Obituaries
Hope Erdman, 79, Was Dedicated Volunteer
Hope (Patsy) English Erdman, wife of Peter E.B. Erdman and summer visitor to the Vineyard since 1940, died in the University Medical Center at...
George (Bubbles) Silva Was Memorable Builder
George Perry (Bubbles) Silva died this past spring while visiting a close friend in Hawaii. A lifelong Islander and a dedicated family man, he can...
Mary Maloy Walker, 50, Was Active in Charity Work
Mary Maloy Walker of Vineyard Haven, wife of Richard L. Walker and mother of Hamilton Walker, died Sept. 20 after a courageous battle with breast...
The Rev. O. Calvin Pressley, of Oak Bluffs, Dies at 69
The Rev. Calvin Oliver Pressley, 69, a longtime resident of Oak Bluffs, died Sept. 21 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was the...
Heidi A. Buchert, 46, Was Vivacious and Kind
Heidi Anne Buchert of East Falmouth died Sept. 11 at home, surrounded by family and friends, after living four years with lung cancer. She was...
Vineyard Haven Service To Honor Garry Hough
A service for Garry deNeuville Hough 3rd, who died August 17 in Orange City, Fla., will be held on Saturday, Sept. 29 at 3 p.m. at his family’s...
Scholar Nina Schneider Dies at 94
Phyllis Meras
Nina Schneider, author, poet, teacher, children’s book editor, Shakespearean scholar and noted Vineyard gardener, died Sept. 8 at the Martha’s...
George M. Barbash Sr. Was Veteran, Avid Golfer
George M. Barbash Sr. of North Haven, Conn., died on August 12 at the Veterans Hospital in West Haven, Conn. He was born Feb. 12, 1918 in New...
Banning Repplier, 90, Rescued Prisoners of War
Banning Repplier, of Spruce Head, Me., and Key Largo, Fla., died August 30 at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport, Me., with his wife Libby by...