Obituaries
Marion Lair Woods, 84, Operated Mansion House
Marion Lair Woods died March 3 in Naples, Fla., after a very full life. Marion was born on June 26, 1923 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital to...
Helen B. Olcott, 95, Was a True Nantucketer
Helen B. Olcott, a true Nantucketer, died Feb. 20. For the last decade, she had been living at Windemere Nursing Home on the Vineyard to...
Charles Leighton Jr., 85, Was Retired Police Chief
Charles Leighton Jr. died Feb. 27 at Windemere Nursing Home with his family at his side. He was 85. Charlie was born in Oak Bluffs on Nov. 21,...
Edward J. Murphy Sr., 67, Enjoys Vineyard Stays
Edward J. Murphy Sr. of Oak Bluffs died Feb. 28 at the Tippett Home, a hospice care facility, in Needham. He was 67. He was born in Boston...
Audrey M. Finnegan, 84, Celebrated Irish Roots
Audrey M. Finnegan of Pensacola, Fla., died Feb. 27. She was 84. Audrey was born in Staten Island, N.Y., on Jan. 24, 1924. She was a resident of...
Dancer, Founder of The Yard, Patricia Nanon Dies at Age 84
Lauren Martin
Patricia N. Nanon, the modern dancer and choreographer who created the Chilmark performing arts colony The Yard, died peacefully last Friday at...
Virginia Poole
Virginia Poole of Chilmark died peacefully at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on March 5 after a long illness. She was 73 and was well known on the...
Dr. Gabriel J. DeBlase
Dr. Gabriel Joseph DeBlase, 76, of Vineyard Haven died March 5 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was the husband of Helen Van Allen DeBlase.
Fred Jordan Schatz, 60, Was Psychiatric Nurse
Fred Jordan Schatz of Billerica and Oak Bluffs died surrounded by family and friends on Feb. 29 at the Sawtelle Family Hospice House in Reading...