Obituaries
Violet S. Thoron, 101, Supported Conservation
Violet S. Thoron of Washington, D.C., and West Tisbury died Jan. 5 at the age of 101. She first came to the Island with her late husband...
Janet West, 96, Worked For Benefit of Animals
Janet West, lifelong summer resident and retiree to the Vineyard, died Feb. 16 at Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 96...
Helen B. Olcott
Helen B. Olcott, 95, died Feb. 20 in the Windemere Nursing Home. She was the grandmother of Janet Packer and her husband John of Vineyard Haven....
Edith G. Kopans Sailed Coast of New England
Edith Gellis Kopans of Falmouth, Me., formerly of Newton Centre, the Vineyard and Sarasota, Fla., died Feb. 13. Born in Claremont, N.H.,...
Richard Darman Was Presidential Advisor
Richard Darman, of McLean, Va., and Edgartown died of acute myelogenous leukemia on Jan. 25 in Washington, D.C. He was 64. A member of...
Dorothy Roberts, 71, Was Special Education Teacher
Dorothy A. Larkosh Roberts died Feb. 13 at her home in Oak Bluffs. She was 71. Dorothy was born to Armando and Josephine Lenotti on June 16,...
Beatrice O. Freeman, 99, Was Journalist, Author
Beatrice Oppenheim Freeman, a retired journalist and author, died Feb. 18 at Huntington Hospital in Huntington, Long Island, N.Y. She was 99...
Martha Pease Bronson Worked as Portrait Artist
Martha Pease Bronson, a longtime summer visitor on the Vineyard, died Dec. 30, 2007 in Naples, Fla., where she had lived for a number of...
Freeman Leonard, 98, Organized Senior Center
Freeman Leonard of Vineyard Haven died Feb. 17 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 98. Freeman (Papa) was born on May 29, 1909...