of Constance B. (Viera) Lima. A...
Barbara T. Guernsey Was Theatre and Opera Lover
Barbara Thurston Guernsey, 85, known as BD, of New York city and a longtime resident of Edgartown, died peacefully in her sleep on Oct. 11. BD was...
James Oakes Was Federal Judge Appointed by President Nixon
By Fran Lynggaard Hansen
Judge James L. Oakes, a former Vermont state senator, attorney general and federal judge who was appointed to the U.S. appeals court by President...