Obituaries
Peggy Jones, 85, Loved Chappaquiddick Home
Margaret (Peggy) Denham Turnbull Jones, 85, of Concord, N.H., and Edgartown, died Dec. 16 at Havenwood, Concord, N.H. She was the wife of...
Janet E.W. Gibbons, 91, Played Organ at Church
Janet Elliott Whitehill Gibbons of Oak Bluffs died Dec. 19 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital after a brief illness. She was 91. Janet was born in...
Jean Knapp of Oak Bluffs Dies at 87, Family Near
Jean Murphy Clancy Knapp of Oak Bluffs, the wife of Dr. J. Walter Knapp, died Tuesday, Dec. 25 at her home, surrounded by family. Born Jean Agnes...
Julie Hurley Rollins, 73, Was Vineyard Resident
Julie Hurley Rollins, 73, of Venice, Fla., formerly of the Vineyard, died Dec. 17. Born in Cambridge on Oct. 14, 1934, she has been a resident of...
John E. Holmes Jr., 60, Kept the Horses Flying
John E. Holmes Jr., of West Wareham, died Nov. 21 at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston with his family by his side. He was 60. Born on...
Camp Ground’s Carl Anderson Was Friendly Sailor
Carl Branson Anderson, 80, lost a long and courageous battle to cancer on Nov. 20 at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital with family and friends at his side...
Herbert Anderson Searle Came to Island for Family
Herb Searle died Dec. 12 at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was 92. Herb was born on Nov. 22, 1915 in Pittsburgh, Pa., to James Herbert Searle and...
William Cary Sibert, 86, Was Watercolor Painter
William Cary Sibert, 86, of Raleigh, N.C., died at the home of his daughter, Jane Colby McManus, on Dec. 13, surrounded by his wife Jessie and...
Rose Anthony, Dedicated Island Teacher, Author, Dies at Age 79
It was the spring of 1949, and the dean of students at Emmanuel College in Boston was worried. Chester V. Sweatt, superintendent of the Martha’s...