Obituaries
Kimberley Strachan was Gifted Teacher
Kimberley J. Strachan died at sunrise on August 31. She was lovingly surrounded by her family and best friend at home. Kim was 47.
Diana Rosenthal Spent Summers at Family Home in East Chop
Diana Wright Langmuir Rosenthal died peacefully at her home in Oakland, Calif., alert and surrounded by her entire family. She was 69 and died of...
Eleanore Hoar Led Full and Interesting Life, Including Time as an Intelligence Officer
Eleanore Benedict Hoar died peacefully with her pearls on, a lady to the end, on Sept. 27.
David Larson was Professional Tennis Instructor
David Bryce Larson died on Sept. 30 of natural causes at his home on Martha’s Vineyard. He was 61.
John Cassel was Accomplished Musician, Launched Selfin Sailing Center
Vermont’s piano man, John Cassel, died unexpectedly on Sept. 17 of a heart attack after another evening doing what he so loved: playing music at the...
Edgar Plante Was Beloved Charter Captain
Longtime charter boat Capt. Robert A. Plante of Oak Bluffs, better known as Edgar, a man of strong convictions, who passed on his love of the ocean...
Ruth Snider Loved Living Close to the Sea
Ruth M. (Pachico) Snider of Martha’s Vineyard, formerly of Gloucester, died Sept. 22 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. She was 86.
Memorial Celebration for Harold Hill
A gathering of friends of the late Harold Hill will celebrate his life at the Portuguese-American Club in Oak Bluffs on Oct. 11.
Gloria Brooks Loved to Share Memories of Her Native Australia
Gloria Brooks, born in Australia in 1919, loved to recount one of her earliest memories: walking up the hill near her childhood home, watching the...