Obituaries
Former Gazette Columnist Nancy Stephens Dies at 85
Phyllis Meras
Nancy Coles Hegeman Stephens, a fourth-generation East Chop seasonal resident, and for more than 50 years the Gazette's East Chop correspondent,...
Humorist Art Buchwald Dies at Home at Age 81
Julia Wells
Art Buchwald, the familiar, funny and irreverent Pulitzer-Prize winning newspaper columnist whose decision to refuse kidney dialysis and end his...
William F. Luce Was Choir Singer, Devoted Father
William Francis Luce died in Kittery, Me. on Jan. 9. He was born Nov. 21, 1946 in Oak Bluffs to Frances Brown Roberts and Frederick William Luce,...
Kay Ficks Dies at Age 95; Summered in Edgartown
Katharine Brady Sutphin Ficks, a devoted mother and grandmother, philanthropist and volunteer died on Jan. 23 at her home in Cincinnati, Ohio. She...
John Michael Dias Was Employee in Edgartown
John Michael Dias Was Employee in Edgartown John Michael Dias, 46, of Edgartown, formerly of Taunton, died Monday, Jan. 22 after collapsing at the...
Mathilde Albury Smith, 88, Was Longtime Educator
Mathilde Albury Smith, 88, Was Longtime Educator Mathilde (Betty) Albury Smith, 88, of Darien, Conn. and Oak Bluffs died Jan. 8 at Rosewood...
Olga C. Thompson, 88, Operated Menemsha Inn
Olga C. Thompson, 88, Operated Menemsha Inn Olga C. Thompson, 88, died at Thornton Oaks in Brunswick, Me., on Jan. 17. She was born in Holyoke...
Prof. Jacob I. Weissman of Chilmark Dies at 92
Prof. Jacob I. Weissman of Chilmark Dies at 92 Jacob I. Weissman, a lawyer, inveterate storyteller and Phi Beta Kappa scholar who chaired the...
Robert K. Zimmerman Was Penn State Booster
Robert K. Zimmerman Was Penn State Booster Robert K. Zimmerman, 73, of Boalsburg, Pa., died Jan. 15.