Obituaries
Honoria Shirley Adams
Honoria Shirley Adams of Vineyard Haven died March 17 at home. She was 89. Born March 4, 1919, she was raised in New Bedford and attended local...
Dr. Gabriel J. DeBlase Was Dedicated to Patients
Dr. Gabriel J. DeBlase died at home in Vineyard Haven on March 5. He was 76. Gabe was born in Schenectady, N.Y., in 1932. He grew up on Hamilton...
Frank Bonitto, 96, Was Jazz Music Aficionado
Frank Bonitto, 96, of Cambridge and Vineyard Haven died Feb. 17 after a short illness. Frank and his late wife Mae Buzzelle were longtime summer...
Marion P.S. Fotiades, 89, Taught Variety of Classes
Marion Piltzecker Shemeth Fotiades died March 5 at the Windemere Nursing Home in Oak Bluffs. She was 89. The daughter of Charles H. and Anna M....
Richard Allen Gale
Richard Allen Gale, 83, of Locust Lane in Vineyard Haven died March 16 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was the beloved companion of...
Peter J. Hryharrow, 92, Was Courteous and Kind
Peter J. Hryharrow, formerly of the Vineyard, died Feb. 28 at the Southington Care Center in Southington, Conn. He was 92. The husband of the...
Jeraldine J.W. Upson, 60, Treasured Friendships
Jeraldine Jane Warsyk Upson of Rehoboth died at Rhode Island Hospital on March 14 after a long and courageous struggle against a chronic disease....
Veteran Bernard Royer, 52 Was Island Tradesman
Bernard Peter Royer of Summit avenue in Oak Bluffs died March 16 at his home surrounded by his loving daughter, Kendal Royer, his former wife,...
Islanders Recall Herb Putnam, 59
One measure of a well-lived life is not just accomplishment but how one’s work affected people met along the way. Several hundred people who...