Obituaries
Mary Margaret Thibodeau was Providence Teacher
Mary Margaret McHugh Thibodeau, 80, formerly of Providence, R.I., died March 25 at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence, R.I. Born in...
Mary Elizabeth Shugrue
On Saturday, March 29 at 2 p.m., there will be a celebration of Molly Shugrue’s life at the Josiah Quincy Elementary School, 885 Washington street...
Richard Howes, 73, Was Raised in Vineyard Haven
Richard Horton Howes died March 11 in King of Prussia, Pa., following a lengthy illness. Mr. Howes was born in New Bedford on Feb. 10, 1935. He...
Mary Bowen Polk, 87, Was Golfer, Gardener
Mary Bowen Polk, a longtime summer resident of Harthaven in Oak Bluffs, died March 25 in Delray Beach, Fla. She was 87. She was born Oct. 9, 1920...
Edmund A. Mahoney, 88, Was an Active Volunteer
Edmund A. (Nibs) Mahoney, 88, of Heckscherville, Pa., died on Easter Sunday, March 23. Born on Jan. 12, 1920 in Mackeys-burg, he was the beloved...
Oak Bluffs Born Mary Ellen CamposBarbera Dies at 74
Mary Ellen Campos Barbera died March 14 in Northridge, Calif., after a period of declining health. She was 74. Ellen was born in Oak Bluffs on...
Dorothy Perry Costa
Word has been received from Santa Maria, Calif., of the death of Dorothy Perry Costa, a former resident of Oak Bluffs, on March 14. She was 85...
Cary W.L. Scheller, 97, Was Devoted to Vineyard
Cary Walker Luckey Scheller died at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on March 10. She was 97. She was born at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., on Dec. 24,...
Virginia Weston Besse Was Sailing Champion
Virginia Weston Besse of Vineyard Haven died March 8 at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs. She was born March 9, 1921 in Belmont....